JAPAN - FINLAND SEMINAR ON PERSONALIZED MEDICINE AND HEALTH 9.4.2018 The seminar invites experts on Personalized Medicine and Health and related areas from academia (including young scientists and experienced researchers) and industry (including business developers, innovators and investors), as well as Government representatives and other stakeholders from Japan and Finland to present and discuss about personalized medicine and health, and biobank related topics. The seminar aims to provide a platform for developing concrete joint research, innovation and business cooperation initiatives.

Event venue: International House of Japan, Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall,

5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 12:00-12:30 Registration for the Seminar Opening and Keynotes

Moderator:Mr. Teppo Turkki, Counsellor for Science, Technology and Innovation, Embassy of Finland in Tokyo

12:30-12:40 12:40-13:00 13:00-13:30 13:30-13:40

Opening of the Seminar Mr. Jari Gustafsson, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland Dr. Yasuhiro Suzuki, Vice-Minister for Health, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan Personalized medicine and healthcare stem from excellent basic research Dr. Jarmo Wahlfors, Director, Health Research Unit, Academy of Finland, Finland Current challenge of Biobank Japan to accelerate personalized medicine in Japan Prof. Yoshinori Murakami, Dean, Institute of Medical Science (Division of Molecular Pathology), the University of Tokyo, Japan Keynote: National cooperation in research and innovation – key for the health sector growth in Finland Dr. Päivi Sillanaukee, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland Prof. Jouko Niinimäki, President, University of Oulu, Finland Welcome - Introduction to the Seminar and Organizers Dr. Jarkko Mutanen, FinCEAL Plus Asia, Dr. Matti Hämäläinen, Nightingale Health, and Mr. Teppo Turkki, Embassy of Finland in Tokyo

Session I Personalized Medicine and Health - Research Moderator: Dr. Minna Hendolin, Director, Health and Wellbeing, Business Finland, Finland

13:40-13:55 Finnish biobanks – building the road to personalized medicine Prof. Olli Carpén, Professor of Pathology, Scientific Director, University of Helsinki and Helsinki Biobank, Finland

13:55-14:10

The new smart city to realize a personalized medicine Prof. Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Presidential Adviser, Director of Preventive Medical Innovation Program, Riken, Japan

14:10-14:25 What is possible and what is not in personalized medicine? Prof. Juha Kere, King’s College London, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and University of Helsinki, Finland

14:25-14:40 Tohoku Medical Megabank Project: Concept and Progress Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Chairman, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Executive Director, Tohoku Medical Megabank, Japan

14:40-15:10 Coffee break 15:10-15:25 Try it before you buy it: strategies for evidence-based personalized medicine

Prof. Markus Perola, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland 15:25-15:40 Initiative on rare and undiagnosed diseases:

National and international progress Prof. Kenjiro Kosaki, Center for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan

15:40-15:55 Control of vascular leakage: a target to fight against harmful inflammations Prof. Sirpa Jalkanen, University of Turku, Finland

15:55-16:10 Biobank and Informatics for Cancer Project in Kyoto University Hospital Prof. Manabu Muto, Department of Therapeutic Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Head, Department of Clinical Oncology, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan

16:10-16:30 Questions/Open Discussion 16:30-16:40 A short coffee break Session II Personalized Medicine and Health –Finnish solutions for research and healthcare

Moderator: Dr. Matti Hämäläinen, Senior Advisor, Nightingale Health, Finland 16:40-16:50 Value and Insights from Clinical and Genomic Data - Industry Collaboration of Biobanks

Mr. Tero Silvola, CEO, BC Platforms 16:50-17:00 A Blood Test To Solve the Burden of Chronic Diseases

Dr. Salla Ruosaari, Business Leader of Pharmaceutical solutions&Biobanks, Nightingale Health 17:00-17:10 Patient Centric Data Driven Care Model for Chronic Diseases – case Diabetes

Mr. Harri Okkonen, CEO, Quattro Folia 17:10-17:20 Building Ecosystems for Health Data Analytics

Dr. Richard Fagerström, Principal Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 17:20-17:30 Imaging and Personalized Medicine

Prof. Juhani Knuuti, Director of Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Finland 17:30-17:40 Remarks on Cooperation Opportunities in Biobank Solutions in Japan

Prof. Koh Furuta, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan 17:40-18:00 Questions/Open Discussion/Closure

18:00-18:30

Panel Session–Cocreation of scalable solutions for Personalized Medicine

Moderator: Mr. Teppo Turkki, Counsellor for Science, Technology and Innovation, Embassy of Finland in Tokyo

Experts from academia, industry and government discuss about concrete areas and cross-cutting themes for collaboration between Japan and Finland. Panelists:

• Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Chairman, Tohoku University School of Medicine, and Executive Director, Tohoku Medical Megabank, Japan

• Dr. Minna Hendolin, Director, Health and Wellbeing, Business Finland, Finland • Prof. Juhani Knuuti, Director of Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Finland • Prof. Koh Furuta, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan

19:00-21:00 Embassy of Finland in Tokyo: “Japan-Finland Evening Reception”

Joint networking cocktails