Building a Transpacific Healthcare Ecosystem
ATTENTION: Please share your travel information to Steve Pollock (steve@usajapan.org) , Sarina Noma (sarina@usajapan.org), or Satoko Masuda (satoko@creatry.us).
SCHEDULE:
11/11 (Mon): 12 PM – 6 PM, TOKYO
Biotech entrepreneurship conference
11/11 (Mon): Pre-talk Dinner, TOKYO (TBD)
RSVP needed
11/12 (Tue): 8 AM – 10 AM at Salesforce Tower, TOKYO
Breakfast Program with ACCJ
RSVP needed
11/12 (Tue): 1 PM – 6 PM at Nihonbashi Life Science Hub
Building a Transpacific Healthcare Ecosystem Conference
Invitation only
11/12 (Tue): 7 PM – 9 PM at Nihonbashi, TOKYO
Dinner hosted by Wilson Sonsini
RSVP needed
11/13 (Wed): Travel from TOKYO – FUKUOKA / KUMAMOTO
11/14 (Thu): 9:00 AM – 5 PM at Kumamoto-jo, KUMAMOTO
Building a Transpacific Healthcare Ecosystem Conference
followed by a networking reception
11/14 (Thu): 8 PM – 10 PM, KUMAMOTO
Dinner TBC
RSVP needed
11/15 (Fri): 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM at KKR Hotel, KUMAMOTO
Breakfast Meeting
11/15 (Fri): 9:30 AM – 11:00
Optional tour of Kumamoto Castle with a guide
RSVP needed
TRAVEL to/from Kumamoto:
For the domestic flights, you will need to travel from Tokyo to Kumamoto on Wed., Nov. 13, and depart Kumamoto on Friday, Nov. 15.
PLEASE NOTE: there are special fares available to international travelers for domestic flights within Japan. Here is the link to the special fare page on ANA.
Travel to Kumamoto:
- If you would like to attend the Sumo match in Fukuoka (courtesy of our sponsor Elton Satsuky and Wilson Sonsini), please book an airline ticket from Tokyo Haneda airport to Fukuoka on Nov. 13 (Wed.) as follows:
- Depart HND: NH251 (ANA) 11:30 am
- Arrive FUK: 13:30
- Note that we will need to purchase shinkansen tickets from Fukuoka to Kumamoto departing after the Sumo match – which we can buy in Japan.
- If you do not want to attend the Sumo match in Fukuoka, you can fly directly to Kumamoto. Please arrive by Wed. evening, as the conference starts early on Thursday.
- We will have a breakfast wrap-up meeting on Friday, followed by local sightseeing. If you plan to participate in those activities, our group will be traveling on the following flight:
- Depart Kumamoto: NH2416 13:10
- Arrive HND: 14:40
- Note that you are free to leave Kumamoto earlier on Friday (or later) to return to Tokyo or travel to other destinations if you are not planning to join the breakfast meeting or tour.
- If you are planning to return to the US on Friday, you will need to make sure you leave early enough to catch your international flight.
Lodging:
TOKYO:
Our conference in Tokyo will take place at the LINK-J conference facility located in Nihonbashi at
Nihonbashi Life Science HUB
Nihonbashi Muromachi, 1-5-5, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0022
8F., Muromachi Chibagin Mitsui Building →google map
Here is a list of hotels in the general vicinity of our Tokyo conference in Nihonbashi. A number of our people have stayed in the Mitsui Garden Hotel for past conferences, though I will stay at a cheaper option nearby.
KUMAMOTO:
In Kumamoto, our conference will take place at the Kumamoto-jo Hall.
3-40, Sakuramachi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto, 860-0805
We have a block rooms at Candeo Hotel, which is near the conference hall. Please let us know if you plan to stay in this hotel and we will include you in our group booking.
Candeo Hotel:
8-7 Shin-shigai, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto
TEL: +81-96-327-8480
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Steve Pollock at email (steve@usajapan.org) or phone (415-987-8427).
You can also reach out to Satoko Masuda (satoko@creatry.us) or Sarina Noma (sarina@usajapan.org) for logistics information.