Hokkaido University European Alumni Meeting on 12 December 2019

Co-hosted with the JSPS Alumni Club in Finland and JSPS Stockholm Office

11:00-12:00: 10-year Anniversary Ceremony of the JSPS Alumni Club in Finland

Opening Remark by the Chair of the JSPS Alumni Club in Finland Dr. Ville SYRJÄLÄ

Congratulatory Speeches from:

H. E. Takashi MURATA, Ambassador of the Embassy of Japan in Finland

Professor Yasuhiro IYE, Executive Director of the JSPS

Professor Tadaharu TSUMOTO, Director of the JSPS Stockholm Office

Director of Hokkaido University European Office in Helsinki Professor Shinichiro TABATA, Hokkaido University

Professor Heikki MANNILA, President of the Academy of Finland

Lectures from:

Dr. Matts ROOS, the first chair of the Alumni Club in Finland

Dr. Kristiina JOKINEN, AI Research Center of AIST Tokyo Waterfront, the former chair of the Alumni Club in Finland

 

13:15-17:00: All Alumni Meeting “Japan-Finland 100th Year”

Opening Remarks from Dr. Ville SYRJÄLÄ and Professor Yasuhiro IYE

Video Message from Ms. Motoko ISHII, 100 Years of Finnish-Japanese Friendship Envoy and Lighting Designer

Special Lecture from Ms. Akari-Lisa ISHII, Lighting Designer

Lecture from Professor Maarit KARPPINEN, Aalto University

Lecture from Director of Hokkaido University Europe Office in Helsinki, Professor Shinichiro TABATA

Lecture from Dr. Kristiina JOKINEN, AI Research Center of AIST Tokyo Waterfront

Lecture from Dr. Aki TSURUTA, Finnish Meteorological Institute

Closing Remark by Professor Tadaharu TSUMOTO, Director of JSPS Stockholm Office

 

Lecture from Director Shinichiro TABATA

 

Participants

 

 

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