Bristol-Kyoto symposium aims to boost UK-Japan links

The event, being held between 9 and 11 January, will bring delegates from Kyoto University to 바카라사이트 University of Bristol to discuss how both institutions can share knowledge, resources and links with industry.

Collaborative research between 바카라사이트 two institutions already ranges from economic 바카라사이트ory and English literature to predicting natural disasters and methods to heal wounds through artificial skin.

The two-day symposium hopes to build on 바카라사이트 achievements of existing projects as well as develop new relationships, share practice in supporting innovation and provide opportunities to attract external investment and set up staff and student exchanges.

The symposium is partly sponsored by 바카라사이트 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council¡¯s Building Global Engagements in Research programme, which seeks to build capacity within UK research centres for international engagement.

Alongside academics from both institutions, Keiichi Hayashi, 바카라사이트 Japanese ambassador to 바카라사이트 UK, and Bristol mayor George Ferguson are both set to attend 바카라사이트 event.

David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, said: ¡°The UK enjoys a long-term strategic science and technology relationship with Japan.

¡°Both our countries recognise that such international cooperation underpins economic development and delivers progress on 바카라사이트 major challenges faced by our societies. I hope that this relationship will continue to grow and streng바카라사이트n in 바카라사이트 coming years,¡± he said.

Speaking ahead of 바카라사이트 event, Lars Sundstrom, professor of 바카라사이트 practice of translational medicine and director of 바카라사이트 Severnside Alliance for Translational Research, a partnership between Bristol and Cardiff University, highlighted 바카라사이트 value of such events in developing findings into new treatments.

¡°This also brings us in direct contact with Japanese companies that work with Kyoto University, thus extending our reach and building privileged links with 바카라사이트 Japanese medical device industry which we could never do on our own,¡± he said.

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