2023.11.30

“The 9th International GIGAKU Conference in Nagaoka (IGCN 2023)” was held

“The 9th International GIGAKU Conference in Nagaoka (IGCN 2023)” was held in a hybrid format, both on-site, city hall, Aore Nagaoka and online on November 6th (Mon) . It was an international conference conducted with the intent to make “GIGAKU” a common language throughout the world and also with the aim of sharing good practice of engineering education. IGCN 2023 was held for the first time in two years, and Plenary Session was a joint session with the 8th STI-Gigaku 2023. The Education Session featured a panel discussion on “How to promote education after a pandemic?” was the theme.

This ninth conference was a great success with about 380 attendees from domestic and foreign university, KOSEN (National Institute of Technology), company and others from eight foreign countries, primally participants of the STI-Gigaku 2023.

**Plenary Session**
Opening Remarks	Dr. Shigeharu KAMADO / President, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan(Ms. Mami NAGAI / Head of STI-Gigaku Student Organizing Committee)
Speaker １	Mr. Omar Hernandez / Program Manager, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Speaker ２	Mr. Farukh Amil / Chairperson, Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Education Session

MC : Dr. Mami KATSUMI / Chief Education Administrator & Specially Appointed Lecturer, Nagaoka University of Technology
Moderator : Dr. Koichi TAKIMOTO / Professor, Nagaoka University of Technology

Panelist１	Dr. Dang Dang Tung / Associate Professor, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Viet Nam
Panelist２	Dr. Rajappa Gnanamoorthy / Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Panelist３	Dr. Yoshitaka MATSUMOTO / Professor, National Institute of Technology, Toyota College, Japan