The 25th Academic Exchange Seminar between Osaka University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University held

The 25th Academic Exchange Seminar between Osaka University (OU) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) was held on Tuesday, November 7 and Wednesday, November 8, 2023. This academic exchange seminar with SJTU, one of Osaka University's Global Knowledge Partners, has been alternately held between the universities since 1995.

Although the seminar was held online during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022, this year, the seminar was once again held in-person for the first time in 4 years, with OU welcoming over 40 SJTU researchers and others to its campus.

This year’s seminar featured 7 fields, including welding, lasers, information, marine engineering, industrial biotechnology, combustion engineering, and smart cities. In the morning on November 7, participants gathered together to hold the opening ceremony, but in the afternoon and the morning of the following day, they broke into groups by field to hold workshops and toured various facilities. Over 120 individuals from OU and SJTU were in attendance, making for a lively seminar.

On November 7, the opening ceremony, facilitated by Professor KONDOH Katsuyoshi of OU’s Joining and Welding Research Institute, started with opening greetings from OU Executive Vice President TANAKA Manabu and SJTU Deputy Director of the University Council Wu Dan. They expressed the joy of the reunion of researchers, praising each other that they could hold the 25th seminar, and voicing their expectations that the bilateral relationship would further develop through this seminar.

Subsequently, the representatives of the 7 sectional meetings explained the progress of research collaboration in their fields. After reconfirming their intent to enhance collaboration, the opening ceremony ended.

Executive Vice President of Global Engagement TANAKA Manabu

SJTU Deputy Director of the University Council Wu Dan

Opening ceremony

At the meeting between SJTU Deputy Director of the University Council Wu Dan and President NISHIO Shojiro held prior to the opening ceremony, looking back on their over 45 year-long history of exchange to deepen collaboration, they affirmed that they would further develop their cooperation in research and education.

As can be seen from their plan to publish the results of their joint research to the world at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, their collaboration will further develop.

Commemorative photo taken after the meeting