The 3rd "Akai Ito Kai Sapporo" (Red Thread Meeting Sapporo), an event promoting diversification of career paths for postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and doctoral students, hosted by the Basic Science Advanced Skills Human Resources Station (S-cubic) of the Graduate School of Science at our university, will be held on Wednesday, February 28th at the Keio Plaza Hotel.
Eighteen companies and two organizations from within and outside Hokkaido will be participating in the event, as listed below. This event offers a great opportunity to learn about the expectations and hiring policies of various industries regarding young researchers, as well as to showcase your skills and build connections with companies. We encourage anyone interested, regardless of gender, to participate.
Registration deadline: February 20th
1) Contact by phone or email:
S-cubic office (Room N226B, 2nd floor, Faculty of Science main building)
Extension 3275
s-cubic@mail.sci.hokudai.ac.jp
2) Contact via website:
http://www.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/s-cubic/program/red/regist.html
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology "Project to Promote Diversification of Career Paths for Science and Technology Personnel"
"Hokkaido University Basic Science Human Resources Social Activity Promotion Plan"
"Red Thread Association" Program
Target audience: Postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and doctoral students
Capacity: 60 people
I. Date and Time: Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 13:00 - 20:00
II. Location: Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo
2-1, Kita 5-jo Nishi 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City
III. Program
(Moderator: Hidehiko Sumitomo, Specially Appointed Professor)
13:00-13:15
Opening Remarks: Professor Hiroshi Saeki, Executive Director and Vice President, Hokkaido University
Explanation of the purpose of the Red Thread Association
Hokkaido University Basic Science S-cubic Promotion Committee Chair Professor Kazushige Kawabata
13:15 - 15:20
Lecture/Venue: Plaza Hall
- Short presentations from companies / Generally in alphabetical order -
<Related to Hokkaido>
1) Hokkaido Prefectural Government 2) AIST Hokkaido Center
3) Amino Up Chemical 4) Cosmo Foods 5) Dynax
6) Nissei Bio 7) IBM Japan Solution Services
8) Hokkaido Soda 9) Hokkaido Electric Power 10) Hokuyo Bank
<Companies outside Hokkaido>
11) Asahi Kasei 12) Idemitsu Kosan 13) NEC
14) Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 15) Nippon Steel Corporation 16) Sumitomo Chemical Corporation
17) DuPont 18) Fujitsu 19) Mitsubishi Chemical
20) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
15:20-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Poster Presentation 1 (Explanation of one's own poster)
16:30-17:30 Poster Presentation 2 (Free)
18:00-20:00 Information exchange and networking meeting / Venue: Miyabi Room
(Moderator: Hidehiko Sumitomo, Specially Appointed Professor)
Opening remarks (under consideration)
Cheers! (Under consideration)
Closing remarks by Professor Kaoru Tsujii, Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University
<Poster>
Space: 1 panel (900 x 1800)
*For details, please visit the S-cubic website (http://www.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/s-cubic/)reference
During this time, companies will also be exhibiting their company PR materials. Individual consultations will be available.
<Information exchange meeting>
18:00-20:00 *Participation is mandatory for researchers.
Membership fee: Companies: 5,000 yen/person, DC, PD, etc.: 3,000 yen/person