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