Be Academically Productive for Peace and Sustainability
Participation fee is free!
Hiroshima University established the IDEC Institute in April 2022 as a global hub of Hiroshima University to promote transdisciplinary research and human resource development that contributes to the globalization of the Society 5.0 concept, inheriting the education and research assets and brand of the Graduate School of International Development Cooperation (IDEC), which has a history of more than 25years since 1994. The Kick-off Symposium will be held to commemorate its establishment.
Date: November 5, 2022 (Sat.) 13:00 ~ 15:20
Venue: Seminar room, East Library 3F, Hiroshima University, Online at the same time
Language: Japanese and English (simultaneous interpretation)
Special lecture: Professor Eric Rubin, M.D., Ph.D
Dr. Rubin is an associate physician in infectious diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a Specially Invited Professor of Hiroshima University from 2022. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine since 2019.
Program
| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00-13:10 | Opening Remarks | TSUCHIYA Sadayuki | Senior Executive Advisor to the President, HU |
| 13:10-13:50 | (PART1) Special Lecture: Climate change and human health | Eric Rubin | Professor, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health |
| 13:50-14:10 | Break | ||
| (PART2) Legacy of IDEC as a graduate school and mission of the IDEC Institute | |||
| 14:10-14:40 | The value of the IDEC education and training in my career | Savin Ven Johnson | Alumni Representative (Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) |
| 14:40-15:10 | Upgraded Missions of the IDEC Institute | KANEKO Shinji | Director of The IDEC Institute |
| 15:10-15:20 | Closing remarks | ICHIHASHI Masaru | Deputy Director of The IDEC Institute |
