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ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) of the University of Tokyo with the support of the Embassy of Israel in Japan, has organized “Israel Week ” in 2021. The Year 2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Japan. With great pleasure, this year’s "Israel Month @UTokyo Komaba Research Campus" event will feature a series of webinars on the latest trends and developments in Israel and their impact on Japan-Israel relations. The webinars in this framework will cover a broad range of topics, including recent developments in relation between Japan and Israel, Israel and the Arab countries, Greentech and climate change technologies, the impact of blockchain technology on policies, and how Earth Science grasps the global warming. A series of virtual seminars and lectures on Jewish thought and other religious traditions are to be held on this occasion inviting leading scholars from Israel. 

"Israel Month” aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and inspiration from researchers and experts across different fields, and to seek opportunities for collaboration among the participants from academia, NPOs, industry, and the public sector. 

 “Israel Month” is organized by ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) of the University of Tokyo and supported by the Embassy of Israel in Japan.

Israel Month @UTokyo Komaba Research Campus in 2022

#1 Israel and Japan in the New World Order
February 17 (Thu), 2022,  9:00-10:15 (Israel Time); 16:00-17:15 (Japan Time)
Opening Remarks: H.E. Mr. Gilad Cohen, Ambassador of Israel to Japan
Speaker: Nissim Otmazgin, Dean and Professor of Faculty of Humanities, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Commentator: Akifumi Ikeda, President and Professor of Toyo Eiwa University
Moderator and Commentator: Satoshi Ikeuchi, Professor of Religion and Global Security, RCAST and the Head of ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies), the University of Tokyo

#2 What's Next in Greentech: Some Implications of the Israeli Climate Tech Ecosystem
February 21 (Mon), 2022, 9:00-10:00 (Israel Time); 16:00-17:00 (Japan Time)
Speaker: Uriel Klar, Director, PLANETech, Israel Innovation Institute
Commentator: Masakazu Sugiyama, Professor of Energy System at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo

#3 Blockchain Technology and Public Policy: How to Prepare, Adapt and Transform
February 22 (Tue), 2022, 9:00-10:00 (Israel Time); 16:00-17:00 (Japan Time)
Speaker: Milly Perry, expert and consultant for innovation, blockchain, and R&D
Speaker: Nobumasa Akiyama, Professor, Graduate School of Law, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University

#4 Abraham Accords and its Consequences: What is Gained and What is Not (yet)
February 24 (Thu), 2022, 9:00-10:30 (Israel Time); 16:00-17:30 (Japan Time)
Speaker: Uzi Rabi, Director and Professor of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
Speaker: Brandon Friedman, Director of Research at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
Moderator and Commentator: Satoshi Ikeuchi, Professor of Religion and Global Security, RCAST and the Head of ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies), the University of Tokyo

#5, #6 Four Perspectives on the Hebrew Bible
Part 1: February 27 (Sun), 2022, 14:00-15:30(Israel Time); 21:00-22:30 (Japan Time)
Part 2: Febuary 28 (Mon), 2022, 14:00-15:30 (Israel Time); 21:00-22:30 (Japan Time)
Speaker: Naphtali Meshel,  Senior Lecturer at the Department of Bible and the Department of Comparative Religion of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

# 7 Special Lecture: Interreligious Learning: An Art, not Just a Science
March 4 (Fri), 2022, 14:00-15:30(Israel Time); 21:00-22:30 (Japan Time)
Speaker: Francis X. Clooney, Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology at Harvard Divinity School

#8 From Sea and Sky, East and West: How Earth Science Grasps the Global Warming
March 7 (Mon), 2022, 9:00-10:15 (Israel Time); 16:00-17:15 (Japan Time)
Speakers: Hezi Gildor, Professor, The Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Ori Adam, Associate Professor, The Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speaker: Hisashi Nakamura, Professor,  Division of Climate Science Research, Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo

#9: Science × Design Showcase
March 9 (Wed), 2022, 10:00-11:30 (Israel Time); 17:00-18:30 Japan Time
Speaker: Kaori Sugihara,  Lecturer, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
Speaker: Yoshiho Ikeuchi, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science,  the University of Tokyo
 Speaker: Eran Sharon, Professor, The Racah Institute of Physics, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speaker: Maya Ben David, Designer, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Organizer: Romi Mikulinsky, Head of the Master of Design Program in Industrial Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Organizer and Moderator: Yuri Klebanov, DLX Design Lab, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo

Part 1: March 15 (Tue), 2022, 10:00-11:30(Israel Time); 17:00-18:30 (Japan Time)
Part 2: March 16 (Wed), 2022, 10:00-11:30 (Israel Time); 17:00-18:30 (Japan Time)
Speaker: Avishai Bar-Asher, Lecturer at the Department of Jewish Thought, the Faculty of Humanities, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

+α Special Conference: The Future of Israel-Japan-Gulf Cooperation  
In Cooperation with Reichman University in Herzliya

March 16 (Wed), 2022, 9:00 am Israel / 11:00 am UAE/ 4:00 pm Japan

Organized by Abba Eban Institute for International Diplomacy of Reichman University

Held at the Reichman University campus in the City of Herzliya in cooperation with RCAST of the University of Tokyo

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