Group Discussion
Date and time: March 9, 2011(Wed) 13:30-15:00
Place: Shiran Kaikan (Yamauchi Hall)
Language: English
Details:
Group discussion sessions will be held on The Third Day of ISS, after the PI seminars. Briefly, about 5 or 6 participants, including students, Postdocs or PIs from overseas will be grouped together, and each person will have a turn to talk about his/her current project for 15 Minutes (5 Minutes Presentation and 10 Minutes Discussion). All other group members are free to ask questions and share their opinions about the discussed topics. Researchers will be grouped together in a random manner regardless of their research backgrounds or interests. Hence, it is important to make your presentation simple and clear, by avoiding the use of specialized terms and nomenclature. Instead of trying to include a large quantity of results in your presentation, discussing how interesting and significant your research is will really help to lighten up the atmosphere and inspire many young students in the group.
To facilitate the discussion process, you may prepare visual materials using your own laptop, handouts printed on A4 paper, or you can sketch out ideas on blank paper. The purpose of this session is to create scientific interactions and brainstorming on on-going projects, at the same time encouraging Japanese students to improve their English communication skills. It also serves as a good opportunity to make friends with people from different national and cultural backgrounds. We hope that you will enjoy this event, and that you are able to expand your horizons through your participation in this group discussion session.
*Coffee/Tea and light refreshments will be provided*
Materials:
You can use your own laptop, or print out in handouts on A4 paper; alternatively, you may sketch freehand on blank paper, or use any other (portable) materials you wish.
Registration:
If you would like to participate in this session, please send an E-mail to 9thiss*lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp (* → @)with your name, affiliation, status (e.g. D1), Gender and reseach field.