16 Feb 2018 06 MAR/ Ritsumeikan Seminar Series: 電力システム改革と再生可能エネルギー普及は両立するか
SymposiumRitsumeikan Seminar Series:
電力システム改革と再生可能エネルギー普及は両立するか
Date and Time:
Tuesday 6th March 2018
18:15 Doors Open
18:30 Seminar Starts
19:30 Reception Starts
Venue: ブルネイ・ギャラリー202号室（Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London）
Lecturer: 立命館大学経済学教授 島田幸司（しまだ こうじ）
Professor Koji SHIMADA, College of Economics, Ritsumeikan University
Language: Japanese
Registration: Please sign up for the event at the following website:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/42875601077
The event flyer is available here.
This event is supported by JSPS.
04 Dec 2017 LSHTM & Nagasaki University: partnership successes and opportunities
LSHTM & Nagasaki University: partnership successes and opportunities
Date: Monday 11 December 2017
Time: 14:30 - 16:30
Venue: Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
Room: Manson Lecture Theatre
Registration is required. Please sign up for the event at the follwing website:
Registration and Event Details
17 Nov 2017 Experience Japan Exhibition 2017
The Experience Japan Exhibition will be held at the Royal Society in London on Saturday, 18th November 2017, introducing various study and work opportunities in Japan. This year JSPS will run a session 'Conducting Research in Japan' where you can learn about JSPS programmes as well as hear accounts of research life in Japan from our alumni.
The event is hosted by Keio University, co-hosted by the British Council, and supported by JSPS and other funding agencies.
Event Programme and Registration
24 Oct 2017 JSPS London Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Evening
Thursday 19th October 2017, The Magic Circle (by invitation only)
Event Programme
Event Report
Selected presentations:
Pre Departure Preparations
By Ms Chika Itoi, Deputy Director, JSPS London
Considerations for after a JSPS Fellowship
By Ms Ai Ozaki, Bilateral Cooperation Division, JSPS Tokyo
pJSPS Fellowship Experience
By Ms Pola Berent, University College London
Activities of the UK & RoI JSPS Alumni Association
By Dr John Brazier, University of Reading
14 NOV/ Book Launch for Beauty in Sufism: The Teachings of Ruzbihan Baqli by Dr Kazuyo Murata
Book Launch for Beauty in Sufism: The Teachings of Ruzbihan Baqli by Dr Kazuyo Murata
Date: Tuesday 14 November 2017
Time: 19.00 to 20.30
Venue: Council Room, King's Building (2nd floor), Strand Campus, King's College London
Registration & Information
Please sign up for the event at https://guestli.st/483519.
You can also find more information there.
This event is supported by JSPS.
23 Oct 2017 10 NOV/ UK-Japan Collaboration seminar in November 2017 “Social Innovation in an Aging Population & Diversifying Society”
Presented by Ritsumeikan
UK-Japan Collaboration seminar in November 2017
“Social Innovation in an Aging Population & Diversifying Society”
Date: Friday, 10 November 2017
Time: 15:00 – 16:55 *Followed by reception
Venue: DLT Lecture Theatre, Ground floor, SOAS, University of London, Russell Square, London
Presented by: Ritsumeikan (Ritsumeikan University; Programme for Cultivation of Innovation Architect & Ritsumeikan UK Office)
Supported by: Embassy of Japan in the U.K., SOAS Japan Research Centre, JSPS & JSC
Sponsored by: AY 2016 Private University Research Branding Project（Ritsumeikan）
Timetable
14:30 Doors open
15:00 Opening address
15:05 Keynote speech (~15:55)
16:00 Presentation 1 – 3 (15 minutes/presentation including a short interval)
16:55 Closing, followed by reception in the room G3, next to DLT Lecture Theatre
Registration & contact
This seminar is in English and free but registration is essential. Please register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-japan-collaboration-seminar-in-november-2017-social-innovation-in-an-aging-population-tickets-39013099230 by 01 November, 2017. If you have any queries, please send an email to; london@st.ritsumei.ac.jp
The event flyer is available here.
This event is supported by JSPS.
17 Aug 2017 06 OCT/ Ninagawa Shakespeare: A Memorial Symposium
Ninagawa Shakespeare: A Memorial Symposium
Date and Time:
Friday 6th October 2017
14:00-15:45 Symposium
16:00-17:00 Reception
Venue: The Embassy of Japan in the UK (101-104 Piccadilly, London W1J 7Jt)
Registration: Please sign up for the event at the registration form by 18 Aug.
Upon confirmation of your registration, your details will be provided to the Embassy of Japan, and the Embassy will send you an invitation email several weeks before the symposium. Please note that, for security reasons, you will be required to show the invitation email when entering the venue. There will be a reception (about 1 hour) after the symposium, to which you are also invited.
The event flyer is available here.
This event is supported by JSPS.
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)
This event flyer is available here.
09 Jun 2017 23 JUNE/ UCL-IRDR Seminar 2017 Disaster in Japan: 2011 - The Latest Research
UCL-IRDR Seminar 2017
Disaster in Japan
2011 - The Latest Research
This event shows the Keynote talk, the latest Japan Disaster research and panel discussion to share knowledge each other. We welcome researchers, practitioners, NGOs, city professionals and the interested public to this international event. Admission is Free.
Date & Time: Friday, 23 June / 09:00am Registration starts.
Venue: Roberts Building 106, University College London (Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT)
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/roberts-106)
Timetable (subject to change):
09:00-09:30 - Registration
09:30-09:45 - Welcome from the IRDR Director, Prof. Peter Sammonds
09:45-10:15 - Keynote talk by Professor Virginia Murray:
"Science for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction"
10:15-11:30 - Panel Discussion 2011 EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
Panelist:
Prof. Tiziana Rossetto (Engineering, UCL) Prof. Osamu MURAO (Tohoku University) Prof. Shigeo TATSUKI (Doshisha University) Dr. Naoya SEKIYA (The University of Tokyo)
11:30-12:00 - Coffee break
12:00-13:15 - Special Panel DISASTER RESEARCH SPECIFIC ISSUES
Panelist:
Prof. Peter Sammonds(IRDR, UCL)
Dr. Hideyuki SHIROSHITA (Kansai University) Dr. Namiko MINAI (Japan Woman’s University) Dr. Shohei BENIYA (University of Hyogo) Chair person:
Prof. David Alexander, UCL
Prof. Kenji Koshiyama, Kansai University
Contact:
Dr Kenji Koshiyama (k.koshiyama@ucl.ac.uk)
The flyer is available here (PDF).
This symposium is supported by JSPS.
