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Well-being & Age-Tech Award

We are pleased to announce and present the Ministerial Award for Age Tech to enhance the wellbeing and inclusiveness of ultra low fertility and ageing societies.

The Award was launched to identify and promote the use of science, technology and innovation that will enhance the inclusiveness and wellbeing of an ageing society with very low fertility from 2021. Through the screening process, we found that there are many AgeTechs in Japan, as well as many researchers and companies that are making efforts to solve the issues. This is a great advantage in Japan, which has the world's lowest birthrate and the oldest population in the world. If government, government, industry and academia work together to foster and promote the use of projects and research, it will be possible to contribute to and expand in ASEAN and other countries facing the same challenges.

The science, technology and innovation entries will be carefully reviewed by a panel of judges, including leading experts in intellectual property and technology, and those deemed outstanding will be announced and awarded at the Forum. Upon request, winning companies are offered pro bono consulting support for value co-creation and deployment, including introductions to Expo associations and local authorities, regulatory support, joint research with overseas governmental organisations and academia, and coordination with ministries, companies and VCs. Pro bono support is provided for value co-creation and deployment.

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Well-being & Age-tech 2022 Award 

Award-winning company

Aiming to solve the world-wide problem of super-aging, the SDGs and the second edition of the United Nations SDGs starting in 2020: Decade of Healthy Aging 2021-2030: utilization of science, technology and innovation that contributes to the decade of healthy aging, inclusiveness, We will introduce the efforts selected by experts in intellectual property and technology from the viewpoint of evaluation of integration, originality, innovation, development, and storytelling.

November 27, 2022, Hibiya Midtown BESE-Q, 202Already held at Toranomon Hills Forum on November 23, 2011

​ Supported by: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Yomiuri Shimbun       

Well-being & Age-tech 2022 Award 

Well-being & Age-tech 2021 Award 

Introduction of well-being tech and age tech award-winning technology

About Age-tech 

AgeTech is technology and innovation that enhances social inclusion and individual wellbeing in a super-aged society. It is made up of seniors as well as intergenerational people and communities. The awards will be selected and presented by committee members who are familiar with global AgeTech trends, intellectual property, policy and social innovation. 

 

 AgeTech is not only about technologies related to care for the elderly: it is also about the SDGs second edition action areas: age-friendly environments (mobility, mobility, housing, living environments, home care, travel, fintech, insurtech social & communication, looking after the elderly), integrated Care, Long Term Care (preventive healthcare, independence support, carer support, physical and mental health maintenance, end-of-life related services to extend healthy lifespan such as medical care, nursing care, nutrition, food, exercise, rehabilitation, etc.), etc., and is composed of multiple domains, not only by seniors but also by their families and other intergenerational people and communities. It refers to technologies and innovations that enhance lifelong independence and social inclusion. An environment that is friendly to the elderly is also friendly to children and pregnant women, and is a necessary technology in Japan, where the birthrate is the lowest in the world and the population is ageing.

 Age-tech is defined differently in different countries, and age-tech is considered to be technology, research and services that are appropriate to the current situation in each country.

      Age Tech Market Map
 


Japan Age Tech Market Map

© 2021 by Well Aging Economic Forum

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UK Age Tech Market Map

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Target of Age Tech examination

SDGs 2nd edition'The Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021 stipulated by the United Nations by using Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to solve social issues such as increasing inclusiveness and wellbeing in a sustainable super-aging society. -Targets excellent domestic efforts (various efforts including research and development, product / service planning, business plans, information dissemination, etc.) aiming to achieve 2030'. For STI, there are no requirements such as field, application, novelty, technical level, etc. It targets initiatives that can be widely deployed both domestically and internationally.

​ Agetech is a field made up of people of all ages and communities, not to mention seniors.

Agetech is an age-friendly environment (movement, mobility, housing, living environment, home care, travel, fintech, insurtech social & communication, watching), integrated care, long-term care (medical care, long-term care, nutrition / nutrition / Preventive healthcare that extends healthy life such as food and exercise, independence support, carer support, mental and physical health maintenance, end-of-life related services), etc. It is composed of multiple domains, not only seniors but also people beyond generations such as their families It is a field that is made up of local communities. It also refers to technologies and innovations that enhance human independence and social inclusion throughout life. ​ Agetech has different definitions depending on the country, and research and services according to the current situation of each country are regarded as Agetech, and this award refers to the Agetech industry in the United Kingdom. ..

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Application Form

To apply for the “Wellbeing & Age Tech 2023 Award”, please read the application requirements below, fill in the necessary information on the application form, and attach it to the application form on this page and send it.

In addition, when we recruited age-tech last year, most of the applications were for nursing care-related science and technology / innovation, so we found that the image of age-tech in Japan is biased toward nursing care and some medical care. I was. Starting this year, the title of the award will reflect the purpose of the award, "Enhancing inclusiveness and wellbeing in a super-aging society (a super-aging society includes a declining birthrate)." Tech Award”, so that it is easy to apply for technologies other than nursing care (science technology and innovation).
Please feel free to contact us for the application method, schedule, and other information. We are looking forward to your application.

*If there is an unexpected event, we will consider the deadline.

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Agetech 2023 Judging Committee
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・Kazunari Sugimitsu, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School Professor Jikei University Specially Appointed Professor

・Shintaro Sengoku, Tokyo Institute of Technology Professor ​

​・Seiko Shirasaka, Keio University Professor

​・IA Partners (former DBJ Capital) Akihiko Kaneko

・Patent Office Judge Ippei Ota 

​・Yumi Sato, Representative Director, Well Aging Economic Forum

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Agetech 2023 Judging Committee
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・Kazunari Sugimitsu, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School Professor Jikei University Specially Appointed Professor

・Shintaro Sengoku, Tokyo Institute of Technology Professor ​

​・Seiko Shirasaka, Keio University Professor

​・IA Partners (former DBJ Capital) Akihiko Kaneko

・Patent Office Judge Ippei Ota 

​・Yumi Sato, Representative Director, Well Aging Economic Forum

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Age Tech 2021 Judging Committee
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・ The University of Tokyo Vice President / Professor Toshiya Watanabe

・ Professor, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo Keisuke Goda, Part-time Professor, UCLA

・ Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School Professor Kazunari Sugimitsu

・ Professor Shintaro Sengoku, Tokyo Institute of Technology (preliminary examination only)

・ Nobuki Ando, President of All Japan Health Insurance Association 

・ Takafumi Yamamoto, President and CEO of TLO, University of Tokyo

​ ・ Japan Intellectual Property Standards Office Hiroto Nakagami

​ ・ Yuka Shimada, Director of Unilever Holdings ( ​)

​ ・ Well Aging Economic Forum Representative Director Yumi Sato

Agetech 2022 Judging Committee
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・Kanazawa Institute of Technology Graduate School Professor Jikei University Specially Appointed Professor Kazunari Sugimitsu 

・Tokyo Institute of Technology Professor Shintaro Sengoku

・Nobuki Ando, Chairman of the All Japan Health Insurance Association 

​・IA Partners (former DBJ Capital) Akihiko Kaneko

​・2025 International Exposition Association

・Patent Office Judge Ippei Ota

​・Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National CorporationHiroyuki Kondo  

​・Japan Intellectual Property Standards Office Yuto Nakagami

​ ・ Former Unilever Director Yuka Shimada

​・Yumi Sato, Representative Director, Well Aging Economic Forum

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