All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome
On Friday 18 December 2020 at 7:30pm we will have our bonenkai year end party:
7:30pm – 9:30pm dinner
nijikai
Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. We will meet in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 11 December 2020. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.
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Didier Queloz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 for “the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”
All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome
On Friday 6 November 2020 at 7pm we will meet in central Tokyo.
Professor Didier Queloz, the most recent Trinity Fellow to be awarded the Nobel Prize, has very generously agreed to hold a video discussion with us.
Didier is astronomer, and has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 for “the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”
If you like to ask Professor Didier Queloz questions during our video discussions, best would be if you prepare the questions beforehand, so I can moderate the discussion to make the best use of Didier’s time.
This and our other discussions are published on Trinity in Japan’s YouTube channel
On Friday 6 November 2020 we will meet as follows:
7pm- please arrive before 7pm, so that we can start the video discussion on time
7:15pm – 8:15pm video discussion with Professor Didier Queloz
8:15pm – 10:15pm dinner
nijikai
Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list, nijikai is extra. We will meet in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 30 October 2020. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.
Hermann Hauser is co-founder of Acorn Computers, Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) and arguably the most distinguished leader of Cambridge’s Venture Ecosystem.
All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome
On Thursday 17 September 2020 at 6pm we will meet in central Tokyo.
Hermann Hauser has very generously agreed to hold a video discussion with us. This and our other Trinity in Japan video discussions are published on our YouTube channel:
Hermann did his PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory (on the same lab bench as Gerhard Fasol), then became co-founder of Acorn Computers, and several other laboratories and companies, including Advanced RISC Machines (ARM). Hermann is arguably one of the most important leaders of the Cambridge venture ecosystem.
On Thursday 17 September 2020 we will meet as follows:
6pm- please arrive before 6pm, so that we can start the video discussion with Hermann Hauser on time
6:15pm – 6:40pm video discussion with Hermann Hauser
6:45pm – 9:30pm dinner
Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list. We will meet in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 11 September 2020. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.
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To register
If you are Trinity College Cambridge Fellow or member living in or visiting Japan please join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:
Venki Ramakrishnan was awarded the Nobel Prize 2009 for elucidating the ribosome, macromolecular machines reading the genetic code from DNA via messenger-RNA to produce proteins
All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome
On Friday 28 August 2020 at 6pm we will meet in central Tokyo.
Venki Ramakrishnan has very generously agreed to hold a video discussion with us. This and our other Trinity in Japan video discussions are published on our YouTube channel:
Venki is structural biochemist, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 for “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome“, the macromolecular machines producing proteins by reading genetic information encoded in DNA via messenger-RNA and transfer RNA.
Venki is Trinity Fellow in Natural Sciences (Biological) and in 2015 was elected President of the Royal Society (UK’s National Academy of Sciences), and he is Deputy Director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge University.
Venki has recently published “Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome” for a general audience:
If you like to ask Venki questions during our video discussions, best would be if you prepare the questions beforehand, so I can moderate the discussion to make the best use of Venki’s time.
On Friday 28 August 2020 we will meet as follows:
6pm- please arrive before 6pm, so that we can start the video discussion with Venki on time
6:15pm – 6:40pm video discussion with Venki
6:45pm – 9:30pm dinner
Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list. We will meet in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 21 August 2020. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.
Venki Ramakrishnan
Venki is Fellow of Trinity College, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 for his work on “the structure and function of the ribosome.”:
The road to the structure of the ribosome: A personal account (UCSD Division of Biological Sciences Memorial Lecture Series)
Induced fit and codon-anticodon recognition on tRNA binding
Friday 28 August 2020 Trinity in Japan: discussion with Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize 2009, President of the Royal SocietyFriday 28 August 2020 Trinity in Japan: discussion with Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize 2009, President of the Royal SocietyFriday 28 August 2020 Trinity in Japan: discussion with Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize 2009, President of the Royal SocietyFriday 28 August 2020 Trinity in Japan: discussion with Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize 2009, President of the Royal SocietyFriday 28 August 2020 Trinity in Japan: discussion with Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize 2009, President of the Royal Society
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If you are Trinity College Cambridge Fellow or member living in or visiting Japan please join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:
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Friday 31 July 2020 at 7pm in central Tokyo: video discussion with Lord Martin Rees
All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni very welcome
On Friday 31 July 2020 at 7pm we will meet in central Tokyo.
