The 3rd Open Seminar by Project on Training for Top Management of University

Date:
February 25, 2017 1:00pm-4:10pm (Doors Open: 12:15pm)
Venue：
Iino Hall and Conference Center, 4th Floor, RoomA 1,2,3Organizers: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT),GRIPS Science for RE-designing Science, Technology, and Innovation
Policy (SciREX) Center
Language： Japanese/English (simultaneous interpretation is available)
Science for RE-designing Science, Technology, and Innovation
Policy (SciREX) Center at National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS) started a project “Training for Top Management ofUniversity” funded by MEXT last year.
As one of the activities of the project, SciREX Center holds anopen seminar inviting Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan, President of theNational University of Singapore named Asia's top university in thelatest Asia University Rankings 2016 published by the Times
Higher Education (THE) magazine. At this seminar, based on hisown experience, we learn what kind of the global strategy isnecessary for the research university in Asia as the world-leading
research university.
PROGRAM
13：00-13：30 Opening Remarks
TBD (MEXT)
Introduction
Takahiro Ueyama (Executive Member, the Council for Science, Technologyand Innovation, Cabinet Office of Japan)
13：30-14：30 Keynote
Tan Chorh Chuan (President of the National University of Singapore)
14：30-14：40 Break
14：40-16：10 Tripartite Talk
＜Panelists＞
Yuichiro Anzai (President of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

Michinari Hamaguchi (President of Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Tan Chorh Chuan (President of the National University of Singapore)＜Moderator＞ Takahiro Ueyama
16：10

Organizers:

Closing

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)GRIPS Science for RE-designing Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (SciREX) CenterSpeaker

Prof. Tan
Chorh Chuan
President ofNUS

Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan is the President of the National University of Singapore (NUS) sinceDecember 2008. He was Dean of the NUS Faculty of Medicine from 1997 to 2000, served as theDirector of Medical Services in the Ministry of Health from 2000 to 2004 and held the positions of
NUS Provost, then Senior Deputy President from 2004 to 2008.
He concurrently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the National University Health System.
His additional appointments include Deputy Chairman of Singapore's Agency for Science,
Technology and Research (A*STAR); Senior Advisor to the Governing Board of Duke-NUS
Graduate Medical School; Member, Board of Directors of the Monetary Authority of Singapore andso on.
He is a key leader in Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative since its inception in 2000, forwhich he was awarded the National Science and Technology Medal in 2008. He also received thePublic Administration Gold Medal in 2004 for his work as Director of Medical Services in theMinistry of Health. He is the recipient of numerous awards.
Prof. Tan has been a member of the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum(GULF) since 2008, was appointed Chair of GULF in 2014 for a two-year term. He was theChairperson of the International Alliance of Research Universities, a consortium of 10 leading
research-intensive universities from 2008 to 2012, and is currently on the Steering Committee ofthe Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
*quoted from “http://president.nus.edu.sg/biography.html”

AccessIINO HALL and CONFERNCE CENTER RoomA1,2,3

Iino Building4F 2-1-1, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
https://www.iino.co.jp/iinobuilding/english/location/access.html【Accessible Lines】■ Kasumigaseki Station Exit C4 (direct access)・Tokyo Metro: Hibiya, and Chiyoda Lines■ Kasumigaseki Station Exit B2 (5-minute walk)・Tokyo Metro: Marunouchi Line
■ Toranomon Station Exit 9 (3-minute walk)・Tokyo Metro: Ginza Line
■ Sakuradamon Station Exit 5 (10-minute walk)・Tokyo Metro: Yurakucho Line■ Shimbashi Station (10-minute walk)
・JR: Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, Tokaido and Yokosuka
Lines・Toei Subway: Asakusa Line・Yurikamome■ Uchisaiwaicho Station Exit A7 (3-minute walk)・Toei Subway: Mita Line
【Airport Access】■Haneda Airport
・JR and Monorail from Tokyo Station (approximately34-minute)・Airport Limousine from Tokyo Station, Yaesu Exit(approximately 40-minute)

Registration
Please visit the following URL for the latest program and registration form.(Due at noon,Feb.22） The registration will be closed as soon as the number of applicants reaches thecapacity.
http://scirex.grips.ac.jp/events/archive/170120_688.html＜Contact＞
Secretariat for Project on Training for Top Management of University
GRIPS Science for RE-designing Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (SciREX) Center
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Address: 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677 TEL : 03-6439-6376 FAX: 03-6439-6260 Email: ttm-ml@grips.ac.jp