Hokkaido University Research & Business Park, which is designated as a Regional Innovation Strategy Promoting Region, has been conducting the Regional Innovation Strategy Promotion Program “Sapporo Health Innovation ‘Smart-H’” in order to create regional innovation while utilizing the MEXT’s support program, Regional Innovation Strategy Support Program. This program targets to create the Hub of Health Science and Medical Integration in the Hokkaido University Research & Business Park by maximizing the Hokkaido’s uniqueness and benefit of food production and natural environment with the aim of advancing ‘Health Innovation’ which contributes to maintaining, promoting, and restoring the general health conditions of people
Hokkaido University Research and Business Park (HU R&BP), which is composed of 16 research institutes engaged in primarily in life science research, is situated in the Northern Campus Area of Hokkaido Univerity located in the center of Sapporo. The HU R&BP functions as the base promoting comprehensive efforts from R&D to business creation in concerted actions among industry, academia, government and banking led by Hokkaido University Research and Business Park Promotion Council consisting of the following 12 organs . (as of August, 2014)