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HIRAKU-Global International Symposium
"Developing Researchers to Drive Globally Impactful Research"

Monday, January 19, 2026 1:00pm-4:45pm (JST)
TKP Garden City Premium, Hiroshimaeki Kitaguchi, Hiroshima, Japan

Whether to develop new technology, treat a disease, or even simply to further understand the basic principles of nature or human behavior, how to make a lasting, significant impact on society should be a goal of all researchers. But how can institutions, and society at-large, support the development of early-career researchers who can go on to accomplish such things? Given that modern research is now more international than before, HIRAKU-Global emphasizes the need for early-career researchers to expand their research activities internationally, supporting HIRAKU-Global Researchers in seeding and growing international collaborations and research networks. We hope to see these researchers mature into world-class researchers capable of producing globally impactful research.

As such, the HIRAKU-Global International Symposium will feature senior HIRAKU-Global Researchers and Alumni whose research has begun to directly impact society, with a focus on how they have been shaped by their international collaborations. The symposium will also highlight the experiences of more established world-renowned researchers who have had a major hand in developing researchers in Japan and abroad. We hope that HIRAKU-Global becomes the gold standard of how to support developing researchers, and look forward to sharing the great things that have been happening in the Chugoku-Shikoku region with the rest of the world! 

13:00-13:05　Opening Session

• Opening Remarks
  OCHI Mitsuo, President, Hiroshima University

13:05-14:15　Keynote Lecture(s)

• Mary A. VOYTEK　（Planned）
  NASA Ames Research Center, USA   
  Acting Exobiology Branch Chief 
   
• [Currently arranging another pending keynote speaker]

14:15-14:25　Overview of HIRAKU-Global and Introduction of the HIRAKU-Global Researcher Speakers

• Tony Z JIA
  Hiroshima University 
  HIRAKU-Global Program Manager

14:25-15:05　Presentations by HIRAKU-Global Researchers

• UMEMURA Tomotaka
  Hiroshima University 
  Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences 
  1st Cohort HIRAKU-Global Researcher 
   
• SAKAI Hiroshi
  Ehime University 
  Proteo-Science Center 
  1st Cohort HIRAKU-Global Researcher 

15:05-15:15　Break

15:15-15:55　Presentations by HIRAKU-Global Researchers

• HASE Eiji
  Tokushima University 
  Institute of Post-LED Photonics (pLED) 
  1st Cohort HIRAKU-Global Researcher 
   
• HASUIKE Rina
  Yamaguchi University 
  Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation 
  2nd Cohort HIRAKU-Global Researcher 

15:55-16:00　Introduction of the HIRAKU-Global Advisory Board Member Speakers

• Tony Z JIA
  Hiroshima University 
  HIRAKU-Global Program Manager

16:00-16:40　Presentations by the HIRAKU-Global Advisory Members

• Jeremy P. BRADSHAW
  University of Bath, UK 
  HIRAKU-Global Advisory Board Member 
   
• Robert W. MAHLEY
  Gladstone Institutes, USA 
  HIRAKU-Global Advisory Board Member 
   
• Alastair G. McEWAN
  University of Queensland, Australia 
  HIRAKU-Global Advisory Board Member 
   
• HARAYAMA Yuko
  GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center
  Tohoku University
  Yamaguchi University, Japan 
  HIRAKU-Global Advisory Board Member 

16:40-16:45　Closing Remarks

• HARAYAMA Yuko
  GPAI Tokyo Expert Support Center
  Tohoku University
  Yamaguchi University, Japan 
  HIRAKU-Global Advisory Board Member 

Host

"Home for Innovative Researchers and Academic Knowledge Users Driving Global Impact (HIRAKU-Global)" under the "Strategic Professional Development Program for Young Researchers" by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 

Co-Hosts

“Program for Developing and Supporting the Next-Generation of Innovative Researchers at Hiroshima University (SPRING)” under the "Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation” by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) 

"Hiroshima University J-PEAKS" under the "Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS)" by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)