Japan Seminar on Technology for Sustainability 2022
（JSTS 2022）

Application Guidelines (For domestic participants)
Theme:“Realization of a Super-Smart Society and Clean Energy that Leads to Social Happiness“
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the goals of the international community, adopted
at the United Nations Summit (September 2015), that set a universal goal of realizing a sustainable
society that “leaves no one behind”. With 2030 as the target year, international targets have been
set in 17 fields, including poverty, education, energy, climate change, and industry. In order toutilize the free-thinking of young people, who are the next generation leaders to achieve the SDGs,
we will recruit participants from Universities of Technology, Colleges of National Institute ofTechnology (KOSEN) in Japan, and overseas, to learn the basics of the SDGs, and also to collaborate
via lectures, group work, on-site inspections, presentations, while aiming to develop humanresources who can contribute to the realization of a super smart society and clean energy.
1.

Date
From Monday, September 12, 2022 to Friday, September 16, 2022
Access to JSTS 2022 on the first day starts at 12:30 pm JST

Start time on the first day is 1:00 pm JST

End time on the last day is 5:30 pm JST

Please refer to “Time schedule for JSTS 2022 “on the last page.
2.

How to participate
1. On-site
Venue：Hotel Kyocera Annex 2nd floor room “Flower”
Address: 1409-1 Mitsugi, Hayato-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan
Phone: +81-995-43-7111/Website: https://www.h-kyocera.co.jp/
2. Online (only for overseas participants)
Zoom/Slack3.

Language in use
English (except Training for group discussion skills will be in Japanese)

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Eligibility criteria
Applicants should be over 18 years of age at the time of application, should bewilling to communicate in English and will be able to attend the whole schedule.

5.

Numbers of participants
Overseas: 15/ KOSEN: 30
Nagaoka/Toyohashi Universities of Technology: 20

6.

Participation fee (only for domestic participants)\1,000 (for a commemorative item)

7.

How to apply
The application is available on JSTS 2022 website
URL https://www.kagoshima-ct.ac.jp/jsts2022/

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Details(１) Accommodation （Reservations should be made through the steering committee.
Payment is made upon arrival at the hotel)Hotel Kyocera
Address: 1409-1 Mitsugi, Hayato-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan
Phone: +81-995-43-7111/Website: https://www.h-kyocera.co.jp/
With breakfast \9,500/per night

Without breakfast \8,000/per night(２) Transportation expenses
For participants from the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), the roundtrip transportation expenses to and from the venue will be paid later in accordancewith the National Institute of Technology guidelines.
,(３) Submission of pre-assignments
Each participant needs to make a short self-introduction video (approx. 2 minutes)
discussing a type of energy that they are interested in and submit it to the steeringcommittee by August 19, 2022. Details on how to submit the video will be emailedon Thursday, June 30, 2022.

(４) Prior trainings (Domestic participants only)
Online trainings (Zoom) The participants must take one of the following trainings
I.

Facilitator trainings in English(for participants from Nagaoka/Toyohashi Universities of Technology and KOSEN)
Schedules: First session /Wednesday, August 24, 2022/10:30am-12:00pm JST
Second session/Friday, August 26, 2022/10:30am-12:00pm JST
Lecturers: Assistant Professor Dr. Nur Adlin Abu Bakar
Department of Science of Technology Innovation,
Nagaoka University of Technology
II. Training for group discussion skills in Japanese (for participants from KOSEN)
Schedule: Tuesday, August 30, 2022/10:30am-12:00pm JST
Lecturer: UEA (University Education Administrator) Dr. Mami Katsumi
Center for International Industry-Academia Collaboration,
Nagaoka University of Technology(５) Application process①Applicants should submit the application form latest byFriday, June 17, 2022.

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Each applicant will receive a participation notice onThursday, June 30, 2022.

③Submit a short self-introduction video by Friday, August 19, 2022.

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Each individual shares their video with their group, enabling them to get toknow each other in preparation for JSTS 2022.

⑤Prior trainings
Facilitator trainings
First session

Wednesday, August 24, 2022/10:30am-12:00pm JST

Second session

Friday, August 26, 2022/10:30am-12:00pm JST

Training for group discussion skills
Tuesday, August 30, 2022/10:30am-12:00pm JST⑥JSTS 2022 is to be held from
Monday, September 12, 2022 to Friday September 16, 2022.

(６) Important notices①

Participants will be responsible for communication fees in order to attend
the prior trainings. They must participate from home or their school as arule.

②This seminar is scheduled to be held on-site, but depending on the statusof the spread of the new coronavirus, it may be changed to online.

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Only students of Nagaoka/Toyohashi Universities of Technology may
temporarily leave the meeting if they are unable to attend for unavoidable
reasons. In such a case, email the steering committee by Friday, September
9, 2022.

Contact
National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima CollegeJSTS Steering Committee office
Address: 1460-1 Shinko, Hayato-cho, Kirishima-city, Kagoshima, 8995193, Japan
Tel : +81-995-42-9014/FAX：+81-995-43-2584
Email：istsjsts@kosen-k.go.jp
JSTS 2022 website for more details
URL https://www.kagoshima-ct.ac.jp/jsts2022/