On 19 April 2024, Dean Kato, as a Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Engineering, UTokyo, attended the FY 2024 Eight-University Engineering Association 1st Board of Directors Meeting ･ the 1st Deans' Meeting of the Faculty of Engineering, and the 147th Deans' Meeting of the Graduate School of Engineering and Technology Science, held at the Bayside Hotel Azur Takeshiba.
UTokyo served as the secretariat for this year's meetings. Dean Kato chaired the Deans' Meeting of the Graduate School of Engineering and Technology Science and gave a speech at an information exchange meeting afterwards.