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European researchers based in Japan: learn, share, connect!

Discuss research, careers, relations with Europe!

Create a new European Researchers in Japan Association!

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Thank you to all attendees and participants, see you in 2017!

The "European Research Day" is an event where European researchers based in Japan discuss and exchange about their research projects, professional and personal experience in Japan and overall career path; and where they can network with other researchers (including Japanese) to advance in their careers.

During the course of this one-day conference, a number of selected researchers will give insights on their research projects, provide testimonies, personal experience feedback and career expectations through a series of talks. Special sessions featuring experts will provide all attendees with information relevant for continuing their career in research, in Europe or elsewhere.

Some of the already existing associations of European researchers in Japan will be presented with the aim of emulating and fostering interest among the community in order to kickstart a whole new European Researchers in Japan association.

All researchers, from PhD students to senior researchers and professors, from all disciplines including the humanities, and of all nationalities are welcome to attend this event.

Schedule

9:00 – 9:05

Welcome address

9:05 – 9:15

Conference introduction and schedule overview

Dr. Matthieu PY, EURAXESS Japan

9:15 – 10:55

Researchers' session I

(chair: Dr Pierluigi OLMATI, Tokyo Polytechnic University)

Researchers presentations T01 to T05

10:55 – 11:10

Coffee break

11:10 – 12:15

Special Session A: European Researchers Diasporas in Japan: let's build a European researchers association!

11:10 - 'About the European researchers community in Japan: (some) results from the EURAXESS Survey of European Researchers in Japan'

11:20 - Pitch of national researchers associations in Japan: Sciencescope (Fra), German JSPS Alumni Association (Ger), ACEJapon (Spa), Italian Researchers in Japan (Ita), NORAlumni Japan (Nor)

11:30 - Discussion panel with all associations:

'Why, How, What: critical and practical aspects of the foundation of a European researchers association in Japan'

(moderator: EURAXESS Japan)

Dr. Matthieu PY, EURAXESS Japan

National Researcher Associations:

- Dr. Thomas SILVERSTON, Sciencescope (France / French speaking, http://www.sciencescope.org)

- Prof. Dr. Heinrich MENKHAUS, German JSPS Alumni Association (Germany / German speaking, http://www.jsps-club.de)

- Dr. Susana DE VEGA, ACEJapon (Spain, https://acejapon.wordpress.com/)

- Dr. Sarah COSENTINO, Italian Researchers in Japan (Italy, Facebook group)
- Dr. Svein GRANDUM, NORAlumni Japan (Norway, http://japan.noralumni.no/)

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch break and poster viewing

Posters:

- Sciencescope

- German JSPS Alumni Association
- ACEJapon

- Italian Researchers in Japan

- NORAlumni Japan

- Nerd Nite Tokyo

13:30 – 14:50

Researchers' session II

(chair: Dr Pierluigi OLMATI, Tokyo Polytechnic University)

Researchers presentations T06 to T09

14:50 - 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 – 15:30

Special Session B: Horizon 2020 for EU-Japan research cooperation projects: overview and experience feedback

15:00 - Cooperation opportunities through EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (EU Delegation)

15:15 - Experience feedback on setup and running of the two EU-Japan collaborative Horizon 2020 projects JENNIFER and E-JADE (Prof. Wascko

Dr. Tom KUCZYNSKI, EU Delegation to Japan, S&T Section

Prof. Morgan WASCKO, Imperial College London; Spokesperson, T2K collaboration
http://t2k-experiment.org| http://www.jennifer-project.eu/ | https://www.e-jade.eu/

15:30 – 16:30

Researchers' Session III

(chair: Dr Pierluigi OLMATI, Tokyo Polytechnic University)

Researchers presentations T10 to T12

16:30 – 16:40

Short break

16:40 - 17:40

Researchers' Session IV:
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellows Researchers' Session

(chair: Dr Pierluigi OLMATI, Tokyo Polytechnic University)

Researchers presentations T13 to T15

17:40 - 18:40

Special Session C: European Researchers in Japan: Career Paths and Future Opportunities

17:40 - JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan: A Short introduction of the program and possible career paths after the fellowship (JSPS)

