A new page for children, “Children to Kagaku and iPark,” has been established on the Shonan Health Innovation Park homepage | Press release from IPark Institute Co., Ltd.

I-Park Institute Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President and CEO: Toshio Fujimoto, hereinafter referred to as “I-Park Institute”) today announced that it has added a page for children on the Shonan Health Innovation Park homepage titled “Kids. Gakuto iPark” has been newly established. Our aim is to have many children enjoy understanding the appeal of science and the possibilities of open innovation.

Children to Kagaku to iPark: https://www.shonan-ipark.com/children/

Since the opening of Shonan Health Innovation Park, iPark Institute has aimed to become a science park open to the region. We regularly hold events where our research facilities are open to the public, such as “Parent-Child Science Classes” for local elementary school students and the “Shonan iPark Festa” where tenant companies set up science experience booths. .

This special page was created on our homepage not only for special occasions, but also as a place where you can easily experience the fun of life science anytime and anywhere.

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1. Let’s flip through it!wonder of life
This is a corner where you can answer simple questions related to life in a one-question, one-answer format. Questions were solicited from local elementary and junior high school students, and Shonan iPark researchers helped answer them. There are also philosophical questions that adults can think about from a pure perspective unique to children, so this is a corner that adults should enjoy and think about together.

2. Shonan iPark job encyclopedia

We explain various jobs related to life science in simple terms. The purpose of this event is to help people understand that there are various jobs that can be done to improve people’s health and lives, and to learn about the life science ecosystem, which is made up of such diverse players.

3. Let’s take a look!ipark

The daily life of the people working at Shonan iPark is explained through photos and simple text. This corner aims to give you a concrete image of research and life science work through glimpses of everyday life at the science park.

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This page will be a place for not only elementary and junior high school students, but also high school and university students thinking about their future jobs, people living in the local area, and people with a wide range of interests in science to learn about life sciences and open innovation. Furthermore, we hope that this will be an opportunity for people to talk about their dreams of innovation with their families, friends, and local communities.

Production: Montblanc Co., Ltd. https://mont.jp/

“Let’s flip through the mysteries of life” Production cooperation:

Science teachers and science club members at Fujisawa City Muraoka Junior High School and Fujisawa City Fujigaoka Junior High School

Shonan iPark Science Mentors

[About Shonan Health Innovation Park’s initiatives for the community]
In addition to this website, I-Park Institute also works to educate and educate the local community, focusing on the following two axes, so that the cutting-edge science being pursued at Shonan I-Park can contribute to the development of the local community. We are conducting communication activities.

Providing a place for science experience:
In the hope that many scientists will be produced from the region, we provide opportunities for children to come into contact with science and researchers at Shonan iPark by holding events and accepting tours.
Pursuit of local communities that realize well-being:
By collaborating with companies, medical institutions, governments, and citizens, we are creating a place for consideration, demonstration, and implementation to create a community where each individual’s well-being is realized.

The specific main initiatives are as follows.

■Shonan iPark Festa

Last May, an open event for local children was held to commemorate Shonan iPark’s 5th anniversary. We held a science show and had Shonan iPark’s tenant companies set up experience booths that explained their science in an easy-to-understand manner, and approximately 7,000 people visited.

Event report: https://www.shonan-ipark.com/news/1219/

A similar event will be held this year on Saturday, July 20th. Details will be announced in June.

■Healthcare MaaS 2021, 2022, 2023

Since 2021, we have been holding an event once a year to discuss the possibilities of innovation related to healthcare MaaS

with local people and conduct demonstration experiments.

In the future, we plan to create a place where people can think about and experience not only MaaS but also a wide range of well-being and local communities, and this year the event is scheduled to be held on November 22nd (Friday) and 23rd (Saturday).

Last year’s event report: https://www.shonan-ipark.com/news/1447/

Healthcare MaaS: Building a seamless transportation system oriented towards healthcare and supporting people’s healthy lifestyles. MaaS stands for “Mobility as a Service.”

■Accepting local student tours

We accept junior high school, high school, and university students from the area who wish to tour the facility, introduce them to the facility, and provide opportunities for them to interact with researchers who work on health innovation on a daily basis.

■Shonan corner

Based on the opinions of local junior high school teachers, we opened a corner in Shonan iPark last year that provides easy-to-understand explanations of “ecosystems” and “science.” It is used as a place for explanations and hands-on experiences at events open to the public and when local children come to visit.

For more information: https://www.shonan-ipark.com/area/community/

■Ray summary creation workshop

We invited local junior high school students and held a workshop with Shonan iPark researchers on creating easy-to-understand summaries for academic papers.

Event report: https://www.shonan-ipark.com/news/1498/About iPark Institute Co., Ltd.iPark Institute Co., Ltd. began operations in April 2023 with Industrial Fund Investment Corporation (IIF), Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, and Mitsubishi Corporation as major shareholders. In 2023, Takeda Pharmaceutical will take over the management business of Shonan Health Innovation Park (Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, abbreviated as Shonan iPark), which Takeda Pharmaceutical has been responsible for since 2018, and will not only operate and manage the facility, but also promote innovation creation, technology exchange, and We carry out projects to build and revitalize the life science ecosystem, such as promoting research collaboration.Click here for detailed information about our company

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About Shonan Health Innovation Park (Shonan iPark)

Shonan iPark is Japan’s first science park developed by a pharmaceutical company, established in April 2018 by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, which opened its own laboratory to the outside world. It is currently operated by iPark Institute Co., Ltd., which is independent from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, and aims to become a place where industry, government, and academia from a wide range of industries and scales come together to accelerate health innovation. Currently, not only pharmaceutical companies but also companies and organizations in next-generation medicine, cell agriculture, AI, government, etc. are clustered together, and approximately 180 companies and organizations with over 2,500 people (as of April 2024) are clustered together. forming a system.

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