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In-kind sponsor for air ticket for the upcoming pitch event winner and monetary sponsors are welcome!
For more information, please contact kansai@accj.or.jp
UPCOMING HxD EVENTS
2026 ACCJ HxD Pitch Event Information Session January 16, 2026 [Virtual] (9:30-10:30)
In this session, you will learn about the upcoming 2026 ACCJ HxD Pitch Event; how to participate and how to win, what SelectUSA is and why it matters, details on awards, prizes and criteria, etc.
Target audiences are health tech startups who are interested in applying for the 2026 ACCJ HxD Pitch Event, corporates who are interested in sponsoring the event and HxD activities in 2026, and anyone who are interested.
2026 ACCJ HxD Pitch Event
February 13, 2026 [HYbrid] (13:00-18:00)
@NakanoshIma Qross
The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan’s (ACCJ) Healthcare x Digital (HxD) initiative invites startups developing healthcare digital solutions to pitch their innovations for a chance to win prestigious prizes.
Pre-selected stratups will pitch at the event virtually.
Awards includes SelectUSA Award; an invitation to SelectUSA Investment Summit 2026, Nakanoshima Qross Award, and more.
Registrations for startup pitches will open soon!
Sponsorship Opportunities Available - Details coming soon!
2025 EVENT
December 2, 2025 @Nakanoshima Qross
One-on-one Mentorship Sessions
2023 Ideas Day Review Video
ABout THE HEALTHCARE X DIGITAL
Healthcare x Digital (HxD) is an inititaive team in The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Kansai Chapter under the Healthcare Committee. HxD's goal is to give innovators from multidisciplinary backgrounds to convene and develop ideas alongside some of the world’s leading healthcare & pharmaceutical companies.
To solve Japan’s most critical challenges in community healthcare and individual patient care, it is paramount that private and public sectors join forces. We seek to foster creative and mutually beneficial partnerships that lead to scaling current health ecosystems, by bringing together academia, innovators, non-profits, private sector, and the public sector.
See past HxD winners and events: 2024 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020
ACCJ thanks THE generous sponsors of HxD 2025:
Organizing Sponsors:
Special Sponsors
ACCJ THANKS THE GENEROUS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS OF HxD 2025
This event is nominally supported by the U.S. Consulate General Osaka-Kobe
Healthcare x Digital INITIATIVE Team LEADERS
CHRISTIAN BOETTCHER
Consulting partner, health sciences and wellness
EY Strategy & Consulting
TORSTEN KANISCH
Executive officer and vice president, commercial excellence
AstraZeneca
YASUHIKO IIDA
Senior Group Director,
Consumer Experience and Innovation Team
Eli Lilly Japan
Healthcare x Digital INITIATIVE TEAm MEMBERS
LEI LIU, PhD
Innovation partnerships & i2.JP director, commercial excellence
AstraZeneca K.K.
SACHIN BENNUR
Director, IT - Korea,
CDH Japan & NAPAC
Eli Lilly Japan
ROBERT BRAND, PhD
Consulting, senior manager,
healthcare and wellness
EY Strategy & Consulting
MARI OGIHARA
i2.JP Community manager,
commercial excellence
AstraZeneca K.K.
Healthcare x Digital AdVISORS
JOSHUA FLANNERY
Founder & CEO, Innovation Dojo
SHION SEINO
Co-founder, Liaison
EUMA ISHII
Co-founder, Liaison
SAYA MAEDA
Project Coordinator, Liaison
A PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN JAPAN
2025 SelectUSA Japan X ACCJ HxD EXCLUSIVE PITCH EVENT
The Commercial Service office in Japan and the ACCJ Healthcare x Digital initiative hosted a pitch event for tech startups on February 21 at Nakanoshima Qross in Osaka, attended by ACCJ President Victor Osumi.
Congratulations to AMI Inc., who the panel of judges selected as the winner!
PITCH DAY JUDGES
●Torsten Kanisch (Executive Officer and Vice President, Commercial Excellence, AstraZeneca)
●Mari Ogihara (i2.JP: Innovation Infusion Japan, AstraZeneca)
●Yasuhiko Iida (Senior Group Director, Consumer Experience and Innovation Team, Eli Lilly Japan)
●Miyu Harada (Manager, Consumer Experience and Innovation Team, Eli Lilly Japan)
●Christian Boettcher (Consulting Partner, Health Sciences and Wellness EY Strategy & Consulting)
●Joshua Flannery (Founder & CEO, Innovation Dojo)
Thank you to the startups who participated:
About SElectUSA Japan:
The winner received a complimentary registration to attend the 2025 SelectUSA Investment Summit accompanied by an invitation letter from the SelectUSA Executive Director. The winning startup also received the chance to attend the SelectUSA Investment Summit as a member of the Japan Delegation taking place from May 11 to 14 in National Harbor, Maryland, along with roundtrip flight sponsored by Delta Airlines Japan and accommodation fees sponsored by MGM Resorts.
The SelectUSA Investment Summit, hosted by the United States Department of Commerce, is one of the highest profile events in the U.S. and has generated over $98 billion in new investment projects to date.
