Events

The Tohoku University Alumni Network would like to once again invite former students, faculty and staff from all over the world to celebrate the university's Founder's Day with an online get-together. This year is special as Tohoku University is marking the 115th anniversary of its founding and a century as a comprehensive university.

Date and time: July 16 (Sat), 4 - 6 p.m. (JST).
Venue: Zoom, registration is required
Language: English

The online get-together will feature interactive lectures by researchers and experts in fields related to the Tohoku University Green Goals Initiative - Green Technology, Recovery and Resilience and Social Innovation. The lectures will be followed by a networking session where all participants will be encouraged to socialise freely.

Speakers:

Jeongsoo Yu
Professor, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies
Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Topic: Joint Effort between Industry and Academia for Building a Sustainable Society

Hongmin Zhu
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering
Topic: Electrochemical Approach for Sustainable Metallurgical Process and Recycling

Anawat Suppasri
Associate Professor, Tsunami Engineering Laboratory
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
Topic: Interdisciplinary Research on Disaster Resilience

To register: https://forms.office.com/r/dRsSSeY3Bn
Registration deadline: 5 p.m. on July 14

This event is for Tohoku University Alumni Network members only, but the Network is open to all alumni, currently enrolled students, and current/former faculty and staff. It is free to join, and will give members access to special events, alumni and university news.

Anyone who has not yet registered can easily do so through the event registration link above, or via the Alumni Network's Homepage.