17th August 2016

UV2016 Students’ ForumatThe Third International Conference on Universal Village (UV2016)
Expand our horizon:
UV for regions at different developing phases, and for people at different ages, with various technology &culture background

CALL FOR NAGOYA UNIVERSITY STUDENT PARTICIPANTS
Higashiyama Campus, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
October 7, 2016

[BASIC INFORMATION]
Date: 7th October 2016 (Fri)
Venue: Higashiyama Campus, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Language: English
Expected Participants: Students, student advisors, related researchers, and attendees of UV‐2016
Conference in general
Application Procedure: E‐mail to: uv2016studentsforum@gmail.com
Application Deadline: 1 September 2016
Website: http://uv2016.universal‐village.org/[AIMS AND SCOPE]The UV2016 Students’ Forum will be organized as one of the events of The Third International Conference
on Universal Village (UV2016) to be held from 6th – 8th October 2016 at Nagoya University, Japan(http://uv2016.universal‐village.org/). The UV 2016 students’ Forum aims to establish a platform forinternational students to exchange their research experience and vision with peers, to get constructive
feedback from senior researchers, and collaborate beyond the boundaries of individual research fields. The
forum is expected to invite students and student group leaders with different backgrounds to communicate
and to share their vision on future community, environment and life styles. The target audience for theforum is mainly students, their advisors, related researchers and also the attendees of UV Conference ingeneral.

[FORUM CONTENT]The forum will include the following content:
1. UV Research Project Report
Student teams will be invited to present their ongoing research work relevant to various UV topics,
including, intelligent transportation, intelligent environment & communities, intelligent healthcare,
intelligent food systems, new life styles enabled by IT, new energy sources, new materials, effective
microorganism technology, and environment.
12. Technology Review, Future Vison, and Hot‐topic Discussion
Review technologies with huge impacts and great vision, discussion around several important hot
topics, including the social spotlights, social trends, future vision, etc.
3. Entrepreneurship Initiative Relevant to UV Technologies
Students will be invited to share their experience of starting their own companies for UV relatedtechnologies.
4. UV Student Group Leadership Discussion
Student organization leaders will be invited to share their activities and experience on how topromote the human‐nature harmony concept in their Universities and local communities.
5. Round‐table Discussion on Future Development of UV Students’ Forum
A future plan for the development of UV Students’ Forum, including an international alliance ofuniversity UV student organizations, a virtual UV hackathon, etc. will be explored.

[TARGET SPEAKERS]
The target speakers of UV Student’s Forum include UV Research Project Presenters (1), Technical Reviewers(2), Entrepreneurship Presenters (3), and Student Group Leaders (4). The speakers will be chosen from thefollowing two resources:

Recommended by UV2016 committee members
Proposal from students or existing student organizations[FORUM SETTING & FORUM]
The forum will be hosted in a room which is suitable for round‐table discussion and presentation. The
official forum will be held as a one day event, but students will be free to organize other informal events
outside the official one as they may wish.

[FINANCIAL SUPPORT]
Travel grants will be provided for a few students at selected Chinese and USA universities to cover airfare
and accommodation in Nagoya for 4 nights (5th – 8th October) and conference registration fee (JPY 20,000for students). Conference registration fee will be covered for a few students at selected Japaneseuniversities.
Students at selected Chinese, Japanese and USA universities who wish to be candidates for UV Research
Project Presenters (1), Technical Reviewers (2), Entrepreneurship Presenters (3), and Student Group
Leaders (4) and who wish to receive financial support should send a one‐page proposal as well as theirfinancial needs (for full support, ½ support or ¼ support) to uv2016studentsforum@gmail.com.

[TIMELINE]
Proposal Deadline: September 1, 2016
Financial Support Application Deadline: September 1, 20162