:: WEDNESDAY, 6th NOVEMBER
(Venue: Centro Cultural Hispano Japonés (日 西 文化 センター)
- 18:30h – 19:15h
Order of the Rising Sun award ceremony honoring Dr. Antonio López Santos - 19:15h
Reception offered by the Embassy of Japan in Spain
:: THURSDAY, 7th NOVEMBER
(Venue: Hospedería Fonseca Conference Hall “Sala Menor”, University of Salamanca)
- 9:00h – 9:30h
Reception and registry - 10:00h – 10:30h : Inauguration
Speakers:
- D. Daniel Hernández Ruipérez, Rector of the University of Salamanca
- D. Marcos Sacristán Represa, Rector de la Universidad de Valladolid, Vicepresidente de la CRUE
- D. Satoru Satoh, Ambassador of Japan in Spain
- D. Eduardo Aznar, Special Ambassador for the Dual Year Spain-Japan
- D. Federico Morán Abad, Secretario General de Universidades
- D. Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, Mayor of the City of Salamanca
- D. Juan José Mateos Otero, Regional Minister of Education, Junta de Castilla y León (Consejero de Educación)
- 10:30h – 12:00h : First Panel: Research and Competition
A panel oriented towards the creation of a research consortium in order to facilitate access to competitive projects at an international level
Speakers:
- D. Daniel Hernández Ruipérez, Rector of the University of Salamanca
- D. Katsuichi Uchida, Vice-President, Waseda University (Tokyo)
- D. Segundo Píriz Durán, Rector of the University of Extremadura
- D. José Mª Sanz Rodríguez, Rector of the Autonomous University of Madrid
- 12:00h – 12:30h
Coffee break - 12:30h – 14:00h. Second Panel: Academic Agreements
A panel oriented towards facilitating agreements on credit recognition between Spanish and Japanese universities, with the participation of the Spanish Ministry of Culture
Speakers:
- D. Guillermo Cisneros, Director, Fundación Universidad.es (Public Foundation for the International Promotion of Spanish Universities, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports)
- D. Juan José Casares Long, Rector of the University of Santiago de Compostela and President of the Executive Committee for the Internationalization and Cooperation of Spanish Universities (CICUE)
- D. Toshio Takahashi, Rector, Takushoku University (Tokyo)
- 14:00h
Lunch - 15:45h – 18:00h
Visit to the Villamayor Campus – Salamanca University Scientific Park (meeting point: Colegio Fonseca main entrance, 15:45) - 19:30h – 20:30h
Short concert of Spanish guitar and Japanese shamisen – Chapel of the Arzobispo Fonseca College
- 20:30h
Dinner, Hall of Paintings, Arzobispo Fonseca College
FRIDAY, 8th NOVEMBER
(Venue: Hospedería Fonseca Conference Hall “Sala Menor”, University of Salamanca)
- 9:30h – 12:00h – Third Panel: Academic Exchange Networks
A panel oriented towards the creation of common networks to foster student and lecturers/ researchers’ mobility.
Speakers:
- Moderator: Dª Noemí Domínguez García, Vice-Rector of International and Institutional Relations, University of Salamanca
- D. Daniel Peña, Rector, Carlos III University (Madrid)
- D. Hirotaka Tateishi, President, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
- D. Yasushi Saito, Rector, Chiba University
- Dª. Angela Yu, Vice-Rector of International Relations, University Jyōchi-Sofia (Tokyo)
- D. Jesús Tadeo Pastor Ciurana, Rector, Miguel Hernández University (Elche)
- 12:00h – 12:20h
Coffee break - 12:20h – 12:50h – Signature of prospective agreements and Closing SessionSpeakers:
- D. Daniel Hernández Ruipérez, Rector of the University of Salamanca
- Other authorities
- 12:50h
Press briefing – Colegio Fonseca Main Hall (immediately following the Closing Session) - 13:15h – 14:00h
Guided tour to the Historical Buildings of the University of Salamanca