Joint Forum for Dialogue with Regional Industrial Partners

(2^nd International Industrial - Academic Collaboration Meeting)

Conference Room,  Crédit Agricole,  Centre - Est 16,  place Bellecour,  Lyon,  France

Friday,  November 25,   2005   8 :30 - 15 :00

Program

8h30 - 8h45             Reception

8h45 - 9h30            Opening

                              1.  Crédit Agricole  

2.  Prof. Alain Storck, Director, INSA Lyon.

3.  Prof. Hitoshi Ohnishi, Executive Vice President, Tohoku University

4.  Prof. Patrick Bourgin, Director, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (ECL)

9h30 - 10h30           First session - perspective from regional, industrial sides

1.       Economic development through joint industrial and academic research, Prof. Roger Fougères, Rhône Alpes Vice President for Higher Education and Research

2.       Policy of collaboration between universities and enterprises in Sendai city

Dr. Osamu Morimoto, Director, Industrial-Academic Collaboration Promotion Section, Industrial Policy Dept., Sendai City

3.       ‘Présentation du Pôle de Compétitivité "Chimie et Environnement" (AXELERA)’,

Dr. Pascal Barthélemy (Rhodia)

10h30 - 11h30         Second session - ‘seeds’ from university side

1.       Research of material sciences in Tohoku University  

Prof. Tsutomu Yamamura, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

2.       Research supported by the 21st COE programs at Tohoku University

Prof. Shigenao Maruyama, Institute of Fluids Science, Tohoku University

3.       Materials and design for sustainable development (MACODEV), Prof. Jean-Yves Cavaillé, Director, GEMPPM, INSA Lyon

11h30                             Coffee break

11h40 - 12h30         Third session - perspective from university side

1.       Promotion of industry-university-government cooperation at Tohoku University

Mr. Tadao Shimoyama, Director of R&D Administration, Tohoku University

2.       ‘Exemples de partenariats academiques et industriels tissés par un laboratoire académique français avec le Japon’, Dr. Philippe Kapsa, Director, LTDS, ECL

3.       INSA Lyon/private firms focus on research laboratories/private firms, Mr. Marc Le Gal, INSAVALOR

12h30 　　　         Discussion and working lunch

15h00　　　　　　Closing