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SUMMARY:[ Asian Funding and Scientific Collaboration Opportunities - Hong 
 Kong | Information event ]
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210427
DTSTAMP:20260502T111356Z
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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
  President of Academic Affairs\, EPFL\n09h03:  Overview & Objectives by O
 livier Küttel\, Head of International Affairs\, EPFL\n09h05:  Swiss Emba
 ssy Hong Kong by Dr Rolf Frei\n09h15:  Leading House Asia ETH Zurich by E
 lise Nardin\, International Affairs\, Office of the President\n09h20:  SN
 SF by Delphine Marchon\n09H25:  National Science Foundation China by Dr W
 encong Li\n09h45:  Q&A from all participants (we ask that participants le
 t us know if they have any particular question\, topic\, etc. in the regis
 tration)\n10h00:  Closing Remarks by Olivier Küttel\, Head of Internatio
 nal Affairs\, EPFL\n\n \nMaterials to be distributed:  Listing of Asian 
 Funding Opportunities and Institutions arranged in alphabetical order/coun
 try.\n\nRegistration: https://forms.gle/vuvCBtM2sz8hHgqK6
LOCATION:
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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