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.