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UNU Global Seminar Japan -2013 Shonan Session　
"New Global Energy Mix for Sustainable Future"

Date: 2 - 5 September, 2013 (Monday-Thurday)
Venue: Shonan Village Center

For details:
http://isp.unu.edu/grad/certificate/seminar/2013/shonan/index.html

 

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"Investments in Health: The Key to Economic Development in Africa"

Friday, May 31, 2013, 15:00–18:00 (followed by reception)
Maple Room, 2nd floor, South Wing, Hotel Okura, Tokyo(2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Capacity: 150 / simultaneous interpretation / free of charge

To register, please visit
http://www.jcie.or.jp/africa_gh/0531symposium/index_e.html

 

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Invitation to
"KAVLI PRIZE PROGRAM -Lecture and Symposium-"
@Ito Hall, Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo

 

For details
http://www.kiyoshikurokawa.com/en_schedule/

 

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Invitation to
"Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
  -Global Agenda in Post Fukushima & Reconstruction Efforts of Japanese Architects"

@UCLA, California USA

 

For details
http://www.kiyoshikurokawa.com/en_schedule/

 

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Invitation to "Growth, Innovation And Competitiveness: Maximising The Benefits Of Knowledge-Based Capital"
@OECD,Paris FRANCE

 

For details
http://www.kiyoshikurokawa.com/en_schedule/

 

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1. Invitation to Risk Management Seminar @GRIPS
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2. Invitation to Japan Studies Program Seminar Series @APARC, Stanford Univ. USA
   
   
3. Invitation to GOLD SYMPOSIUM @Los Angeles, USA

 

For details
http://www.kiyoshikurokawa.com/en_schedule/

 

A New Year’s Conversation and an Invitation to Two Events

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I would like to wish all my readers a Happy New Year, although we are already deep into the new year, but please bear with me.

Parliamentary power lies with the Abe administration for a second time. Many committees have been newly set up, and each Government Ministry is surely running at full steam, oblivious to the New Year’s holidays in order to come up with supplementary and revised budgets.

As for myself, I too have kept myself somewhat busy.

I have added here a link to my ‘New Year’s Conversation’ with Chief Representative of the Komeito, Mr. Yamaguchi. This conversation was carried on the New Year’s issue of the Komei Newspaper, and although short, I think it is familiar to those who have been visiting my blog after the ‘Fukushima Commission’.

I would also like to invite my readers to participate in two events.

1) First is an event organized by AGOS in Shibuya, Tokyo on the 14^th of January that starts at 2p.m where I have been invited to talk. AGOS is a company that supports students who want to study abroad. I will try my best to adopt a discussion approach, so feel free to drop by!

AGOS is an organization supporting studies abroad and is headed by Mr. Yokoyama, who is an alumni of UCLA. Having studied there as an undergraduate, he went on to become the head manager for the college basketball team, a post made famous by the legend John Wooden. His post was a first for any Asian, let alone any Japanese person. Apart from his activities at AGOS, he is also a generous supporter of the H-LAB program, which as you may know makes frequent appearances on this blog.

2) On the 29th of January, starting from 7pm, this time held in Marunouchi, Tokyo, we will begin a series of seminars in the run-up to the TICAD 5 event that will be held in June at Yokohama. The first of the series is ‘Keys to Economic Growth in Africa: Global Health’, and the panel is moderated by Ken Shibusawa of JCIE , with two panelists Mr Sato of Africa Business Partner (in Japanese) and me from the Health and Global Policy Institute(HGPI). I would like to call upon those who are interested in African Development, and even those who are just curious, to take part. Incidentally, I myself have been to Nairobi (1,2) recently, in October.

Today in the morning, the HGPI held a special breakfast meeting to listen to Mr. Jay Singh’s talk. It will be heartening to see the cooperation of Japanese companies and ODA of USA in the near future.

Turns out to have been a busy start to the year.

 

Invitation to MIT Media Lab @Tokyo

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MIT Media Lab @Tokyo 2013 will be held in January of next year.

Won’t you come and join this “workshop for creating the future”?

Last year, many people participated in this inspiring gathering.

Year 2013, it will again offer an inspiring program and will be a gathering of incredible people who are the ‘nail that sticks out.’

Please visit this website for more information.

 

Won’t you join the St. Gallen Symposium?

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There is a conference hosted by students at the University of St. Gallen in the beautiful town of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

It is an excellent symposium in which many of the top people in the political and business world come together. I have attended the conference for some years (1, 2) (Japanese link only).

Next year, it will be held in the beginning of May. In previous years, it used to invite only undergraduate university students but starting from three years ago, it decided to focus on inviting graduate students, post-docs and young leaders under the age of thirty.

Won’t you please join? Regarding the application procedure and requirements, please see the St. Gallen Symposium website (1).

It is a wonderful opportunity and I also plan to attend next year.

See you in St. Gallen!

 

Awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the largest science organization in the world, comprised of scientists members from all over the United States and the world. They have a wide range of programs and projects, but one of their most well-known is the weekly scientific journal,“Science”.　The editor in chief is Dr. Bruce Alberts (1) who was the President of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for twelve years.

The AAAS also gives out a number of awards.

The other day, there was a telephone call from the office informing me that I would be one of the awardees and I would be receiving the “Scientific Freedom and Responsibility” award. It was truly unexpected.

The reason that I will be honored with the award is explained on the official AAAS website.  Dr. Richard Meserve (1) and Dr. Sunil Chacko (1) have both given their comments, for which I am grateful and happy.

Dr. Sunil Chacko also wrote an article about the award in the Huffington Post.

It is also on the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) website.

Each year the award ceremony is held at the AAAS annual meeting, and this year it will be held in Boston in February.  Somehow, there has been a continuation of many fortuitous events.

This was possible because of everyone in Japan and abroad who worked at the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) and who supported us. Thank you.