Fraunhofer Office for Process Engineering of Functional Materials and Robotics - Opening Seminar
Date: February 7th, 2011 (Mo.) 14:00-20:00
Venue: Hotel Hankyu International (19-19 Chaya-machi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Phone: 06-6377-2100)
Participation: free, pre-registration needed
Hosted by:
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
Osaka City
IBPC Osaka Investment Promotion Center
Supported by:
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (tbc.)
German Consulate General Osaka-Kobe
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, tbc.)
Baden-Wuertemberg (tbc.)
German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (GCCIJ)
German Research and Innovation Forum (DWIH) Tokyo, Kansai Bureau of Economy
Trade and Industry (METI Kansai)
Osaka Prefectural Government
Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren)
Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Osaka
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute
Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan
Fraunhofer and its Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA (located in Stuttgart, Germany) are pleased to announce the launch of the new “Fraunhofer Office for Process Engineering of Functional Materials and Robotics” as technical addition to the acting Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan in March 2011 in Osaka.
Prior to the official opening of the office, we would like to invite you to our opening seminar on February 7th.
<Program> with Japanese-English simultaneous translation
【Seminar】(at „Gekka“, 4th Floor)
14:00-14:10 Welcome
Mr. Kunio HIRAMATSU , Mayor of Osaka City
Prof. Dr. Engelbert WESTKÄMPER , Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
14:10-14:20 Greetings
Dr. Alexander OLBRICH , Consul General, The German Consulate General Osaka-Kobe
14:20-15:00 Introduction of Fraunhofer IPA and Nanocarbon as a Field for Future Cooperation
Mr. Ivica KOLARIC , Head of Department „Process Engineering of Functional Materials“, Fraunhofer IPA / Head of Fraunhofer Office for Process Engineering of Functional Materials and Robotics
15:00-15:40 Glass Facedes, the Powerplants of Tomorrow – Example of Joint Research with Fraunhofer
Mr. Odilo REUTTER , Architect, Reutter Archtekten BDA
15:40-15:55 Coffee Break
15:55-16:35 Carbon Nano Materials
Prof. Siegmar ROTH , Max-Planck-Institute for Solid-State Physics; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, WCU Flexible Nanosystems, Korea University; CEO, Sineurop Nanotech GmbH
16:35-17:00 How Cool CNT Is! - Seeking for Tie with Fraunhofer
Dr. Yuzo SUMIDA , President, SUMITA Nanotechnologies, Co., Ltd.
17:00-17:25 Nanoparticle Technology for Printed Electronics
Dr. Masami NAKAMOTO , Director, Research Charge, Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute
17:25-17:50 Toward the Japanese-German Collaboration on EAP Research
Dr. Takahisa TAGUCHI , Director, AIST Kansai Center
17:50 Closing
Dr. Lorenz GRANRATH , Representative, Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan
【Reception】18:00-20:00 (at „Kafuu“, 4th Floor)
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Registration ends February 1st, 2011 (Tue.)
For further information regarding this event and its registration, please see the PDF-file below.