Israel×Japan Symposium at UTokyo Komaba Research Campus 2019
Event Information
| Date and Time | October 7, 2019 13:00 - 19:00 |
|---|---|
| Venue |
Convention Hall, An Block 2nd Floor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo |
RCAST and IIS are pleased to announce a joint open symposium on “International Security and Science & Design”, focusing on the recent achievements of international academic exchange between the University of Tokyo and Tel Aviv University / Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Program Summary
13:00-13:10 Opening remarks
13:10-15:10 Part I. International Security
15:10-15:40 Coffee Break
15:40-17:15 Part II. Science & Design
17:30-19:00 Networking Reception
Flyer:Israel×Japan Symposium at UTokyo Komaba Research Campus 2019(PDF：622KB)
Organized by: Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo and Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) of the University of Tokyo
Supported by: Embassy of Israel in Japan
Israel×Japan Symposium at UTokyo Komaba Research Campus 2019
13:00-13:10 Greeting & Opening Remarks
Masashi HANEDA (Executive Director and Vice President, UTokyo)
Ryohei KANZAKI (Director, Professor, UTokyo-RCAST)
Toshiharu KISHI (Director General, Professor, UTokyo-IIS)
Part I 13:00-15:10 International Security
“Iran-US Crisis: Israel and Japan Faced with the Global Security Threat”
Chair: Satoshi IKEUCHI, Professor of Religion and Global Security, UTokyo-RCAST
13:10-13:40 Keynote Speech 1 “Iranian Ambition in the New Middle East Order”
Meir LITVAK, Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and African History and former Director, Alliance Center for Iran Studies, Tel Aviv University
13:40-14:10 Keynote Speech 2 “US Policy on Iran under the Trump Administration”
Toshihiro NAKAYAMA, Professor, Keio University
14:10-14:30 Comment 1: Brandon FRIEDMAN, Director of Research at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
14:30-14:50 Comment 2: Satoshi IKEUCHI, Professor of Religion and Global Security, UTokyo-RCAST
14:50-15:10 Discussions
15:10-15:40 Coffee Break & Networking
Part II 15:40-17:15 Science & Design
“Design-Led Science/Engineering”
Co-chairs: Yukiko MATSUNAGA, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, UTokyo-IIS
Romi MIKULINSKY, Head of the Master of Design Program in Industrial Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
15:40-16:15 Sprit of Science & Design
Shunji YAMANAKA, Professor, Prototyping Design, UTokyo-IIS
Miles PENNINGTON, Professor, Design Led Innovation, UTokyo-IIS
Romi MIKULINSKY, Head of the Master of Design Program in Industrial Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
16:15-16:55 Israel×Japan Collaboration
Yuri KLEVANOV, Project Researcher, DLX-Design Lab, UTokyo-IIS
Yukiko MATSUNAGA, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, UTokyo-IIS
Eyal FLEID, Lecturer, Master of Design Program in Industrial Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
16:55-17:15 Panel Discussion
17:30-19:00 Reception (IIS As Block 2F lobby)
Contact:
office@me.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ikeuchi Lab, RCAST)
mat-info@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matsunaga Lab, IIS)
Free admission: pre-registration requested; on-site registration and simultaneous interpretation available.
