STOMA Néo-ART Symposium 2026 | November 3, 2026 — Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo
STOMA Néo-ART
Symposium 2026
ストーマ ネオ・アート
シンポジウム 2026
PRESENTED BY innovacell
11/3Tue / Culture Day
Yasuda Auditorium, The University of Tokyo
About the Symposium
Unraveling Differences, Reweaving Society
STOMA Néo-ART Symposium
From Paris to Tokyo, and into the Future
This symposium brings together experts at the forefront of stoma and continence care to deepen the discussion toward a society with more choices.
Exploring the challenges and possibilities of continence care from diverse perspectives — medicine, fashion, technology, and social systems — it offers a forum where ostomates, medical professionals, designers, and researchers think together.
Building on the practice of the Stoma Néo-ART Project born in Paris, we will share new values of bodily diversity and self-expression from Tokyo to the world.
PROGRAM
Session 0 STOMA Néo-ART Project
Raita Yano
Director, Japan Welfare & Medical Fashion Association
Chief of Gastroenterological Surgery, Hiroshima Memorial Hospital
Kei Hirabayashi
Representative Director, Japan Welfare & Medical Fashion Association
CEO, KEI's STYLE
Visiting Professor, Shijonawate Gakuen University
Session 1 Limited Choices and the Barriers Born of "Not Knowing"
Chair
Shin-ichiro Kumagaya
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Professor, Tojisha-Kenkyu (User-Led Research)
Speakers
Aki Asahina
Physician / Novelist
Sayuri Nakajima
Ostomate Advocate
English Pronunciation Coach
Nobuko Matsuura
Nursing Department, Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR
Head Nurse, Patient & Family Support Division, Total Care Center
WOC Nurse
More speakers to be announced
Session 2 The Potential of Fashion to Extend the Body
Chair
Kei Hirabayashi
Representative Director, Japan Welfare & Medical Fashion Association
CEO, KEI's STYLE
Visiting Professor, Shijonawate Gakuen University
Speakers
Emma Otsuji-Pickles
Physician / Ostomate Model
Misaki Tanaka
PROJECT SOLIT
Founder & Representative
SUZU
Physical Therapist / Global Model
Representative Director, Japan Grow Wellness Association
Session 3 Social Systems That Support Choice
Chair
Hideki Hashimoto
Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Speakers
Atsushi Kato
Representative,
Japan Toilet Labo (NPO)
Yosuke Ishii
Physician
Former Medical Officer, MHLW
Former Ostomate
Kaoru Nishimura
Honorary President, Japan Continence Action Society
Continence Japan Inc.
Master of Ceremonies
Yukari Hirano
President, LIBRA Co.
Announcer
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◇ Corporate Partners ◇
◇ Traditional Craft Partners ◇
◇ OFFICIAL PARTNERS ◇
◇ Supported by ◇
Tottori Prefectural Government
Kyoto City
Hiroshima University
Japan Ostomy Association Inc.
Japan National Council of Social Welfare
National Council of CEOs of Social Welfare Corporations
Health and Welfare Information Association
Japan Surgical Society
Japanese Society of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Management
Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association
Hiroshima City Medical Association
NPO IBD Network
Japanese Society of Stoma and Continence Rehabilitation
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
◇ Sponsors ◇
Main Sponsor
▼ About the Main Event ▼
Organizer
Japan Welfare & Medical Fashion Association (JWMF)