Outcome

After the JIEW, JST received many offers for personnel exchange from different countries and requests for consultation on business-academia collaboration.

Survey Result

Favorable Response

• A wonderful opportunity to get to know about JST and to meet representatives of funding agencies from all over the world.
• Properly proportioned number of participants from funding agencies in different countries.
• Well-balanced program activities. Good selection of presenters and presentations.
• A great opportunity to find the direction to proceed and to gain valuable experience.
• The seminars by program officers were also very interesting.
• Especially interested in the issues that both the U.S. and Japan face and also different research program management models.
• Could gain detailed and comprehensive information about JST projects and Japan's policies for the science and technology.
• Considering this is the first time, the whole event was very well done.
• Impressed with the fact that all presentations were done by young JST staff members in English.
• Could receive useful information from the sources such as JSPS and NEDO.
• Enjoyed visiting Innovation Plaza Kyoto and the city of Kyoto.
• Learned about not only the activities of JST but also Japanese funding agencies, NSF and NIH.
• Well organized and prepared program. Management was also good.
• JST staff members were all very cooperative. Could solve various issues.
• It was an excellent idea to let many young JST staff members make presentations.
• A good program and system to seek new cooperative relationships. Expect it will be held continually.

Suggestions for Improvement

• Many presentations did not meet the specific needs of participants.
• Too many presentations in a day.
• Better to reduce the number of presentation and set aside time for participants to organize information.
• Make time for interactive meetings in small groups by reducing the number of presentation.
• In the Q&A session, some issues were not drilled down enough.