The 6th Kobe University Brussels European Centre Symposium“For Smart and Healthy Society- common challenges in research and education by Japan and EU collaboration”

１．Date and Time：Tuesday 20 October, 9:30-18:00
２．Place：Thon Hotel EU (Rue de la Loi 75, B-1040, Brussels, Belgium)
３．“For Smart and Healthy Society - common challenges in research and education by Japan andEU collaboration”
Programme:
9:30-10:00 Opening
MC: Prof. Matsuto Ogawa, Executive Vice President, Kobe University
Opening addresses:
Prof. Hiroshi Takeda, President, Kobe University
HE Mr Keiichi Katakami, Ambassador of Japan to the European UnionMr Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit in the International Cooperation Directorate,
Directorate-General Research and Innovation, European Commission
10:00-13:30
Session 1：ICT and Smarter SocietySpeakers-Masahiko Yoshimoto, Kobe University (Japan)“A Low Power, Normally-Off ECG-SoC(System-on-a-Chip) with Noise Tolerant
Heart Rate Extractor for Wearable Healthcare Systems”
Seiichi Ozawa, Kobe University (Japan)“Image Sensing Method for Smart Agriculture”-Noriyuki Murakami, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, (Japan)“Robotic cabbage harvester”-Cesare Alippi, Information processing systems, The Politecnico di Milano (Italy)“Intelligence for cyber-physical and embedded systems”-Philippe Lalanda, Grenoble University (France)“iCasa, a software framework for the development and execution of multiple
home applications”

Session 2：Nanoscience for Material Technology and Energy Conversion
Speakers-Franz Faupel, University of Kiel (Germany)“Research on advanced nanomaterials for functional applications at CAU of

Kiel”-

Andrei Choukourov, Charles University of Prague (Czech Republic)“Plasma-based methods for nano-structuring of surfaces”-Minoru Mizuhata, Kobe University (Japan)“Fabrication of Nanocomposite using Electrochemistry and SolutionChemistry”
Arturo Meléndez-Ceballos, University Pierre and Marie CURIE (France)“Activities in the field of high temperature fuel cells, in particular MCFCs”-Kyohei Kanki, Kobe University (Japan)“CO2 absorption behavior of ceramics/molten salts composite in hightemperature”

14:30-18:00
Session 3：Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Research and Education of Economics and Law
5 Panelists discuss the prospects of interdisciplinary research and education of economics andlaw based on the experience of Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies at KU Leuven,
Institute of Law and Economics at University of Hamburg, and Econo-Legal Studies at Kobe
UniversitySpeakers-Takashi Yanagawa, Kobe University (Japan)“Prospects of Interdisciplinary Research of Economics and Law: A View fromEconomics”-Narufumi Kadomatsu, Kobe University (Japan)“Prospects of Interdisciplinary Research of Economics and Law: A View fromLaw”-

Axel Marx, KU Leuven (Belgium)“Interdisciplinary Research in the Social Sciences: the case of the Leuven
Centre for Global Governance Studies (University of Leuven)”-

Hiroshi Takahashi, Kobe University (Japan)“Econo-Legal Education: the Experience of Kobe University”-Janina Satzer, University of Hamburg (Germany)“The European Master in Law & Economics - 25 Years of Experience inInterdisciplinary Education and Research”

Session 4：Recent Advances in In Vitro Modeling of the Human-Microbial Gastrointestinal

Interface
In vitro modeling of the human-microbial gastrointestinal interface is increasingly recognized
as a useful biological tool to help us understand an array of compound and elaborate
interactions among the host, its microbiota, and its ingested food ingredients. In this session,
four honorable speakers, each representing a distinct study group of different nationality, willaddress and discuss recent advances in their own unique modeling.
Chair-Ken-ichi Yoshida, Kobe University

Speakers-Tom Van de Wiele, Ghent University (Belgium)“In vitro models to study the mucosal microenvironment of the human gut”-

Joëlle Fritz, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, (Luxembourg)“A microfluidics-based in vitro model of the gastrointestinal human-microbeinterface”-

Christophe Lacroix, ETH Zürich (Switzerland)“PolyFermS, a flexible intestinal fermentation platform to investigate
monogastric gut microbiota”-Ro Osawa, Kobe University (Japan)“An Introduction to Kobe University Human Intestinal Model (KUHIM)”