4th UK-Japan Engineering Education League Joint Workshop

Dates	August 4 – August 9, 2016
Facebook Page	https://www.facebook.com/UKJEEL/
Venue	Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus, Japan Railway Access Map
Conference -Chairs	Dean of Engineering Schools, Dean of School of Environment and Society Prof. Kikuo Kishimoto Imperial College London Prof. Roderick Smith
Program Committee	Shigeki Nakagawa (chair) Akira Yamada Masahiro Miyauchi Jeffrey S. Cross Akinori Nishihara Michael Norton David B. Stewart Jiro Takemura Kaori Iguchi Kenta Yaegashi
Purpose	To promote joint research and engineering education advancement between Japan and UK university doctoral students and faculty
Workshop Secretariat	Tokyo Tech Ms. Kaori Iguchi email: ukj2016@spin.ee.e.titech.ac.jp
Hotel Accommodations	For UK student’s hotel rooms are blocked at Shinagawa Prince Hotel until July 10. To make a room reservation see website, two beds are available in one room and can be shared by two people. For faculty, to reserve your room access this website.
Registration and Fee	35,000 yen (fee includes transportation to 8/5 reception, 8/6 transportation to Tomioka Silk mill, printed proceedings, lunches, 8/8 closing reception) payment by credit card due July 10th on hotel accommodation website.
Graduate Student Workshop Abstract Submission	one page camera-ready abstract to be submitted by email to ukj2016@spin.ee.e.titech.ac.jp due July 10th. Download template from website. Confirmation email will be sent in 48 hours after receipt
Poster Presentation	Poster board: A0 size (1189 mm high x 841 mm wide)
Organizer	Tokyo Tech’s Three Engineering Schools on Ookayama campus, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Co-Sponsors	Eight-University Engineering Association Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop (MISW) Committee Human Assets Promotion Project for Innovative Education and Research (HAPPIER)
Affiliated Sponsor	British Embassy Tokyo
Foreword	Following on the successful UK-Japan Engineering Education League at Oxford in Sept. 2015 hosted by University of Oxford Prof. Roger Reed, the league will hold its 2016 meeting at Tokyo Tech on Aug. 4-9. The objectives of the meeting are to provide opportunities for personal and professional development, advance both research and engineering education objectives with partner institutions and within in the league overall. Doctoral student presentations in all fields of science and engineering are welcome especially on the topics of human health, water, resources, environment, sustainability, and energy. Student group work theme is on sustainable development for Mega-cities (London and Tokyo). Young faculty discussion session will also be held on promoting global engineering competencies through mobilities.

*This workshop will concurrently be held in collaboration with Tokyo Tech’s 8th Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop (MISW2016) on August 8, which is organized the Tokyo Tech Asia Oceania Top University League on Engineering (AOTULE) Committee and MISW 2016 working group.

Participants

2 doctoral students and one faculty per university i.e. a max of 3/univ. (from the list below that have submitted letters of intent to join the league as of March 2016)

UK University League Members	The University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, University of Exeter, Imperial College London, Newcastle University, University of Southampton, Queen Mary University, Queen’s University of Belfast, Cardiff University and University College of London
Eight-University Engineering Association	Hokkaido University, Kyoto University, Kyushu University, Nagoya University, Osaka University, Tohoku University, The University of Tokyo, and Tokyo Tech

Program

August 4 (Thu)	UK students and faculty arrive in Tokyo and check-in Shinagawa Prince Hotel
August 5 (Fri)	Meetup Shinagawa Prince Hotel lobby 8:30AM, travel to Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus by train

Place:  Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus, Main Building, 3th and 4th Floor. Rooms 345 and 410

Students	Faculty
9:30 Registration
10:00 Opening Session 10:30 Group Photo
11:00-12:00 Oral Short-Shotgun presentation (3-min) on posters by students projector available
12:00-12:30 Bento lunch (lunchbox)
12:30-14:25 Poster session (two cohorts)
14:30-16:50 Group work theme: -Mega-city Sustainability (London vs. Tokyo)	14:30-16:50 Faculty Round-Table
17:00 Depart by bus for British Embassy. 1 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
18:00-19:30 Reception at the British Embassy Tokyo

August 6 (Sat)	8:30 Meetup up at Tokyo Tech, bus travel to Tomioka Silk Mill, World Heritage Site in Gumma. All students are required to attend. Lunch provided. Bus return will be to Shinagawa Prince Hotel.
August 7 (Sun)	Students Group Work Based Activities
August 8 (Mon)	Tokyo Tech Ookayama Campus Place: Morning in West 8 Building Digital Multi-Purpose Hall and Collaboration Room. Afternoon back in Main Building Rm 345 and 410.

Students	Faculty
UK-Japan MISW joint morning session including poster presentation
Lunch in Main Building: Student Group Work Lunch	Lunch in Main Building: UK-Japan Faculty Lunch & Business meeting
Student-Faculty Round-Table UK-Japan Student group work presentations (10 minutes each)
Wrap Up Session Reception

August 9 (Tues)

UK students and faculty depart from Tokyo