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Vice President, University of Tsukuba
Dr. Caroline F. Benton
Dr. Benton was appointed as Vice President of Global Aﬀairs of the Universityof Tsukuba in 2013, after serving as chair of the university’s MBA Program inInternational Business. Her research interests lie in knowledge management
and global leadership; her research projects include a 12-country study on
the learning mechanism of global leadership competencies, a comparative
study on global-mindedness in youth, and most recently a Japanese
government-funded study on well-being and happiness in corporations.
In addition, she is Director General of the university’s Global Commons, anexpert member of the Japanese Association of National Universities’ International
Exchange Committee, and is working with the regional government on variouscommittees, including the Ibaraki Prefecture’s Master Plan Committee, andTsukuba City Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy
Committee.
Dr. Benton earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University ofCalifornia, Davis, her MBA degree from the University of Tsukuba, and her PhD
in Management Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

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Symposium in Higher EducationVice President, JANU
President, University of Tsukuba

Dr. Kyosuke Nagata

Dr. Nagata is current President of University of Tsukuba. His major subject
areas are virology and molecular biology, studying molecular mechanisms on
replication and transcription of viral and host cellular genomes/chromatin,
molecular mechanisms on virus multiplication and pathogenicity, and cell cycle
control and oncogenesis. He received his Bachelor and Master of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo.
After graduation, he became a research associate at Albert Einstein College ofMedicine and a research fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute.
He then became an assistant professor at National Institute of Genetics, andan associate professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology before becoming aprofessor at University of Tsukuba and the Vice President of the Japan
Association of National Universities.

Vice President, International Commission of CPUPresident, University of Pau and Pays de I’Adour
Dr. Mohamed Amara
Mohamed Amara is president of Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour（UPPA）since May, 2012.
He is Professor in applied mathematics and numerical simulation. He is amember of the Applied Mathematics Laboratory of Pau（UMR CNRS 5142）
and of the 3D Magic project team of Inria（French National Institute for
Research in Computer Sciences）.
From 1999 till 2007, Mohamed Amara was director of the of the Applied
Mathematics Laboratory（UMR CNRS 5142）, then director of the graduate
school of sciences and applications（ED211）from 2007 till 2008, and lastly
vice-president of the scientiﬁc research council of the UPPA till 2012.
He was also the of the head mathematics scientiﬁc program’s at the French
National Research Agency（ANR）for four years till December 2011.
He is actually vice-president of the International and European committee ofthe French Conference of University Presidents（CPU）.

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Opening Remarks

Symposium in Higher Education

Vice President of the International & Development Commission,
Conference of Deans of French Schools of Engineering (CDEFI)
Dean of the National Graduate School of Engineering Chemistryof Mulhouse（ENSCMu）
Dr. Jocelyne Brendlé
Dr Jocelyne Brendlé is currently the dean of the National Graduate School ofEngineering Chemistry of Mulhouse. Her research areas are focused onlayered materials（clay minerals, organic-inorganic hybrids having a clay-likestructure）going from the synthesis by hydrothermal or sol-gel process, to thefunctionalization through ion exchange or grafting and applications in the ﬁeldof drug delivery systems, heavy metal cations retentions, polymer-clay
nanocomposites. She received her Bachelor, Master of Chemistry, Ph.D. andHDR degrees from the University of Haute Alsace. After graduation, shebecame an associate professor and a professor of inorganic chemistry at theUniversity of Haute Alsace and the Institute of Material Science（CNRS UMR7361）. She authored and co-authored 90 publications and 17 patents andwas during 4 years President of the French clay Group before becoming Vice
President of the International Clay Association（AIPEA）. She is also elected
member of the scientiﬁc council of the Freiburg Materials Research Center,Germany, and Vice President of the International & Development Commissionof CDEFI in 2017.

