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[Publication Report] Online Public Symposium “Dementia Risk Reduction: How Society Should Face the Individualization of Risk” Report (March 29, 2024)

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[Publication Report] Online Public Symposium “Dementia Risk Reduction: How Society Should Face the Individualization of Risk” Report (March 29, 2024)

Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) has published the report of the online public symposium “Dementia Risk Reduction: How Society Should Face the Individualization of Risk” held on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

As dementia risk becomes more connected to the individual, this symposium was held to provide an opportunity to consider how civil society should respond to the individualization of risk and what actions should be taken as a whole in order to build an inclusive society.

The symposium introduced ethical issues, the latest studies, and initiatives for dementia risk, including examples from overseas. We shared methods of approaching risks with society from the perspectives of industry, Government, academia, and civil society. In “dementia risk reduction, “we discussed who is it referring to when it says “those who want to (prevent dementia)” as specified in Article 21 of the Dementia Basic Act for Inclusive Society, and the significance of what is included in the Dementia Basic Act. We also deepen discussion on the need for and promotion of industry-academia/public-private collaboration, including how to utilize private sector technologies, products, and services in future dementia prevention efforts.

Based on the report of this symposium, we hope that the discussion on “dementia risk reduction” will be further deepened by domestic and international stakeholders.

 

[Event Overview]

  • Date & Time: Tuesday, December 12, 2023; 17:00 – 20:30 JST
  • Format: Online (Zoom Webinars)
  • Language: Japanese and English, with simultaneous interpretation
  • Participation fee: Free
  • Host: Health and Global Policy Institute
  • Sponsor:
    Integra LifeSciences Corporation.
    Splink,Inc.
    Sompo Holdings, Inc.
    National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Global Health Innovation Policy Program (GHIPP)

 

[Programme] (Titles omitted; in Japanese syllabary order)

17:00-17:05 Opening remarks
Hayato Suzuki (Member, House of Representatives / Executive Director, Parliamentary Association for Promoting Dementia Policies for an Inclusive Society)
 
17:05-17:10 Explanatory introduction
Shunichiro Kurita (Senior Manager, HGPI)
Part1
17:10-17:35 Keynote lecture: Ethical Issues on the Individualization of Dementia Risk
Shingo Segawa (Project coordinator and Researcher, Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen)
17:35-18:05 Presentations: The Frontlines of Dementia Risk

Building Evidence through Multifactorial Interventions
Hidenori Arai (President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology)

Developing Communities to Foster Longevity
Katsunori Kondo (Professor, Center for Preventive Medicinal Science, Chiba University)
Part 2  
18:10-19:20 Presentations: Preparing for Dementia Risk as a Society

From the perspective of industry: Necessary Steps to Develop Brain Health
Naoki Tokumoto (Executive Vice President, Splink, Inc.)

From the perspective of industry: Building and Providing a Comprehensive Support Package
Taro Senba (Director, Dementia Project Promotion Office, SOMPO Holdings, Inc.)

From the perspective of academia: Preventing Severe Complications Using Robots and Industry-Academia Collaboration
Shibata Takanori (Chief Senior Research Scientist, Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

From the perspective of academia: Transitioning from Individual Disease Prevention to Community-Building
Hidetaka Ohta (Professor and Director, Advanced Research Center for Geriatric and Gerontology, Akita University)

From the perspective of academia: A Form of Dementia that Improves with Treatment and Building Early Detection System
Madoka Nakajima (Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University)

From the perspective of civil society: Civil Society-Led Action to Prepare as a Society
Soichiro Kosuga (Journalist, Specified Nonprofit Corporation, Citizen Sector Yokohama)

From the perspective of government: Improving Dementia in the *Me-Byo Stage
Kenji Shuto (Vice Governor, Kanagawa Prefecture)
* “Me-Byo” is a concept that posits that health is a spectrum with no fine line between good and bad health and refers to the transition phases between health and sickness.
   
19:30-20:30 Discussion: How to Bear the Costs of Prevention and Health Promotion as a Society
 

Panelists:
Naoki Tokumoto (Executive Vice President, Splink, Inc.)
Hidenori Arai (President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology)
Hidetaka Ohta (Professor and Director, Advanced Research Center for Geriatric and Gerontology, Akita University)
Soichiro Kosuga (Journalist, Specified Nonprofit Corporation, Citizen Sector Yokohama)
Katsunori Kondo (Professor, Center for Preventive Medicinal Science, Chiba University)
Shibata Takanori (Chief Senior Research Scientist, Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Kenji Shuto (Vice Governor, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Taro Senba (Director, Dementia Project Promotion Office, SOMPO Holdings, Inc.)
Madoka Nakajima (Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University)

Moderator:
Shunichiro Kurita (Senior Manager, HGPI)
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