13:30

Doors Open / Registration

14:00

Opening

Jens SCHNEIDER, Rector of TU Wien

14:10

Greeting

H.E. Kiminori IWAMA, Ambassador of Japan to Austria

14:15

Fostering Connections
TU Wien and Japan in Research and Education

Iris MACH, TU Wien / Head of Strategic Cooperation Centers and JASEC

14:25

Presentation of the funding programmes

  • OEAD: Maria UNGER
  • FFG: Michael WALCH
  • JSPS: Chisato ISOHARA
  • JST: Hirotaka YAMADA
15:00

Panel 1: Building Bridges
Networks for Global Research

  • Moderator:
    • Iris MACH, TU Wien / Head of Strategic Cooperation Centers and JASEC
  • Speaker:
    • Manfred MATZINGER-LEOPOLD, Head of the TUWac / Executive Director at Austrian Mint AG
    • Masahiko HAYASHI, Director JSPS Bonn Office
    • Rosmarie Fujiko NETZER, WKO / Regional Director Asia
15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Panel 2: Advancing Science Together
Bilateral Research Cooperation

  • Moderator:
    • Marko MIHOVILOVIC, TU Wien / Dean of the Faculty of Technical Chemistry
  • Speaker:
    • Yosuke TANAKA, The University of Tokyo / Vice Director of Art Center (ACUT); Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
    • Takeru SHIBAYAMA, TU Wien / Transport and mobility planning and policy
    • Noelia BARRABES, TU Wien / Model Catalysis and Applied Catalysis
16:30

Panel 3: Science Without Borders
Young Researchers in a Global Context

  • Moderator:
    • Markus SCHWEIGER, TU Wien / Head of International Relations and Global Affairs
  • Speaker:
    • Jan MIKUNI, University of Vienna / Psychology of art and aesthetics
    • Christos MARANTOS, TU Wien / Three-Dimensional Design and Model Making; MDW / Composition Studies and Music Production
    • Marius VALENTE, TU Wien / Structural Design and Timber Engineering
17:00

Networking

18:30

Doors Close