3rd KBIC Global Webinar

【Program】※JST

4:00pm～4:05pm 　Opening Remarks

Tadaaki Hanatani, Managing Director, Center for Cluster Development and

Coordination, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe (FBRI)

4:05pm～4:35pm　　Speeches: MedTech Industry and Ecosystem in Germany

『Ecosystem in Germany』

Gabriel Flemming, Senior Manager Healthcare, Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI)　

『Ecosystem in Germany vs Silicon Valley』

Niels Sharman, Investment Analyst, High-Tech Gründerfonds

『Ecosystem in Northern Germany』

Sarah Niemann, Manager International Affairs, Life Science Nord Management GmbH

4:35pm～4:40pm　　Break

4:40pm～5:35pm 　 Panel Discussion : Collaborate with Germany and its Attractiveness

Moderator:

Prof. Takahiro Yasuda, Kobe University Hospital and Kobe University Advanced Medical-Engineering Development Center Associate Professor and Unit Head, Medical Device Development Unit, Clinical &Translational Research Center, Kobe University Hospital

Panelists:

Gabriel Flemming, Senior Manager, Germany Trade & Invest

Tetsuya Nakanishi, Managing Director, Medicaroid Europe GmbH,

Christian Lutz, CEO, Bluewater Medical

Dr. Jörg Traub, CEO, Forum Medtech Pharma

Takumi Fukumoto, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

5:35pm～5:45pm　 Closing Remarks

Hiroshi Iwamura, Germany Trade and Invest, Director, Representative of Japan

(Organizer) Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe

(Co-organizer) City of Kobe

(Support) Germany Trade and Invest, Life Science Innovation Network Japan (Link-J), The Foundation for International Trade and Industrial Co-operation (ITIC)