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24 Jul 2017 Stem Cells and the Eye

2-3 November 2017, Cardiff University

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This event is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme

12 Jul 2017 25 July/ Natsume Soseki versus William Shakespeare (an open lecture)

UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee

Natsume Soseki versus William Shakespeare (an open lecture)

Date, Time and Venue:

Tuesday 25th July 2017

16:00-17:30 Soseki Public Lecture
"Natsume Soseki versus William Shakespeare: Two Heavyweights of World Literature"
Speaker: Dr. Damian Flanagan
Venue: the Gustave Tuck LT, 2nd Floor, South Junction, Wilkins Building, Gower Street WC1E 6BT
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/gustave-tuck-lt

18:00-Reception
-Library exhibition on Japan-UCL interaction
-Presentation by Matsuyama Higashi High School students
-Herb tea demonstration etc.
Venue: North Cloister, Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/north-cloisters

Registration: Please register on the event website.

Participation fee: free

Cosponsored by

CLAIR, Embassy of Japan in the UK, Japan Foundation, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, Matsuyama city, Matsuyama Higashi High School, UCL, UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee, UK Japan Institute

Supported by

Mitoco Kawachi Corporation, UCL Global Engagement Office

Enquiries:

Please contact Dr. Yasu Takeuchi at UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee on y.takeuchi@ucl.ac.uk

The event flyer is available here.

11 Jul 2017 28 July/ UK-Japan Social Entrepreneurship Symposium – Memory of Tomoatsu Godai

UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee

UK-Japan Social Entrepreneurship Symposium – Memory of Tomoatsu Godai

How to Improve Our Society through New Businesses Creation? – Memory of Tomoatsu Godai

The symposium will start with a keynote lecture by Prof. Nick Tyler (UCL Transport Institute), which will be followed by 8 talks about social entrepreneurship from academic, political, economical and entrepreneurs' point of view, as well as supporting structures.

Following the symposium, UCL-Osaka reception will be held in UCL North Cloisters (one-minute walk from the symposium venue).

When:
Friday, 28 July 2017
Symposium: 13:00 - 17:00
Reception: 18:00 - 20:00

Where:
UCL Cruciform Building

Gower Street

London

WC1E 6BT

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Confirmed speakers:
Prof. Nick Tyler (Chadwick Chair of Civil Engineering, UCL Transport Institute)
Mr. Tadahiko Yanai (Manager for Innovation, Economic Strategy Bureau, Osaka City Government)
Prof. Toshiya Hoshino (Osaka University, Japan)
Ms Milimer Morgado (Young Entrepreneur)
Mr Soto Yamauchi (Young Entrepreneur, Walt, Inc.)
Ms Tomoko Watanabe (Urban Innovation Institute, Japan)
Ms Yuliana Topalzy and Ms Anna Sexton (UCL Entrepreneurship)

Sponsored by:
Osaka City
Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Japan Foundation
Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), Japan
Japan Society of the Promotion of Science
Embassy of Japan
UCL Grand Challenges

For more information and signing up for the event:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-japan-social-entrepreneurship-symposium-memory-of-tomoatsu-godai-tickets-35696721856

Enquiries:
Ryo Torii (r.torii@ucl.ac.uk)

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07 Jul 2017 Tenkō in Trans-war Japan: Politics, Culture, History. An international workshop

Tenkō in Trans-war Japan: Politics, Culture, History. An international workshop

Date: 30 June-02 July 2017

Venue: Hinsley Hall, 62 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 2BX

http://www.hinsley-hall.co.uk

For more information, please visit the event website.

This event is supported by the JSPS London Seminar and Symposium Scheme.

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