Nagoya University Program for Leading
Graduate Schools Joint Symposium

The Future of Graduate School
Education in Nagoya University:―Lessons Learned from the Program for Leading Graduate Schools―
Students of the six Leading Programs will discuss about thefuture of graduate school education across disciplines.
Students, the general public and all interested persons arewelcome to attend!

Date: November 23rd, 2016 (Wed)Venue: ES Hall, and Environmental Studies Hall
Nagoya University
・Schedule
09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks (Prof. N. Sugiyama, Prof. M. Maeshima)
09:15-10:00 Keynote Lecture 1 (Ms. Haniwa Natori)
10:00-10:45 Keynote Lecture 2 (Prof. Kazuya Takeda)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Group Work
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Group Work
14:30-15:00 Preparation for Group Presentation
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Group Presentation
17:00-17:30 Commentaries
17:30-17:45 Closing Remarks
17:45Reception

IGER

Organizer: Nagoya University Program for Leading Graduate Schools

・Contact & Information
Website: http://www.leading.nagoya-u.ac.jp/jointsympo2016/
Contact: jointsympo2016@leading.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Nagoya University Program for Leading Graduate Schools Joint Symposium
The Future of Graduate School Education in Nagoya University:―Lessons Learned from the Program for Leading Graduate Schools―

Background and Objective
The specific objective of the Joint Symposium is to provide an opportunity for students to discuss theirexperiences and lessons learned from the Leading Program and to offer suggestions on how the Leading
Program could be integrated into the education curriculum of the Graduate School, from the point of view ofstudents.
The Program for Leading Graduate Schools (Leading Program) is a seven year pilot project meant to contributeto reforming Graduate School education in Japan. Funding for the program by the Japanese Government willend in the next 1-3 fiscal years. The symposium will provide a timely opportunity for students to discuss how toreform Graduate School education at Nagoya University based on their own experiences as Leading Program
students. Student group discussion sessions will be held on key topics cutting across all the six Leading
programs. Some suggested topics for discussion include:
・Leadership, internationalization and globalization
・Curriculum development for transdisciplinary studies
・Experiential opportunities
・Employment・Financing (e.g. grand application, student oriented fundraising)・General assessment of the Leading Program

Keynote Lectures
Ms. Haniwa Natori, Former Director of the Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office
President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Japan (BPWJapan), previous Director of Gender Equality Bureau Cabinet Office. She has long been engaged inpolicy making of gender equality in Japanese government and is currently dedicated in promoting
women’s empowerment and status in the society.

Title: Gender Equal SocietyProf. Kazuya Takeda, Coordinator, Real-World Data Circulation Leaders Program
Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University. He previously was aresearcher at Advanced Telecommunication Research laboratories (ATR) and KDD Research andDevelopment Laboratories. He was also a Visiting Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT). His current research interest is media signal processing.

Title: The Impact of the Self-Driving Car

Venue (Nagoya University Higashiyama Campus)
・E&S Hall: Get off at Nagoya Daigaku Sta., then walk about 3 minutes from Exit 2.
・Environmental Studies Hall: Get off at Nagoya Daigaku Sta., then walk about 5 minutes from Exit 2.