17:50 - Career opportunities for European researchers in Japan through the JREC-IN Portal (JST)

18:00 - Opportunities for Research Mobility to Europe under Horizon 2020 programme (EU Delegation)

Feedback sessions:

18:10 - Taking the Tenure Track in Japan (Dr Culleton)

18:20 - Returning to Europe after 7 years of research in the United States and Japan (Dr Vea, videconference from Europe)

18:30 - The birth and scope of the BrainConquest ERC starting grant project (Dr Lotte)

- Mr. Yuji IIZUKA, Overseas Fellowship Division, International Program Department, JSPS

- Ms. Kaoru OGANE, Department of Databases for Information and Knowledge Infrastructure, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JREC-IN)

- Dr. Tom KUCZYNSKI, EU Delegation to Japan, S&T Section

Feedback session:

- Dr. Richard CULLETON, Nagasaki University, former JSPS postdoctoral fellow

- Dr. Isabelle VEA, University of Edinburgh, former JSPS postdoctoral fellow, (future) Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow, Reintegration Panel of the European Fellowships

- Dr Fabien LOTTE, Visiting researcher at RIKEN; Research Scientist at Inria Bordeaux Sud-Ouest (France), new ERC Starting Grant awardee

18:40 - 18:45

Closing remarks

18:45 - 20:15

Networking reception

Speakers at the Researchers' Sessions

T01 | Dr. Cedric RENTIER

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Department of Medicinal Chemistry

'Development of myostatin inhibitory peptides for muscle atrophic disorders'

T02 | Dr. Martin POHL

University of Tsukuba

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

'The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” as a Management Challenge'

T03 | Dr. Bill SOEDERSTROEM

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Structural Cellular Biology Unit

'Understanding the bacterial cell division machinery using advanced imaging at OIST'

T04 | Dr. Kenn Nakata STEFFENSEN

University of Tokyo

Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia

'The Political Thought of the Wartime Kyoto School: From Side-stepping and Side-swiping to Filling the ‘Japan-shaped Hole’ in Political Theory'

T05 | Dr. Cornelia LAWSON

University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

'Dual Appointments and Open Science; A comparative study of Japan, UK and Germany'

T06 | Ms. Diane DELOBEL

RIKEN

Center for Life Science Technologies, Division of Genomic Technologies

'Future Medicine and Genetic Tests'

T07 | Dr. Marco VISENTINI-SCARZANELLA

Toshiba Corporate Research and Development Center,

Multimedia Laboratory

'Machine Learning for Endoscopy Navigation from Academia to Industry'

T08 | Dr. Stefania SOLDINI

JAXA

ISAS, Dept. of Space flight systems

'Japan’s Hayabusa2 Asteroid Sample-Return Mission: shooting Ryugu'

T09 | Dr. Beate HEISSIG

University of Tokyo,

Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

The niche/microenvironment shapes the fate of researchers and stem cells

T10 | Prof. Dr. Stephen Matthew LYTH

Kyushu University

WPI-I2CNER

'Engineering Carbon for Energy Applications, and Managing a Bilateral Career'

T11 | Dr. Francesco SCANTAMBURLO

International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF, Rokkasho, Japan)
INFN, Italy

'LIPAC, The IFMIF/EVEDA Prototype Accelerator'

T12 | Ms. Sofia PASTOR MATAMOROS

University of Toyama

Department of Art Education

'Japanese Aesthetic Expression and Spanish Aesthetic Appreciation as source of a balanced methodology in Art Education'

T13 | Dr. Flavia FULCO

Sophia University

Institute of Comparative Culture

'Remembering disasters: cultural practices after 3.11'

T14 | Dr. Samir KHAN

University of Tokyo

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

'Resilient informatics platform for next generation health monitoring of aerospace components'

T15 | Dr. Marine LASBLEIS

Tokyo Institute of Technology

WPI-ELSI

'Deep Earth from a laptop'

Delegation of the European Union to Japan
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4-6-28 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047
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EURAXESS Japan is grateful to the Delegation of the European Union to Japan for the support provided to organise this event.

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