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SUMMARY:[ Asian Funding and Scientific Collaboration Opportunities - Japan
  | Information event ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210330
DTSTAMP:20260506T061811Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by EPFL’s Research Office and International Affair
 s Teams\n\n\nAim:  to promote bilateral funding and scientific collaborat
 ion/exchange opportunities between EPFL scientists and their Asian counter
 parts (specifically: China\, Hong Kong\, Japan\, Korea\, Singapore) in sup
 port of EPFL’s three missions:  Education\, Research and Innovation.\n\
 nEvent Description:  \n \nSpeakers:  \n\n	“State” representative/mi
 nister from each of the five respective countries: China\, Hong Kong\, Jap
 an\, Korea\, Singapore\;\n	Swiss counterparts from the SNSF Interdisciplin
 ary and International Co-operation division and the Leading House Asia ETH
  Zurich\; \n	Jan Hesthaven (Vice President of Academic Affairs) and Olivi
 er Küttel (Head of International Affairs) will provide opening and closin
 g remarks.\n\n \nTarget Audience:  EPFL Professors\, Students and Staff\
 n \nTarget Dates:  Beginning the week of 16 March 2021\, each approximat
 ely one-hour session will include information on funding and collaborative
  opportunities\; one country per session\n \n\n	Korea:         
      Tuesday\, 16 March 2021\, 09h00\n	Japan:            
   Tuesday\, 30 March 2021\, 09h00\n	Singapore:        Tuesday\, 06
  April 2021\, 09h00\n	China:               Tuesday\, 13 Apri
 l 2021\, 09h00\n	Hong Kong:      Tuesday\, 27 April 2021\, 09h00\n\n 
 \nSession Format:  Remote Conference\, Zoom platform\; sessions will be r
 ecorded and accessible to members of the EPFL community only (Gaspar prote
 cted).\n \nSession Agenda:  \n\n09h00: Welcome by Jan Hesthaven\, vice P
 resident of Academic Affairs\, EPFL\n09h03:  Overview & Objectives by Oli
 vier Küttel\, Head of International Affairs\, EPFL\n09h05:  Swiss Embass
 y Tokyo by Dr Kyoko Marumo Suzuki\, Head\, Science & Technology Office\n09
 h15:  SNSF Interdisciplinary and International Co-operation division by D
 elphine Marchon\, Scientific Officer\n09h20:  Leading House Asia ETH Zuri
 ch by Elise Nardin\, International Affairs\, Office of the President\n09H2
 5: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) by Dr Osamu Kobayashi\, Direc
 tor of the Department of International Affairs\n09h45: Q&A from all partic
 ipants (we ask that participants let us know if they have any particular q
 uestion\, topic\, etc. in the registration)\n10h00: Closing Remarks by Oli
 vier Küttel\, Head of International Affairs\, EPFL\n\n \nTarget Audience
 :  EPFL Professors\, Students and Staff\n \nMaterials to be distributed:
   Good-to-Know packet.  This packet will include Swiss and Japanese orga
 nizations and institutions that have expressed interest in funding and col
 laborations between EPFL and Japan\; Funding organizations\, specific call
 s\, and other good to know information provided by the EPFL Research Offic
 e and Speakers.\n\nRegistration: https://forms.gle/vuvCBtM2sz8hHgqK6\n 
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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