Lord Martin Rees, former Master of Trinity, has very generously agreed to hold a video discussion with us. Martin kindly offers to answer our questions! This and other Trinity in Japan discussions are published on our YouTube channel:
Of course, Martin’s field is astronomy, as former Master Martin knows much more about Trinity than all of us together, and recently Martin has founded the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at Cambridge University: https://www.cser.ac.uk. Martin’s latest book “On the future: prospects for humanity” has just appeared also in Japanese translation:
If you like to ask Martin questions during our video discussions, best would be if you prepare the questions beforehand.
Martin has written an extensive article on his views on Covid-19 impact on Universities, and how Universities should adapt better to the needs of students in our changed world.
You can read Martin’s article here, and I suggest we don’t ask questions which Martin has already answered in this article:
Lord Martin Rees: “UNIVERSITIES MUST ADAPT TO CHANGING NEEDS OF STUDENTS”
7pm – arrival, please be punctual, so that we can start the video discussion with Martin Rees on time
7:15pm – 7:40pm video discussion with Lord Martin Rees.
7:45pm – 9:30pm dinner
after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby (not included)
Cost of this meeting will be YEN 10,000 including Kaiseki banquet-style dinner and unlimited drinks from a fixed list. We will meet in central Tokyo.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 24 July 2020. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Given the Covid-19 situation we will follow all Government and restaurant rules on hygiene. If the situation changes and it becomes necessary to postpone I will notify those who have registered.
Lord Martin Rees
Martin achieved many discoveries in astrophysics and astronomy including the origin of cosmic background radiation black holes, quasars, and gamma ray bursts. Martin is Astronomer Royal, was Master of Trinity College, and President of the Royal Society. Over his long career and today, Martin had and has many important leadership positions, and has received many prizes and distinctions.
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Enquiries
If you are Trinity College Cambridge Fellow or member living in or visiting Japan please join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:
Simon Denyer shares Pulitzer Prize “for a groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet”
by: Gerhard Fasol
Simon Denyer (1984) is part of the team of journalists who wrote a series of articles for which Staff of The Washington Post was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting “for a groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet”.
“For a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation, using any available journalistic tool, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).”
Simon Denyer and Chris Mooney’s article shows in great detail how Japan’s northern most large island Hokkaido is directly affected by global warming.
The Pulitzer Prize is awarded annually in 21 categories in journalism, literature, musical composition and public service and is administered by Columbia University.
Simon Denyer
Simon Denyer (Trinity 1984) is The Washington Post’s bureau chief for Japan and the Koreas. He has worked all around the world as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the Washington Post and for Reuters, including in Beijing, New Delhi, Washington, Islamabad, Nairobi, New York and London. He is the author of “Rogue Elephant: Harnessing the Power of Democracy in the New India”, and the co-editor of “Foreign Correspondent: Fifty Years of Reporting South Asia”.
He was part of the Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize winning team in 2020 for its coverage of climate change around the planet. He has also won an Overseas Press Club award, two National Headliners Awards and a Human Rights Press Award for his reporting from China and Japan. He has also made frequent TV and radio appearances, including on BBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, Fox News, MSNBC and Sky News. He was president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia from 2011-13.
Simon Denyer studied Economics at Cambridge University, Trinity College, 1984-1987, graduating in 1987 with BA in Economics.
