{"id":1194,"date":"2020-10-01T09:03:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T00:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1194"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:55:21","slug":"20201001","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/en\/news\/20201001","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of \u201cSenior Life Innovation Challenge 2020\u201d Startup Business Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"test\">SOMPO Holdings, Inc. (Future Care Lab in Japan) and its group nursing care business company SOMPO Care Inc., in collaboration with the healthcare IT innovation program \u201cDigital Health Connect\u201d hosted by Infocom Corporation, will hold the business contest \u201cSenior Life Innovation Challenge 2020\u201d for startups working on innovative businesses aimed at realizing a \u201cnew senior life\u201d in a long-lived and super-aging society. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cSenior Life Innovation Challenge 2020\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p>Organizers \/ Co-organizers: Infocom Corporation, Digital Health Connect SOMPO Holdings, Inc., SOMPO Care Inc.<br\/>Sponsors: Teijin Limited, Eisai Co., Ltd.<br\/>Management &amp; Secretariat: Digital Health Connect<\/p>\n\n<p>How to Apply: Please enter via the official website below and proceed with the prescribed application process.<br\/>After applying, please participate in the online briefing sessions for companies announced on the official website.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cSenior Life Innovation Challenge 2020\u201d Official Website<br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhconnect.jp\/contest\/2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.dhconnect.jp\/contest\/2020\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>\u30fbApplication Period: September 30 (Wed) \u2013 October 30 (Fri)<br\/>\u30fbTarget: Startup companies (New business projects from large corporations are also eligible)<br\/>\u30fbOnline Briefing Sessions: October 13 (Tue) \/ October 19 (Mon), 2020<br\/>\u30fbScreening Period: November 2020 \u2013 February 2021<br\/>\u30fbFinal Selection (Pitch Contest): Friday, February 26, 2021, held in Tokyo (Open to the public)<\/p>\n\n<p>Click here for details on the business contest<br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sompo-hd.com\/~\/media\/hd\/files\/news\/2020\/20200930_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.sompo-hd.com\/~\/media\/hd\/files\/news\/2020\/20200930_1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1187,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news_category":[17],"class_list":["post-1194","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-announcements","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futurecarelab.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}