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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Just how strong the appeal is internationally for the Research Triangle Park is and how aggressive firms from Japan and elsewhere are in seeking business development here will be on full display Wednesday at the “Nu Tech” technology showcase.

Sponsored by Japan-based Nagoya University, the event includes a jam-packed day-long schedule (8:30 a.m. to evening at the Sheraton Imperial) of guest speakers on multiple R&D and business topics. But perhaps more importantly the agenda includes a host of discussions about emerging technology that could lead to advances in medicine, medical devices, biotechnology and much more.

Michinari Hamaguchi, president of the university, and Takashi Ohama, director of the Washington office for the Japan Science and Technology Agency, kick off the program along with N.C. Department of Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco. Ray Wood, a vice president for R&D at Eisai, follows up.

Then the real heart of the session opens with a series of presentations about pharmaceutical and plant technology developments, including:

• An emerging strategy for treating Alzheimer’s
• A new reagent for obesity
• A new treatment for hypertension patients fighting chronic kidney diseases
• A new regime of drugs to lower mortality rates during traumatic surgery and ensuing recovery

Following a presentation from Kiyoto Imai, a Japanese trade official, about business opportunities in Japan, and a discussion by Masao Ando of Equos Research about R&D and investment collaboration, the afternoon sessions of engineering and medical devices begins.

Highlights include:

• 3D measurements used with a surgical navigator for sinus surgery
• A device to treat hand and foot swelling
• A new system for imaging blood vessels
• A solution for growth of “high-quality” silicon
• An emerging elastic silicon for use in adhesives that lowers environmental risk
• A means of imaging blood vessels

Later in the afternoon, more biotechnology and research tool advances will be discussed.

Amazingly, the event is free of cost.

It’s time to network – and look East.

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