On November 13th and 14th, we hosted top Japanese University leaders for the "2018 Training Program for Top Management of University," funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan. The focus of their two-day agenda was to gain insight into university management and learn about co-operative education, entrepreneurship, technology transfer and commercialization, and international research.
Delegates from Japanese University Leaders:
Kei
Hashimoto,
Professor,
School
of
Agriculture,
and
Vice
Director-General,
Institute
for
Promotion
of
Higher
Academic
Education,
Utsunomiya
University
Koichiro
Ishimori,
Professor
and
Dean,
Faculty
of
Science,
Hokkaido
University
Shinji
Kaneko,
Professor
and
Vice
Dean,
Graduate
School
for
International
Development
and
Cooperation,
Hiroshima
University
Yumiko
Onishi,
Coordinator,
Project
on
Training
for
Top
Management
of
University,
National
Graduate
Institute
for
Policy
Studies
(GRIPS)
Hideki
Takahashi,
Vice
President,
International
affairs,
East
Asian
Rim
Project,
and
Professor,
Faculty
of
Humanities,
Niigata
University
Shigeru
Watanabe,
Vice-Head,
Multidisciplinary
Science
Cluster,
Kochi
University
Participants from University of Waterloo:
Ian
Rowlands,
Associate
Vice-President,
International
George
Dixon,
Former
Vice-President,
University
Research;
Former
Vice-President
Academic
&
Provost;
Professor,
Biology
Scott
Inwood,
Director,
Commercialization,
Research
Diane
Johnston,
Director,
Research
Finance
Ross
Johnston,
Executive
Director,
Co-operative
Education
Drew
Knight,
Director,
Global
Research
and
Strategic
Alliances
Norah
McRae,
Associate
Provost,
Co-operative
and
Experiential
Education
Jasmin
Ozkur,
International
Activities
Coordinator,
Waterloo
International
Susan
Tighe,
Deputy
Provost
and
Associate
Vice-President,
Integrated
Planning
and
Budgeting
Jeff
Casello,
Associate
Provost,
Graduate
Studies
Participants
from
Accelerator
Centre
(AC):
Paul
Salvini,
CEO,
AC;
Associate
Vice-President,
Research
Commercialization
Tabatha
Laverty,
Manager,
Marketing
and
Communications
