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The NTU–Kyushu Colloquium is held to further promote academic and educational interactions between National Taiwan University (NTU) and Kyushu University.

The 1st NTU–Kyushu Colloquium was held December 16 and 17, 2020 in Inamori Hall on Kyushu University’s Ito Campus to further promote academic and educational interactions between National Taiwan University (NTU) and Kyushu U.

Nearly 50 participants, including 15 researchers from NTU, joined the event and shared their expertise and knowledge across disciplines such as forest hydrology, Japanese linguistics and literature, museum studies, education, urban planning, telemedicine, geosciences, and organic electronics.

The colloquium opened with welcome remarks by Vice President Koichiro Watanabe followed by speeches from Executive Vice President Chiapei Chou from NTU and Pierre C.C. Chen, Consul General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Fukuoka. After that, researchers from both universities introduced their individual research areas and interests. Executive Vice President Makoto Aratono concluded the opening session with an introduction of the Kyushu University Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies (Q-AOS), which was launched April 2020.

After the opening session, the participants had chances to discuss in more depth at a poster session and parallel sessions in each area.

The 2nd NTU-KYUSHU COLLOQUIUM was held on Monday, June 15, 2021, through online seminars to promote further interaction with NTU. Being held for the second time, it was held as a webinar due to the global outbreak of COVID-19.

The plenary session in the morning opened with welcome remarks by Senior Vice President Koichiro Watanabe followed by remarks from Executive Vice President Chiapei Chou from NTU. Keynote lectures on the topic of online classes were then given by Professor Hsin-Mu Tsai from NTU and Professor Koji Okamura of the Research Institute for Information Technology of Kyushu U. Next, Dr. Lu-Cheng Kuo from NTU and Professor Yoshihide Mori of the Faculty of Dental Science of Kyushu U gave lectures on the theme of telemedicine. In addition, a total of four student representatives, two from each university, made presentations about how their student life experiences have been affected by COVID-19.

The afternoon featured breakout sessions in the ten research fields of forestry, Japanese linguistics and literature, university museums, education, cultural heritage, urban planning, economic and environmental geology, telemedicine, marine ecology, and physical oceanography. In parallel with them, a student forum that provided 20 students from both universities with the opportunity to present their research in English was held.

A part of the colloquium was delivered live on YouTube and was watched by a maximum of 771 people.

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Shu-Mei HUANG 黃舒楣

Edward VICKERS

Ti-Chuang CHIANG　江堤莊

Shuji SHIMIZU 清水周次
Tomohiko MORIYAMA 森山智彦
Kuriko KUDO　工藤孔梨子

Shen Rong SONG　宋聖榮

Kotaro YONEZU　米津幸太郎

Chien-Hua HUANG　黃建華

Tomohiko AKAHOSHI　赤星朋比古

Kotaro YONEZU　米津幸太郎

Hsiao-Wei YUAN 袁孝維
Fang-Hua CHU 曲芳華
Biing T. GUAN 關秉宗
Roland KIRSCHNER 羅南德
Wei-Li LIANG 梁偉立
Tzeng Yih LAM 林增毅
Taro NAKAI 中井太郎
Chi-Chang LIU劉奇璋

Kyoichi OTSUKI 大槻恭一
Noriko SATO 佐藤宣子
Atsushi KUME 久米篤
Nobuya MIZOUE 溝上展也
Takahiro FUJIWARA 藤原敬大
Tomonori KUME 久米朋宣
Tamao KASAHARA 笠原玉青
Eiji GOTOH 後藤栄治

Chiou-Er CHU 朱秋而
Hui-Chun LIN 林慧君

Tomoyuki KUBO 久保智之
Toshifumi KAWAHIRA 川平敏文
Michinori SHIMOJI　下地道則

Hui-Yu WANG 王慧瑜

Seiji ARAKAKI　新垣誠司

Chao-Tsen CHEN 陳昭岑

Chihaya ADACHI　安達千波矢

Shih-Nan CHEN 陳世楠

Shinichiro KIDA 木田新一郎

Miki HATTORI　服部美貴

Shiho MAEHARA　前原志保

Kuang-hua CHEN 陳光華
Jer-Ming HU 胡哲明

Kazuo OGATA 緒方一夫
Misako MISHIMA　三島美佐子

Chih-hung WANG 王志弘

Shichen ZHAO 趙世晨
Divigalpitiya PRASANNA