2021.11.16

The 8th International GIGAKU Conference in Nagaoka (IGCN 2021)” was held.

“The 8th International GIGAKU Conference in Nagaoka (IGCN 2021)” was held online on October 22nd (Fri) . 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. IGCN2021 was held for the first time in three years, and Plenary Session was a joint session with the 6th STI-Gigaku 2021. This eighth conference was a great success with about 300 attendees from domestic and foreign university, National Institute of Technology, company and others from 14 foreign countries.

Plenary Session (Chairperson: Dr. YUKAWA Takashi)
Opening Remarks	Dr. KAMADO Shigeharu President, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan 　Mr. MIWA Toru Head of STI-Gigaku Student Organizing Committee)
Speaker ①	Dr. Gordon James Thorogood Senior Researcher of ANSTO, Guest Professor of NUT, Australia
Speaker ②	Mr. TAKAHASHI Masao Specially Appointed Professor of NUT, Switzerland
Speaker ③	Dr. Sampan Silapanad Vice President of Western Digital (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Thailand
Education Session (Chairperson: Dr. NAKAYAMA Tadachika)
Speaker 1	Dr. Ian J Davies Associate Professor of Course Coordinator, Curtin University, Australia
Speaker 2	Dr. Jay Rajasekera Vice President, Tokyo International University, Japan
Speaker 3	Dr. Silvia Lips Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Closing Ceremony
Closing Remarks	Dr. UMEDA Minoru Executive Director & Vice-President, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Left: President Dr. Kamado, Right: Prof. Yukawa	Commemorative photo
Dr. Gordon	Mr. Takahashi
Dr. Sampan