Fourth Mexico•Japan 2019
Rectors' Summit

September 09 - 10, 2019, Mexico City



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Fourth Mexico•Japan 2019
Rectors' Summit

The Mexico•Japan Rectors' Summit has allowed both Mexican and Japanese Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to discuss significant issues and design creative policies to ensure capacity building and best practices. The 1st Rectors' Summit was held in Tokyo in June 2011, then, in October 2014, during the Japan•Mexico Friendship Year, the 2nd Rectors' Summit was held in Guanajuato and Aguascalientes. Finally, on November 30th and December 1st, 2017, the 3rd Japan•Mexico Rectors' Summit took place in Hiroshima.


The 4th edition will take part next September 9th and 10th, focused to build a “Society 5.0” in both countries, continue to strengthen our friendship and cooperation, accompanied by more than 50 Mexican and Japanese HEIs committed to endure the collaboration.

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September 09 - 10, 2019 in Mexico City

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Themes

Society 5.0

The role of universities towards sustainability

Natural phenomena-related hazards and risks

The future of the Universities

Host Rectors

All Participants

Program

Register

8.00 AM - 8.30 AM

Participants registration

Alfonso Caso Auditorium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Welcome remarks

9.00 AM - 9.40 AM

Welcome remarks

Alfonso Caso Auditorium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Keynote speeches

10.00 AM - 10.40 AM

Keynote speeches

Silvia GIORGULI,President, El Colegio de México (COLMEX)
Yoshiaki TERUMICHI, President, Sophia University

Alfonso Caso Auditorium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Coffee break

10.40 AM - 11.00 AM

Coffee break

Alfonso Caso Auditorium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Session 1

11.00 AM - 1.00 PM

Session 1 - Society 5.0

Cindy SARAVIA, Rector, Autonomous University of Campeche (Moderator)
Hiroaki HATAYAMA, President, J.F. Oberlin University (Moderator)

1. Carlos GUEVARA, Director, National Center for Research, Documentation and Information of Plastic Arts, National Institute of Fine Arts
2. Hideyuki NAKASHIMA, President, Sapporo City University
3. Cipriano SANCHEZ, Rector, Anahuac Mexico University
4. Akihiro MATOBA,Vice President, Kanagawa University
5. Luis GUERRERO, General Rector, University of Guanajuato
6. Sadakazu EJIRI, Dean, Asahi University

Alfonso Caso Auditorium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Lunch

1.30 PM - 3.00 PM

Lunch break

Seminars Unit, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Session 2

3.30 PM - 5.30 PM

Session 2 - University and Sustainability

Raul SANCHEZ, General Secretary, Autonomous University of Chihuahua (Moderator)
Yoshihisa BABA, President, Soka University (Moderator)

1. Rogelio GARZA, Rector, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
2. Takashi YUKAWA, Vice President, Nagaoka University of Technology
3. Juan GUERRA, Rector, Autonomous University of Sinaloa
4. Takahiro SAEKI, President, Seisen University
5. Hector SOLIS, Executive Vice Rector, University of Guadalajara
6. Takeshi MATSUDA, President, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

Institute of Biomedical Research Auditorium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Closing

5.30 PM - 5.45 PM

First day closing

Institute of Biomedical Research Auditorium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Networking

7.00 PM

Networking

Event offered by Universidad Iberoamericana, Headquarters Hotel

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8.30 AM - 9.00 AM

Participants registration

Alfonso Reyes Auditorium, El Colegio de México

Session 3

9.00 AM - 11.00 AM

Session 3 - Natural phenomena-related hazards and risks

Ulises GRANADOS, Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (Moderator)
Toshikazu YASUI, President, Meikai University (Moderator)

1. Hugo DELGADO, Director, Geophysics Institute, UNAM
2. Kazuo WATANABE, Professor, University of Tsukuba
3. Enrique FERNANDEZ, General Director, National Technological Institutes of Mexico
4. Masahiro INOUE, Vice President, Shibaura Institute of Technology
5. Sulpicio SANCHEZ, Professor, Autonomous University of Guerrero
6. Naotaka HIRAMI, Professor, Hiroshima University

Alfonso Reyes Auditorium, El Colegio de México

Coffee break

11.00 AM - 11.30 AM

Coffee break

Alfonso Reyes Auditorium, El Colegio de México

Session 4

11.30 AM - 1.30 PM

Session 4 - The Future of Universities

Fernando SALMERON, General Director, Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (Moderator)
Tatsuki OKADA, Vice President, Tenri University (Moderator)

1. David FERNANDEZ, Rector, Universidad Iberoamericana
2. Kazuhito KOMIYA, President, Chiba Institute of Technology
3. Eduardo PEÑALOSA, General Rector, Autonomous Metropolitan University
4. Koichiro YAGINUMA, Vice President, Kanda University of International Studies
5. Jose MUSTRE, General Director, Center for Research and Advanced Studies
6. Yoshihito OKINAGA, President, Teikyo University

Alfonso Reyes Auditorium, El Colegio de México

Lunch

1.30 PM - 3.30 PM

Lunch break

Garden, El Colegio de México

Closing Ceremony

3.30 PM - 4.15 PM

Closing Ceremony - Rapporteur and Manifest

Alfonso Reyes Auditorium, El Colegio de México

Cocktail

5.00 PM

Cocktail

Closing cocktail reception offered by the Embassy of Japan in Mexico, Mexican-Japanese Association

Departure

9.00 AM

Departure from Radisson Hotel

Habrá transporte para translado

Cultural Site

9.00 AM - 10.00 AM

Transfer to Cultural Site

To be defined

Cultural Activities

10.00 AM - 12.00 PM

Cultural Activities

Transfer to Hotel

12.00 PM - 1.00 PM

Transfer to Radisson Hotel


Cultural Activities