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The 25th Taoyaka Program Seminar was held
Time&Date: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 13:00-14:30
Title: Some Industrial Aspects of Systems Engineering
Lecturer: Albert B.Gilg Prof.Dr.Dr-Ing.h.c Siemens AG & TUM,Munich/Germany
Venue: Graduate School of Engineering, Middle Conference Room A1-141, Hiroshima University
TAOYAKA Program held the 1st International Symposium “Toward a Multicultural-Coexistence Society” on November 2nd, 2014.
At the symposium, Program Director Masaki Sakakoshi gave an opening address, and MEXT Higher Education Bureau University Promotion Division Chief Tomoka Satomi delivered a guest speech. Hidenori Okahashi Program Coordinator explained the outline of TAOYAKA Program. Two keynote lecturers were present at the symposium. Mr. Shinya Ominami (Director, NPO Green Valley Inc.) gave a lecture titled “Kamiyama Project – for establishing a high-quality and creative place,” and introduced the NPO’s activities to revitalize Kamiyama, a town in Tokushima Prefecture where depopulation is progressing, with cases of young people moving to Kamiyama and an enterprise opening a branch office in Kamiyama. Ms. Hiromi Tengeji (Representative, Kopernik Japan) gave a lecture titled “How to distribute technologies to last mile communities in developing countries” and introduced projects run by the organization to distribute low-cost technologies having appropriate qualities to recipients in less-developed countries facing various issues.
An active discussion was led among the two lecturers and TAOYAKA students.
Prof. Funck Caroline will appear on “Umitoikiru (Living with the sea)” on Friday, November 14th.
(This program will be in Japanese)
[Air Date&Time] Friday, November 14th 2014 7:30PM-8:43PM
[Station] NHK Hiroshima
[Program] “Umitoikiru (Living with the sea)”
the program’s website (Japanese Only)
Prof. Kazuo TOMOZAWA will appear on NHK Kyoiku “Koko-koza (Highschool Lectures)” on Friday, December 12th.
(This program will be in Japanese)
[Air Date&Time] Friday, December 12th 2014 2:40PM-3:00PM
[Station] NHK Kyoiku
[Program] “Koko-koza (Highschool Lectures): Focus on India”
the program’s website (Japanese Only)
The 27th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held on November 12th
Time and Date: 13:00~14:30, November 12, 2014
Venue: Middle Meeting Room(A1-141), Graduate School of Engineering
Lecturer: S. Paul Sumitro (President of SMARTSENSYS)
Title: From Engineer to Entrepreneur
Language: English
Object Persons: Teachers and Students
Download a flyer:PDF(488KB)
Contact:
TAOYAKA Program Technical Creation Office
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527
Tel: 082-424-4597
E-mail: taoyaka-tech-sect[a]ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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The 23rd Taoyaka Program Seminar was held on October 15th
Date:Wednesday, October 15th 15:30-17:00
Venue:TAOYAKA Classroom(2nd Floor, University Hall/Daogaku Kaikan)
Lecturers:Mr. Kinley Gyeltshen (Chief Programme Officer, ECCD & SEN Division, DSE, Ministry of Education)
Mr. Karma Norbu (Assistant Program Officer, Special Education Section, ECCD & SEN Division, DSE, Ministry of Education)
Title:Gross National Happiness (GNH) Education in Bhutan
The Seminar will be held in English and is open to the public.
The 26th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held on November 13th
Time and Date: 10:00~11:30, November 13, 2014
Title: Management of Technologyin Indonesia
Lecturer: Dradjad Irianto,Professor of Bandung Institute ofTechnology
Venue: Middle Meeting Room(A1-141), Graduate School of Engineering
Language: English
Object Persons: Teachers and Students
Download a flyer: PDF(483KB)
Contact:
TAOYAKA Program Technical Creation Office
1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527
Tel: 082-424-4597
E-mail: taoyaka-tech-sect[a]ml.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
*please replace [a] with @.
The 25th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held on November 5th
Title: Some Industrial Aspects of Systems Engineering
Lecturer: Albert B.Gilg Prof.Dr.Dr-Ing.h.c Siemens AG & TUM,Munich/Germany
Time&Date: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 13:00-14:30
Venue: Graduate School of Engineering, Middle Conference Room A1-141, Hiroshima University
The Seminar will be held in English and is open to the public
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The 24th Taoyaka Program Seminar was held on October 4th
Date & Time: Saturday, October 4, 2014 15:30-16:40
Venue: B253, 2nd floor, Graduate School of Letters, Hiroshima University
Lecturer: Mallika Shakya (South Asian University)
Title: Revisiting Development Discourse in Nepal: Turbulent Textile and Garment Industry as a Case Study
Language:English
Co-host: HINDAS(The Center for Contemporary India Studies at Hiroshima University)
TAOYAKA Program will hold the 1st International Symposium
The 1st TAOYAKA Program International Symposium will be held on Sunday, November 2nd!
TAOYAKA Program for creating a flexible, enduring, peaceful society has been selected as Program for Leading Graduate Schools (Multidisciplinary Model: Multicultural-Coexistence Society) in 2013.
The aim of this program is to train excellent students as leaders with broad perspectives and creativities, who are globally active beyond areas of industry, academia, and government.
For our 1st International Symposium, two professionals who have been working closely with disadvantaged regions in Japan and developing nations will give keynote lectures. The two professionals are Mr. Shinya Ominami (Director, NPO Green Valley Inc.) and Ms. Hiromi Tengeji (Representative, Kopernik Japan). This symposium will be a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of multicultural-coexistence societies and know your own possibilities of making a difference in the world.
*** Outline of The 1st TAOYAKA Program International Symposium “Toward a Multicultural-Coexistence Society” ***
[Time&Date] 13:30-16:30, Sunday, November 2nd 2014
[Venue] Library Hall, Central Library, Hiroshima University <Access Information> <Map>
[Seating Capacity] 70 persons
[Language] Japanese/English (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
[Admission] Free
[Registration] Please contact us for registration with your name, affiliation, and contact information by October 31st via e-mail.
[Contact] Hiroshima University TAOYAKA Program Office <E-mail> taoyaka[a]hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Please replace [a] with @.)
[Keynote Lectures]
– Lecture 1.
“Kamiyama Project – for establishing a high-quality and creative place”
Mr. Shinya Ominami (Director, NPO Green Valley Inc.)
http://www.in-kamiyama.jp/en/art/
– Lecture 2.
“How to distribute technologies to last mile communities in developing countries”
Ms. Hiromi Tengeji (Representative, Kopernik Japan)
http://kopernik.info/
– A briefing session explaining the outline of TAOYAKA Program will be held by Prof. Okahashi Hidenori, the Program Coordinator of TAOYAKA Program.