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（11/5）The 157th Taoyaka Seminar will be held
The 157th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held as follows. Admission free and no pre-registration is needed. Feel free to join the seminar.
■ Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 13:00-14:30
■ Venue：Large Conference Room (1st floor), IDEC
■ Theme：Agricultural development programs and their implication in Nepal
■ Lecturer：Mr. Kul Prasad Dawadi, Crop Development Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal
■ Language: English
(Nov. 8) The 156th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held
The 156th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held as follows. Admission free and no pre-registration is needed. Feel free to join the seminar.
■ Date: Friday, November 8, 2019 10:30-12:00
■ Venue：Large Conference Room (1st floor), Graduate School of Letters
■ Theme：Sustainable wildlife tourism in Asia and Australia
■ Lecturer：Ronda J. Green, PhD (Wildlife Tourism Australia Inc. & Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University, Australia)
■ Language: English
(Sep.19) Taoyaka Seminar in Tokyo wad held
The Taoyaka Program held a seminar at the Campus Innovation Center Tokyo to introduce the program and recruit students. At the opening of the meeting, Mr. Atsushi Uchida, Deputy Director, Infrastructure and Peacebuilding Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), gave a greeting.
This seminar was co-sponsored with the IDEC degree acquisition seminar. First, Professor Mari Katayanagi and Professor Kinya Shimizu of the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC) explained about research and degree acquisition in the field of peace and education, respectively.
Next, an overview of the program was given by assistant professor Rie Usui, Graduate School of Letters, who completed the program, and research introductions were given by faculty members of the Cultural Creation, Technical Creation, and Social Implementation Courses. Professor Funck Carolin, in charge of the Cultural Creation Course, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences gave a research introduction entitled “How will international tourism influence less-favored areas in Japan?”, Professor Yuichi Kurita, Technical Creation Course, Graduate School of Engineering, explained his research introduction entitled “Physical assistive system using robotics, VR, and AI technology”, Prof. Akimasa Fujiwara, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation gave a research introduction entitled “Can self-driving technology save disadvantaged areas?” as well.
After that, Hiroshi Zenitani from RICOH Company, Ltd., a program graduate, explained the experience of the program and the career after the completion.
Finally, we received a closing remark from Mr. Akira Sudo, Director General for the Program, Cabinet Office.
On that day, there were about 20 general participants including students from Nagoya University and Keio University as well as participants from general companies. In the seminar, in support and development for conditionally disadvantaged areas in Japan and overseas, we visit the local community, listen to local needs, use new science and technology and cross-sectoral knowledge, the necessity to solve the problem and the specific measures were discussed.
(Oct. 3) Taoyaka Program Opening Ceremony wad held
We would like to extend a warm welcome to 3 students admitted to TAOYAKA program, October 3, 2019. Congratulations.
As of October 3rd, we have 47 students in our program from 16 countries.
We wish everyone all the best and the successful semester!
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（10/28）The 155th Taoyaka Seminar will be held
Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you at the seminar.
■ Date： Monday, October 28th, 16:00-onwards
■ Venue： Large Conference Room, IDEC
■ Title：From North & South Poles to Artificial Intelligence
■ Speaker：Mr. Marek Kaminski
■ Language：English
(Nov. 8) The 156th Taoyaka Program Seminar
The 156th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held as follows. Admission free and no pre-registration is needed. Feel free to join the seminar.
■ Date: Friday, November 8, 2019 10:30-12:00
■ Venue：Large Conference Room (1st floor), Graduate School of Letters
■ Theme：Sustainable wildlife tourism in Asia and Australia
■ Lecturer：Ronda J. Green, PhD (Wildlife Tourism Australia Inc. & Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University, Australia)
■ Language: English
Taoyaka Program Admission Information Sessions
Taoyaka Program will hold admission information sessions as follows.Please register online from the form below by October 22.
1) Date: Thursday, October 24th, 2019
Time: 4:20pm – 5:20pm (JST)
Venue: 1F Large Conference Room, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University (1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City Hiroshima 739-8529 Japan)
Language: English
2) Date: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019
Time: 4:20pm – 5:20pm (JST)
Venue: 1F Large Conference Room, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University (1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City Hiroshima 739-8529 Japan)
Language: Japanese
Contents:
Program Overview, Entrance Examination, Q&A
Contact
Taoyaka Program Office, Hiroshima University
E-mail: apply[a]taoyaka.hiroshima-u.ac.jp *Please replace [a] with @.
Completion ceremony was held on September 20th
Taoyaka Program completion ceremony was carried out on September 20th and 6 students of the second graduating class were celebrated by faculty members and staff, and their family and friends on their accomplishment and their completion of the program.
Professor Miyatani, program director, encouraged the graduating students to take an active role in the society as a global leader from now on and extended respect to them for the efforts and hard work they put in the program.
We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.
（9/17）The154th Taoyaka Seminar will be held
Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you at the seminar.
■ Date： Tuesday, September 17th, 16:00-17:00
■ Venue： Large Conference Room, IDEC
■ Title：Grenn and Grey energy Transitions
■ Speaker：Dr. Thomas Brudermann, Assistant Professor at University of Graz
■ Language：English
■ Abstract：Climate change mitigation necessitates the transformation of current economic systems towards sustainable low-carbon systems. A crucial element is the transition of energy systems towards “green” sources such as hydro, wind and PV. Attempts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels can be observed in several high and middle income countries, fueling hopes for the feasibility of a green energy transition. On the other hand, a massive extension of fossil fuel projects is on the way in several developing countries. The aim of this talk is to discuss blind spots of the current debates on sustainability transitions, and to contrast energy transitions in the global north with energy ‘trilemmas’ in the global south.
(Sep. 19) Upcoming Soon: Taoyaka Program Seminar in Tokyo
Taoyaka Program will hold a seminar titled ‘Toward a flexible, enduring, peaceful society’ in Tokyo. This seminar will be held jointly with IDEC Seminar for Degree Acquisition. This event is open to all. If you have interest in International cooperation or Taoyaka Program, please join the seminar. We’re all looking forward to seeing you there.
Date：Thursday, September 19th, 2019 14:00－16:30
Venue：Campus Innovation Center Tokyo, Multipurpose room 1 (Directions)※
Language：Japanese (Simultaneous translation provided in English)
Admission：Free (Please register online from here）
Program
| Opening Remarks Guest’s Speech by Atushi Uchida, Deputy Director General for Planning and Coordination, Infrastructure and Peacebuilding Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
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| 14:00 | Introduction of International Cooperation – International Peace Cooperation Prof. Mari KATAYANAGI, IDEC – International Cooperation in Education Prof. Kinya SHIMIZU, IDEC |
| 14:35 | Introduction of TAOYAKA Program for creating a flexible, enduring, peaceful society and Admission Information |
| 15:10 | Research in Progress – How will international tourism influence less-favored area in Japan? Prof. Carolin FUNCK, Cultural Creation Course, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences – Physical assistive system using robotics, VR, and AI technology Prof. Yuichi KURITA, Technical Creation Course, Graduate School of Engineering – Can self-driving technology save disadvantaged areas? Prof. Akimasa FUJIWARA, Program Coordinator, Social Implementation Course, IDEC |
| 15:55 | TAOYAKA Graduate’s Presentation |
| Guest’s Speech by Akira SUDO, TOSHIBA Corporation | |
| 16:15 | Networking Session Closing Remarks from the organizer at 16:30 |
Online Registration
Contact
TAOYAKA Program Office, Hiroshima University
email：taoyaka-program*office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @.)