Director, the French Research Institute on Japan（MEAE-CNRS）at Maison franco-japonaise
Dr. Cécile Sakai
Ph.D, Professor of Japanese Literature, Paris Diderot University, currently
Director of the IFRJ-MFJ. Member of the Center for Researches on East Asian
Civilizations（CRCAO, CNRS/EPHE/Collège de France/ Paris Diderot University）.
http://www.crcao.fr
Administration：Former Dean of the Department of East Asian Languages andCivilizations（2001-2006）；Vice-President of Paris Diderot University forStudent and Cultural Aﬀairs（2007-2009）；Director of the Japanese Sectionof the CRCAO（2009-2013）.
President of the Konishi Foundation French-Japanese Translation Jury 2005
-2016, and former President of the French Society for Japanese Studies.
Cécile Sakai is a specialist of Japanese Modern Literature, working on theSociology of Literature and Translation Studies. She has published numerous
papers and books on Popular Literature and Contemporary Fictions. She has
also translated into French about 25 works by Kawabata Yasunari, Tanizaki
Jun.ichirô, Kôno Taeko, Enchi Fumiko, Tsushima Yûko, etc, published byGallimard, Le Seuil, Albin Michel, Philippe Picquier.

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Symposium in Higher Education

Director for International Analysis, Higher Education Bureau
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology（MEXT）
Mr. Kazuhiko Hayashi

Mr. Hayashi received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Osaka University andMaster of Arts in Higher Education Administration degree from J. F. Oberlin
University.
After graduation, he was employed as an oﬃcial of the Ministry of Education,
Science and Culture（in 2001 the ministry changed its name to MEXT）.
Recently he engaged in higher education and science, such as Director
General of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Senior Director ofHokkaido University, Professor of Assessment Oﬃce of Kyushu Institute ofTechnology and Senior Director of Japan Science and Technology Agency（JST）.
Now he engages in research and analysis of international policy and activitiesof Universities of Japan.

Acting Director, Campus France
Ms. Béatrice Khaiat
Béatrice Khaiat is the acting director of Campus France since July 2018. She
had been its director since July 2015. She obtained the diploma of ESCPEurope in 1981, the diploma（major in international relations）of Institutd’Etudes Politiques in 1984, and then Diploma of International Advanced
Studies of John-Hopkins University. Having worked in Edufrance（whichbecame Campus France in 2014）from the beginning of its creation, she had
been its director from 2000 until 2006, and from 2009 until 2012. At thesame time, she participated in the French delegation of European Union as thedeputy general secretary from September 2007 to March 2009. She was also
deputy director of the cabinet of Claude Allègre（1997-2000）, and thendeputy director of the cabinet of Jack Lang（2000-2002）, Minister ofNational Education, and after that, technical advisor of cabinet of Jean-Marc
Ayrault, Prime Minister（2012-2014）. In April 2014, she became the deputy
director of Campus France.

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Keynote Presentations

Symposium in Higher Education
Keynote Speaker
Advisor for Foreign Aﬀairs,French Conference of Presidents of Universities（CPU）
Dr. Jean-Luc NahelCursus
2007：Professor of university：Exceptional Class
2002：Professor of university：1st Class
1995：Professor of university：2nd class1989：Assistant Professor
Graduations：
1994：Post Doctoral Degree required to advise doctoral student（in French HDR）
1988 : Doctorat de 3ème cycle en anthropologie Thèse mention très bien àl’unanimité Paris 5 1975：Master of philoosophy
Administrative Responsibilities：
1994－1998：Co-Director of the laboratory：« Innovation Research insocieties”University of Rouen（Normandy）
1998－2002：Dean of the faculty of psychology, sociology, anthropology,educational science ‒ University of Rouen
2002－2007：President of the University of Rouen（24000 students）
Polythematic university with medical cursus
2005－2007：President of the Normandy University pole（3 universities :Rouen, Caen, le Havre)
Mars 2008：Member of the franco-american commission for the examinationof the research programs（PUF）in Washington
Since 2007：Advisor for foreign aﬀairs at the Conference of Presidents ofFrench Univerisities（CPU）
Subject of research：Health anthropology.

Keynote Speaker
Vice President, JANU
President, University of Tsukuba
Please see P.5.

