The INU Student Seminar aims to provide an opportunity for students from INU member universities abroad to gather in Hiroshima to think about and discuss Global Citizenship through discussions and workshops with prominent guest speakers.  For students at Hiroshima University, this is a valuable opportunity to experience international discussions, lectures, and exchanges as if they were at a foreign university while in Hiroshima.  The program was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 but we implemented the seminar online for the first time in 2021.

<The main schedule for INU Student Seminar 2022>

3 August: Participants arrive from Overseas Universities

4 August: Opening Ceremony

5 August: Introduction, Talk by A-bomb survivor

6 August: Hiroshima University Peace Memorial Ceremony

8 August: Keynote Speech, Lecture (cross-cultural understanding), Workshop, Group Work

9 August: Workshop, Group Work

10 August: Keynote Speech, Workshop, Group Work

11 August: Workshop, Group Work, Japanese Culture Experience, Discussion Session

12 August: Model United Nations, Completion Ceremony

The theme of the 16th session in 2022 was "The Age of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Concerns.
Students and faculty from nine universities in nine countries learned about the history of the Pacific War, the reality of the atomic bombing, and the state of reconstruction through a lecture on the A-bomb experience by Ms. Keiko Ogura, representative of the Hiroshima Interpreters Group for Peace, participation in the Hiroshima University Peace Project, as well as a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Participants were also able to hear keynote speeches by Odhran James McCarthy of UNICRI and Dr. Pete Finn, Senior Lecturer at Kingston University, and took part in workshops based on the seminar's theme. The participants examined how artificial intelligence is affecting our daily lives from various perspectives and were encouraged to think about the issues logically and objectively. In preparation for the Model United Nations on the last day of the seminar, each group, consisting of students from various universities, discussed the possibilities and concerns posed by artificial intelligence, and learned the importance of building mutual understanding through diplomatic interaction, despite the conversing groups possibly having different value systems.

During the seminar, the participating students from Hiroshima University took the initiative in introducing Japanese culture through calligraphy, Bon Odori dance, and traditional Japanese games.