BOKU-Japan: Co-operation in Past and Future | October 20th, 2025, 14 – 17 o'clock, BOKU Ceremony hall (Gregor Mendel Str.33, 1180 Vienna, 3rd floor)

More than 30 years of collaboration between BOKU and Japan are a good occasion to take a closer look on past and future co-operation.
Join us on October 20th for an overview on BOKU's joint projects in research and education, presented in co-operation with our Japanese Partner institutions, in presence of H.E. the ambassador of Japan (Kiminori IWAMA) and of the Co-Chairman of of the Committee for issues of the Future Japan-Austria (Prof. Mazal).
 

For programme and registration details, pls. see below.

Programme:

Welcome by the Rector Prof. Schulev-Steindl and the Japanese Ambassador H.E. Kiminori IWAMA
Opening message by the Austrian Co-Chairman of the Committee for issues of the Future Japan-Austria, Prof. Mazal (University of Vienna, University of Kyoto)
Sustainability transformations in the agri-food systems of Japan and the EU - Prof. Penker (BOKU) and Prof. Kohsaka (University of Tokyo)
Safety and reliability in engineering and climate-resilient infrastructures - Prof. Strauss (BOKU), Prof. Chul Kim (Universität Osaka), Prof. Mitsuyoshi Akiyama (Waseda University) und Prof. Kei-ichi Imamoto (Tokyo University of Science) 
Spatial aspects of integrating energy transition and disaster prevention - Prof. Stöglehner with Prof. Katsuya Yamori (Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University)
BOKU-Japan activities in the field of biorefinery research and education - Prof. Rosenau (BOKU), Prof. Kajiwara (Shinshu University)

Panel online discussion - ideas for future co-operation

Participants: 

  • Prof. Rosenau (BOKU)
  • Prof. Yoneda (Shizuoko University / Kyoto Prefectural University);
  • Dr. Schönbauer (CD Labor for Defect Tolerance of Steels);
  • Assoc.Prof. Peterbauer (BOKU - live from Tokyo)
  • Mr. Aoki, (exchange student from University of Tokyo)
Closing remarks by the Rector and informal reception

 

Registration: online , Deadline 10.10.2025