Japanese-Finnish Joint Symposium
ICT and Technology in Medical and Health Research

• Programme

13–15 December 2011                                                                                   

• Helsinki, Finland, Organised byAcademy of Finland
• Tekes – Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
• Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Advanced Medical Diagnosis and Its Technology

 Keynote speakers

• Professor Juhani Knuuti, University of Turku
  Molecular Imaging: Dream or Reality?
• Professor Emeritus Takahiro Kozuka, President, Kaizuka Hospital
  Progress of Diagnostic Imaging

Speakers

• Professor Kaori Togashi, Kyoto University
  Functional MR imaging of the uterus
• Professor Risto Ilmoniemi, Aalto University
  New Methods for Brain Imaging and Stimulation 
• Professor Hidehiro Iida, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
  Quantitative assessment of biological functional parametric images using PET and SPECT
• Dr Harri Siitari, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  VTT Technologies for future  Health         

Medical Application of ICT
(incl. e-health, ambient assisted living and smart homes)

Keynote speaker

• Professor Ryuji Kohno, Yokohama National University
  Dependable Medical ICT - Medical Healthcare Based on Highly Reliable, Robust, Secure ICT  

Speakers

• Professor Jari Iinatti, University of Oulu
  On the Recent and Future Topics of Wireless Communications in Healthcare
• Dr Huan-Bang Li, National Institute of Information and Communications   Technology 
  Prototype BANs for Health Monitoring and Visually Impaired People
• Dr Pekka Mustonen, Managing Director, Duodecim Medical Publications Ltd
  Happiness, Health and Work
• Professor Hiroshi Iseki, Tokyo Women’s Medical University
  SCOT (Smart Cyber Operating Theater) project: Advanced Medical Information Analyzer for Guidance of the Surgical Procedures
• Mr Olli Nuuttila, CEO, Active Life Village Oy
  Active Life Home – Technology Supported Living at Home

Bioinformatics and Its Application in Health Research

Keynote speaker

• Professor Olli Kallioniemi, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, FIMM
  Building a bridge from discovery to medicine

 Speakers

• Professor Tatsushi Toda, Kobe University
  Genome-wide studies and molecular targeting therapy for neurological diseases
• Professor Anu Wartiovaara, University of Helsinki
  Omics approaches reveal clues for mitochondrial disease diagnosis and pathogenesis
• Dr Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, RIKEN
  Genome-wide association study and whole-genome sequence analysis
• Research Professor Matej Orešič, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 
  Metabolomics and systems biology approaches to study health and disease
• Associate Professor Masaru Yoshida, Kobe University
  Serum metabolomics by GC/MS as a novel diagnostic approach for diseases

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