Norway-Japan Academic Network (NJAN) Seminar – Cutting-edge technology for next generation between Norway and Japan

It is our pleasure to invite you to the annual JSPS Norway-Japan Academic Network (NJAN) Seminar. The seminar will take place on February 26th at Oslo University and online. Please come and listen to interesting lectures under the title “Cutting-edge technology for next generation between Norway and Japan“.

The event is open to the public and free of charge but registration is required. This event will be organized as a hybrid webinar. It will be open for in-person participation at the Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo (Norway), and also as a webinar symposium via Zoom.

Please register for the seminar through the following event page: https://www.mn.uio.no/hylleraas/english/news-and-events/events/events-in-oslo/2025/no-jp-seminar25.html

The seminar is organized by JSPS Norway-Japan Academic Network and JSPS Stockholm office, together with The Research Council of Norway, Innovation Norway (Tokyo), The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills, University of Oslo and  Hylleraas Centre.

Program: 

09:00-9:05 (CET) 17:00-17:05(JST) – Opening remarks:

– Svein Stølen (Rector at University of Oslo)

09:05-9:10(CET) 17:05-17:10(JST) – Fellowship information from JSPS Stockholm

9:10-9:15(CET) 17:10-17:15(JST) – Embassy of Japan in Norway 

9:15 – 9:25(CET) 17:15-17:25(JST) – Team Norway – Norges forskningsråd, Innovasjon Norge (Tokyo), Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse

9:25 – 10:05 (CET) 17:25-18:05(JST) – Chemistry of van der Waals porous solids

– Shuhei Furukawa ( iCeMS/Kyoto University JP)

10:05 – 10:35(CET) 18:05-18:35(JST) – Norway-Japan collaboration in artificial intelligence research for colorectal cancer screening

– Yuichi Mori (Medicine/University of Oslo)

10:35-11:05(CET) 18:35-19:05(JST) – Insights into the reactivity of multimetallic oxo cubanes

– Bastian Bjerkem Skjelstad (Chemistry/Oxford University UK)

11:05-11:25(CET) 19:05-19:25(JST) – Break

11:25-11:55(CET) 19:25-19:55 (JST)

i) Purifying hydrogen for compressor applications – A challenge for a BRIDGE fellowship

ii) Metal-organic frameworks for sustainability applications through a collaboration between Japan and Norway 

– Petra Agota Szilagyi (Chemistry/University of Oslo)

11:25-11:55(CET) 19:55-20:25(JST) – Advances in solid-state ionics for clean energy through cultural and atomistic diffusion 

– Truls Norby (Chemistry/ University of Oslo)

12:25-12:55(CET) 20:25-20:55(JST) – Title TBA

– Sunniva Siem (Physics/ University of Oslo)

12:55-13:00(CET) 20:55-21:00(JST) – Closing remarks

– Kazuyuki Kuroda (Director of JSPS Stockholm Office)

Group photo and Lunch