KEIO TECHNO-MALL 2023 Short Presentation Session I: "The Forefront of Healthcare Startups from Keio University"

Abstract: Since 2022, Keio University has introduced its Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program, matching EIRs with research teams that have promising research seeds for commercialization and promoting the development of university-launched startups.

In this seminar, we introduced the forefront of commercializing research seeds from both the Faculty of Science and Technology and the School of Medicine, which are being advanced with the participation of Entrepreneurs in Residence.

Moderator: Yuki Tazawa (Project Lecturer, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Research in Medicine and Life Science (PIRMS), School of Medicine)

Speakers: Norihisa Miki (Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology) "Implantable Artificial Kidney to Free Dialysis Patients"

Yohei Sugita (Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), Startup Division, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship) "Early Detection of Dementia from Natural Conversation: Toward a Future of Screening with Sound x AI"