MAY 21, MONDAY

Venue: TTF 2F, Meeting Room 1, Tokyo Tech

15:30-17:30 AEDS Steering Committee Meeting

Venue: ROYAL BLUE HALL, Tokyo Institute of Technology

17:00-18:00 Registration
18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception

MAY 22, TUESDAY

Venue: Multi-Purpose Digital Hall

8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony
Welcome address:
  • Prof. Yuji Wada, Dean, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Co-chair AEDS2018, Japan
  • Dr. Kazuya Masu, President, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Prof. Hans J. Hoyer, Executive Secretary, GEDC, USA
  • Prof. Mark Hoffmann, UNSW, Australia, Chair of AEDS2017, Australia

9:30-10:00 Group Photo and Coffee break
10:00-12:00 Keynote Speeches
  • Mr. Hiroki Matsuo, Deputy Director-General, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
    “Towards Next Generation, Towards Society5.5 - Improvement of Engineering Education of Japanese Universities”
  • Prof. David Shallcross, University of Melbourne, Chair of Steering Committee, AOTULE, Australia
    “Will Lectures Still Exist in 2025?”
  • Prof. Norimi Mizutani, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, President, Eight-University Engineering Association, Japan
    “Tasks of Eight-University Engineering Association in Japan “
12:00-13:20 Lunch (Lunch Box)
13:20-15:00 Session 1: Double/Dual Degree Programs for Student Mobility Session Co-chairs:
  • Prof. Sunghyun Choi, Vice Dean, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
  • Prof. Mark Hoffman, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australian
Speakers:
  1. Prof. Hong Yan, Dean, College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, P.R. China
    “Joint Bachelor’s Degree Program between City University of Hong Kong and Columbia University”
  2. Dr. Rupesh Vasani, Director, Gujarat Technological University, SAL EDUCATION CAMPUS, India “Education Beyond The Borders-A case study of Gujarat Technological University,India. “
  3. Prof. Masahiro Ohshima, Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan “What Does Double Degree Program Mean to our own University’s Degree and Students?”
  4. Prof. Yoshimi Sonoda, Vice Dean, Department of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan
    “The Current Situation and Issues of Double Degree Program in Graduate School of Engineering”
  5. Prof. Saman Halgamuge, Director, Research School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University, Australia
    “How Jointly Developed Degrees of Different Forms can help Internationalization of Universities?”
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-17:00 Session 2: International Internship Programs with Industrial Collaborative Research
Session Co-chairs:
  • Prof. Hong Yan, Dean, College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, P. R. China
  • Prof. Natacha DePaola, Dean, Amour College of Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Speakers:
  1. Prof. Chung-Che Chou, Associate Dean, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
    “Collaboration Research at NTU: Example of Earthquake Engineering”
  2. Prof. Manivannan Kaliappan, Dean, Mohamed Sathak AJ College of Engineering, India
    “Industry -Academia Collaboration in India-Initiatives, Issues, Opportunities and Strategies “
  3. Prof. Hanxing Liu, Executive Dean, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, P. R. China
    “Cultivation Reform for Top-notch Innovative Talents in Materials Science and Engineering”
  4. Prof. Chang-Fa Yang, Dean, College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
    “Taiwan Tech GLORIA and Case Studies”
17:00-17:30 Move to Banquet Venue by Shuttle Bus

Venue: Happo-En(Japanese Garden and restaurant)

17:50-19:50

Banquet

MAY 23, WEDNESDAY

Venue: Digital Multi-Purpose Hall

8:40-9:00 Morning Coffee
9:00-10:40 Session 3: Recruitment of International Students and Female Students
Session Co-chairs:
  • Prof. Tim Cheng, Dean, School of Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China
  • Prof. David Shallcross, University of Melbourne, Chair of Steering Committee, AOTULE, Australia
Speakers:
  1. Dr. B.R. Sarmah, C.O.E., Indian Society for Technical Education(VP), KKH State Open University, India
    “Girls in Technical Education _ Indian Perspective”
  2. Prof. Norihiro Nakai, Dean, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
    “How we attract international students at the undergraduate level: the challenge of the Global Scientists and Engineers Program at Tokyo Tech”
  3. Prof. Haiyun Zhao, Associate Dean, The School of General Engineering, Beihang University, P. R. China
    “International Education at Beihang University. “
  4. Prof. Guohai Dong, Dean, Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China
    “Introduction of DUT's China-Japan Double Campus Program “
  5. Prof. T.S. Indumathi, Centre of Post Graduate Studies, Visvesvaraiah Technological University, India
    “Status of International Students in India for Higher Education “
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:40 Session 4: Entrepreneurship Programs for Innovative Human Resource
Session Co-chairs:
  • Prof. Norman C Tien, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Hong Kong, P. R. China
  • Prof. Yuji Wada, Dean, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Speakers:
  1. Prof. Tim Cheng, Dean, School of Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology P. R. China
    HKUST’s Entrepreneurship Education and Dream Builder Programs”
  2. Prof. Tetsuya Nagasaka, Dean, School of Engineering, Tohoku University Japan
    Earth on EDGE - An entrepreneur education program in Tohoku University”
  3. Prof. Mark Hoffman, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
    “Fostering student entrepreneurship to create new technologies”
  4. Prof. Kee Chaing Chua, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    “Entrepreneurship programs at the National University of Singapore”
  5. Prof. Dai Senoo, Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
    “CBEC : team-oriented Cross Border Entrepreneurship Cultivating program”
12:40-13:40 Lunch (Buffet)
13:40-14:10 Keynote Speeches
  • Dr. Naonori Kurokawa, The University of Tokyo Edge Capital, Japan
    “Building exceptional companies from science”
14:10-15:50 Session 5: Good Practices for Diversification of Engineering Education Programs
Session Co-chairs:
  • Prof. Kee Chaing Chua, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Prof. Tatsuya Okubo, Dean, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Speakers:
  1. Prof. Hiroshi Mitani, Dean, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    “A Novel Education Program on Large Complex Socio-Technical Systems for Graduates and Professionals
  2. Prof. Komsan Maleesee, Dean. Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
    “Implementation of Students Projects into Markets and Real Worlds”
  3. Prof. Jhy-Chern Liu, Dean, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
    “New programs of engineering education at Taiwan Tech”
  4. Prof. Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia
    “Developing Research Culture Among Undergraduate Students Holistically”
  5. Prof. Norman C Tien, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Hong Kong, P. R. China
    “Interdisciplinary within Engineering Curricula “
  6. Prof. Yasushi Asami, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
    “Education and International Programs in the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo “
15:50-16:00 Closing Remarks
  • Prof. Tatsuya Okubo, Dean, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Co-chair AEDS2018, Japan
  • Speech of Acceptance, Host university of AEDS 2019