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SelectUSA Japan x ACCJ HxD Exclusive Pitch Event 2025
If you are a health tech startup interested in pitching at the event, please contact kansai@accj.or.jp
Selected applicants will be invited to pitch virtually on February 21 (15:00-18:00).
Deadline: February 10, 2025
The winner selected at the event will be invited to the SelectUSA Investment summit 2025!
See further details HERE.
ABout THE HEALTHCARE X DIGITAL
Healthcare x Digital (HxD) is an inititaive team in The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Kansai Chapter under the Healthcare Committee. HxD's goal is to give innovators from multidisciplinary backgrounds to convene and develop ideas alongside some of the world’s leading healthcare & pharmaceutical companies.
To solve Japan’s most critical challenges in community healthcare and individual patient care, it is paramount that private and public sectors join forces. We seek to foster creative and mutually beneficial partnerships that lead to scaling current health ecosystems, by bringing together academia, innovators, non-profits, private sector, and the public sector.
See past HxD winners and events: 2024 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020
ACCJ thanks THE generous sponsors of HxD 2024:
Organizing Sponsors:
Contributing Sponsors
Special Sponsors
ACCJ THANKS THE GENEROUS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS OF HxD 2024
This event is nominally supported by the U.S. Consulate General Osaka-Kobe
Healthcare x Digital INITIATIVE Team LEADERS
FRANCISCO PROANO
CHRISTIAN BOETTCHER
Consulting partner, health sciences and wellness
EY Strategy & Consulting
TORSTEN KANISCH
Executive officer and vice president, commercial excellence
AstraZeneca
YASUHIKO IIDA
Senior Group Director,
Consumer Experience and Innovation Team
Eli Lilly Japan
Healthcare x Digital INITIATIVE TEAm MEMBERS
LEI LIU, PhD
Innovation partnerships & i2.JP director, commercial excellence
AstraZeneca K.K.
MIYU HARADA
Manager, Consumer Experience and Innovation Team
Eli Lilly Japan
ROBERT BRAND, PhD
Consulting, senior manager,
healthcare and wellness
EY Strategy & Consulting
MARI OGIHARA
i2.JP Community manager,
commercial excellence
AstraZeneca K.K.
Healthcare x Digital AdVISORS
JOSHUA FLANNERY
Founder & CEO, Innovation Dojo
SHION SEINO
Co-founder, Liaison
EUMA ISHII
Co-founder, Liaison
A PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN JAPAN
selectUSA Japan x HEALTHCARE X DIGITAL 2024
The Commercial Service office in Japan and the ACCJ Healthcare x Digital initiative hosted a pitch event for tech startups on April 17 at SmartValue (colormari) in Osaka, attended by U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel and ACCJ President Victor Osumi.
Congratulations to Anaut, who the panel of judges selected as the winner for its goal of changing the landscape of surgery with AI precision mapping. You can read more about Anaut and their accomplishment on Nikkei.
PITCH DAY JUDGES
●Torsten Kanisch (Executive Officer and Vice President, Commercial Excellence, AstraZeneca)
●Mari Ogihara (i2.JP: Innovation Infusion Japan, AstraZeneca)
●Yasuhiko Iida (Senior Group Director, Consumer Experience and Innovation Team, Eli Lilly Japan)
●Miyu Harada (Manager, Consumer Experience and Innovation Team, Eli Lilly Japan)
●Christian Boettcher (Consulting Partner, Health Sciences and Wellness EY Strategy & Consulting)
●Joshua Flannery (Founder & CEO, Innovation Dojo)
●Kunihiro Ohyama (Director, Healthcare Industry Lead, Microsoft)
PITCH DAY PANELISTS
●Torsten Kanisch (Executive Officer and Vice President, Commercial Excellence, AstraZeneca)
●Yasuhiko Iida (Senior Group Director, Consumer Experience and Innovation Team, Eli Lilly Japan)
●Christian Boettcher (Consulting Partner, Health Sciences and Wellness EY Strategy & Consulting)
●Kunihiro Ohyama (Director, Healthcare Industry Lead, Microsoft)
●Ko Sasahara (Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnership, IQVIA Japan)
●Round Table Moderator: Francisco Proano (Horizons Health)
Thank you to the startups who participated:
Ubie
Citadel AI
Anaut
Aikomi
Elix, Inc.
About SElectUSA Japan:
The winner received a complimentary registration to attend the 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit accompanied by an invitation letter from the SelectUSA Executive Director. The winning startup also received the chance to attend the SelectUSA Investment Summit as a member of the Japan Delegation taking place from June 23 to 26 in National Harbor, Maryland, along with roundtrip flight sponsored by Delta Airlines Japan and accommodation fees sponsored by the HxD.
The SelectUSA Investment Summit, hosted by the United States Department of Commerce, is one of the highest profile events in the U.S. and has generated over $98 billion in new investment projects to date.
