Programme

Monday 29 February 2016 (@ Het Pand, Onderbergen 1)

09:30               Registration

10:00               Opening remarks (Room Rector Blancquaert)

  • Welcome note by the vice rectors Hiroaki Terao and Freddy Mortier
  • Welcome note ambassador of Japan H.E.  ISHII Masafumi
  • Presentation UGent Internationalisation –  Guido Van Huylenbroeck (Academic Director Internationalization)

11:15               Presentations on Hokkaido and Ghent Universities research activities (Room Rector Blancquaert)

12:15               Lunch (Room to be confirmed)

14:00               Parallel sessions (Het Pand)

  • Veterinary Medicine, Location: Het Pand, Persconferentiezaal
  • Concrete Structures (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture; Department of Structural Engineering), Location: Het Pand, Priorzaal.
  • The Reception of Western Thought and Christianity in Modern Japan (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Institute of South and East Asian Studies), Location: Het Pand, Oude Infirmerie.
  • Borders and Margins in Eastern Europe (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy), Location: Room Rector Blancquaert.
  • Interbank Networks (Faculty of Economics), Location: VGZ 0.1 (SP7) Sint-Pietersplein
  • Moral and Philosophical Aspects of Articifical Intelligence (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy), Location: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Blandijnberg 2, Faculty room, 1st floor (European counting), 2 floor (Japanese counting)

17:00/17:30      End of sessions

19:30               Dinner @ Restaurant Het Pand (Onderbergen 1)

 

Tuesday 1 March 2016 (@ respective faculties)

10:00               Continuation parallel sessions

  • Risk, Health and Food (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Institute of South and East Asian Studies), Blandijnberg 2, 5th floor
  • Student Workshop Slavonic Studies: Gateways to Eastern Europe (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Institute for Slavonic Studies),  Blandijnberg 2, 6th floor
  • Concrete Structures (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture; Department of Structural Engineering), Location: Magnel Lab

12:30               Lunch (at the faculties)

14:00               Introduction Hokkaido University for students (at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Blandijnberg 2, 5th floor)

14:30               Continuation parallel sessions, visit of faculties

16:00               End of sessions

17:00               Closing event at the City Hall (Welcome note by mayor Daniël Termont)