Program
Time | Program |
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9:45~ |
Reception |
10:00~ 12:50 |
Corporate Booths Toyoda Auditorium Symposion and Foyer |
12:30~ | Doors Open |
13:10~ 13:30 |
Opening Remarks: Welcome Address: Toyoda Auditorium Hall |
13:30~ 14:15 |
Keynote Speech: Introduction of PhD Talent Success Stories: Toyoda Auditorium Hall |
14:30〜 16:00 |
Case Studies by Graduates Case① Case② Case③ Case④ Panel Discussion Moderator: Toyoda Auditorium Hall |
(Coffee Break) | |
16:30〜 18:00 |
Parallel Sessions 【For faculty members】 【For Graduate Students and Corporations】 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 |
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8:45〜 |
Reception, Doors Open Toyoda Auditorium Hall |
9:00〜 10:00 |
Group Presentation by Student Representatives: Toyoda Auditorium Hall |
10:10〜 11:00 |
Responses to Student Proposals Toyoda Auditorium Hall |
11:00〜 11:35 |
Dialogue between Nobel Laureate Dr. Amano and President Sugiyama Toyoda Auditorium Hall |
11:35〜 12:15 |
Student Awards Ceremony Closing Remarks: 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.