Arrival of the Japanese Delegations Saturday October 25 Sunday October 26 Arrival of the Japanese and Mexican Delegations 10:00 13:30 h Guided visit to: - Presa de la Olla - Galleries of the University of Guanajuato (UG) - Armando Olivares Historical Library - Mineralogy Museum Meeting point: - Camino Real Hotel Lobby - Holiday Inn Hotel Lobby 13:30 18:30 h Free time for lunch 18:30 21:00 h Welcome cocktail Camino Real Hotel Monday October 26 08:00 h Departure to University of Guanajuato (UG) Meeting point: - Camino Real Hotel Lobby - Holiday Inn Hotel Lobby 08:30 10:30 h Registration Foyer of the UG General Auditorium 09:00 10:00 h Opening Ceremony UG General Auditorium 10:00 10:30 h Main Conference UG General Auditorium 10:30 10:45 h Official Photography UG main stairs 10:45 11:00 h Coffee break
11:00 11:30 h Presentation of: - Japanese Delegations - Mexican Delegations - UG - State of Guanajuato 11:35 12:50 h PANEL: Innovation PANEL A: UG General Auditorium UG General Auditorium 13:00 14:15 h PANEL: University-Industry UG General Auditorium PANEL B: Room of the University Council 14:15 14:45 h EXPO Networking space Arturo Larios Court (Crystal) 14:45 16:00 h Lunch Ex - Convento Jesuita Patio 16:00 17:15 h PANEL: Cooperation in Higher Education PANEL A: UG General Auditorium 17:15 17:30 h Coffee break 17:30 18:45 h PANEL: Fostering Mexico-Japan Interculturality UG General Auditorium PANEL B: Room of the University Council 18:45 19:00 h 5 min-walk to Juárez Theater 19:00 19:45 h Presentation of the University of Guanajuato Juárez Theater Folkloric Ballet 19:45 20:00 h 5 min-walk to Mesón de San Antonio 20:00 21:30 h Gala Dinner Mesón de San Antonio 21:30 h Return to hotels Transport to Camino Real and Holiday Inn Hotels
Tuesday October 26 08:00 h Departure to Aguascalientes Meeting point: - Camino Real Hotel Lobby - Holiday Inn Hotel Lobby 10:30 11:10 h Welcome and presentation of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA) and the State of Aguascalientes UAA General Auditorium South Campus 11:10 11-25 h Transfer by car to Building 15 11:30 12:45 h Panel: Human Resources Formation in the Global Era Building 15 UAA South Campus 12:50 13:30 h Visit to Robotics and Automotive Laboratories Robotics and Automotive Laboratories UAA South Campus 13:40 15:00 h Lunch UAA South Campus 15:00 h Departure to Guanajuato Transport from UAA South Campus 17:00 h Arrival to Guanajuato Transfer to smaller vehicles 18:00 18:30 h Closing Ceremony UG General Auditorium 18:30 19:30 h Farewell reception UG Main Stairs 19:30 h Return to Hotels Transport to Camino Real and Holiday Inn hotels
Opening Ceremony Monday 27-9:00-10:00 h Presidium Speakers: Accompanied by: Ing. Luis Fernando Gutiérrez Márquez, Mayor of Guanajuato Dr. José Manuel Cabrera Sixto, General Rector, UG Dr. Enrique Fernández Fassnacht, General Executive Secretary, ANUIES Dr. Enrique Cabrero Mendoza, General Director, CONACYT Dr. Salvador Malo Álvarez, Director General of University Higher Education, SEP Exmo. Mr. Suichiro Megata, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Mexico Lic. Miguel Márquez Márquez, Governor of Guanajuato Dr. José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Mr. Kihei Maekawa, Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mtro. Mario Andrade Cervantes, Rector of Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (UAA) Senator Mtro. Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, President of the Education Commission in the LXII Legislature and former Rector of the University of Guanajuato Mtro. Juan Manuel Valle Pereña, Executive Director of AMEXCID Main Conference Monday 27-09:40-10:30 h Keynote speakers: Mr. Kihei Maekawa, Minsitro Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Dr. Salvador Malo Álvarez, Director General of University Higher Education, SEP
Panel A: INNOVATION Monday 27 11:35 12:50 h Moderator: Mtro. Ignacio López, Director, Celaya Technology Institute Dr. Enrique Cabrero, General Director, CONACYT Dr. Reiko Aoki, Executive Vice President, Kyushu University Lic. Héctor López Santillana, Secretary of Sustainable Economic Development, Government of Guanajuato Prof. Koichi Niihara, President, Nagaoka University of Technology Dr. René Asomoza, General Director, CINVESTAV Dr. Yoshihito Watanabe, Vicepresident, Nagoya University Rapporteur: Dr. Elías Ledesma, University of Guanajuato Panel B: INNOVATION Monday 27 11:35 12:50 h Moderator: Dr. Vicente Parra, Researcher, CINVESTAV Dr. José Benito Flores, Director, Engineering and Technology, UDEM Prof. Toshiya Ueki, Executive Vice- President, Tohoku University Dr. Leonardo Rios Guerrero, General Director of Knowledge Transfer, UAEM Dr. Hideyasu Fujyama, Vice-President, Tottori University Dr. Antonio Ruiz Mariscal, Researcher, CIATEC, CONACYT Rapporteur: Dr. Francisco Elizalde Blancas, University of Guanajuato Dr. Nobuhiro Kanomata, Decano Associate Dean of International Affairs, Waseda University
