On October 23-24, 2024, the 7th joint workshop was held between the University of Tokyo and the Stockholm Trio (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Karolinska Institutet (KI), and Stockholm University (SU)), with which the University of Tokyo has a strategic partnership university agreement. The plenary session was held in a hybrid format, with the University of Tokyo meeting at HASEKO-KUMA Hall and the Swedish side meeting at KI. Ambassador Viktoria Li, the Swedish Ambassador to Japan attended the HASEKO-KUMA Hall and gave opening remarks. More than 200 participants (including online participants) attended the workshop in Sweden and Tokyo. Collaboration between the institutions is expected to develop even more significantly in the future.
◆Plenary Session
October 23 15:00 - 17:00 HASEKO-KUMA Hall
Key note 1:"Precision medicine - is it cost-effective and can we afford it?"
Prof. Linus Jönsson, KI
Key note 2: "Decarbonization challenges and opportunities from national and sectoral perspectives"
Prof. Masahiro Sugiyama, Institute for Future Initiatives, UTokyo
Key note 3: "Energy tech, policy and climate change"
Laura Cozzi, International Energy Agency
◆Thematic Sessions
October 23-24
Theme 1.1 Biomaterials -Nanocellulose
1.2 Biomaterials -Bio-nanomaterials for therapeutics
Theme 2 Brain, Society & Ageing
Theme 3 Learning for future society
Theme 4 Urban Change and Reconstruction
（Theme 5 Robotics in Biomedical applications Oct. 21-22）
https://sites.google.com/g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/robotics-in-biomedical-app
KTH
Stockholm-Tokyo University Partnership
Plenary sessioon at HASEKO-KUMA Hall
Group photo at Karolinska Institutet
Ambassador Viktoria Li
(Dean's log) Plaque presentation ceremony for Fellow, School of Engineering, UTokyo
The Ninth Cambridge – UTokyo Joint Symposium 2025
