Training Seminar: Participating in Horizon 2020 from Japan
29 July 2016
Osaka, Japan
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding
available over seven years (2014-2020) and open to participation from all over the world, including Japan. It
provides an ideal opportunity for Japanese organisations to work together with Europe.
The training aims to initiate Japanese researchers, research administrators, Japanese companies andrepresentatives from municipalities into participation of Horizon 2020 projects with European partners. Training
subjects range from the application process to Horizon 2020 to the administrative requirements of Japaneseparticipants during the life cycle of a Horizon 2020. Particular attention will be given to the actual experience ofJapanese organisations in Horizon 2020 dealing with Horizon 2020 projects, highlighting industry-academiagovernment collaboration.
This training seminar is organised by the JEUPISTE project (Japan-Europe Partnership in Innovation, Science andTechnology, http://www.jeupiste.eu), a 3-year EU funded project under the 7th Framework for Research,
Technological Development and Demonstration of the European Commission.
Venue: Umeda Gate Tower 8F, Kobe University intelligent laboratory in Umeda, 1-9, Tsuruno-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka
Organiser: JEUPISTE project, Kobe University, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
Language: Japanese, English (no simultaneous translation available)
Registrations: intl-relations@office.kobe-u.ac.jp
Telephone: +81-78-803-5282, Fax: +81-78-803-5049

AGENDA
12:30 – 13:00

Registration
Introduction: Horizon 2020 and international cooperation
Mr. Stijn LAMBRECHT, Project Manager, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

13:00 – 13:20

13:20 -14:00

Horizon 2020 in light of participation from Japan
Types of projects for Japanese participation
Session 1: Support for researchers to participate in Horizon 2020 and project examples
Ms Dorota BUCHWALD – Cieślak, Director, Centre for Project Administrative Support of the Jagiellonian
University, Poland
Ms Katarzyna Kubica-Oroń, Specialist responsible for Framework Programme Horizon 2020, Centre for Project
Administrative Support of the Jagiellonian University, Poland-

How to support researchers to participate in the EU projects
Project examples
Q&A

Session 2: How to manage the administrative procedures of EU projects as a Japanese organisation
Mr. Yoichiro MATSUO, External Funds Office, RIKEN
14:00-14:40-14:40-15:00

Overview of a research project
Experience of the administrative difficulties for Japanese institutions
How to find the solutions for running a project with Europe
Q&A
Coffee BreakSession 3: Experience of EU-Japan Coordinated call project and importance of industry-academiagovernment collaboration – FESTIVAL project
Assoc Prof. Toyokazu AKIYAMA, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyoto Sangyo University
15:00-15:40-Why the industry-academia-government collaboration is important in EU-Japan projects
The role of municipal entities in the project
Presentation via Skype from Santander City
Q&A

15:40 – 16:00

Session 4: Horizon 2020 basic aspects for Japanese participants(part 1) Practical information on how to participate in Horizon 2020
Ms Eri ANNO, International Officer, Kobe University
Ms Sachiko HOSHIMOTO, International Officer, Kobe University-How to find the necessary information relating to Horizon 2020
How to register on the Horizon 2020 portal site and obtain a PIC code

Session 4: Horizon 2020 basic aspects for Japanese participants(part 2) Procedural, legal and IPR aspects of Horizon 2020
Dr. George Tzamtzis, NCP for Horizon 2020, FORTH/PRAXI Network
16:00 – 17:00

17:00 – 17:30-What are the necessary conditions for Japanese organisations to participate in a Horizon 2020 project
IPR management and reporting obligations
Obligation for exploitation of results after the term of the project
Q&A Session with all speakers in a panel and Closing

The JEUPISTE project is receiving funding from the European Union’s Seventh
Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration
under grant agreement no 609585.