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SpeakerPresident, University Grenoble Alpes
Dr. Patrick Lévy
Patrick Lévy, is currently President of Université Grenoble Alpes, after being President of the federative
institution Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes（2015-dec. 2017）, and President of UniversitéJoseph Fourier（2012-2015）1.
He is also leading the project“Université Grenoble Alpes : University of innovation”labeled Initiative ofExcellence by the French government in 2016. This project is based on an ambitious vision aiming at
establishing a comprehensive world-class research and multidisciplinary university in the alpine area.
Patrick Lévy is a professor of Physiology, Doctor in Medecine and a respiratory physician, graduated witha Master degree in Animal Physiology（1986）and a PhD in Physiology（1989）.
He led for 24 years the Pulmonary Function Test Unit- Sleep Lab（1988-2012）and for 12 years theClinical research Department of Grenoble University Hospital（2000-2012）. Between 2003 and 2015,
he was at the head of the Hypoxia Pathophysiology Laboratory- HP2（Université Grenoble Alpes;Inserm）which is one of the most active research laboratory on obstructive sleep apnea worldwide.
1 Université Joseph Fourier merged with the two other universities of Grenoble (Stendhal and Pierre Mendès France) in 2015 to create the current Université Grenoble Alpes

Speaker

Director of European, International and French Overseas Departments Relations
National Museum of Natural History

Dr. Denis Duclos

Denis Duclos is the director of European, international and French overseas
departements relations in National Museum of Natural History.
He was previously in charge of the international relations in Collège de France.
He also worked in the French diplomatic network as counselor of cooperationand cultural matters in Estonia and in Latvia, while being director of the Institutfrançais in Tallinn and Riga.
He began his career in one of the most famous museum in the world, Orsay
Museum, Musée d’Orsay, where he was appointed as the director of the legaland budget department.

SpeakerPresident, Shimane University
Dr. Yasunao Hattori
I am the president of Shimane University since April 1, 2015. Before I became thepresident, I was working at Shimane University since 1993 as an associate professor andprofessor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. I was also the Deanof the Interdisciplinary Faculty of Science and Engineering from October 1, 2011 to March31, 2015.
My major is Mathematics, especially Topology- a part of Geometry. Topology is the studyof properties preserving by continuous transformations, and it has a big progress in the lastone hundred years. I was awarded the Doctor of Science from Tsukuba University in 1992.
I am a member of The Mathematical Society of Japan and American Mathematical Society.

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Commentator

Vice President for European and International Strategy,
Lorraine Univesity
Dr. Karl Tombre

Prof. Karl Tombre received a PhD degree in computer science in 1987. From1987 to 1998, he was senior researcher at INRIA. In September 1998, hejoined Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine as full professor, before
returning from 2007 to 2012 to Inria on secondment, to hold the position ofdirector of the Inria Nancy - Grand Est research center. Since September
2012, he is vice-president of Université de Lorraine, in charge of theuniversity’s European and International Strategy; in addition, he is executive
director of the Lorraine Université d’Excellence（LUE）excellence initiative.
Prof. Tombre's scientiﬁc expertise is in pattern recognition and image analysis,
more precisely document image analysis. From August 2006 to December
2008, he was the president of the International Association for PatternRecognition（IAPR）. He was a co-founder of the International Journal on
Document Analysis and Recognition and one of its editors in chief until 2013,
member of the editorial board of 3 other journals, and member of numerous
international conference committees.

Commentator

Vice President, Chiba University
Dr. Makoto Watanabe
Makoto Watanabe received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees ofEngineering from Chiba University, Japan. Currently he is a Vice President forEducation, Student and International Aﬀairs at Chiba University. His major
ﬁeld of interest and publication are mainly on Industrial Design, Design
Management and Design Expert System. He is also a member of Japan Society
for the Science of Design. After graduation, he became an Industrial/Watch
Designer, Design Department, Seiko Instruments Inc. He joined Chiba
University in 1995 and he was Visiting Researcher, Brunel University. Heexperienced a Project Leader, Global Asia Design School Program and a
Program Manager, Service and Product Design Program. He was WDO（ICSID）Executive Board from 2013 to 2017 and he is JDP（Japan Instituteof Design Promotion）Board in design area. He is also Guest Professor ofZhejiang University and Nanjing University of the Arts（China）.

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Symposium in Higher Education
Speaker

Vice President, International Commission of CPUPresident, University of Pau and Pays de I’Adour
Dr. Mohamed Amara
Please see P.5.

