The 5th HIRAKU Achievement Presentation – Event Report

【Date】Friday, July 21, 2017 13:00～17:30
【Venue】Hiroshima University Faculty Club (“Gakushi Kaikan”) 2F Reception Hall
(Higashi-Hiroshima Campus)
【Contents】
The keynote lecture was provided by Mr. Takashi Yoshimura, Director, Industrial Technology Bureau, Japan Business Federation　(“KEIDANREN”). His presentation was titled “Industrial View on Enforcement of Collaborative Research through Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration ~Expectation on universities promoting innovation to explore futures~”. He shared the industrial view and their initiatives to enforce Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration for further improvement of Japanese research development capabilities, including the action plans/milestones of Society 5.0.

Following the keynote lecture, Prof. Misako Aida, Executive and Vice President of Hiroshima University (University Reform), made a presentation on the progress of the HIRAKU program.
After that, the below individuals made presentations to report their achievement in the two core programs under HIRAKU, the Program for the Practical Training and Engagement of Innovators and the Program for the Promotion of Young Researchers’ Independence and Mobility by Introducing a Tenure-Track System.

◆ Report by HIRAKU Long-Term Internship Program participants:
1) JAKKAMPUDI　SATISH, D2, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
Host Org. ： Mr. Manabu Yanase, Tosoh Corporation

2) CHEN DECHAO,　D1, The Graduate School of East Asia Studies, Yamaguchi University
Host Org.： Mr. Shinji Abiru, Yamaguchi Branch, Kinki Nippon Tourist Chugoku Shikoku Co., Ltd.　

3) MASKEY BIJAN, D2, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation
Host Org.: Mr. Hayato Kubo, Human Resources Dept., Corporate Office, NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.
4) Ryohei Ijima, D2, Graduate School of Biosphere Science
Host Org.: Mr. Hisao Kado, Frontier Laboratories of Value Creation, Sapporo Breweries Limited

5) Ayumu Terukina, Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Career Design Center, Hiroshima University
Host Org.: Benesse Educational Research & Development Institute (Message sent from the Host Org.)

6) Yoshiya Furukawa, D2, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University
Host Org.: Benesse Educational Research & Development Institute (Message sent from the Host Org.)

◆ Report by Tenure-Track Researchers under the Program for the Promotion of Young Researchers’ Independence and Mobility by Introducing a Tenure-Track System

Hitomi Ogata: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University
Yoko Iwamoto: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University
Yuri Mizukawa: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University
Ritsuko Kurita: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University
Masashi Kuroda: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University