On Friday, December 8, the 4th COINS Symposium was held.

On Friday, December 8, the 4th COINS Symposium was held at Kawasaki City Industrial Promotion Hall under the theme “Nanotech →In body hospitals →Smart Life ～Future Health care with Nanomachine～”.

In two oral sessions “Overcome Cancer by Nanotech” and “Heathy life span with “In body hospitals”, we had interesting reports and subjects raised from six speakers, and active discussions were held as there were many questions from corporate and general participants. Moreover, posters were presented by researchers and corporates (34) and lively discussion was carried on between participants and presenters. On panel discussion in final stage, we had a keynote lecture, short presentations and panel discussion by four panelists lead by Prof. Kimura as a moderator. There were active discussions on social systems, technologies and regurations such as raising vision and challenges “where the future healthcare is going?” , changing society and human being, and necessary movements to realize vision.

There were over 300 participants mainly Kawasaki citizens and companies, and it was an excellent opportunity to be interested in COINS research by people who crossed the barriers of the COINS members.

Greetings

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  Hiromichi KIMURA, COINS Project Leader / Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo
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  Atsushi MIURA, Deputy Mayor, City of Kawasaki

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  Chairman Yuki MOCHIDA,
  Senior Research Scientist, iCONM
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  Chairman Shingo UENO,
  Senior Research Scientist, iCONM

Challenge for In-body hospitals

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  Kazunori KATAOKA, COINS Research Leader / Director General, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM) / Professor, The University of Tokyo
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Oral Session 1 <Overcome Cancer by Nanotech>

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  Twan LAMMERS（Full Professor, Dept. of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging (ExMI), Center for Biohybrid Medical Systems (CBMS), RWTH Aachen University Clinic

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  Ken MASAMUNE, Theme5 COINS, Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University
  
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  Takahiro OCHIYA, Theme4 COINS, Chief, Division of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, National Cancer Center Research Institute

Oral Session 2 <Healthy life span with “In-body hospitals”>

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  Liangfang ZHANG
  Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
  
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  Yasutaka ANRAKU, Leader, Theme2 COINS / Assistant Professor, Dept. Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo / Visiting Scientist, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)

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  Keiji ITAKA, Leader, Theme3 COINS / Professor, Dept. of Biofunction Research, Institute of Biomatericals and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) / Principal Research Scientist, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)

Poster Session　Actions of COINS, companies and research institutions of Kawasaki

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Panel Discussion <Health care of smart life care society>

• 【Keynote Lecture】
  
  Hiroshi MASUMITSU, Senior writer, Science News Department, The Yomiuri Shimbun
• 【Panelist presentation】
  
  Taro TSURUKAI, Director, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

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  Toshio ASANO, Standing Counsellor, Asahi Kasei Corporation
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  Takanori ICHIKI, Leader, Theme4 COINS / Professor, Dept. Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo / Principal Research Scientist, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)

• 【Panel Discussion】
  
• <Moderator>
  Hiromichi KIMURA, COINS Project Leader
  / Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo
  
  <Panelists>
  Hiroshi MASUMITSU, Senior writer, Science News Department, The Yomiuri Shimbun

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• Taro TSURUKAI, Director, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
  
  Toshio ASANO, Standing Counsellor, Asahi Kasei Corporation
  
  Takanori ICHIKI, Leader, Theme4 COINS / Professor, Dept. Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo / Principal Research Scientist, Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM)

Presentation of Poster Awards

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  Takanori AKAGI, Project Assistant Proffesor, Dept. of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo / Visiting Researcher, iCONM
  
  Quader, SABINA
  Senior Research Scientist, iCONM
  
  Yusuke YOSHIOKA, National Cancer Center Institute

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  Closing Remarks
  
  Junichiro SONE, Director, Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion
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  Venue