FINAL

Hokkaido University – The University of Melbourne
Virtual Conference on Healthy Ageing
Date:

Tuesday 8 March 2022, 13.00-16.00 (JST) / 15.00-18.00 (AEDT)

Format:Zoom meeting

Organisers:

Hokkaido University and The University of Melbourne

MCs:Prof Hiroshi Uji-I and A/Prof Kenji Hirai, Research Institute for Electronic
Science, HU

13.00-13.50 /5 min.

15.00-15.50

Introduction of Two Universities
Prof Atsushi Yokota, Executive Vice President (International Affairs, SDGs), HU

15 min.

Opening Remarks-Prof Takao Masuda, Executive Vice President (Research, Industry-academiagovernment Collaboration, Information Security), HU

30 min.

-Prof James McCluskey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), UoM-Ms Janine Pitt, Counsellor (Education and Research), Australian Embassy Japan

Introduction of Existing Collaborations#1. Zoonosis Control-

Prof Hiroshi Kida, Head, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, HU-Prof Lorena Brown, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UoM#2. Chemistry-

Prof Hiroshi Uji-i, Research Institute for Electronic Science, HU-

A/Prof Kenji Hirai, Research Institute for Electronic Science, HU-

Dr James Hutchison, ARC Future Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton
Science, UoM

13.50-14.00 /10 min.

Intermission

50 min.

Co-chaired Parallel Sessions *Co-chairs

15.50-16.00
14.00-14.50 /16.00-16.50#1. Living Environment for Healthy Ageing-A/Prof Taro Mori, Faculty of Engineering, HU*-

A/Prof Masa Noguchi, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, UoM*-

Prof Atsuko Ikeda-Araki, Faculty of Health Sciences / Centre for Environmentaland Health Sciences, HU#2. Allied Health and Healthy Ageing-Prof Satoshi Ishizuka, Research Faculty of Agriculture, HU*

FINAL-Dr Marianne Coleman, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, UoM*-Dr Daisuke Sawamura, Faculty of Health Sciences, HU-Dr Sandra Iuliano, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, UoM-Ms Stefanie Bird, Royal Melbourne Hospital, UoM#3. Healthy Ageing and Social Philosophy-Prof Shunichi Miyajima, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences / Centre forApplied Ethics and Philosophy, HU*-A/Prof Alysia Blackham, Melbourne Law School, UoM*

-A/Prof Kerrin Artemis Jacobs, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences /Centre for Human Nature, AI, and Neuroscience, HU-Dr Koki Shimizu, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, HU-

Dr Wilfred Wang, Faculty of Arts, UoM-Dr Shanini Gamage, Faculty of Arts, UoM#4. Women’s Healthy Ageing-Dr Sharon Hanley, Centre for Environmental and Health Sciences, HU*-

Prof Cassandra Szoeke, Royal Melbourne Hospital, UoM-Prof Julia Brotherton, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, UoM-Specially-appointed Prof Chihiro Miyashita, Centre for Environmental and HealthSciences, HU

14.50-15.00 /Ms Shan Yifan, Graduate School of Medicine, HU

10 min.

Intermission

30 min.

Wrap-up of Co-chaired Parallel Sessions

20 min.

Information on Available External Research Funds

16.50-17.00
15.00-15.30 /17.00-17.30
15.30-16.00 /17.30-18.00-Mr Kotaro Kodera, Head of the International Research Cooperation Div. II,International Program Dept., Headquarter for International Affairs, Japan
Society for the Promotion of Science

10 min.

Dr Wade Moore, Acting Manager, Research Grants – Health and Medical, UoM

Information on the Hokkaido-Melbourne Joint Research Workshop Fund and Closing
Remarks-*Enquiries:

Prof Justin Zobel, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Graduate & International Research), UoM

Institute for International Collaboration (HU)

taenau@oia.hokudai.ac.jp

Research & Enterprise / Chancellery (UoM)

international-research-chancellery@unimelb.edu.au