2024 Academic Year

Kobe Medical Device Innovation Symposium 2024
Kobe-Based AI×Medical Innovation for Future TransformationThis event has concluded. Thank you to everyone who participated.

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With technological innovations such as IoT, AI, and big data dramatically transforming the structure of society and the economy, the Japanese government’s social initiative Society 5.0 aims to solve various social issues through innovation. Furthermore, in the medical field as well, diversification, individualization, and patient-centered care are expected to advance, leading to significant changes in the healthcare environment surrounding each individual. At this year’s symposium, three speakers from medical AI-related companies and academia based in Kobe will give lectures on research and development strategies and platform building initiatives aimed at shaping the future.

• Program (titles omitted)
• Opening Remarks:　Takamichi Murakami, Dean, Graduate School of Medicine/School of Medicine, Kobe University
• Guest Greetings:　Hideki Akagawa, Senior Officer, Division of Medical Device Research and Development, Department of Medical Devices and Healthcare, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
• Lecture Moderator:　Toshiji Mukai
  Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Device Innovation, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
• Creating Medical × AI Solutions through Industry–Academia Win-Win Collaboration
• Natsumi Kuroda
  Director, HealthCare Innovation Group, Future Corporation
• Building a Society of Healthy Longevity through RWD × AI — The Challenge of Co-Creation-Based Innovation
• Yoichi Kurebayashi
  Specially Appointed Professor, Division of AI and Digital Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
• Introduction of Programs and Co-Creation Case Studies from the Microsoft AI KOBE Lab
• Takashi Tomoi
  Director, Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab KOBE, Microsoft Corporation
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• Panel Discussion: Healthcare in the Era of Society 5.0 Utilizing AI
• Moderator
• Takumi Fukumoto
  Vice President, Kobe University
  Professor, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
  Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Innovation, Kobe University
  Yoshihiro Muragaki
  Director, Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Innovation, Kobe University
  Professor, Department of Medical Device Innovation, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
• Panelists
• Natsumi Kuroda
  Director, HealthCare Innovation Group, Future Corporation
  Yoichi Kurebayashi
  Specially Appointed Professor, Division of AI and Digital Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
  Takashi Tomoi
  Director, Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab KOBE, Microsoft Corporation
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• Kobe University’s Initiatives: Developing Interdisciplinary Talent in Medical and Engineering Fields — Practical Approaches to Medical Device Science
• Yoshihiro Muragaki
  Professor, Department/Division of Medical Device and Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
  Director, Kobe University Future Medical-Engineering Research and Development Center
• Closing Remarks, Kensho Maniwa, Director, Kobe University Hospital
• Overall Moderator: Takahiro Yasuda
  Specially Appointed Professor, Head of the Division of Medical Device Systems, Department of Medical Device and Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University

Exhibited at Medical Creation Fukushima 2024This event has concluded.

Kobe University Hospital will exhibit at the 20th Medical Device Design and Manufacturing Exhibition — Medical Creation Fukushima 2024 as a participating institution of the Medical Device Development Collaboration Network “Yawaragi.” During the exhibition, technologies from manufacturing companies and the latest medical devices from medical device manufacturers will be showcased together. The event aims to promote collaboration between industry technologies and the needs of clinical practice, while also featuring seminars on the latest trends in the medical device industry and human resource development. At the Kobe University Hospital booth, we will present our initiatives in human resource development and industry–academia collaboration carried out mainly through the University Hospital and the Graduate School of Medicine.