Regional Fellow Meeting Brussels 2007

The Foundation held its 15th Regional Fellow Meeting for the Benelux in Brussels on November 5, 2007.

Alumni Fellows were asked to prepare poster presentations on their research subjects in advance. Guests could walk around freely and ask questions on each topic. Following on from the presentations, guests were asked to make their way to the European Parliament where 2007 Invited lecturer, Troy Davis, gave his speech on Global Citizenship. His talk (click here for the text of the speech as a pdf-file) was responded to by Carl Schlyter, a Swedish politician and member of the European Parliament and for the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. After the event, the Canon Foundation hosted a reception at the European Parliament.

Recipients of this year's certificate and badge

From left to right:
Dr. Ryosuke Fujikane from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan visited Paris Sud University, Institute of Genetic and Microbiology, where Prof. P. Forterre was his host. Biosciences: Molecular biology in DNA repair/recombination/replication

Dr. Ellen Van Goethem from Ghent University, Belgium visited Ritsumeikan University, Graduate School of Letters, Dept. of Humanities in Kyoto where Prof. Dr. Masatsugu Hongo was her host. History: The rise and fall of Nagaokakyou (784-794), Emperor Kanmu's capital city

Mr. Thorsten Hanke from Edinburgh University, UK did research at Tama Art University, Tokyo at the Institute for Art Anthropology under the guidance of Prof. Mayumi Tsuruoka. Architecture & Area planning: Timber architecture in Europe and Japan: a comparative analysis.

Ms. Mercedes R. Garcia (2006 Canon Fellow), Barcelona, Spain - Architecture and Area Planning. Ms. Mercedes Rodrigo Garcia from Spain visited Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture with Prof. Koji Yagi as her host. Architecture and Area Planning: Architecture as a backdrop for emerging social structures in Japan, as portrayed in recent Japanese filmography

Mr. Joaquim Miguel Antunes de Oliveira from Minho University, Braga, Portugal went to the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tissue Engineering Research Group of the Research Institute for Cell Engineering (TERG/RICE) in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan with Prof. Hajime Ohgushi as host. Medicine: In vitro and in vivo assessment of bone-marrow stromal stem cells seeded in several scaffolds with potential applications in Tissue Engineering; long-term effect of dendrimers on osteoblast differentiation

Attendants at the Brussels Meeting

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