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China-Japan Conference on Education Exchange & Cooperation held
On Wednesday, November 27, 2019, the 6
th
China-Japan Conference on Education Exchange &
Cooperation was held at Hotel New Otani Osaka
under the sponsorship of Osaka
University,
Consulate-General
of the People’s Republic of China in Osaka, and the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. More than 350 education-related individuals from Japan and China attended the conference. From Osaka University, some 20 faculty and staff members were
in attendance
, including President NISHIO Shojiro and Executive Vice President
KAWAHARA Genta.
At the opening ceremony, President Nishio greeted
attendees, explaining the necessity of co-creation in a modern world
with a
number of social issues and the importance of education
to achieve the integration of
society and
knowledge
for developing innovative human resources.
He also expressed his hope that this conference would
translate into many new instances of co-creation. Executive Vice President KAWAHARA
delivered a key note speech entitled “Human Resource Cultivation to Realize
a sustainable society.”
In the afternoon, the conference broke into 5 subcommittee sessions.
At the Japan-China Medical Treatment Forum, which was planned by Osaka University's Graduate School of Medicine
,
Professor Sawa and Professor Hayashi delivered lectures, with Dean MORII Eiichi, Medical Center for Translational Research Director MYOUI Akira,
and Global Health Initiative Assistant Professor INOUE Noriko in attendance. The forum was so lively that extra seating was required for the huge number of attendees.
In addition, over 40 universities and vocational schools from
Japan set up booths at the subcommittee sessions of the Japan-China Education Conference,
with attendees from China visiting
a number of booths to meet with exhibitors. Osaka University also had a booth set up at the
conference, with Director KOMIZO Yuuichi of the East Asian Center for Academic
Initiatives, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor LI Ming of the Center for
Global Initiatives, and other faculty and staff members holding talks with representatives
from Chinese universities, making for meaningful exchanges of opinions with a
number of universities.
On
Thursday, November 28, some 150 attendees from China visited Osaka University.
After a brief introduction to the university, the visitors split into
groups to tour the Center for Information and Neural Networks, the Institute of
Laser Engineering, the Graduate School of Engineering, and the National Museum
of Ethnology.
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President Nishio delivers a greeting
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Executive Vice President Kawahara delivers a keynote speech
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Japan-China Medical Treatment Forum |
Attendees from China tour
Osaka University
Participants from China tour facilities