Midtown, Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takahiro Nakamura) announces that Takahiro Nakamura, its CEO and Specially Appointed Professor at Institute of Science Tokyo, will speak at the kickoff symposium of the "Space Transdisciplinary Consortium," to be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at the Yushima Campus of Institute of Science Tokyo.
The Space Transdisciplinary Consortium is an industry-academia implementation platform being established by Institute of Science Tokyo, aiming to build a sustainable foundation for life in space by integrating medicine, environment, and resources.
The symposium will feature keynote speeches by the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and astronaut Koichi Wakata, followed by panel sessions by domain. Nakamura will introduce "Each Domain and the Significance of Participation" and serve as moderator of the "Moon and Mars Session."
Midtown serves as the strategic secretariat for two hubs selected under SX-CRANE of the Space Strategy Fund with Institute of Science Tokyo: the "Hub for Development of Environmental Sensors and Small Payloads for the Era of Crewed Mars Exploration" and the "Hub for Development of Habitation Spaces Integrated with Medical Care in Space". Midtown promotes strategy development and exit planning for the social implementation of research outcomes, and is responsible for designing and forming the consortium.
[Event Overview]
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 14:00–17:15 JST
Venue: Suzuki Akio Memorial Auditorium, Yushima Campus, Institute of Science Tokyo
[Related Links]
Institute of Science Tokyo "Space Transdisciplinary Consortium Kickoff Symposium" (Japanese only): https://www.isct.ac.jp/ja/news/1f3mm7797xwb
Midtown press release "Midtown Appointed as Strategic Secretariat for Two Hubs Focused on Mars Exploration and Space Medicine under the Space Strategy Fund's SX-CRANE" (Japanese only): https://www.midtown-inc.com/news/news_0046
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