Panel: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY Monday 27 13:00 14:15 h Moderator: Mtro. Héctor Arreola, General Coordinator of Technological and Polytechnics Universities, SEP Mtro. Mario Andrade Cervantes, Rector, UAA Dr. Yasuo Yamane, Professor, Hiroshima University Dr. José Manuel Cabrera Sixto, General Rector, UG Dr. Kazunori Uchida, Executive Vice- President for University-Industry Cooperation and Public Relations, Kobe University Sr. Keishi Egawa, President, Mazda Motor Mexico Corporation S.A. de C.V. Dr. Naohiro Hozumi, International Cooperation Center for Engineering Education Development Director, Toyohashi University of Technology Rapporteur: Dr. Gustavo Cerda V. and Martín Picón Núñez, University of Guanajuato Panel A: COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION Monday 27 16:00 17:15 h Moderator: Dr. Alberto Gárate, Academic Vice Chancellor, CETYS System University Ing. Joaquín Alejandro Guerra, Internationalization Vice Chancellor, ITESM Dr. Susumu Yamauchi, President, Hitotsubashi University Dr. Salvador Vega y León, General Rector, UAM Dr. Hiroki Yamaguchi, President, Saitama University Dr. Enrique Fernández Fassnacht, General Secretary, ANUIES. Dr. Yoshinao Mishima, President, Tokyo Institute of Technology Rapporteur: Dr. Sergio A. Silva Muñoz, University of Guanajuato
Panel B: COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION Monday 27 16:00-17:15 h Moderator: Dr. Antonio Rivera Cisneros, Secretary of Academic Affairs, UAG Mtro. Eduardo Hernández Nava, Rector, UCOL Dr. Kiyofumi Kawaguchi, President, Ritsumeikan University Mtro. Florentino Pérez Pérez, Academic Director, UNICACH Dr. Takashi Hayashita, President, Sophia University Dr. Jean-François Prud homme, General Academic Coordinator, COLMEX Rapporteur: Dr. Daniel Añorve Añorve, University of Guanajuato Prof. Masashi Haneda, Vice president, The University of Tokyo Panel: FOSTERING MEXICO-JAPAN INTERCULTURALITY Monday 27 17:30 18:45 h Moderator: Dr. Fernando Salmerón, General Coordinator of Intercultural Bilingual Education, SEP Dr. Sara Ladrón de Guevara, Rectora, UV Prof. Hirotaka Tateishi, President, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Mtro. José Guillermo Batista Ortiz, Director, Technology Institute of Aguascalientes Prof. Toshiya Hoshino, Vice president, Osaka University Dr. Melba Falck Reyes, Research Professor, UDG Dr. Takeshi Matsuda, President, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Rapporteur: Dr. Luz María Muñoz de Cote, University of Guanajuato
Welcome in Aguascalientes Tuesday 28-10:30 11:10 h Presidium Speakers: Accompanied by: Mtro. Mario Andrade Cervantes, Rector AUA Ing. Armando Ávila, Vice-president, Manufacturing of Nissan Mexico Exmo. Mr. Suichiro Megata, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Mexico Ing. Carlos Lozano de la Torre, Governor of Aguascalientes Mr. Kihei Maekawa, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mtro. Francisco Chávez Rangel, General Director, Education Institute of Aguascalientes Dr. José Manuel Cabrera Sixto, General Rector, UG Prof. Masaru Ishizumi, President, Kanagawa University Francisco Javier Avelar González, Secretary General of UAA C.P. Guillermo Armando Pérez Hernández, President of the Board of Members of UAA
Panel A: HUMAN RESOURCES FORMATION IN THE GLOBAL ERA Tuesday 28 11:30 12:45 h Moderator: Mtro. Mario Andrade Cervantes, Rector, UAA Dr. Salvador Vega y León, General Rector, UAM Mtro. Izcóatl Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla, Rector, UDG Dr. María Guajardo, Dean of Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Soka University Dr. Makoto Watanabe, Vice-President, Chiba University Ing. Armando Ávila, Vice-President Manufacturing of Nissan Mexico Prof. Kayo Inaba, Executive Vice- President, Kyoto University Rapporteur: Lic. Gloria Lucía Valencia Mejía, CONACYT Panel B: HUMAN RESOURCES FORMATION IN THE GLOBAL ERA Tuesday 28 11:30 12:45 h Moderator: Mtro. Arturo Velázquez Jiménez, Advisor, Undersecretary of Higher Education, SEP Dr. Víctor Manuel Sánchez Cabrera, Rector, Technology University of San Juan del Río Prof. Masaru Ishizumi, President, Kanagawa University Mtro. Gerardo Téllez Reyes, Rector, Polytechnic University of Tulancingo Dr. Shigenori Wakabayashi, Vice- President, Chuo University Dr. Carlos Uscanga, Research Professor, UNAM Dr. Yutaka Tsujinaka, Executive Advisor to the President, University of Tsukuba Rapporteur: Lic. Regina Gutiérrez Maqueo, CONACYT
Closing Ceremony Tuesday 28-18:00 18:30 h Presidium Speakers: Accompanied by: Dr. Yoshinao Mishima, President, Tokyo Institute of Technology Mtro. Mario Andrade Cervantes, Rector, AUA Dr. José Manuel Cabrera Sixto, Rector General, UG Exmo. Mr. Suichiro Megata, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Mexico Mr. Kihei Maekawa, Deputy Minister of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Dr. Guillermo Hernández Duque Delgadillo, Director of Strategic Entailment, ANUIES Dr. Arturo Borja Tamayo, Director of International Cooperation, CONACYT Mtro. Arturo Velázquez Jiménez, Advisor, Undersecretary of Higher Education, SEP Ambassador Bruno Figueroa Fisher, Director General for Technical and Scientific Cooperation