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<\/a><\/p>\nIn addition, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prompilai Buasuwan from Kasetsart University moderated the seminar. Therefore, the speakers and the moderator in this seminar were all women.
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<\/a>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prompilai Buasuwan<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
In the opening ceremony, Ms. Yossavadee Ungvichian, Senior Advisor of NRCT, delivered welcome remarks.
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<\/a>Ms. Yossavadee Ungvichian, Senior Advisor of NRCT<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Prof. Dr. Kuroda made the first presentation entitled \u201cThe Mission of Education and Research for Sustainable Society\u201d that was same as the seminar\u2019s theme. Prof. Dr. Kuroda, who received L’Or\u00e9al-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science in 2013, outstandingly works as a scientist and also serves as a committee of The Scientific Advisory Board of the United Nations. In this seminar, Prof. Dr. Kuroda talked about her research in \u201cChirality\u201d which means left-right asymmetry and her enthusiastic activities to link \u201cScience\u201d and \u201dSociety\u201d. Prof. Dr. Kuroda clearly explained with familiar examples that Chirality appears from micro- to macro-levels in both living and non-living things. In addition, Prof. Dr. Kuroda talked about the importance of basic research, saying that how outcome produced by her own and other scientists\u2019 daily research can help society development
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<\/a>Prof. Dr. Reiko Kuroda<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
The second speaker, Assoc. Prof. Waguri made a presentation, entitled \u201cExperiential Learning and Japanese Higher Education: Nurturing Reflectivity, Nurturing Global Citizens\u201d, about Japanese higher education and Academia\u2019s roles. The presentation also included discussion among participants and a short-movie that students of Fukuoka Women\u2019s University conducted field-study on \u201cdevelopment\u201d in Sri Lanka. Though it is the fact that many students do not understand what they want to learn, the participants in the field-study overcome several difficulties caused by language barrier and cultural gap, and then their attitude and interest had actively changed. Assoc. Prof. Waguri mentioned with the movie that it was important for universities to organizationally work so that students can nurture their reflectivity.
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<\/a>Assoc. Prof. Momo Waguri<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
The last speaker, Assist. Prof. Dr. Fuchigami delivered a presentation entitled \u201cSustainable Management of Natural Resource Use: The Coexistence of Conservation, Economic Activity and Regionality\u201d. Dr. Fuchigami talked about the difficulty of using sustainable natural resources, with subjects of her study including forest management in Japan, analysis of bio-cokes and traditional use of natural resource. Dr. Fuchigami explained with survey research she have done so far that it was difficult and necessary to properly solve the problems such as environmental conservation, economic activity and affection for local area. Dr. Fuchigami also told that eco-tourism, which is regarded as good for environmental conservation, actually has some influence on environment because of emergence of business from outside and large-scaled population migration. Dr. Fuchigami added that it is necessary for researches to cooperate each other from several viewpoints in order to find the best solution for sustainable society.
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<\/a>Assist. Prof. Dr. Yukari Fuchigami<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
In the Q&A session, participants asked questions, and one participant said that three presentations enabled for him to easily understand from the seminar\u2019s concept to actual research.
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<\/a>Q&A session<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Last of all, Prof. Yamashita Kuniaki, Director of JSPS Bangkok Office, gave thanks to three female speakers and the moderator, and his comment that he wished to strengthen further cooperation between both countries and boost the event with NRCT toward next year, 130th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Thailand concluded in the seminar.
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<\/a>Prof. Yamashita Kuniaki, Director of JSPS Bangkok Office<\/p><\/div>
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