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【FResHU-info(EN)】Vol.15
Information of two Event
1) Hokkaido University Front Runner Seminar
The great career story of a scientist who successfully established innovative drug discovery ventures both in Japan and the U.S.
“A Japanese Woman’s Journey from Scientist to Entrepreneur to Social Impact Creator”

2) Service Design Workshop with University of Lapland
“Designing Olympic 2020, From Here”
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Welcome to the 15 th issue of our newsletter.
We will introduce two seminar
“Hokkaido University Front Runner Seminar” and ” Service Design Workshop with University of Lapland ”
to you today.

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Hokkaido University Front Runner Seminar
The great career story of a scientist who successfully established innovative drug discovery ventures both in Japan and the U.S.
“A Japanese Woman’s Journey from Scientist to Entrepreneur to Social Impact Creator”
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Lecturer: Sachiko Kuno, Ph.D,
Date:
　 Oct. 19th (Mon), 2015
Time:
　 10:00~12:30
10:00~11:30, Presentation (English)
11:30~12:30, Discussion
Place:
　Enyu Gakusha Community Hall (Kita-18, Nishi-7), Lounge
Capacity:
　60 people
Registration:
　 http://goo.gl/forms/07uj04CwA1
Inquiries:
　 freshu@synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp

Sponsor:
Support Office for Female Researchers,
　Front office for Human Resource Education Development
Joint sponsor:
Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional Collaboration
Cosponsor:
I-HOP, Front office for Human Resource Education Development
Support:
Nitobe College
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Dr. Sachiko Kuno studied biochemistry and biochemical engineering
and obtained her Ph.D. from Kyoto University, Japan.
After conducted post-doctoral research at the Technical University of Munich,
Germany, in the mid-80s, Dr. Kuno joined her partner, Dr. Ryuji Ueno,
and established R-Tech Ueno Ltd. in Japan.
Leveraging R-Tech’s success in Japan, Dr. Kuno and Dr. Ueno moved to U.S.
and established the Sucampo Group, an affiliation of companies in the Americas,
Asia and Europe in 1996. She co-established 3rd drug-development company,
VLP therapeutics in 2012.

Additionally, in 2000, Dr. Kuno founded S&R Foundation in Washington,
D.C. for the purposes of supporting talented individuals with high aspirations
and great potential in science, art and social entrepreneurship, especially those
who are furthering international cultural collaboration.

In this seminar, Dr. Kuno will talk about what and how she thought and
chose at the turning point during her career.
She will also tell the message to the younger generation who are in their turning point
and who started their career by their own, with looking back to her history.

“From Scientist to Entrepreneur to Social Impact Creator”
This is a valuable opportunity to listen to Dr. Kuno’s great career story.
We look forward to your active participation to this epoch-making opportunity.
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Service Design Workshop with University of Lapland
“Designing Olympic 2020, From Here”
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Date : Oct. 10 (Sat) &11 (Sun) , 2015
Time : 10.00 a.m.- 17.00 p.m.
Place : Hokkaido University Institute for the Advancement of Higher
Education　S Buildings 1F

contents of the workshop:
About service design: This workshop will introduce in a compact
form the key elements, ideology and methods of service design to
participants. They will learn through a concrete case and quick
method experiments how service design works in practice. Service
design emphasizes human scale, understanding of users, empathy
and qualitative side of planning and designing in services.
The aim of service design is to make services more usable,
efficient and better for users as well as for service providers.

Workshop facilitators:
Dr. Essi Kuure（Junior Researcher, University of Lapland）
Dr. Hanna-Riina Vuontisjärvi（Researcher and Project Manager, University
of Lapland）

more info:
http://www.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/active-learning/

Application & Contact Person from Hokkaido University:
Miho Namba
Associate professor
Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education
Hokkaido University
namba@high.hokudai.ac.jp

For your application, please send an e-mail to namba@high.hokudai.ac.jp
and inform us of your name, affiliation and e-mail address.
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