Information about past events at Osaka University

2016-2017 academic year

• February 26, 2016 -- Government Study Society Workshop: Tackling the Nation's Falling Population

2015-2016 academic year

• October 15, 2015 -- Gender Equality Symposium #8: Achieving the Goal of 202030 - Increase the Number of Female Researchers to 30% by 2020
• September 11, 2015 -- Gender Equality Seminar -- "The Real You: Are You the Thinking Type or the Feeling Type?"

2014-2015 academic year

• November 18, 2014 -- 2nd Gender Equality Promotion Seminar of 2014~15: "How to Survive a Stressful Society"
• July 29, 2014 -- 1st  Gender Equality Promotion Seminar of 2014~15: "Elderly care. Let's think about it, then, let's talk about it"

2013-2014 academic year

• January 28, 2014 -- 2nd Seminar for 2013-14 of the Gender Equality Promotion Office: "How do you prepare for nursing care of a loved one?"
• October 15,  2013 -- 2013~14 Gender Equality Seminar #1 -- "Taking good care of your work, your family, and even yourself in order to achieve a work-life balance."
• December 3, 2013 -- Gender Equality Symposium #7 -- In order to utilize the untapped potential of women

2012-2013 academic year

• October 17,  2012 -- 1st Gender Equality Seminar for 2012
• November 29, 2012 -- Gender-Equality Seminar #6
• February 13, 2013 -- 2nd Gender Equality Seminar for 2012~13 year " Become an Involved and Caring Dad for your New-Born! "

Material for event
"Thinking about being a dad -- actual example of OU staff member," MAEDA Kenichiro 
2011-2012 academic year

• October 3, 2011 1st Gender Equality Seminar 2011 -- Work-Family Balance and Gender Equality
• December 12, 2011 5th Gender Equality Seminar -- "Transforming our Campuses into places where Gender is Never an Issue"

Material for event
Keynote speech for No.5  Gender Equality Symposium: " The Future Direction for Gender Equality at University ", KUBO Maki, Vice President, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

• March 6, 2012 The 2nd Osaka University Gender Equality Promotion Seminar for 2011~12 -- Comparing Osaka Prefecture University and Osaka University

2010-2011 academic year

• September 22, 2010 -- 1st Gender Equality Seminar 2010 -- Increasing Female Researcher Employment and Gender Equality
• December 10, 2010 -- 4th Gender Equality Symposium -- Promoting Work-Life Balance at University

Materials for event

Keynote speech for the No. 4 Gender Equality Symposium: " Aiming at Work-Life Balance at University ," BANDO Kumiko, Director General, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office Lecture: " Gender Equality as viewed through Data ,"
KAWAGUCHI Akira, Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University

• March 10, 2011 -- 2nd Gender Equality Seminar 2011 -- Young Female Researchers and Female Students and Gender Equality

2009-2010 academic year

• September 17 & 25, 2009 -- Role Model Luncheon Seminar
• November 10, 2009 -- Luncheon Seminar -- Employment, Career Change and Entrepreneurialism for Female Students
• December 7, 2009 -- 3rd Gender Equality Symposium -- Gender Equality at Universities
• March 16, 2010 -- The Current Situation of Gender Equality and Diversity Management
• March 17, 2010 -- Positive Action in Employment of Female Researchers

2008-2009 academic year

• April 25, 2008 -- 1st Seminar on Gender Equality -- A Biologist will Talk about Gender Issues
• May 30, 2008 -- Career Design for Female Natural Science Researchers -- Lead a Life with an Impregrable Code of Value
• June 20, 2008 -- Petit Workshop over Lunch -- As a Mother and Natural Science Researcher
• June 27, 2008 -- "Encore" Seminar on Gender Equality -- A Biologist will Talk about Gender Issues
• September 17, 2008 -- 2nd Osaka University Gender Equality Seminar -- Female Researchers who are Active in Private Companies
• September 26, 2009 -- Participated in the Joint Event concerning Gender Equality jointly Sponsored by Female Researchers Support Departments in 7 Universities
• November 4, 2008 -- 2nd Gender Equality Symposium -- Aiming to Balance Life and Work

Café Lab leaflets -- 2008 ~ 2009

• April 2008
• May 2008
• June 2008
• July 2008
• November 2008
• December 2008
• January 2009 "Cafe Lab -- It's been suggested: Why don't you set up a female researcher network?"

2007-2008 academic year

• January 25, 2008 -- 1st Seminar on Gender Equality -- Aiming to be a University where Diverse Personnel can be Active
• March 27, 2008 -- Creation of Role Models -- A Workshop on Female Researcher's Career Design

Café Lab leaflet

• March 2008
"Cafe Lab -- It's been suggested: Why don't you set up a female researcher network?"