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IHE Japan Connectathon Week 2026

■ IHE Japan Connectathon Week 2026

We are pleased to announce that IHE Japan will hold IHE Japan Connectathon Week 2026 in the week of October 19th!

The IHE-J Connectathon is a valuable opportunity to conduct actual connection tests between various products that implement the IHE profiles (with Japanese extension).

This year, in addition to the traditional integrated profile that supports basic clinical workflows, we will also be testing profiles that utilize HL7® FHIR® for information sharing, which have been added in recent years, and profiles that perform RESTful image communication.

We look forward to the participation of many vendors. Furthermore, as in the previous year, we will be holding an International Plug-a-thon again this year, and we plan to provide a venue for trial connection tests of FHIR® IPS (International Patient Summary) and other technologies with the participation of foreign vendors, including those from Taiwan, South Korea and other countries.

We hope that many people will participate and experience global healthcare information sharing!
■ 1. IHE Japan Connectathon
(1) Schedule : October 19th MON – 23rd FRI, 2026
(October 18th SUN is preparation day）
(2) Venue : Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center TAITO-KAN, 6th Floor, Exhibition Hall
https://www.sanbo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/taito/language/eng/
Hana kawabe 2-6-5, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0033 Japan
(5 min. walk from Asakusa Station)
[Tel] +81-3-3844-6190   [FAX] +81-3-3843-6707
(3) Connectathon Testing Domain (Offering) :
●Radiology
●Cardiology
●Pathology & Laboratory (PaLM)
●Endoscopy [ Only Japan! ]
●IT Infrastructure
●Radiation Oncology
●Patient Care Device
●Eyecare
Participation Fee
■ 2. International Plugathon Event
(1) Schedule : Monday October 19th – Thursday 22nd 2026
(2) Venue : Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center TAITO-KAN, 6th Floor, Exhibition Hall / 8,9th Floor, Meeting rooms
(3) Overview of Plugathon :

Unlike Connectathon, Plugathon is a venue for experimental connections targeting unreleased profiles currently being developed by IHE, or profiles that are TI (Trial Implementation) and have limited implementation experience, rather than verification using IHE profiles.

Engineers from relevant vendors and IHE personnel will gather to share experiences and use cases, discuss implementation methods, and conduct trial connectivity testing at the Connectathon venue. Therefore, there will be no pass/fail judgments or public announcements like in Connectathon, but participants will be able to acquire information on the latest profiles and actually perform connectivity testing.

Another objective is to provide feedback on profiles and request IHE to consider them as implementation requirements.

This event is a joint project with Taiwan and South Korea and is an international event. Participation from foreign vendors, including Taiwan and South Korea, is expected, and even IPS (International Patient Summary), which is still relatively unfamiliar in Japan, will be facilitated by Taiwan, which already has experience in connectivity testing.

This will be a valuable opportunity, and we look forward to many people participating! (Please note that all conversations will be in English.)
Participation Fee
■ 3. Participation Fee
For participants of Japan
(1) Participation Fee of IHE-Japan Connectathon (no including tax)
IHE-Japan Connectathon
S Member A Member Non-Member
Basic
Participation
Fee
(※a)
 JPY 500,000 JPY 500,000 JPY 600,000
System
entry fee
by
1 system:
(※b)
 JPY 100,000 / 1 system
The system participation fee for the following systems will be reduced according to the number of consecutive participations.
0 time: no discount
1 time: 1 system
2-3 times：2 systems
over 4 times：3 systems
JPY 100,000 / 1 system
The system participation fee for the following systems will be reduced according to the number of consecutive participations.
0-1 time: no discount
2-3 times：1 systems
over 4 times：2 systems
JPY 200,000 / 1 system
( Optional ) JPY 10,000 for 1 additional Table w/ 2 chairs.
( Optional ) JPY 100,000 for 1 VPN Connecting service from remote Site.
※ a. We might cancel some profile tests if they won’t have enough participants. You can cancel your participation after closing registration, but if you will have already paid participation fee, you can cancel only if you have no available of all tests which you have registered.

You can join in (2) International Plugathon, if you are a Connectathon participants.

IHE Japan Connectathon is for IHE profile testing with Japan National Extension (JP-NEX). If you want to join in, your product needs to apply specifications of JP-NEX. Please ask more information to IHE-Japan Domain Committee which you want to join. IHE-Japan will try to support for language barrier, but it is better you have a Japanese interpreter if you want to progress test smooth.
※ b. 1 System Entry Fee includes following equipment :
1 table w/ 2 chairs, Power supply, Network cables & IP Addresses for systems, Support services, Connectathon SEAL.
(2) International Plugathon participation fee (no including tax)
International Plugathon
Participation Fee JPY 100,000 / vendor or organization
※1. 10 persons for 1 vendor or organization can join in the event because of capacity of meeting room.
※2. You can register all 4 Tracks, but Plugathon will progress 2 Tracks once in parallel. That means you can join max 2 Tracks.
※3. (1) Connectathon participating vendor can join here complementary.
※4. In the trial connect testing, a vendor or organization can bring some systems which are not disturb other participants’ testing. Our facilitator might restrict a part of your systems to participate if you bring a lot.
※5. Because Plugathon Track includes trial connecting test phase, if a Track will have not enough participants, it might be canceled after closing registration.

For participants from Taiwan, Korea

MISAT and IHE Korea will announce and open their registration processes including regional registration fee system. Please ask it to Taiwanese or Korean Office of Japan Connectathon & International Plugathon 2026.

● MISAT Link (URL: TBD)
● IHE Korea Link (URL: TBD)
■ 4. Schedule for Connectathon week
Schedule for Connectathon week
Term Event Description
May 8th FRI Connectathon
Workshop
( on-line, sorry in Japanese )
( Participation free,
materials need to pay )
 We strongly recommend to join here if you are the first time of Connectathon participation.

Additionally, we will announce overview of International Plugathon.

If you need English materials, please ask it to IHE Japan Office.
May 8th FRI -
Jun. 30th TUE		 Registration for
participation		 You can apply your registration using Web application system.

After registration, you need to register your system setting information to JP Gazelle system.
Jul. 6th MON -
8th WED (tentative) 		Connectathon
Participants’ Workshop
( on-line, sorry in Japanese )
 It is only for Connectathon participants and complementary for joining.

We will announce line-up of planned testing profiles and will explain its specification including JP-NEX definitions.

We will also explain what participants need to do until Connectathon week.

If you need English materials, please ask it to IHE Japan Office.

Jul. 6th MON -
Mid of Sep.		 Registration
of your revised system
setting information
on JP Gazelle.		 If you have any updated system information after your first Gazelle registration, you can revise it.
Jul. 6th MON -
Back of Sep.		 Pre-Connectathon
Checking
(Only for needed profiles)
 you perform pre-checking using test tools and upload your log file to Gazelle to make it checked by test monitors.
Until back of Sep. Expire of payment of
participation fee		 You need to call to IHE-Japan officer if you will delay your payment.
Front of Oct. Ordering IP address Gazelle System Manager will send IP address for your system.

You need to set up your system IP address with it.
OCT. 18th SUN System preparation
(Connectathon Venue, not mandate)
you can set up your system
under Connectathon venue network environment.
OCT. 19th MON -
23rd FRI		 IHE-Japan 2026 Connectathon Event week
■ For more information
Please contact Office of IHE-J 2026 Connectathon: ihe-tmp-cnt-office2026@ihe-j.org.jp

For Taiwan participants: (Mailto: TBD)
For Korea participants: (Mailto: TBD)