Faculty Education and Research, will deliver a lecture at the "Symposium on the 'Regional Co-creation Field' under the Faculty 'Program to Support the Formation of Co-creation Hubs (COI-NEXT)'"

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 Faculty Natural Sciences, Faculty Education and Research, participated in the “Symposium on the ‘Regional Co-creation Field’ of the Co-creation Space Formation Support Program (COI-NEXT),” co-hosted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), titled “Addressing Regional Social Challenges through STI for SDGs ‐ Toward the Launch of the Regional Co-creation Field ‐" (held online on March 19, 2021), organized by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). He will present the initiative "Realizing Sustainable Sewage Treatment in a Declining Population Society: New Technology Development and Resolution of Regional Issues through Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration," which received the Excellence Award at the STI for SDGs Awards in 2019, as a case study of efforts to address regional challenges.
Please see below for details about the symposium and registration.

TitleSymposium on the "Regional Co-creation" Field of the Co-creation Platform Support Program (COI-NEXT)
Tackling Regional Social Challenges through STI for SDGs – Toward the Launch of the Regional Co-creation Field – 
Date and TimeFriday, March 19, 2021, 1:00 PM–5:30 PM
Event FormatZoom Webinar and YouTube Live Stream
Application DeadlineRegistration for the Zoom webinar has reached capacity.
Registration for the YouTube live stream will remain open until the day of the symposium.
RegistrationClick here to register
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*Please review the notes in the description section before watching the YouTube live stream.

◇Reference
・An award ceremony was held to present the "STI for SDGs" Award "Excellence Prize" to an industry-academia-government collaboration team Faculty Taku Faculty, Kochi Faculty (Friday, November 15, 2019)
www.kochi-u.ac.jp/information/2019111900015/
・ Faculty industry-academia-government collaboration team, Faculty, Division of Natural Sciences, Faculty —recipients of the "STI for SDGs" Award "Excellence Prize"—presented their initiatives at "Eco-Pro 2019" (Thursday, December 5, 2019) .
www.kochi-u.ac.jp/information/2019121100054/
・At the seminar introducing award-winning initiatives for the "STI for SDGs" Award at Eco-Pro Online 2020, Professor Taku Fujiwara Faculty, Division of Natural Sciences, presented the previous year’s award-winning initiative (Friday, November 27, 2020) .
www.kochi-u.ac.jp/information/2020120100037/
・An industry-academia-government collaboration team, including Professor Taku Faculty, Division of Natural Sciences, Kochi University, received the "Excellence Award" at the "STI for SDGs" Awards (Thursday, October 31, 2019)
www.kochi-u.ac.jp/information/2019110100010/