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December 20, 2018 3:30pm - 6:30pm Venue：JETRO IBSC Hall, Ark Mori Bldg., 7F Presentation１ 15:30～16:00 Opening Remarks Miyagi Yoshihiro Murai Governor Yoshihiro Murai was born in , Osaka. He attended the National Defense Academy, served as a helicopter pilot for the Ground Self-Defense Force, attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, and served as a Miyagi Prefecture Assemblymember before becoming Miyagi Governor in 2005. It is now his fourth term in office.

Governor Murai aims to bring about an innovative recovery from the Great East Earthquake Disaster, and seeks to do so by establishing a strong economic foundation for promoting further economic growth. The cycle of wealth will then help push the development of welfare, education, environment, and social overhead capital. Not just attracting companies such as Toyota and Electron, Governor Murai has announced to concentrate funds towards regulatory reform, the popularization of renewable energy, and new industry- stimulating projects such as a next-generation synchrotron facility and Philips Japan’s new R&D center. 。

「Investing in Miyagi」 Speaker: Yoshiko Narita (Director of the International Affairs Division) Presentation 2 16:00～16:30

「The Deciding Factor of Our First Japanese Development Base 」 Speaker: Hiroyuki Tsutsumi (President ＆CEO, Philips Japan)

In March 2017, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi was appointed President and Representative Director of Philips Japan, and President of Philips Respironics. He leads Philips Japan as a diversified solution provider in the field of healthcare by creating innovation in ever digitalizing medical landscape. Philips Japan provides innovative medical solutions in a series of healthcare processes: healthy living, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and home care. The company aims to contribute to not just the healthy lifestyles of medical personnel and patients, but the lives of all people.

In June 2018, Philips Japan signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Tohoku University to do joint research in the heath care field, and established the company's first innovation research base in Miyagi Prefecture. Presentation 3 16:30～17:00 「Tohoku University’s Potential in Industry-Academia Collaboration」 Speaker: Hitoshi Sato (Planning Director, Tohoku University Head Office of Enterprise Partnerships) 「The Latest Technologies –Robotics and Drug Discovery-」 Speaker: Masanori Muroyama Shigeki Moriguchi (Tohoku University Associate Professor) (Tohoku University Lecturer）

Dr. Muroyama received the NEDO Award at Dr. Moriguchi won first place at "Tech Open “Tech Open 2018,” a Tohoku University 2018“ for his research results in his business plan contest, for his research results "Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Project." on a “touch+α sensor platform for AI” that uses He was also a participant in "Falling Walls MEMS sensors and LSI integration technology. Venture 2018,“ a global pitch event for startup The platform is ultra-compact, high- ventures, and was the first to scientifically performance, and supports multi-mountable prove the “brain diabetes hypothesis" for sensors which allow for many possibilities in not Alzheimer's disease. He is expected to develop just robotics but a variety of other fields as well. new medication for the disease going forward.

Networking Session 17:30～18:30 (Enjoy cuisine and local sake made from Miyagi ingredients）

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Nearby Stations ･Tokyo Metro Namboku Line Roppongi-itchome Station Exit 3 (2 min.) ･Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, Ginza Line Tameike-sanno Station Exit 13 (4 min.) ･Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Kamiyacho Station Exit 4 (8 min.) ･Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line Akasaka Station Exit 5 (9 min.) ･Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Marunouchi Line Kokkai-gijidomae Station Exit 3 (10 min.)

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