In the November Plenary Meeting, a lecture by Shuzaburo Takeda from Takeda & Associates and the planning for the Industry-Academia Creative Group Work, were held. Furthermore, Leading students, who won a poster session award in the recent Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2017, were given a certificate of commendation.

Here is a short summary of each topic discussed:

Lecture by Shuzaburo Takeda (Takeda & Associates)

Takeda & Associates' Shuzaburo Takeda, Senior Advisor to the President Office of Nagoya University, held a lecture. He was speaking about the current Japan, which is falling behind after its past of strong manufacturing through William Edwards Deming's Statistical Quality Control. He discussed the importance of Leaders in the digital sciences.

Planning of Industry-Academia Creative Group Work

In the Industry-Academia Creative Group Work, student group work is carried out under the supervision of business mentors. This way, students can study about business mind and project management - a workshop to learn skills for leadership.

This time, the theme is to create a social business related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations.

In a restricted time frame, students need to propose an idea involving data circulation, while bringing in leadership and learning about business mind.

After the orientation phase, the Leaders and the theme of Sustainable Development Goals were selected in a discussion on the future schedule.

Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2017 - Poster session awards

In the Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2017 from October 20th to 21st, two Leading students got awarded. Masahiro Shimaoka (2nd inaugural class student) won the "Industrial Future Leader Award," while Hatasa Goki (4th inaugural class student) won the "Students Award." In this Plenary Meeting, they received a certificate of commendation.