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On November 13th and 14th, we hosted top Japanese University leaders for the "2018 Training Program for Top Management of University," funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan. The focus of their two-day agenda was to gain insight into university management and learn about co-operative education, entrepreneurship, technology transfer and commercialization, and international research.

Delegates from Japanese University Leaders: 

Kei Hashimoto, Professor, School of Agriculture, and Vice Director-General, Institute for Promotion of Higher Academic Education, Utsunomiya University 
Koichiro Ishimori, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University 
Shinji Kaneko, Professor and Vice Dean, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University 
Yumiko Onishi, Coordinator, Project on Training for Top Management of University, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) 
Hideki Takahashi, Vice President, International affairs, East Asian Rim Project, and Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University 
Shigeru Watanabe, Vice-Head, Multidisciplinary Science Cluster, Kochi University 

Participants from University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ:  

Ian Rowlands, Associate Vice-President, International  
George Dixon, Former Vice-President, University Research; Former Vice-President Academic & Provost; Professor, Biology 
Scott Inwood, Director, Commercialization, Research 
Diane Johnston, Director, Research Finance 
Ross Johnston, Executive Director, Co-operative Education 
Drew Knight, Director, Global Research and Strategic Alliances 
Norah McRae, Associate Provost, Co-operative and Experiential Education 
Jasmin Ozkur, International Activities Coordinator, À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ International 
Susan Tighe, Deputy Provost and Associate Vice-President, Integrated Planning and Budgeting
Jeff Casello, Associate Provost, Graduate Studies

Participants from Accelerator Centre (AC):

Paul Salvini, CEO, AC; Associate Vice-President, Research Commercialization  
Tabatha Laverty, Manager, Marketing and Communications