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Jul 23, 2025

【Hybrid Symposium】The FOURTH Hokkaido University Medical AI Symposium will be held on 16th of August 2025

Event Overview:
We are pleased to announce the 4th Hokkaido University Medical AI Symposium will be held as outlined below. We enthusiastically invite your participation.

Date and Time: 16th August 2025 (Sat) 12:00 to18:40 (Japan Standard Time)
Venue: (this event will be held as a hybrid event)
Onsite: Hokkaido University Clinical Medicine lecture Hall
Online: Zoom
Admission: Free
Language Used: English
Registration: Pre-registration required
Registration for Onsite participationClick Here
Registration for online participationClick Here

Program: The Event Schedule (the times allocated for each session are tentative and subject to change without any notification)

12:00~12:40 Luncheon Seminar Hosted by GE HealthCare Japan

Presentation Title Name of the Speaker Affiliation of the Speaker
TBD Akira Yamada Department of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan

13:00~13:15 Opening Remarks

Kiyohiro HOUKIN Professor and President of Hokkaido University
Shinya TANAKA Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
Kohsuke KUDO Professor, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University


13:15~14:30 Session 1: Semiconductor

Presentation Title Name of the Speaker Affiliation of the Speaker
Silicon-CMOS Reservoir Computing Devices for Time Series Prediction in Medical AI Tetsuya ASAI Professor,
Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan
Digital Biomarkers and the Application of Sensors in Healthcare Bayarbaatar BOLD President&AI Equity Lead, Mongolian Society of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Digital Health Officer / Health Data Analyst, Habido LLC, Mongolia
Towards a Vibrant AI Hardware Accelerator Ecosystem Michiaki TATSUBORI Senior Technical Staff Member,
IBM Semiconductors, Japan

14:35~15:25 Session 2: Digital Health

Presentation Title Name of the Speaker Affiliation of the Speaker
Human-centered AI for mobile sensing and computing Ting DANG Senior Lecturer in Digital Innovation
School of Computing and Information Systems,
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Promoting Healthcare DX: Envisioning Innovation through AI Utilization Tomonoshin AOKI Assistant Director, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan, Japan

15:30~16:20 Session 3: Generative AI / Large Language Models

Presentation Title Name of the Speaker Affiliation of the Speaker
Medical AI/NLP/DX: Real-World Applications Eiji ARAMAKI Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Science and
Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
AI in Primary Healthcare Shantanu MAJUMDAR Research Director of Healthcare Research program, Rakuten Group, Inc.

16:25~17:15 Session 4: Pathology and Radiology

Presentation Title Name of the Speaker Affiliation of the Speaker
Introducing Pathological Foundation Models: Through Brain Tumor Classification Ken ENDA Department of Cancer Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
Latest AI Technology in IT-based Healthcare Solutions Hirotaka ITO IT Solution Div.,
Medical Systems Business Div.,
FUJIFILM Corporation, Japan

17:15~17:55 Evening Seminar Session 1 hosted by J-MAC System Inc.

Presentation Title Name of the Speaker Affiliation of the Speaker
Legal Considerations for the Use of AI in Healthcare Hitoshi FUJIMAKI
Attorney admitted in Japan and New York, TMI Associates, Japan

17:55~18:35 Evening Seminar Session 2 hosted by Canon Medical Systems Corporation

Presentation Title Name of the Speaker Affiliation of the Speaker
Latest Insights on AI in Medical Imaging Modality Shigeru KIRYU IT School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan

18:35~18:40 Closing Remarks
Yasuyuki NASUHARA, Professor and Director of Hokkaido University Hospital

The Event Organizer (Host):

Clinical AI Huma Resources Development Program of Hokkaido University School of Medicine (CLAP)
The Medical AI Research and Development Center of the Hokkaido University Hospital

Contact Information:
Department of Diagnostic Imaging,
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine
N15, W7, Kita ward, Sapporo, Japan, 060-8638
The Secretariat of the Clinical AI Human Resources Development Program of Hokkaido University School of Medicine (CLAP)
E-mail: med_ai@pop.med.hokudai.ac.jp