Events
Online Event─Sakura Science and Beyond
JST and SSC Japan Alumni Association to Co-host Alumni Meeting
Inspiring Messages from Japan to the World
Date: Saturday March 6, 2021
Time: 13:00-14:30 Japan Standard Time
Platform: Zoom Webinar
Operation: Sakura Science Club Secretariat (Japan International Science and Technology Exchange Center - JISTEC - Phone +81-3-5825-9391)
The March 6 online event <Sakura Science and Beyond> will be co-organized by JST and SSC Japan Alumni Association from Japan and anyone interested around the world can attend. Organizers have invited experts from various backgrounds in S&T to take part in this webinar so we hope the event will inspire you.
Event Outline
| 13:00 | Opening remarks by JST and Mr. Lai Hung Wei, Head of SSC Japan Alumni Association |
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| 13:08 | Introduction of SSC alumni groups in other countries |
| 13:15 | Presentation by Keynote Speaker Dr. Mohri Mamoru, Chief Executive Director of Miraikan (The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation); Astronaut |
| 13:45 | Photo Session |
| 13:47-13:50 | Intermission |
| Presentation by Invited Speakers Session on Revisiting Japan for Higher Studies | |
| 13:50 | Mr. Chirayu Kothari, Master’s Student at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo |
| Session on Research | |
| 14:00 | Dr. Pham Nam Hai, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering/School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (JST CREST Researcher) |
| 14:10 | Dr. Tarin Clanuwat, Project Assistant Professor at ROIS-DS Center for Open Data in the Humanities, National Institute of Informatics (JST ACT-X Researcher) |
| Session on Working in Japan | |
| 14:20 | Mr. Austin Zeng, Co-Founder and President of MEXT Scholars Association |
| 14:30 | Closing remarks by JST |