Transferable Skills Seminar -  PhD Career in EU / Japan  - 

 

This transferable skills seminar is targeted for researchers (MC, DC, PD).

Seminar will be conducted in English.

 

I-HoP will invite three distinguished guests to address three possible career directions for the international researchers;

1. Industrial Career in Japan by Active Connector – A real job fair will be organized as well.

2. Academic Career in Japan by an international researcher from Japanese research institution. The speaker will share his career story, JSPS grant application and life as postdoc researcher in Japan.

3. Academic Career in EU by Euraxess, a comprehensive academic career database which contains a wide variety of global academic positions. The lecturer, an EU representative in Japan, will briefly address Horizon 2020 grant application as well.

 

■ Seminar Overview

Introduction

Closing Remarks

* It's OK to attend one/two sessions of your interest.
 

■　Lecturer

Ms. Keiko Ono / Active Connector

Active Connector is aimed at serving as the bridge between bright,

active international talents and Japanese companies aspiring to be global.
Keiko Ono is a graduate from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) with established track record of public speaking, marketing, and communications around foreign policy, education, and cultural relations with particular expertise in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Active Connector, she worked with the British Embassy in Tokyo in Trade and Defence as well as various nonprofit organizations in Zambia, US, and UK.

https://www.active-connector.com/home/

 

Dr. Mohamed Belmoubarik / Ph.D. Electronic Engineering & Material Science (Oxide materials; Magnetic materials; Spintronics devices)

Post-Doctoral Researcher @ Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
「I took my bachelor, masters, and Ph.D. degrees from the department of electronic engineering and materials science of Tohoku university, Sendai. With an intermediate experience as a hardware engineer at NEC Group before my Ph.D. thesis, I’m now working in Tsukuba at the National Institute for Materials science (NIMS) as a postdoctoral researcher (member of the ImPACT project, Sahashi Program) in the boundary between academia (Applied Physics) and industry (Memory Manufacturers).」　- Dr. Mohamed Belmoubarik

http://www.nims.go.jp/mmu/index.html

 

Dr. Matthieu Py / EURAXESS Japan
Dr. Matthieu PY has a background in materials science and is a specialist in physical/chemical material characterization. He has experience as a researcher both in Europe (France) and in Japan. He was involved in the development of new international collaborations with overseas laboratories and private institutions in Europe and in Japan.

He took in August 2014 the position of Coordinator of the EURAXESS activities in Japan. As a specialist of European (including EU) and Japanese funding schemes, and as an expert of research and innovation ecosystems, he promotes research cooperation and researchers' mobility between Europe and Japan. His actions focus on providing tailored information to researchers and research administrators through web-based platforms and through individual consultation; setting up information sharing and networking platform events; and managing a community of researchers and research-related personal of more than 2,600 members.

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/japan

 

■ Seminar date

2017/9/8 14:00-18:00

 

■ Place

Mid-Campus Open Laboratory Building#1, 1st floor

South-East corner of Main Street & Gingko Avenue

https://goo.gl/maps/rLmxXjjUpp82

 

■　Eligibility

Hokkaido University graduate students and postdocs 

 

■　Application

～9/7/2017 23:00

 

■　Max participants

40

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■　How to apply

You need to be registered in the Hi-System.

If you are not, please go to the Front Office for Human Resource Education and Development homepage and register in Hi-System.

 

Click "申し込む" and login to Hi-System. Your registration will be completed as soon as you login.

 

If you do not receive confirmation e-mail in three business days after registration, 

please contact I-HoP.

 

I-HoP

ihop@synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp

011-706-2157

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