2024.03.29

第88回日本循環器学会(3月8日~10日)出展報告
Report on the 88th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS2024) (March 8-10: Kobe)

会期 :2024年03月08日(金)~10日(日)
会場 :神戸国際展示場2号館(神戸市)

第88回日本循環器学会にてNCVCバイオバンクにご協力いただきましてNCBNブースを展示しました。


  

  

NCBNブースの場所は2号館のポスター展示の目の前、裏には東北大学のブースが設置されておりました。(3日間お疲れさまでした)
2号館には口頭講演会場が大小合わせて3つ設置されており、講演時には立ち見が出るほどの人が来訪しておりました。

  

医師や企業だけでなく、臨床検査技師や看護師も多く参加しており、活気を感じさせる学会でした。また、今回はアジア圏を含めた開催であることから、海外の方の団体も多くおり、英語でのセッションも数多く開催されておりました。

  

ポスター展示場のすぐ近くであるため、NCBNのブース前にはポスターセッション時には相当多くの人が集まりました。以下は、NCBNのブース前のポスター発表時の写真ですが、非常に多くの人がポスター発表に興味がある事が分ります。

  

初日に20名を超える方が来訪。3日間通して51名の来訪があり、22名の方にアンケート回答いただきました。

  

バイオバンク自体を知らないとお話される方もおり、アンケートの結果にもそれが反映されておりました。中にはNCBNを知っていてくださる方がいらっしゃいますが、その時は自然とうれしくなります。
しかしながら、まだまだ認知度が低いと再確認しましたので来年度も皆様にNCBNを知っていただけるよう頑張っていきたいと思います。

循環器学会であるため、心臓や血管など試料のお話が多かったですが、胎盤など産婦人科関連組織を求める方もおり、NCVCとNCCHDにあることをお伝えすることができました。
このような他の専門にも関わる分野の試料についても紹介できることはNCBNの強みと考えます。

第88回循環器学会のブース展示はNCVCの皆様のご協力の元、無事に終了することができました。NCVCの皆様に感謝を申し上げます。ありがとうございました。

今年度のブース展示活動の総括
今年度は7つの学会に出展しましたが、バイオバンク自体が余り知られていないことがわかりました。医師だけでなく企業や大学の研究者でも使えることはブースでも説明させていただいているのですが、まだまだ浸透していないのでホームページやポスターに大きく明記するなど、皆さんに使っていただけることをお知らせしていかないといけません。そして、ブースを出展した全ての学会で共通した質問は、申請方法や利用条件、利用する場合の費用でした。おそらく全ての研究者や企業が知りたい内容ですので、NCBN内で検討し、明確に答えていけるようにしていく必要があります。

ブース出展することで研究者や企業の考えや、必要な試料や情報について直接的に様々な意見を聞くことができ、かつ、NCBNとして足りていない箇所を確認できました。まだまだNCBNの認知度向上に大きくは結びついておらず、広報の重要性を感じた一年でありました。今後もブース展開を行い、広報活動を強化していこうと思います。

また学会会場でお会いすることがございましたら皆様よろしくお願いいたします。

Dates : March 08 (Fri.) – 10 (Sun.), 2024
Venue : Kobe International Exhibition Hall No. 2, Kobe, Japan

NCBN booth was exhibited at the 88th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society with the cooperation of NCVC Biobank.
The NCBN booth was located right in front of the poster exhibition in Hall 2, and the Tohoku University booth was set up in the back. (Thank you very much for your cooperation for 3 days.)
In Hall 2, there were three oral lecture halls, one large and one small, and there were many people who came to see the lectures standing up.
Not only doctors and companies, but also many clinical technologists and nurses attended the conference, giving it a lively atmosphere. In addition, since this year’s conference was held including the Asian region, there were many overseas groups, and many sessions were held in English.
Since the NCBN booth was located near the poster exhibition area, a considerable number of people gathered in front of the NCBN booth during the poster sessions. The following is a photo of the poster session in front of the NCBN booth, which shows that a great number of people were interested in the poster session.
More than 20 people visited the booth on the first day. 51 people visited the booth during the three days, and 22 people responded to our questionnaire.
Some people told us that they had never heard of the Biobank, which was reflected in the results of the questionnaire. Some of them knew about NCBN, which naturally makes us happy.
However, we reaffirmed that the awareness of NCBN is still low, and we will do our best to make everyone aware of NCBN in the next fiscal year.

Since this is a cardiovascular society, many people talked about specimens such as hearts and blood vessels, but there were also those who sought out obstetrics and gynecology-related tissues such as placentas, and we were able to tell them that we have them in the NCVC and NCCHD.
We believe that NCBN’s strength lies in its ability to introduce such specimens in areas that are relevant to other specialties as well.

We would like to express our gratitude to the NCVC for their support and cooperation in our booth display at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Cardiovascular Society, which was a great success. Thank you very much.

Summary of this year’s booth exhibition activities
We exhibited at seven conferences this fiscal year and found that biobanks themselves are not so well known. We explained at the booth that not only physicians but also researchers from companies and universities can use the biobank, but it is still not widely known, so we need to inform people that they can use the biobank by clearly stating it on our website and posters. A common question at all the conferences where we exhibited our booth was how to apply, the conditions of use, and the cost of using the system. Probably all researchers and companies want to know about these questions, so we need to consider them within NCBN and try to answer them clearly.
By exhibiting at the booth, we were able to hear various opinions directly from researchers and companies about their ideas, necessary samples and information, and we were also able to confirm areas where NCBN is lacking. This was a year in which we felt the importance of publicity, as it has not yet led to a significant increase in NCBN’s visibility. We will continue to develop our booth and strengthen our PR activities.

We look forward to seeing you again at the conference.