EURAXESS Science Slam Japan 2015 - Splash

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on March 16th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities.

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Splash Blocks kicks off on March 16th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities.

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It is a presentation contest where researchers present their work in front of a non-expert audience.

The focus is on making research interesting, engaging, entertaining and thrilling to the audience.

This will give researchers based in Japan the chance to showcase their work and talent for giving a lively and interesting presentation.

Each presentation will be performed in English in less than 10 minutes and can be supported by video, audio material, slides or any other kind of media, as well as by scientific equipment, everything is allowed!

EURAXESS Science Slam japan 2015

October

23

Friday

2015

4:20pm

6:30pm

Huge thanks to our five Slammers who did their best and all performed extremely well!
The audience had a tough time ranking them, but eventually the winner this year is Mr Muhammad FAJAR, from Tokyo Institute of Technology! Congratulations to him! We'll hear more from him after the trip to a EUropean Research Institution he won at the Slam, next June!

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October

23

at

4:20pm

Where

TMU Minami-Osawa Campus

Tokyo, Hachioji, Minami-Osawa 1-1

,

What's the EURAXESS Science Slam Japan 2015?

It is a science communication contest where researchers present their work in front of a non-expert audience.

The focus is on making research interesting, engaging, entertaining and thrilling for the audience.

~ Slams are live presentations of each participant's research project, in English and in 10 minutes.
~ At the EURAXESS Science Slam, everything is allowed!
Slams can be supported by video, audio material, slides or any other kind of media, as well as by scientific equipment.

~ YOU will judge the participants and select the best Slammer; who wins a trip to Europe!
~ By debating with other attendees, YOU also improve your communication skills!

~ Register NOW, enjoy the Slam, participate to the debates, experience an evening of fun with colleagues and fellow researchers and enjoy fine food and drinks!

How to participate?

Create a 3-minute maximum video on your past or present research subject. Be creative and entertaining!

We do not look at your video edition skills or at the video quality but at your competence in communication and at your enthusiasm!

Send your video to us at japan@euraxess.net

with your detailed info:

- Title of your Slam,

- Full name,

- Affiliation in Japan,

- Department / division,

- Position (or stage of studies),

- Statement "I read and accepted the terms and conditions for participation to the EURAXESS Science Slam Japan 2015" (available here)

with [SCIENCE SLAM 2015 VIDEO SUBMISSION] as e-mail subject.

Deadline: 21 September 11:00 Japan time

Wait for the pre-selection process to end (end of September 2015).

If you are selected: congratulations!

You will be one of the 5 to 8 researchers invited to the live finals in Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan University) on 23 October 2015 and have a chance to win the trip to Europe!

Your video may also be uploaded on the EURAXESS Links Japan Youtube channel!

Tokyo Metropolitan University
首都大学東京
45 minutes from Shinjuku!
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TMU Minami-Osawa Campus

Tokyo, Hachioji, Minami-Osawa 1-1

Japan

Go straight for the Auditorium!

Our five Slammers this year are...

Check who are the slammers, and remember, you will decide who wins at the end!

Muhammad FAJAR

Master student - Master student - Nuclear Engineering Department - Tokyo Institute of Technology

Jinze YU

PhD candidate - Department of information and communication engineering - University of Tokyo

Shogo MATSUMOTO

Master student - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Tokyo Metropolitan University

Lucy LAHRITA

PhD candidate - Applied Bioscience Department - Hokkaido University

Keisuke MOTOKI

Master student - Department of Spacecraft Engineering, JAXA - Department of Electronic and Physical Systems, Waseda University

Event Schedule

15:50

Welcoming attendees! Go through the registration desk!

16:20

Welcome address:
TMU president, Prof. Jun UENO
Delegation of the EU to Japan S&T section, Dr. Tom KUCZYNSKI

16:30

About EURAXESS Links Japan and about the Slam debating/voting procedure!
EURAKESS Links Japan, Dr. Matthieu PY

16:45

Five Slams (10 minutes each), five discussion sessions (5 minutes each)!

16:45

Keisuke MOTOKI

"Space radiation"

17:00

Lucy LAHRITA

"Converting trash into ca$h using the earth's smallest inhabitants"

17:15

Muhammad FAJAR

"MISSION POSSIBLE: Super Nuclear Control Rods"

17:30

Jinze YU

"When Ibu starts to use DogCupid.com.dog…"

17:45

Shogo MATSUMOTO

"Maintenance of Bridges - numerical design and un-numerical maintenance"

18:00

Final debate session, voting, and results announcement!

18:30

Networking reception with French food and drinks!

20:00

Wrap up!

You want more?

Check the 2014 and 2013 event reports on our website!

Get a glimpse on what the Slam is by watching our Youtube channel!

Visit our homepage and Twitter feed frequently for updated info!

EURAXESS Links Japan

Organiser

Tokyo metropolitan University

Host

editage / cactus communications

Sponsor

About EURAXESS Links Japan

EURAXESS is a European Commission initiative providing a complete range of support services to researchers in order for them to advance in their research projects and careers.

EURAXESS Links Japan aims to support European and Japanese researchers in finding appropriate funding for their international cooperative research projects between Europe and Japan, help them build their local networks; and assist them in advancing their career through mobility at a global scale. We address to all researchers, from PhD candidate level and above, without restriction on field of activity (humanities and social sciences included!).

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