| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Registration |
| 10:00 - 10:05 |
Opening |
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| Keynote Speech |
| 10:05 - 10:20 |
"Introduction and establishment of PO and PD system in Japan"
Dr. Koichi Kitazawa
(Executive Director of JST, PD for JST Projects ) |
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| Part 1 Presentation of the Overseas competitive Research Funding Agency Reports from overseas training participants |
| 10:20 - 10:50 |
"The role of Research Councils as Funding Agency in UK"
Mr. Masahiro Sato
(Japan Science and Technology agency, Department of Research Project, Deputy Manager) |
| 10:50 - 11:20 |
"The role and structure of PO at the Medical Research Council"
Dr. Kaoru Manabe
(Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Health Sciences Division, Deputy Director) |
| 11:20 - 11:50 |
"About PO working system and evaluation"
Dr. Yuriko Murakami
(The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Council Secretariat, Counsellor for Research and Development) |
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| 11:50 - 13:30 |
Lunch Time
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| Part 2 Efforts of PO system induction to Japanese Competitive Research Funding Agency |
| 13:30 - 13:50 |
"Role of Program Officer at Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology"
Mr. Yoichiro Takagishi
(Deputy Director, Office for Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, Research and Coordination Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)) |
| 13:50 - 14:10 |
"Program Officer's Efforts at JSPS"
Ms. Maki Kubo
(Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Department of General Affairs Manager) |
| 14:10 - 14:30 |
"The Role of Program Officer in Industrial Technology Research Grant at NEDO"
Dr. Yoshinari Inukai
(New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, R&D Promotion Department, Program Officer) |
| 14:30 - 14:50 |
"Institutional design of Program Officer at JST"
Mr. Akio Ishida
(Japan Science and Technology Agency, Research Promotion Department Director) |
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| 14:50 - 15:10 |
Break |
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| Invited Lecturers |
| 15:10 - 15:40 |
"Basic Research Funding in Germany, Instruments of the DFG and Roles of POs for R&D"
Dr. Torsten Hotopp
(Program Officer of Chemistry and Process Engineering Division, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany) |
| 15:40 - 16:10 |
"The Role of the Program Officer at NIH"
Dr. Richard K. Nakamura
(Deputy Director of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA) |
| 16:10 - 16:40 |
"Critical roles of PO/PD in "Peer-review" funding systems"
Dr. Hiroaki Suga
(Professor of The University of Tokyo, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology) |
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| 16:40 - 17:40 |
Q & A |
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| 17:40 - 17:45 |
Closing |
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