Conference and Exhibition Report: Speaking and Exhibition Activities from April to October 2025

Epistra participated in speaking engagements at academic conferences and symposiums, as well as major exhibitions, from April to October 2025.

Speaking Engagements

1. 50th Animal Cell Technology Symposium

• Date: May 12, 2025 (Monday)
• Venue: Nihonbashi Life Science Building (Tokyo)
• Speaker: CEO Yosuke Ozawa
• Topic: “Autonomous Optimization of Life Science Experiments Using AI — From Pharmaceuticals to Biomaterials”
• Overview: Presented methodologies and applications of AI-driven experimental protocol optimization, discussing the impact on R&D from drug discovery to biomaterials

2. Robotics, AI, and Big Data Drug Discovery Symposium

• Date: May 10, 2025 (Saturday)
• Venue: Nagoya City University (Aichi Prefecture)
• Speaker: CEO Yosuke Ozawa
• Topic: “Autonomous Optimization of Life Science Experiments Using AI — Next-Generation Experimental Approaches with Robotics Integration”

3. Netherlands Government Delegation: Regenerative Medicine Facility Visit and Japan-Netherlands Joint Seminar

• Date: June 24, 2025 (Tuesday)
• Venue: Haneda Innovation City / Tonomachi King Skyfront (Tokyo/Kanagawa)
• Speaker: CEO Yosuke Ozawa
• Session: “Manufacturing utilizing AI”

4. Japan Society for Medical Mass Spectrometry, East Japan Chapter Meeting

• Date: July 5, 2025 (Saturday)
• Venue: Shimadzu Tokyo Innovation Plaza (Kanagawa)
• Speaker: CEO Yosuke Ozawa
• Topic: “Autonomous Condition Optimization and Advanced Culture Processes Using AI”

5. 49th JBIC Biotechnology Research Meeting

• Date: July 3, 2025 (Thursday)
• Theme: “Present and Future of Smart Labs: What AI Drug Discovery and Laboratory Automation Bring”
• Speaker: CEO Yosuke Ozawa

6. JBA “Biotechnology for the Future” Study Session / Frontiers of Robotic Biology

• Date: September 3, 2025 (Wednesday)
• Organizer: Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)
• Speaker: CEO Yosuke Ozawa
• Topic: “Autonomous Optimization of Life Science Experiments Using AI — Next-Generation Experimental Approaches with Robotics”

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Exhibitions

1. Drug Discovery Frontier

• Date: June 30, 2025 (Monday)
• Format: MeetUP booth exhibition (Tokyo Midtown Yaesu Conference Hall)

2. INTERPHEX WEEK 2025 Pharma DX Expo

• Presentation: July 9 (Wednesday) 12:30-13:00
• Topic: “Autonomous Optimization of Life Science Experiments Using AI — From Pharmaceuticals to Biomaterials”

3. JASIS 2025

• Dates: September 3 (Wednesday) - 5 (Friday) / Makuhari Messe
• Presentation: September 5 (Friday) 13:30-14:00
• Topic: “Opening New Frontiers with AI x Analytical Measurement: New Trends in Culture Process Optimization”

4. 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan

• Dates: September 10 (Wednesday) - 12 (Friday)
• Venue: Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Itsukaichi Campus, Miyake-no-Mori Nexus 21
• Booth: #10

5. BioJapan 2025 Japan Healthcare Venture Summit

• Dates: October 8 (Wednesday) - 10 (Friday) / Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall B
• Booth: V-56