The 39th “GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Joint Seminar” was held on March 10, 2017, on the topic of “Trends in Aerospace: A US-Japan Perspective on Future Challenges and Opportunities in the Aerospace Sector”.

The seminar featured Mr. Michael Fletcher (Mansfield Fellow), Program Manager, Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as a speaker and  Ms. Naoko Sugita, Manager, Enterprise Expansion Division, New Enterprise Promotion Department, JAXA, as a moderator.