Trinity Fellow Didier Queloz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”
Didier Queloz worked with his PhD supervisor Michel Mayor – who shares the 2019 Physics Nobel Prize with Didier Queloz and Jim Peebles. Mayor had developed the COREVAL photoelectric Doppler spectrometer to measure radial velocities of stars and planets. Together they developed the improved ELODIE Doppler spectrometer, with which they discovered the exoplanet named 51 Pegasi b orbiting 51 Pegasi. As of April 2020 around 4241 exoplanets have been discovered.
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Very sad to let you know that our founding member and steering committee member Ken Shibata (Trinity 1960) passed away on 28 February 2020.
Ken Shibata graduated 1955 from Nagoya University’s Department of Earth Science, and in November 1956 he joined the Geological Survey of Japan. In 1993 he joined the Faculty of Science of Nagoya University as Professor, and retired in 1996. 1996-1999 he was Professor at Nagoya Bunri Junior College, and subsequently 1999-2003 at Nagoya Bunri University.
Ken Shibata was one of Japan’s leading geologists, among other results he identified and studied the oldest known rock of Japan.
Among other important distinctions, Ken was awarded the Japan Geological Society Prize 1983 for his work on radiation dating. In 2008 Ken was elected as Honorary Member of the Geological Society of Japan, as documented here:
Ken played a pioneering and leading role in establishing the field of chronology, and systematically dated a large number of rock samples covering the Japanese archipelago, also identifying and studying the oldest known rock of Japan.
Ken’s work has greatly advanced the understanding of the geological history of Japan’s archipelago.
Ken Shibata authored a very long list of scientific articles spanning the years 1958-2016, which can be found here in Japanese language, and with English article titles:
A partial list in English language of Ken’s publications can be also found by searching on the website of the Geological Survey of Japan, where Ken worked from 1956-1993:
Ken Shibata: “The College System of the University of Cambridge – The Glories of Trinity College” 「ケンブリッジ大学のカレッジ制度ートリニティ・カレッジの栄光」
Ken Shibata also wrote a delightful article in Japanese language “The College System of the University of Cambridge – The Glories of Trinity College” 「ケンブリッジ大学のカレッジ制度ートリニティ・カレッジの栄光」which you can download in pdf format here:
Ken Shibata (Trinity 1960), Lord Martin Rees and Gerhard Fasol (Right to left) at the Japan Academy of Science
Here are some photographs with Ken:
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John MacGinnis: “excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire”. Introduction by Chikako Watanabe
With deep apologies, this meeting has been cancelled because of the current health situation
Trinity in Japan history and archaeology festival: John MacGinnis (Trinity 1982) will talk on “excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire”
On Monday 23 March 2020 we will have our Trinity in Japan History and Archaeology Festival in Tokyo.
John MacGinnis (Trinity 1982) will visit us from the UK, and will talk to us about “excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire”. Location: in central Tokyo.
6:45pm – 7pm arrive
7pm Chikako Watanabe (Trinity 1990) introduces John MacGinnis
7:05pm – 7:30pm John MacGinnis: “excavating a provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire”
7:30pm – 9:30pm dinner
after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby
The fee including kaiseki dinner and unlimited drinks will be YEN 10,000, nijikai drinks etc are separate. We will meet in central Tokyo.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Registration and prepayment until Monday 16 March 2020. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Usually we go for nijikai nearby.
Excavating a Provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire – abstract of John MacGinnis talk
The Assyrian Empire was the first multinational empire in the ancient near east. By the seventh century BC it had grown to cover all of Iraq, Syria and the Levant, substantial portions of western Iran and south-eastern Turkey and even, for brief periods, Egypt. In the site of Ziyaret Tepe we had a unique opportunity to explore and document Assyrian rule across the whole of this time span. The site lies on the river Tigris, some 60 km east of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey. Known in antiquity as Tushan, it was an Assyrian provincial capital and garrison town from 882 to 611 BC; as an archaeological site it is of exceptional importance. Sadly Ziyaret Tepe is threatened with destruction by the floodwaters of the Ilisu Dam and an international team, of which the Cambridge University expedition was a major component, worked to recovering as much of this heritage as possible before it disappears forever.
