Event

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.