Japan health symposium 2026: advanced sensing driving the future of healthcare
November 17, 2026 | Nihonbashi Life Science HUB, Nihonbashi Muromachi, 1-5-5, Chuo-ku, 8F., Muromachi Chibagin Mitsui Building
Join industry leaders, technical experts, and innovators to explore how advances in silicon-based sensing technologies are enabling new breakthroughs across biomanufacturing, drug discovery and next-generation therapies and medical devices, including neural applications.
About event
Healthcare innovation increasingly depends on the ability to generate meaningful biological insights from high-quality data. Advances in specialty silicon and sensing technologies are making it possible to monitor biological processes with unprecedented precision, continuity and scale, creating new opportunities across life sciences and medtech.
From enabling real-time monitoring and control in biomanufacturing, to generating more predictive human-relevant data through microphysiological systems, to powering intelligent medical devices that can sense, interpret and respond to physiological signals, sensors are becoming a critical foundation for the future of healthcare. Combined with advances in data analytics, microfluidics and semiconductor engineering, these technologies are helping transform biological data into actionable insights that can accelerate innovation, improve healthcare outcomes and enable entirely new products and therapies.
The Japan Health Symposium 2026 brings together experts from industry, academia and research to explore how sensor innovation is driving the convergence of semiconductors, biology and data science, and how collaboration across these disciplines is shaping the next generation of healthcare solutions.
Why attend?
This half-day symposium, followed by a networking reception, will explore how advances in sensing technologies are enabling new approaches across life sciences, biopharma and medtech.
You will:
- Discover how silicon-based sensors are creating new opportunities across healthcare, from research and drug development to medical devices and patient monitoring.
- Learn how real-time biological data is enabling smarter, more adaptive and scalable healthcare solutions.
- Gain insights into emerging applications spanning biomanufacturing, human biology-on-chip systems and next-generation medical devices.
- Explore how advances in semiconductor technologies, sensing platforms and data analytics are transforming biological signals into actionable insights.
- Connect with leaders from industry, academia and research who are advancing the future of healthcare through sensor innovation.
The symposium brings together technology developers, healthcare and life sciences organizations, medtech companies, researchers and innovation leaders to explore the practical applications of advanced sensing technologies and their potential to transform the future of healthcare.
Agenda
- Registration & welcome coffee
- Welcome by Katrien Marent, EVP & Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at imec
- Opening remarks
- Imec general health presentation
- Custom silicon and collaboration models
Panels & deep dives
Manufacturing biology with smart silicon
- Intro by imec
Olivier Henry, Program Director Life Sciences at imec
- Panel:
- PHC
- Hitachi Hightech
- Cellafa Biosciences
Closing the loop: silicon-miniaturized intelligence at the body interface
- Intro by imec
Patrick van Deursen
- Panel:
- Osaka Uni / IVEC
- Inopase Inc.
Coffee break
MPS - human biology on chip
- Intro by imec
Olivier Henry, Program Director Life Sciences at imec
- Panel:
- Institute of Science Tokyo
- Physios Biotech
- RIKEN
Closing & networking reception
End