The 5th Special Lecture for The Center of Innovation (COI) Held at Hirosaki University

21.10.2014

On October 20, 2014 (Mon.), as part of the Foundation Lecture Series at Hirosaki University’s Graduate School of Medicine, Mr. HOSHINO Kazuya, Exective Officer and General Manager of Technology for GE Healthcare Japan Corporation, was invited as a guest speaker to offer a special lecture entitled “GE’s Innovation and the Role of Japan.”

Japan faces a super-aging society in the near future, so during the lecture, Mr, Hoshino talked about the innovative work done by GE Healthcare to address this issue and support and improve the overall quality of life (QOF) of the elderly in Japan. This has been called the “Silver to Gold strategy.” In addition he talked about how GE is tackling issues related to glocal development.