News（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.
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’s second Opening ceremony was held on October 1st, and we welcomed 7 new students of October Admission and 4 students of Transfer Admission into the 3rd year.
The students are from Japan, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, the U.S.A., Thailand, and Colombia. We wish all of you the best of success!
Joint Fieldwork in Kyushu
TAOYAKA Program for creating a flexible, enduring, peaceful society held a joint fieldwork with Doshisha University “Global Resource Management” and Kyushu University “Advanced Graduate Program in Global Strategy for Green Asia” – programs selected as MEXT “Program for Leading Graduate Schools” – from September 8th to 11th.
The three programs aim to foster global leaders who “address global issues for multicultural coexistence” (Doshisha University), “contribute to the realization of an Asia where ecology and economic growth can coexist” (Kyushu University), and “lead chain development of culture, technology, and society in disadvantaged regions” (Hiroshima University), respectively.
In the joint fieldwork, students visited Oita and Fukuoka prefectures, and visited Suginoi Geothermal Electric Power Plant (Beppu City, Oita) and Kyoto University Institute for Geothermal Science in Beppu City, Oita, the city known as the birthplace of Japan’s geothermal power generation, and Hatchobaru Geothermal Power Plant (Kusugun, Oita). 11 lectures by academic members of the three programs and lecturers from public offices and companies were given, and students developed understanding on geological features of Kyushu, advantages and issues of various type of power generation, and problems of developing nations.
27 students from the three universities were divided into three teams with members of different academic fields and nationalities. On the final day of the joint fieldwork, the students of the three teams gave presentations on the theme of geothermal power generation as clean, renewable energy and possibilities of using the technology in regions confronted by various issues.
The 20th Taoyaka Program seminar was held
Date: Wed, August 27 2014
Venue:Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter,401N lecture room
Lucturer:Tetsuo Urabe (Former executive officer SVP, Sony Corporation)
Title:Passion is a key driver for R&D commercialization –An example of the development of organic electroluminescence televisions
Laguage: Japanese with interpretation into English
The 22nd TAOYAKA Seminar/276 IDEC Asia Seminar was held on Aug 19, 2014
Date: Tuesday, August 19th 13:30-15:30
Venue: IDEC 1F Large Conference Room
Lucturer: Prof. Larry Chow(Director of Hong Kong Energy Studies Centre /Visiting Professor of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Title:Projection of World Oil Prices up to 2030
Language:English
The 18th and 19th TAOAYAKA Program seminars were held
【The 18th】
Title:Impacts of Wind Power on Reactive Power Planning and Dispatch
Date& Time: Thu. July 24, 2014 14:35pm～16:05pm
Venue: Middle Conference Room(A1-141),Graduate School of Engineering,Hiroshima University
Speaker: El-Said El-Sayed El-ArabyAssociate Prof. ofQassim University,Saudi Arabia
Language：English
【The 19th】
Title:Community Development and Town Managementin Higashi-Hiroshima
Date& Time:Thursday, July 31, 2014 14:35-16:05pm
Venue:B3-220 Lecture Room, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
Speaker:Takeo Kaguri, “Current Status and Future Issues in Higashi-Hiroshima”
Yoshiyuki Date, “An Approach to Town Development in Higashi-Hiroshima”
The seminar was held in Japanese with simultaneous interpretation into English.
Students and staff of TAOYAKA Program and Phoenix Leader Education Program attended memorial ceremonies at Hiroshima city on August 6th.
Taoayaka students attended “Peace and Security” (Intensive course) on August 1, 2 in 2014.
Lecturer : Tsuneo Nishida (Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University)
The 17th TAOYAKA Program Seminar was held on July 22
Title: Professional Skills Useful for Fieldwork in Developing Nations and Strategies for Raising Funds to Support International Fieldwork
Date & Time: Tuesday, 22 July2014 16:20-17:50pm
Venue: Taoyaka Classroom(2F Daigaku Kaikan)
Speaker: Professor David J. Eaton (LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin)
The seminar was held in English.
