The Research and Innovation Week 2022 (R&I Week) was the second attempt of its kind, following the virtual R&I Week 2021 hosted by the University of Gothenburg in June 2021, and it was the first major in-person event for MIRAI 2.0 as we struggled with the prolonged influence of the pandemic. Hosted by Kyushu University, the R&I Week 2022 took place at the beautiful Ito Campus, the largest single campus in Japan that has a wide range of facilities to support the research and education of the university community.
The event took shape under the theme, “Sharing ONE future: Integrative Knowledge and Sustainable Transformation towards a better world,” with objectives and expectations as follows.
- To bring together researchers, students, and university management from all 20 Swedish and Japanese MIRAI member universities, as well as research funding agencies and policymakers
- To strengthen collaboration between Sweden and Japan in research, innovation, and education
- Connect with researchers in the five thematic areas
The impact of the pandemic was indeed enormous for the planning of the R&I Week 2022. The original plan to hold this event in June 2022 was extended to November, due largely to Japan’s entry restriction. And even when the event was confirmed to take place in November, a number of uncertainties remained until the last minute. Therefore, the MIRAI 2.0 coordinating universities—the University of Gothenburg and Nagoya University—would like to express our sincerest gratitude to Kyushu University for organizing this important event amid the difficult time under unpredictable circumstances.
A full report is available here:
Event website: https://miraisejp2022.wixsite.com/r-and-i-week
Travel grants
- Employees at Swedish universities, businesses, or public sector organisations can apply for travel grants from Intsam. The call was open until September 1, 2022.
- Many MIRAI 2.0 universities also offered internal travel grants.
Present at the R&I week
Open call for speakers are listed below:
Call for speakers within AI
Call for speakers within Entrepreneurship
