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Academic
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.
Posted on 23 October 2017
Academic
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.
Posted on 17 August 2017
Academic
7-10 August 2017, Magdalen College, Oxford
For more details and to register, please go to the following link:
https://magnonics2017.com/program/
This event is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme
Event Report
Posted on 02 August 2017
Academic
Date : 3-4 November 2017
Venue : Portsmouth University
Event Flyer
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This event is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme
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Academic
2-3 November 2017, Cardiff University
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This event is supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme
Posted on 24 July 2017
Academic
Date : Tuesday 25th July 2017
Time : 16:00-17:30
Venue : Soseki Public Lecture
UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee
"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
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
The event flyer is available here.
Posted on 12 July 2017
Academic
Date : Friday, 28 July 2017
Time : Symposium: 13:00 - 17:00
Reception: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue : UCL Cruciform Building,Gower Street,London,WC1E 6BT
UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee
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).
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: from here
Posted on 11 July 2017
Academic
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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Posted on 07 July 2017
Academic
Friday 6th January 2017, The Royal Society, London
Event Programme
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Posted on 10 January 2017
Academic
28 January 2017, 9am-5.30pm, Whitworth Hall, University of Manchester
In Japan, policymakers have long struggled to come up with effective measures against ‘low fertility and ageing population’ (shōshi kōreika). But, what exactly does ‘low fertility and ageing population’ mean in practice? What are the politics behind the policies of ‘low fertility and ageing population’? The proposed seminar examines histories and practices surrounding issues of ageing and fertility in postwar Japan in order to better contextualize the ongoing policy debate over the country’s ‘low fertility and ageing population’.
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