【Date & time held】
　November 29 (Wed), 2023　11:00 – 14:15
【Event method】
　Hybrid
【Venue】
　Hiroshima University School of Science, Large Conference Room (Higashi-Hiroshima Campus)
　Online (Zoom)
【Program】
11:00   Seminar
　Instructor: Dr. HARAYAMA Yuko, Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
　Theme: "Advice for Intellectual Ventures"
12:00   Lunch 
12:45   Research Exchange Meeting
　Organizer: Dr. IDETA Shinichiro, Associate Professor, Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center,
Hiroshima University (2nd Cohort HIRAKU-Global Researcher (HGR))
　Topic: "Introduction of the role and applications of synchrotron radiation, and exploring the possibility of joint research with other research fields"
【Number of participants】
　13

On November 29, 2023, a hybrid workshop was held, with HIRAKU-Global Consortium Mentor Dr. HARAYAMA Yuko instructing the workshop.
Dr. HARAYAMA, based upon her own experiences as a researcher, presented upon the intellectual ventures thought process (i.e., the viewpoints to take, how to collect information, how to act, etc.) that researchers should possess in order to take their current research and educational activities one step further. At the conclusion of the presentation, a question and answer session was held, and many questions were asked from not only the in-person participants but also from the online participants, which led to lively discussions being held.

After the seminar and subsequent lunch with Dr. HARAYAMA and the in-person participants, the research exchange session was held. Within this session, Associate Professor IDETA, from the 2nd Cohort of HGRs, introduced the Hiroshima University Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (HiSOR), and the role and applications of synchrotron radiation.
In the second half of the session, the in-person participants toured the HiSOR facility in VR using VR goggles.

As a result of the success of this workshop, the Program is planning to hold similar events with the HGRs in the future.

The feedback we received at the conclusion of the workshop can be viewed below (partial extracts).

• HiSORについてはずっと気になっていたので、直接お話をお聞きできて良かったです。
• 原山先生のお話は思うことが多くありました。もう少し、議論をお互いにする時間があると良いと思いました。
• 知的ベンチャーという考え方、大変勉強になりました。通勤時間などのスキマ時間を使って、キャリアについて考えていきたいと思いました。
• 戦争や政治状況などによりセクション化する世界情勢があるとのことで、そのような環境の中で開かれた研究と平和を実現するにはどうすればよいかを考えさせられました。
• HiSORがUVやVUVを使用していることを改めて知ることができてよかったです。