The 21st JAHIS Lecture Meeting and New Year’s Celebration (Jan. 14)

The 21st JAHIS Lecture Meeting and New Year’s Celebration was held on Thursday, January 14 at Iino Hall & Conference Center (Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
Part 1: The JAHIS Lecture Meeting featured a speech by Mr. Fujioka, Director of the Steering Committee, on New Year’s aspirations for 2016. This was followed by a special lecture by Professor Kunihiko Takeda of Chubu University entitled “From a Life of Toil to Pleasant Moments - Things to Think about Now.”
Part 2: The New Year’s celebration began with a greeting from the president, Higashihara. This was followed by greetings from related ministries and groups. The new member introduction featured the eager objectives of the five new member companies present at the meeting.
The meeting concluded successfully with more than 222 participants, including members, guests, and staff.

Lecture Meeting Opening Greeting Masaharu Asano, Chair of the General Affairs Committee	“At the start of the year 2016” Koichiro Fujioka, Board of Director of the Steering Committee
Special Lecture “From a life of toil to pleasant moment - things to think about now”, Professor Kunihiko Takeda of Chubu University	Lecture meeting closing remarks by Sumiko Kido, Assistant Division Director of the General Affairs Division
New Year Celebration Opening Greeting	JAHIS President, Toshiaki Higashihara
A scene from the new year celebration	MR. Yoshihide Ezaki, Director of Healthcare Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI
Mr. Kohei Yoshida, Director of Information Applications Promotion Office, Information and Communications Bureau, MIAC	Mr. Masahiro Uemura Director of IT Strategic Headquarters,  Cabinet Secretariat
MD, PhD Ryuichi Yamamoto, President, Medical Information System Development Center	Professor Mihoko Okada, President Japan Association for Medical Informatics
Introduction of new members	Closing ceremony with hand clapping