The 2nd HIRAKU Achievement Presentation – Event Report

Date: Friday, February 5, 2016 13:00 – 17:15
Venue: Library Hall at Central Library, Higashi Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University
(70 participants in total)

Contents:
As keynote lectures, Mr. Hirohiko Takeda, Director of HR Dept. and Skill Development Dept. at IZUMI Co., Ltd. and Visiting Professor Eiichiro Suzuki at Hiroshima University talked about “the Desired Talents in the Industry”.
Mr. Takeda stated, “If you want to take a lead in the world, it is critical to learn what kind of environment your competitors are under and what are their driving forces. It is human resources that promote companies’ growth. It’s exactly the same to your research areas. Try to be such resources to be independent, curious, challenging, and adding value to any works/tasks as worthwhile.”
Meanwhile, Prof. Suzuki stated, “It is getting more globally competitive to develop human resources, where doctorate talents are highly expected of creating innovation. There exists a vicious circle in the doctorate courses (1. Outstanding resources are not always advancing to the doctorate courses, 2. Quality of the doctorate resources varies, which loses transparency in identifying their values, 3. Companies are not fully open to hire doctorate resources, which results in the above step #1 again.). To break it out, academia, industry and students need to understand the meaning of, expectation of, needs for the doctorate resources. We should leverage the outcome of the panel discussion and group discussion at the Doctors’ Seminar by the Japan Chemistry Society so that we can generate desirable cycle (1. Outstanding resources start to advance to the doctorate courses, 2. Doctorate resources turn out to be more value-adding, 3.They start maximizing their competencies in the industry and 4. Companies increase doctorate hires and raise their salaries.).”

Misako Aida, Executive & Vice President of Hiroshima University (in charge of University Reform) briefed about the progress of the HIRAKU program, followed by the debriefing sessions by the respective participants to the two programs, “Program for the Practical Training and Engagement of Innovators” and “Program for the Promotion of Young Researchers’ Independence and Mobility by Introducing a Tenure-Track System”. (See below)

Program for the Practical Training and Engagement of Innovators： Debriefing by Internship Program Participants
  Shuhei Kamikawa D2, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University
▶ Mr. Kazumi Yamamoto, TODA KOGYO CORP.
  Yurina Miyashita D2, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
▶ Mr. Shogo Kotake, A-kit, Inc. Corporation.
  Shota Oku, D2, Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Hiroshima University
▶ Ms. Ayako Fukunaga, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
  Yasuyuki Okazaki, D1, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University
▶ Mr. Kazuhei Aoyagi, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  Sarda Narendra Girish, D3, Graduate School of Advanced Technology and Science, Tokushima University
▶ Mr. Hiroshi Niinou, Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.









 
(Upper-left) Yurina Miyashita, Hiroshima University,
(Upper-right) Yasuyuki Okazaki, Yamaguchi University
(Bottom-left) Sarda Narendra Girish, Tokushima University






 
Program for the Promotion of Young Researchers’ Independence and Mobility by Introducing a Tenure-Track System： Debriefing by Tenure-Track Researchers
  Yuko Nakashima, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University
  Kohei Kajiwara, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Applied Life Sciences, Hiroshima University
  Fuminori Tanihara, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University
  Yumi Hoshino, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University









 
(Upper-left) Yuko Nakashima, Hiroshima University
(Upper-right) Kohei Kajiwara, Hiroshima University
(Bottom-left) Yumi Hoshino, Hiroshima University