Program

Date

October 1 (Tue), 2019 13:00-17:40

Venue

Noyori Conference Hall, Nagoya University

Program

contents	title	Speaker
Opening 13:00-13:30	Opening remarks	MATSUO, Seiichi (President, Nagoya University) TSUCHIKAWA, Satoru (Dean, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences)
Keynote lecture 13:30-14:00	Current trends in the government of Japan for promotion of STI for SDGs: Focusing on cases from MEXT	NITTA, Hiroshi (Director, International Science and Technology Affairs Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT)
Presentation on research projects 14:00-17:00	Results and future prospects of rice research projects in Kenya	MAKIHARA, Daigo (Associate Professor, ICREA)
	Development and dissemination of new rice varieties suitable for Africa (WISH project)	ASHIKARAI, Motoyuki (Professor, BBC)
	<Coffee break>    15:00-15:30
	Small molecules to combat against parasitic weed Striga	TSUCHIYA, Yuichiro (Designated Associate Professor, ITbM)
	Production of biofuel using algal biomass in South Africa	KANDA, Hideki (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering)
	Exploring the prospects of industries and education in Africa: industrial skills assessment by SKY project	YAMADA, Shoko (Professor, ASSIA)
Comments from experts 17:00-17:30	FUJIWARA, Hiroaki (Director for Global Strategic Issues, Department of International Affairs, JST)
	ASANUMA, Shuichi (Senior Advisor, Rural Development Department, JICA)
	WATANABE, Yoshihito (Senior Presidential Advisor, Nagoya University)
Closing 17:30-17:40
	Closing remarks	EHARA, Hiroshi (Director, ICREA)
Reception 18:00-20:00	Venue：Hananoki restaurant

Language

Japanese

Organizer

International Center for Research and Education in Agriculture (ICREA)

Co-organizers

Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Research, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Bioscience and Biotechnology Center (BBC), Applied Social System Institute of Asia (ASSIA)

Supported by

Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), RIKEN, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), The Japanese Society for Chemical Regulation of Plants, Crop Science Society of Japan, Pesticide Science Society of Japan

No entry fee

contact

International Center for Research and Education in Agriculture (ICREA), Nagoya University
Tel : 052-789-4225    Fax : 052-789-4222
E-mail : icrea[at]agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp