[Announcement] The 63rd Trafst Technical Forum: Thinking about the Future of Regional Healthcare through the Cross-disciplinary Design of Medical, Information, and Social Systems. Featuring Arata Arakawa, Director at Magellan Medical

## Overview of the 63rd Trafst Technical Forum

The Association for the Study of Transdisciplinary Science and Technology (Trafst) will host the "63rd Trafst Technical Forum: Innovation in Regional Healthcare Enabled by Medical Malls: Cross-disciplinary Integrated Design of Medical, Information, and Social Systems" on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at the Kyoto Economic Center. Arata Arakawa, Director at Magellan Medical (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Tetsuya Sugimoto), will deliver a lecture and participate in a panel discussion at the forum.

### Event Details
- Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, from 14:55 to 18:00.
- Venue: Kyoto Economic Center, Open Innovation Cafe "KOIN" 3F.
- Participation Fee: Free (Material fee required: 2,000 JPY for members, 3,000 JPY for non-members, 500 JPY for students).
- Registration: Via the official website (limited to the first 50 participants; deadline is June 17).

### Background and Objectives
In response to Japan's structural challenges, such as population decline, maldistribution of doctors, and constraints on hospital management, transitioning to a "region-complete" healthcare system is imperative. Medical malls are attracting attention as a new model that achieves networking through facility clustering, information sharing, and spatial design. This forum will position the medical mall as an "integrated design of medical, information, and social systems" to discuss the implementation conditions from multi-layered perspectives.

### Program Highlights

1. **Opening Remarks**: Atsushi Ito (Chair of Industry-Academia Collaboration, Trafst).
2. **Business Introduction**: Taro Akatsuka (Kyoto Industrial Promotion Association).
3. **Lecture 1**: "Structure and Potential of Medical Malls as Decentralized Medical Systems" by Professor Atsushi Ito.
4. **Lecture 2**: "Current Status and Future Outlook Based on Data from 3,000 Medical Malls" by Arata Arakawa (Director, Magellan Medical).
- This session will analyze operational realities using statistics from across Japan, Google reviews, and market surveys.
5. **Lecture 3**: "Methods for Realizing High-Quality Medical Malls and Management Performance Reports" by Dr. Takahito Baba (Director, Baba Neurosurgery, Emergency, and Check-up Clinic).
- This session will verify methods for overcoming issues in existing malls using specific management data and case studies.
6. **Panel Discussion**: "Conditions for Implementing Regional Healthcare Innovation via Medical Malls".
- Panelists: Atsushi Ito, Arata Arakawa, Takahito Baba / Moderator: Professor Susumu Fujii (Toyohashi University of Technology).
7. **Closing Remarks**: Hiroe Tsubaki (President, Trafst).

We welcome all those interested in the future of regional healthcare, including operators, clinic managers, developers, policymakers, and researchers, to join this program. A networking session is planned after the forum.