The excavations have uncovered the remains of a palace, a major administrative building, the defensive wall with monumental gates and both high and low status housing. The finds have included an archive of cuneiform texts dating to the very end of the empire including a sensational letter written by a military commander during the very process of collapse.
Here the University of Cambridge website on Ziyaret Tepe:
John MacGinnis: Ziyaret Tepe, Tushan – an Assyrian provincial capital and garrison town from 882 to 611 BC
Dr John MacGinnis
Research Fellow, University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Curator, Middle East Department, British Museum
Dr. MacGinnis (Trinity 1982) is a specialist in the archaeology and inscriptions of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, on which he has published extensively. He has worked on sites across the middle east including Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Sudan and Cyprus as well as his work in Turkey; he has also worked in India and Pakistan. He is a consultant for UNESCO on the culture of ancient Mesopotamia and has been Field Director of the British Expedition to Ziyaret Tepe since the commencement of the work in 2000.
Here is an article about John MacGinnis’ work on the discovery of an ancient language from more than 2500 years ago:
and here some of John MacGinnis’ books and research publications:
Ziyaret Tepe: Exploring the Anatolian Frontier of the Assyrian Empire. By Timothy Matney, John MacGinnis, Dirk Wicke, and Kemalettin Köroglu. Edinburgh: Cornucopia, 2017. Book review: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/702170
John MacGinnis, “Evidence for a Peripheral Language in a Neo-Assyrian Tablet from the Governor’s Palace in Tušhan,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 71, no. 1 (April 2012): 13-20. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/664450
The Arrows of the Sun. Armed Forces in Sippar in the First Millennium bc. By John MacGinnis, with copies of the cuneiform texts by Cornelia Wunsch. Dresden: ISLET-Verlag, 2012. Book review: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/679680
Dr John MacGinnis, Research Fellow, University of Cambridge McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and Curator, Middle East Department, British Museum
Chikako Watanabe
Chikako E. Watanabe (Trinity 1990) is Professor of Assyriology and Art History in the Faculty of International Studies at Osaka Gakuin University. Her academic interests range from Neo-Assyrian pictorial narratives and animal symbolism to an analysis of the source materials of Assyrian reliefs and cuneiform tablets. She was awarded the Third JSPS (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science) prize on “Narratological Interpretation of the Art of Ancient Mesopotamia” in 2006. She is the author of Animal Symbolism in Mesopotamia: A Contextual Approach, WOO 1 (2002). She is currently the PI (principal investigator) of two JSPS projects: “Reconstruction of Assyrian reliefs through the analysis of material stone” (2017-20) and “The provenance and manufacturing processes of Mesopotamian clay tablets” (2019-23).
Professor Chikako Watanabe
Archaeology at Trinity College (Cambridge University)
Trinity in Japan Christmas, Year End and bonenkai meeting
All Trinity members – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni welcome
On Wednesday 18 December 2019 at 7pm we will hold our Trinity in Japan ‘forget the year’ bonenkai dinner meeting.
Ambassador Ra, who served as South Korean Ambassador to the UK and to Japan will join us.
Location: in central Tokyo.
7pm – 9:30pm kaiseki (Japanese banquet) dinner
after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby
The fee including kaiseki dinner and unlimited drinks will be YEN 10,000, nijikai drinks etc are separate.
All members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) – Fellows, Past Fellows, students, alumni – living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 13 December 2019. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Usually we go for nijikai after dinner drinks nearby.
18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra18 December 2019 Trinity in Japan bonenkai / Christmas, year end meeting with Ambassador Ra
To register and enquiries:
If you are Trinity College Cambridge member – Fellow, Past Fellow, student or alumni living in or visiting Japan please join us.
