The 8th German-Japanese University Presidents' Conference
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The German-Japanese University Network (HeKKSaGOn) was established in 2010 as a foundation to further develop international cooperation and exchange of ideas in education, research and innovation fields to further advance science, technology, industry and culture between member universities. The six research-intensive universities from Germany and Japan place a strong value on high-quality teaching within an environment of internationally competitive research.
Event Information
On September 9-10, 2021 Tohoku University is hosting the 8th German-Japanese University Presidents’ Conference, under the auspices of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Tokyo. The theme for the conference is “How universities can contribute to building healthy, safe and resilient societies”.
This digital event will gather presidents, researchers and students from all HeKKSaGOn member universities.
The Academic Conference “Building resilient societies following the Great East Japan Earthquake and COVID-19 pandemic”, which is one part of the programme, is open to the public and will be live-streamed on September 9 (17:00-18:20 JST / 10:00-11:20 CEST). In addition, you can find other talks and presentation materials on the website.
For more details and registration for this event, please click on the “Website” in the box above.