Program

Time Program
9:45~

Reception

10:00~
12:50

Corporate Booths

Toyoda Auditorium Symposion and Foyer

12:30~ Doors Open
13:10~
13:30
  • Zoom
  • ENG/JPN*

Opening Remarks:
Naoshi Sugiyama (President of Nagoya University)

Welcome Address:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

13:30~
14:15
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  • ENG/JPN*

Keynote Speech:
Hiroshi Kita(Technology Advisor, Technology Development Headquarters, Konica Minolta, Inc.)

Introduction of PhD Talent Success Stories:
Kosaku Noba (Technology Development Headquarters, Konica Minolta, Inc. / Graduate, Graduate Program of Transformative Chem-Bio Research, Nagoya University)

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

 
14:30〜
16:00
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  • ENG/JPN*

Case Studies by Graduates

Case① 

Case②

Case③

Case④

Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Keynote speakers and case study presenters

Moderator:
Osami Shoji (Professor, Graduate Program of Transformative Chem-Bio Research (GTR), Nagoya University)

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

(Coffee Break)
16:30〜
18:00

Parallel Sessions

【For faculty members】
“What to do, to what extent, and how to implement reasonable accommodation?”
(Shnpei Kudo, Associate Professor, Director of Ability Support Center, Student Support Center, Nagoya University),

【For Graduate Students and Corporations】
Student Presentations (First Round Selection): “Proposals for Co-Creating the Future Looking Ten Years Ahead for PhDs”  

TBC

(15min Break)
18:15〜
19:30

Social Gathering at the Corporate Booth

Toyoda Auditorium Symposion and Foyer

*Simultaneous interpretation from Japanese to English available

Time Program
8:45〜
  • ENG/JPN*

Reception, Doors Open

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

9:00〜
10:00
  • ENG/JPN*

Group Presentation by Student Representatives:
“Proposals for Co-Creating the Future Looking Ten Years Ahead for PhDs”

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

 
10:10〜
11:00
  • ENG/JPN*

Responses to Student Proposals
From University, Government, and Corporate Representatives

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

11:00〜
11:35
  • ENG/JPN*

Dialogue between Nobel Laureate Dr. Amano and President Sugiyama
of Nagoya University:
“Message to PhDs Creating the Future”

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

11:35〜
12:15
  • ENG/JPN*

Student Awards Ceremony
Handover Ceremony

Closing Remarks:
Akira Fujimaki (Vice President of Nagoya University)

Toyoda Auditorium Hall

12:30〜
14:00

Corporate Booths

Toyoda Auditorium Symposion and Foyer

*Simultaneous interpretation from Japanese to English available

Speakers

Hiroshi Kita

Technology Advisor, Technology Development Headquarters, Konica Minolta, Inc.

After completing his Master’s degree in Applied Chemistry at the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University in 1987, Hiroshi Kita joined the current Konica Minolta, Inc. He has been engaged in the development of functional compounds such as color photography and OLED. Summarizing the results of these research activities, he obtained a Doctorate in Science from the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University in 2015. From 2017, he served as a Technology Fellow (Executive Officer). Since 2024, he has held his current position. From 2018 onwards, he has led research and development incorporating machine learning and served concurrently as Chairman of the Advanced Materials Rapid Development Technology Research Association (ADMAT) from 2021 to 2023. Currently, he promotes industry-academia collaboration as a member of Graduate Program of Transformative Chem-Bio Research (GTR) at Nagoya University, a visiting professor at the Digital Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Education and Research Center at Hiroshima University, and a visiting professor at Tokyo University of Technology.

Professor
Hiroshi Amano

Director, Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics (CIRFE),
Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS),
Nagoya University

Professor Hiroshi Amano received Doctor of Engineering from Nagoya University. Currently he is a Director, Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics, and a Professor, Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University.
He shared the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics with Prof. Isamu Akasaki and Prof. Shuji Nakamura “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”.
He is currently developing technologies for the fabrication of high-efficiency power semiconductor development and new energy-saving devices at Nagoya University.

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