The 1st Japan-Russia Industry, Academia and Government Working-level Conference
Agenda Items
1. Date and Time: 28 February 2019 (Thursday), 9:20 – 17:30
2. Venue: Tokyo Campus of the University of Tsukuba (Room 134)
3. Number of participants: 98
4. Agenda items:[Session 1: Debriefing session for universities selected for the MEXT Inter-University Exchange Project] 9:20－
12:05 Language: Japanese(1) 9:20 – 9:30

Speeches
Masanori KASAHARA, Executive/Vice President, Hokkaido University
Kazumi SHINDO, Director, Office for International Planning, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry ofEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology（MEXT）(2) 9:30 – 10:30

Presentations by universities selected for the FY 2014 project, followed by Q&A• 5-year activity reports (notable results, challenges and ingenious solutions, and other suggestions for other universities)• Post-grant period activity plans (including funding acquisition)(10 min. x 5 presentations = 50 min., 10 min. for Q&A: 60 min. in total)
PowerPoint presentations:• Tohoku University• University of Tsukuba• The University of Tokyo• Niigata University• Hokkaido University(3) 10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break (20 min.)(4) 10:50 – 11:45

Presentations by universities selected for the FY 2017 project, followed by Q&A• Activity reports in FY 2018 (issues, fruits of ingenuity and other matters useful for other universities)• Activity plans from FY 2019 onward(6 min. x 7 presentations = 42 min., 10 min. for Q&A: 52 min. in total)
Presentations (distributed as information sharing sheets):• Chiba University• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies• Kanazawa University• Nagasaki University, Fukushima Medical University• Tokai University• Kindai University• Tokyo Institute of Technology1

(Preparation for a closed meeting (Attendees other than those from universities selected for the Inter-University ExchangeProject and MEXT are kindly asked to leave the room.))(5) 11:45 – 12:05 Closed meeting (discussions and Q&A by universities selected for the Inter-University Exchange Projectand MEXT)[Session 2: Plenary meeting] 13:30 – 17:30 Language: Japanese-Russian simultaneous interpretation(1) 13:30 – 13:50

Speeches
Masanori KASAHARA, Executive/Vice President, Hokkaido University
Kazumi SHINDO, Director, Office for International Planning, Higher Education Bureau, MEXT
Masanori TSURUDA, Director, Europe Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI）(2) 13:50 – 14:05

Introduction (specialized sections, industry-academia-government collaboration)
Tsuyoshi SETOGUCHI, Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University(3) 14:05 – 14:15

Medical initiatives by Niigata University and Krasnoyarsk State Medical University• Regional consortiums for industry-academia-government collaboration
Tatsuo USHIKI, Executive Vice President, Niigata University• Human resource development at Krasnoyarsk State Medical University
Alla SALMINA, Vice-President, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University(4) 14:15 – 14:35

Presentations by students on their internships• Students with internship experience in Japan
Violetta CHUKHLEB, Far Eastern Federal University (admitted by Hokkaido University)
Shamil RAMOV, Lomonosov Moscow State University (admitted by Tokai University)• Students with internship experience in Russia
Minami SATO, University of Tsukuba
Hibiki HIRAHARA, Far Eastern Federal University, Hakodate Branch(5) 14:35 – 14:45

Russia’s expectations for industry-academia-government collaboration(6) 14:45 – 15:00• Vera LUCHKOVA, Scientific Director, Pacific National University• Alexander RAEVSKIY, Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State
UniversityCoffee Break (15 min.)(7) 15:00 – 16:00

Panel discussion by representatives of universities, companies and local government bodies
Topic: Internships for Japanese and Russian students• Moderator
Tsuyoshi SETOGUCHI, Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University• Panelists
Takayuki ISHIKAWA, Executive Officer/Principal Consultant, Nikken Sekkei ResearchInstitute
Akira NUNOGAKI, Deputy Manager, Global Market Development Dept., Man to Man Co.,
Ltd.
Rena SATO, Assistant Director, International Affairs Division, Policy Planning Office, Aichi
Prefectural Government2• Commentators
Kunitoshi HISHIKAWA, Associate Professor, International Center, Kindai University
Masaaki KANEKO, Assistant General Manager, Automotive Div., Automotive Dept. 2,Sojitz Corporation(8) 16:00 – 16:10

Group photograph(9) 16:10 – 17:30

Networking session (free format)

5. Participating institutions:● Government bodies
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI)● Japanese universities• Universities selected for the Inter-University Exchange Project (to promote exchanges with Russia)
FY 2014 project (5 universities): Tohoku University, University of Tsukuba, The University of Tokyo, Niigata University
and Hokkaido University
FY 2017 project (8 universities): Chiba University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo Institute of Technology,Kanazawa University, Nagasaki University, Fukushima Medical University, Tokai University and Kindai University• Member universities of the Association of Institutions of Higher Education of the Russian Federation and Japan
Kobe University, Hiroshima University, Sophia University, Nanzan University and Kobe Gakuin University• Universities participating in the Specialized Sections
Muroran Institute of Technology, Otaru University of Commerce, Nagaoka University of Technology andOsaka University● Russian universities
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pacific National University, Krasnoyarsk State Medical University,
Far Eastern Federal University, Irkutsk State University, Sakhalin State University and North-Eastern Federal University● Companies, self-government bodies and other organizations• CompaniesNikken Sekkei Research Institute; Man to Man Co., Ltd.; Sojitz Corporation; Japan Tobacco Inc.; PJL Inc.;
Japan Air Travel Marketing., Co., Ltd.; T.T.T. ABROAD ACADEMY, and JIC Travel Center Co.,Ltd.
• Self-government bodies and other organizations
Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI Hokkaido), Hokkaido Local Government, Aichi PrefecturalGovernment, Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), NPO
Japan-Russia Society Youth Division and NPO Japan-Sakhalin Association3