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Falling Walls Lab Sendai 2021

The Falling Walls Lab Sendai 2021 international scientific communication event was held online August 31, 2021. Falling Walls Lab is a debate event for students and young researchers established by the Falling Walls Foundation in Berlin in 2009 on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event was co-sponsored by Tohoku University, the German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo), the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, and the Tohoku University Research Administration Center (URA Center).

First DFG-Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize online conference

“‘Patient Involvement’ and data protection in medicine and medical research and related Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI)”

The DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and DWIH Tokyo held the first DFG-Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize online conference in honour of Prize winner 2020, Dr. Fruzsina Molnár-Gábor (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities) on 17 September 2021. Focussing on ethical, legal, social and data issues, researchers from Germany and Japan discussed current developments in biomedicine and medical research based on a multidisciplinary approach.

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Visualize Your Research

How can we visualize scientific data as a way of informative storytelling? The Summer Series “Visualize Your Research” – a joint event of DWIH Tokyo and DWIH New York from June 22 to August 21, 2021 – addressed this and other questions. Students from the US, Germany and Japan had the opportunity to expand their knowledge in data visualization, to learn about applications to their own research and to build an international network.

Report: Virtual Symposium

Coping with the Crisis – The Psychosocial Impact of the Pandemic

The Corona crisis has affected societies in Japan and Germany in many ways. In addition to the health consequences, the pandemic also brings with it significant social and psychological effects such as unemployment and growing poverty, depression, loneliness, and conflicts in the home environment.

Call: Joint call 2021 (EIG Concert-Japan)

Sustainable Hydrogen Technology as Affordable and Clean Energy

[Deadline: 2021/07/09 17:00 (JST)] Are you involved in Sustainable Hydrogen research and interested in connecting with researchers in Germany and across Europe? The European Interest Group (EIG) Concert-Japan is now accepting proposals for “Sustainable Hydrogen Technology as Affordable and Clean Energy”.

Webtalk

DWIH Coffee Talk: The latest in research and innovation from Germany and Japan

The DWIH Coffee Talk is a series of one-hour web talks in which experts from Japan and Germany discuss in a relaxed atmosphere important topics related to the fields of innovation and research in both countries.

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Human-centric Artificial Intelligence: 2nd French-German-Japanese Symposium

From November 16 to 20, 2020, the French Embassy to Japan and the German Centre for Research and Innovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo) together with the AI Japan R&D Network conducted the 2nd French-German-Japanese Symposium on “Human-centric Artificial Intelligence”. The event was held completely online in a virtual immersive environment, which allowed participants and speakers to network in conference halls, breakout rooms and even on a virtual beach through avatars.