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Following Commissioner Hübner(in charge of regional policy at the European Commission) keynote speech, Mr. Hiroyuki Ishige, Vice-Minister for International Affairs of the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, Mr. Masahiro Nakajima，Secretary General for Regional Revitalization Bureau of the Cabinet Secretariat, and Mr. Takashi Shiraishi, Member of the Council for Science and Technology Policy, will talk about the policies and initiatives to revitalize Japanese regions in today’s economic situation.

Date & Time:Monday, 6 April 2009, 14:30 - 16:00
Venue:Todofuken Kaikan Hall (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Co-organised by:Delegation of the European Commission to Japan, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
Language:English/Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Registration fee: Free

For more information please view the website of EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation:
http://www.eu-japan.gr.jp/english/business/seminars/next/index.cfm

[Event]

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) International Workshop (OISTIWS09)
-Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics and Its Applications-

Date: May 13, 2009 - May 15, 2009
Venue: OIST Seaside House, Okinawa, Japan
Registration deadline: March 1, 2009
Details: http://www.oist.jp/workshop_20090513/index.html
Contact: Tomi Hashizume (e-mail: このメールアドレスはスパムボットから保護されています。観覧するにはJavaScriptを有効にして下さい )

The sponsors invite applications from young researchers who wish to participate in the workshop and present a poster.
The participants will be selected from the submitted abstracts by the Selection Committee. OIST will cover registration, accommodation (shared rooms in the Seaside House), meals, and travel expenses for the participants.

[Funding]

2008 marks the 150th year of diplomatic relationship between the UK and Japan. To celebrate this anniversary, the British Embassy and the British Council are running UK-Japan 2008 showcases the best of contemporary UK’s creativity in the fields of arts, science and innovation, and creative industries. In order to create further collaboration between UK and Japan they invite applications for UK-Japan 2008 Collaborative Project Grant (“The Grant”) that aims to encourage the development of collaborations between the two countries in these fields. They strongly hope that these UK-Japan collaborations will continue to flourish long after the year has come to an end.

The Grant provides a maximum of JPY1,500,000 for a collaborative project. The Grant will be awarded to one project in the fields of Life Science / ICT / Engineering / Climate Change / Science and Innovation / Science Policy / Science Communication. The application deadline is Friday 6 February 2009.

For detailed Information
http://www.ukjapan2008.jp/grant/index-e.html