Academic year 2018

2018.12.17[Mon]

The 161st GRIPS Forum “Japan Health Diplomacy: Past, Present and Future – Asia Human Wellbeing Initiative”

Date／Time	2018.12.17 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Mr. Keizo Takemi, Member, House of Councillors; Chairperson, Special Committee on Global Health Strategy, LDP
Title	Japan Health Diplomacy: Past, Present and Future - Asia Human Wellbeing Initiative
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.12.03[Mon]

The 159th GRIPS Forum “UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Blueprint for a Better Future”

Date／Time	2018.12.3 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the Former Secretary General of the United Nations
Title	UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Blueprint for a Better Future
Venue	Soukairou Hall (First Floor, GRIPS)
Fee	Free (RSVP is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.11.05[Mon]

The 158th GRIPS Forum”Who or what should govern AI?”

Date／Time	2018.11.5 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Dr. Kay Firth-Butterfield(Head, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum LLC)
Title	Who or what should govern AI?
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.10.29[Mon]

The 157th GRIPS Forum “Consumer policy and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)”

Date／Time	2018.10.29 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Kazumi Okamura, Esq., Commissioner to Consumer Affairs Agency
Title	Consumer policy and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	Japanese (English simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.10.22[Mon]

The 156th GRIPS Forum “How to Deal with Population Decrease-The Challenges Taken Up by Kochi Prefecture”

Date／Time	2018.10.22 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Mr. Masanao Ozaki, Governor of Kochi Prefecture
Title	How to Deal with Population Decrease-The Challenges Taken Up by Kochi Prefecture
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	Japanese (English simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.07.23[Mon]

The 155th GRIPS Forum”India-Japan Special Strategic&Global Partnership in a Changing World”

Date／Time	2018.7.23 16:40～18:10
Speaker	His Excellency Mr. Sujan R. Chinoy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Japan
Title	India-Japan Special Strategic & Global Partnership in a Changing World
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.06.25[Mon]

The 154th GRIPS Forum “Strengthening Water-related Disaster Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development and Climate Change Adaptation”

Date／Time	2018.6.25 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Professor Toshio Koike, Director of ICHARM, Professor Emeritus of The University of Tokyo
Title	Strengthening Water-related Disaster Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development and Climate Change Adaptation
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.06.18[Mon]

The 153rd GRIPS Forum “AI Research in Japan”

Date／Time	2018.6.18 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Dr. Masashi Sugiyama, Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project / Professor, The University of Tokyo
Title	AI Research in Japan
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.06.11[Mon]

The 152nd GRIPS Forum “Who produces healthy crops: Insights from Japan and some developing countries”

Date／Time	2018.6.11 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Dr. Keiko T. NATSUAKI, Vice President of Tokyo University of Agriculture
Title	Who produces healthy crops: Insights from Japan and some developing countries
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	Japanese(English simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.05.28[Mon]

The 151st GRIPS Forum “For Peace and Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”

Date／Time	2018.5.28 16:40～18:10
Speaker	His Excellency Mr. LEE Su Hoon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea
Title	For Peace and Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.04.16[Mon]

The 150th GRIPS Forum “Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics”

Date／Time	2018.4.16 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Peter J. Katzenstein,Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University
Title	Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.04.09[Mon]

The 149th GRIPS Forum “Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): A New Way of Cooperation and its Contributors”

Date／Time	2018.4.9 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Mr. Noritada Morita, Former Director-General of Asian Development Bank
Title	Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS): A New Way of Cooperation and its Contributors
Venue	Soukairou Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	Japanese (English simultaneous interpretation provided)

2018.01.15[Mon]

The 148th GRIPS Forum “The Idea of Asia”

Date／Time	2018.1.15 16:40～18:10
Speaker	Ph.D. SUGATA BOSE, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University
Title	The Idea of Asia
Venue	Sokairo Hall, 1F, GRIPS
Fee	Free (Pre-registration is required)
Language	English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)