Venue: Learning Studio, FUKUTAKE Hall, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
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Organizer
Michael Handford
Professor
Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University
Advisor to the SOE of the University of Tokyo on Internationalisation
Michael Handford (PhD) is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Cardiff University, and Adviser to the SOE of the University of Tokyo on internationalisation. He has published on discourse in professional settings, stereotyping and cultural identities at work, engineering education and communication, and internationalisation in higher education. From 2004-2015 he worked at the University of Tokyo, where he was Professor of International Education. Michael has recently been made a Fellow of the School of Engineering, as of 2024.
Moderator
Yuto Kitamura
Professor and Special Advisor to the President
Deputy Director, International Strategic Planning Office
The University of Tokyo
Dr. Yuto Kitamura is a Professor at the Graduate School of Education and a Special Advisor to the President for International Strategic Planning at the University of Tokyo in Japan.
He worked in the Education Sector of UNESCO as an Assistant Education Specialist and taught as an Associate Professor at Nagoya University and Sophia University in Japan. He had served as a Fulbright Scholar at the George Washington University in the US and a Visiting Professor at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. He serves as a Special Advisor to the Rector of the Royal University of Phnom Penh in Cambodia and a Visiting Fellow at the JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development.
He specializes in comparative education and has been conducting extensive research on the education policies of developing countries in South and Southeast Asia, particularly Cambodia. His recent co-edited books include Memory in the Mekong: Regional Identity, Schools, and Politics in Southeast Asia (Teachers College Press, 2022) and Impacts of Study Abroad on Higher Education Development: Examining the Experiences of Faculty at Leading Universities in Southeast Asia (Springer, 2024).
He received his B.A. in Education from Keio University in Japan and his M.A. and Ph.D. both in Education from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US.
Speakers
Akie Hoshino
Director
International Program Department
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
HOSHINO Akie is currently Director, International Program Department, JSPS. She joined Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in 2000. Her working experience includes First Secretary at Embassy of Japan to Egypt, Leader of Policy Coordination Group, Culture and Creativity Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs and Director of Domestic PR Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Director of Office for Global Promotion of Japanese Culture, Agency for Cultural Affairs. She holds a BA in Economics from Kyoto University and a MSc in Sustainable Heritage from University College London.
Oren A. Scherman
Professor of Supramolecular & Polymer Chemistry
Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis
University of Cambridge
Professor Oren A. Scherman (h-index 83, >27,000 cites, >2500 citations/yr) is the Director of the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis and Professor of Supramolecular and Polymer Chemistry in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. His background is in organometallic catalysis and ring-opening metathesis polymerization (PhD, Prof Grubbs, Caltech, USA) and supramolecular polymers (Postdoc, Prof Meijer, TU/e, Netherlands). In 2006, he started his academic career in Cambridge, was appointed Director of the Melville in 2013 and full professor in 2015.
Prof Scherman’s group exploits host-guest chemistry to design and create dynamic materials with tailored properties. They use cucurbit[n]uril (CB[n]) macrocycles are used to control molecular-level interactions at colloidal, polymeric and small molecule interfaces. Expertise spans from organic synthesis to materials design with a wide range of applications in healthcare and energy. The group seeks to address these challenges by developing materials and technologies for early disease detection and targeted treatment, as well as developing novel molecular, supramolecular and nano systems for efficient energy/electron transfer and storage technologies.
Prof Scherman has won several awards of note including the 2022 3M Lectureship, 2018 Corday Morgan Prize, 2014 Cram Lehn Pedersen International Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry, 2014 Bob Hay Lectureship, 2013 Hickinbottom Award and 2013 McBain Medal. Additionally, he sits on the scientific advisory boards for SABIC IP and the spin-outs Aqdot and Kodiaq Technologies of which he is a co-founder.
Junichiro Shiomi
Professor
Institute of Engineering Innovation
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Junichiro Shiomi is Professor in Institute of Engineering Innovation and Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo). He received B.E. (1999) from Tohoku University, and Ph. D. (2004) from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Leading the Thermal Energy Engineering Lab, he has been pursuing research to advance thermal management, waste heat recovery, and energy harvesting technologies based on nano-to-macro innovation in materials, structures, and systems.
Prof. Shiomi has been leading several projects including Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (JSPS), Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (JST-CREST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (JST-PRESTO), and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) projects. He is Fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member of Science Council of Japan, and Member of Engineering Academy of Japan. He serves as an Associate Editor of Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering.
He is a recipient of the Zeldovich Medal from the Committee on Space Research, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Educational, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (the Young Scientists’ Prize and the Science and Technology Prize), the Academic award of Heat Transfer Society of Japan, the Academic Award of Thermoelectric Society of Japan, the JSPS Award, and the Nukiyama Memorial Award.
Hiroshi Toshiyoshi
Director General
Institute of Industrial Science
The University of Tokyo
Dr. H. Toshiyoshi is the Director General and a Professor in the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) of the University of Tokyo.
Dr. Toshiyoshi received the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1993 and 1996, respectively. He joined the IIS in 1996 as a Lecturer. From 1999 to 2001, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, US. In 2002, he became an Associate Professor with the IIS, and since 2009 he has been a Professor with the IIS. Currently he serves as the Director General of the IIS for a three-year term beginning April 2024.
From 2002 to 2007, he was a Codirector of LIMMS/CNRS-IIS UMI-2820, an international joint laboratory of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France. From 2005 to 2008, he was the Project Leader of the Optomechatronics Project at Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), Kawasaki, Japan, where he led a team on MEMS for optical applications such as image display and fiber-endoscope. From 2011 to 2014, he was the Principal Investigator of a NEXT program (Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) initiated by the Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP) of Japan, where he developed the integrated MEMS technology for multi-functional low power electronics. His research interests include optical MEMS, power MEMS, and CMOS-MEMS.