EUROPEAN FOCUS DAY 2024

The EURAXESS Japan European Focus Day is an annual flagship event that welcomes researchers, bureaucrats, embassy personnel, entrepreneurs and the general public who would like to widen their horizon and network outside their own circles. While previous European Research Days introduced researchers in various disciplines and highlighted EU-Japan collaborations, the focus this time is on Horizon Europe funding opportunities, European research organizations and countries, research and innovation highlights, Japan-related collaborations and funding opportunities.

The event, which is open to everyone and is free of charge, will feature three main elements: country introductions, funding opportunities, networking.

Objectives

A key project for Europe is to welcome the next generation of researchers from oversees and forge partnerships with key innovators in leading universities and industries worldwide. The event will be central to:

• get informed about the latest Horizon Europe funding opportunities that spur innovation;
• hear from various European research associations in Japan;
• learn about European countries - not limited to the European Union - and their relations with Japan;
• celebrate the very best European research and innovation has to offer;
• networking dinner reception with European citizens living in Japan, including but not limited to the research, business and public administration communities.

Logistics

DATE: 6th June 2024

TIME: 16:00-19:30JST

LOCATION: Europa House, Delegation of the European Union to Japan, Tokyo (4 Chome-6-28 Minamiazabu, Minato City, Tokyo 106-0047)

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TIME

EVENT

16:00-16:03JST

INTRODUCTION

Judit Erika Magyar

Country Representative

EURAXESS Japan

16:03-16:10JST

OPENING REMARKS

Gijs Berends

First Counsellor, Head of Science, Innovation, Digital and other EU Policies Section

Delegation of the European Union to Japan

16:10-16:25JST

“Horizon Europe: Participation from Japan”

Fumiko Oda

National Contact Point for Horizon Europe

EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

16:25-16:35JST

“Introduction of the Association of Italian Researchers in Japan”

Marco Pellegrini

Project Associate Professor

The University of Tokyo

16:35-16:45JST

“The German JSPS Alumni Association”

Heinrich Menkhaus

Professor Dr. jur.

Meiji University

16:45-16:55JST

“Sciencescope, the Association for French-speaking Students and Researchers in Japan”

Gilles Mastalski

Researcher

CRCAO, MFJ

16:55-17:05JST

“ACE Japon: 10 years Serving the Spanish Scientific Community in Japan”

Jose Caaveiro

Full Professor

Kyushu University

17:05-18:00JST

COUNTRY INTRODUCTIONS

1. Denmark
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Estonia
4. Czechia
5. Austria
6. Belgium

18:00-19:30JST

NETWORKING DINNER RECEPTION