Outline

Date

28 February 2019 (Thursday)

Schedule

[Session 1] Morning Session: Debriefing session for the universities participating in the MEXT Inter-University Exchange

[Session 2] Afternoon session: Plenary meeting

Venue

Tokyo (Bunkyo) campus of the University of Tsukuba (lecture hall 134).

Number of Participants

98

Participating Institution

Universities selected for participation in the Inter-University Exchange Project (Russia), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – Japan (MEXT), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Russian universities, companies, self-government bodies and other organizations engaged in Japan-Russian collaboration (see the List of participating organizations below).

Shcedule

[Session 1] Debriefing session for the universities participating in the MEXT Inter-University Exchange Project

• Welcome addresses: Hokkaido University, Ministry of Education.
• Presentations by universities selected for participation in the 2014 IUEP.
• Presentations by universities selected for participation in the 2017 IUEP.
• Consultations between the universities selected for participation in the IUEP and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

[Session 2] Plenary meeting

• Welcome addresses: Hokkaido University, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy.
• Introductory presentation (on the role of industry, academia and government collaboration in specialized sections).
• Presentations by Niigata University and Krasnoyarsk State Medical University on their respective projects in the field of medicine.
  • Collaboration of industry, academia and government within the framework of a regional consortium (Niigata University).
  • raining of medical specialists at Krasnoyarsk State Medical University (KSMU)
• Students’ presentations on their internship experience
  • 2 Russian students: Far Eastern Federal University (admitted at Hokkaido University), Moscow State University (admitted at Tokai University).
  • 2 Japanese students: University of Tsukuba, Far Eastern Federal University Hakodate Campus.
• Expectations regarding collaboration with industry and government
  • Moscow State University
  • Pacific National University
• Panel discussion of cooperation between universities, companies and self-government bodies
  • Topic: Internship placements at Japanese and Russian companies.
  • Moderators: 1 (Hokkaido University).
  • Panelists: 3 (Nikken Sekkei Research Institute, recruitment company Man to Man, Aichi Prefectural Government).
  • Commentators: 2 (Kindai University, Sojitz Corporation).
• Group photograph
• Get-acquainted session (networking, free format)

The detailed schedule (including the protocol) may be viewed here

List of participating organizations

• Ministries and agencies
  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
• Japanese universities
  • Universities selected for participation in the Inter-University Exchange Project (Russia)
    Universities selected for participation in the 2014 IUEP (5):
    Tohoku University, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo University, Niigata University, Hokkaido University.
    Universities selected for participation in the 2017 IUEP (8):
    Chiba University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kanazawa University, Nagasaki University, Fukushima Medical University, Tokai University, Kindai University.
  • Members of the Association of Japanese and Russian Universities:
    Kobe University, Hiroshima University, Sophia University, Nanzan University, Kobe Gakuin University.
  • Universities participating in specialized sections:
    Muroran Institute of Technology, Otaru University of Commerce, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka University of Technology.
• Russian universities
  Moscow State University, Pacific National University, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Far Eastern Federal University, Irkutsk State University, Sakhalin State University, North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk.

• Companies, self-government bodies, other organizations
  • Companies:
    Nikken Sekkei Research Institute, recruitment company Man to Man, Sojitz Corporation, Japan Tobacco, PJL Travel and Tour Agency, Japan Air Travel Marketing, TTT Abroad Academy, JIC Travel Center.
  • Self-government bodies, other organizations:
    Hokkaido Bureau of Economy,Trade and Industry (METI Hokkaido), Hokkaido Government, Aichi Prefectural Government, Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region (CERI), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), youth wing of “Japan – Russia” Society (NPO “Nichiro Kyokai”), Japan–Sakhalin Association