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2014.11.25 NEWS

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

2014.11.13 NEWS

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.

 

2014.11.13 NEWS

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)

2014.11.13 NEWS

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)

2014.11.07 EVENT

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
*please replace [a] with @.

2014.10.28 NEWS

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.

 

2014.10.23 EVENT

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 @.

2014.10.20 EVENT

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
Download (PDF)

2014.10.20 NEWS

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)


 

2014.10.10 EVENT

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.

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