Speaker

Vice President for Foreign Aﬀairs, University of Tours
Dr. Marc Desmet
Prof. Marc Desmet is Vice President for foreign aﬀairs at the University of Tours.
Previously, he was the director of the geoscience research unit in this institution. Hismajor subject areas are earth sciences and his research is dedicated to the study ofthe pollution of water bodies by trace elements and organic compounds. He isinvolved in many international projects focusing on geochemical urban footprint
onto rivers in emerging megacities. He received his Master of Applied Earth
Sciences from the university of Lyon and his Ph.D. degrees from the University ofStrasbourg. After graduation, he became an associate professor at the University ofSavoy and applied for a full professor position at the university of Tours, ten years
ago. He is committed in several national and international expert groups.

Speaker

Executive Vice President, Tohoku University
Prof. Toshiya Ueki
Toshiya Ueki is the Executive Vice President for General Aﬀairs, Financial Aﬀairs andInternational Relations at Tohoku University and is also a Professor at the Faculty andGraduate School of Law. Presently he holds the position as the Director of Tohoku
University China Oﬃce, Russia Oﬃce and of its Thailand Oﬃce.
He has been recognized for his exceptional work in the ﬁelds of transnational／
international law and for his studies on the theory of international law related tointernational organizations. He was awarded the 27th Adachi Mineichiro Memorial
Award in 1994. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Research Centre for International Law at
the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute at
Harvard University. He is a member of distinguished academic societies including theJapanese Society of International Law and the International Law Association.

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Symposium in Higher Education
Commentator

Vice President of the International & Development Commission,
Conference of Deans of French Schools of Engineering (CDEFI)
Dean of the National Graduate School of Engineering Chemistryof Mulhouse（ENSCMu）
Dr. Jocelyne Brendlé
Please see P.6.

Commentator

Vice President, Hiroshima University
Dr. Yasushi Maruyama
YASUSHI MARUYAMA, Ph. D.
（Florida State University）is Professor of Philosophyof Education and currently Vice President for International Exchange atHiroshima University, Japan. He has served as an editor of various academic
journals, including the editor-in-chief of Studies in the Philosophy of Education, aJournal of The Philosophy of Education Society of Japan. His research interests
contain the philosophy of Wittgenstein, philosophy of mind, ethics of teaching,professional ethics education and postcolonialism. Among his publications are“Tragedy of Education, the Other in Education: Beyond the Colonialism of／inEducation”（in Forum of Modern Education, no.11, 2002）“; Conceptual
Captivity and Emancipation: Wittgenstein’s Teaching of Philosophy”（inStudies in the Philosophy of Education, no. 96, 2006）;“Ethics Education forProfessionals in Japan: A Critical Review”（in Educational Philosophy andTheory, vol. 42, no. 4, 2010）; Teaching Moral Education（Kyodoshuppan,2014）; and“How Should We Recognize the Otherness of Learners? Hegelianand Wittgensteinian Views”（in A Companion to Wittgenstein on Education :Pedagogical Investigations, Springer, 2017）.

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Wrapping up and Closing Remarks

Symposium in Higher Education

General Director, French National Institute of Art History（INHA）
Prof. Éric de Chassey
Éric de Chassey is an art historian: he is the Director of the French National
Institute of Art History（INHA）, in Paris（since 2016）, and Professor ofModern and Contemporary Art History at the École normale supérieure in
Lyon, France（since 2012）. He was the Director of the French Academy in
Rome - Villa Medici between 2009 and 2015, where he organized andcurated a residency program for artists from all ﬁelds as well as curated
exhibitions, concerts, a cinema and literature program, and conferences, andlectures in art history and philosophy. From 2004 to 2009, he was a fellow of
the Institut Universitaire de France.
He has published extensively on the work of Matisse, US art and transatlantic
cultural relationships, abstraction in the 20th and 21st centuries,
photography, and the visual culture of the second half of the 20th century.

President, Niigata University
Dr. Sugata Takahashi
Professor Sugata Takahashi is current President of Niigata University in Japan.
He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Niigata University. His career started as
an assistant professor at Niigata University Hospital in 1982, then he became
a lecturer, specializing in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. After
joining St. Marianna University School of Medicine as an associate professor
in 1995, he became a professor at Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University in1998. Prior to becoming the President, he served as Dean of Faculty ofMedicine (2010-2014). He also has been a board member of The Japan
Association of National Universities since 2014.

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