【November 27】L-INSIGHT Career Program “The Kyoto Roundtable FY2025: Commonalities and Strengths Among Research Domains Within Japan, Australia, and India”
The Kyoto Roundtable was established in FY2024 through the initiative of Kyoto University with the aim of promoting academic collaboration among scholars and researchers from Japan, Australia, and India (hereafter collectively referred to as “AIJ.”)
This year, in conjunction with the newly established AIJ Seed Fund, Kyoto University will host a week-long program titled “Japan, Australia & India Trilateral Collaboration Week,” designed to foster synergetic partnerships and promote sustained academic engagement across the broader Indo-Pacific region.
As the central event of this program, “The Kyoto Roundtable FY2025” will focus on the theme of “collaborator complementarity.” The event will feature presentations by AIJ Seed Fund-supported groups (Parts I & II), followed by discussions exploring “commonalities and strengths among research domains within Japan, Australia, and India” (Parts III & IV, onsite only).
Onsite participants will have the opportunity to network and exchange ideas over lunch.
We look forward to your participation in this exciting event!
[Information]
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025 / 9:00–17:00 (JST)
Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall (2nd Floor, International Conference Hall III) / Zoom (Parts I & II only)
Language: Parts I & II – English & Japanese (simultaneous interpretation available); Parts III & IV – English only
Eligibility: Open to graduate students, researchers, industry professionals, and research support staff interested in international collaboration
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at 12:00 noon (JST)
[Program]
■ 09:00–09:30 ｜ Registration / Coffee & Tea
■ 09:30–09:40 ｜ Opening Remarks
■ 09:40–11:15 ｜ Part I: Presentations
Chair: Kotaro Kataoka [Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad]
– Quad/AUKUS Indo-Pacific Security Framework and Japan-Australia-India International Industrial Policy Coordination: Defense Industrial Base, Offset Deals, and Food and Energy Security
– Mapping India–Japan Scientific Collaboration and Extending to Australia: An Open Science and Geopolitical Lens
– Diverse Human Perspectives on Wildlife: Insights from Indo-Pacific
– Youth Climate Anxiety in Japan, Australia, and India: Cross-National Evidence and Pathways to Empowerment
– Civil Currents: Powering Indo-Pacific Disaster Resilience
Comment: Suzuki Motor Corporation
■ 11:15–11:30 ｜ Break
■ 11:30–13:00 ｜ Part II: Presentations
Chair: Jun Suzuki [iCeMS, Kyoto University]
– Developing Healthcare Devices from Renewable Resources for Circular Economy
– Evolving a Robust Framework for Integrating AI Diagnostics into National Health Systems
– India-Australia-Japan Critical Minerals Synergies Workshop
– International Collaborative Study on Joint Establishment of Biosignal-Based Framework for Listener Stress Analysis and Its Cross-Cultural Applications
Comment: Shimadzu Corporation
[Please note: Online streaming will conclude at the end of Part II.]
■ 13:00–14:30 ｜ Networking Lunch
■ 14:30–14:45 ｜ Icebreaking Session
■ 14:45–16:00 ｜ Part III: Roundtable Discussion
Chairs:
– Jun Suzuki [Kyoto University]
– Akihiro Ogawa [The University of Melbourne]
– Kotaro Kataoka [IIT Hyderabad]
■ 16:00–16:15 ｜ Break■ 16:15–17:00 ｜ Part IV: Plenary Discussion
