Universität Hamburg - Kyoto University Symposium 2023

Words of Welcome:

• Hauke Heekeren (President of Universität Hamburg)

• Nagahiro Minato (President of Kyoto University)

Introduction to Symposium  & Strategic Partnership:

• Courtney Peltzer-Hönicke (Head of Department of International Affairs, Universität Hamburg)

• Yasuyuki Kono (Vice-President for International Strategy, Kyoto University)

Introduction to Parrallel Sessions

Group 1 - Infection Research (Hiroshi Nishiura/Gülsah Gabriel)

Group 2 - Climate Research (Tetsuya Takemi/ Shabeh ul Hasson)

Group 3 - Environmental Economics (Akihisa Mori/Stefan Aykut)

Group 4 - Biodiversity (Katsue Fukamachi/ Matthias Glaubrecht)

Q&A by the moderator

Group photo

Parallel Sessions Part 1

• Infection research: One health - Pandemic challenges
• Climate research: Detection, Attribution and Projections of Climate Change and Impacts for a Resilient Society
• Enivironmental economics: Decarbonization - Economic and social dynamics
• Biodiversity: Nature in jeopary - Biodiversity´s contribution to Planetary Health from interdisciplinary prespectives

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Signing Ceremony

• President Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren
• President Dr. Nagahiro Minato

Dinner (Delegation and UHH researchers/staff, the Consul General of Japan to Hamburg)

Welcome Speech by the Consul General of Japan

Greeting by Prof. Dr. Masahiko Hayashi, Director of JSPS Bonn Office

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Optional: Preparation of presentations for the plenary session (in parallel groups)

• Summary of results/goals

Wrap up & Presentations of outcomes from 4 Groups

(maximum 15 minutes each with Q&A from the audience)                               

Closing Address

• Kyoko Inagaki (Executive Vice-President for Gender Equality, International Affairs and External Affairs, Kyoto University)

• Laura Marie Edinger-Schons (Chief Sustainability Officer, Universität Hamburg)

Farewell dinner