The 4th Norway-Japan Academic Network Seminar

The 4th Norway-Japan Academic Network Seminar

This seminar is open to public and entry free.

★Registration in advance is required by February 20 (Thu), 2020.★

For your registration, please visit  HERE.

Date and time:  February 26 (Wednesday), 2020, 15:00-17:25

Venue: Abel 1/Abel2, Research Council of Norway (RCN)

(Address: Drammensveien 288, 0283 Oslo, Norway) how to get here

Organizers: Research Council of Norway (RCN)

Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (Diku)

JSPS Alumni Club in Norway

JSPS Stockholm Office

Program:

15:00-15:05    Opening remarks by Mr. Takao Yoshihara, Deputy Director, JSPS Stockholm Office

15:05-15:10     Presentation of RCN’s activities by Ms. Julie Christiansen, Senior Adviser, International Division of Research Council of Norway (RCN)

15:10-15:15      Presentation of Diku’s Internationalization activities by Ms. Unni Kvernhusvik Sagberg, Adviser, (RCN)

15:15-15:20      Presentation about MEXT scholarship program by Mr. Takenari Yamamori, Third Secretary, the Embassy of Japan in Norway

15:20-15:50     Lecture by Prof. Jim Tørresen, University of Oslo

  “A collaboration journey to Japan that started for more than 25 years ago“

15:50-16:20     Lecture by Dr. Shiori Koga, Postdoc, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima)

  “Environmental effects on the breadmaking quality of Norwegian wheat“

16:20-16:50     Lecture by Dr. CJ Beegle-Krause, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Board member of Alumni Club in Norway

16:50-17:20     Lecture by Prof. Thomas Ågotnes, University of Bergen

  “JSPS Invitational Fellowship Experiences in Formal Verification of Multi-agent Systems“

17:20-17:25      Closing Remarks

17:30-19:00     Reception