To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:
His Honour Witold Pawlak (Trinity 1966) will speak to us about his experience as Circuit Judge at Wood Green Crown Court (appointed 2004)
On Thursday 28 November 2019 at 7pm His Honour Witold Pawlak will visit us from the UK, and will talk to us about his unique insights into how justice works in the UK: “The view from the Bench”. Location: in central Tokyo.
And as a special guest Professor Andrea Frilling, Chair in Endocrine Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Imperial College, London.
This event will be joint with MIT Sloan alumni.
7pm – 7:30pm His Honour Witold Pawlak, ‘The view from the Bench’
7:30pm – 9:30pm dinner
after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby
The fee including kaiseki dinner and unlimited drinks will be YEN 10,000, nijikai drinks etc are separate. We will meet in central Tokyo.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 22 November 2019. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Usually we go for nijikai nearby.
“The view from the Bench” – His Honour Witold Pawlak
Hierarchy and “Judgeitis” (judges’ disease). Courts have a hierarchy with the Judge at the top seated in his or her gown on an elevated dais. Judges are revered and honoured at the court house from morning to night. This respect for judges is for justice, not for the judge as a person.
Lord Hailsham (Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone) in 1978 is said to have spoken about judgeitis, or judges’ disease, the symptoms to include “pomposity, irritability, talkativeness, proneness to obiter dicta [statements not necessary for the decision in the case], a tendency to take short-cuts”. Judge Pawlak gave us a few examples, and thinks that it is one of the roles of barristers to stand up to judges in court.
Barristers who win the trust of the judge have a much better chance to win their case. Barristers need to win the trust of judges both during the particular case, as well as long-term via their track record.
Today judges in the UK are following sentencing guidelines, which are guidelines, not tram lines, deviation in judgements from these guidelines must be justified in each case.
The current situation in the UK is that crime has risen strongly in recent years (from 4.5 million cases to 6 million cases per year over the last few years), while the number of suspects facing justice and the number of prosecutions has decreased because of a decrease in funding for the court and prosecution systems. Average prison sentences are now highest in the past 10 years, and have increased from an average 13.5 months in June 2009 to 17.4 months in 2019. The court system is subject to political priorities.
Judges need to acquire “tickets” by attending training conferences for specialization in special areas. As an example, Judge Pawlak has trained for a “sex ticket” to be qualified to judge sexual crime cases.
Judges have to “steel their hearts” to make judgements based on justice not emotion.
His Honour Witold Pawlak
Trinity 1966. Called to the Bar in 1970. Practised in contract, tort, environmental, family, financial services and other areas. Memorable cases include re Schwitters (Hospital Patient), Spring v Guardian Assurance and Rv Hertfordshire County Council ex parte Green Environmental. Appointed Circuit Judge 2004 until 2017 at Wood Green Crown Court, thereafter a Deputy Circuit Judge until April 2020. Training in mediation for mediators in Poland for 10 years. Currently working on the EU Modern Court project in Ukraine.
28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’ – joint with MIT Sloan alumni28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’ – joint with MIT Sloan alumni28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’ – joint with MIT Sloan alumni28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’ – joint with MIT Sloan alumni28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’28 November 2019, His Honour Witold Pawlak, Circuit Judge: ‘The view from the Bench’
To register
If you are Trinity College Cambridge Fellow or member living in or visiting Japan please join us. To register, or for any enquiries contact us here:
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome
Trinity in Japan: Rugby World Cup Japan 2019
18 October 2019 7pm Rugby World Cup special in Tokyo
Will meet on Friday 18 October 2019 at 7pm in central Tokyo for our Rugby World Cup special.
Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) – who has worked for many years in leadership positions in global automotive groups – will give us a talk on the future of the automobile industries.
All Trinity members (Fellows, students, alumni, Past Fellows, Past Fellow Commoners…) visiting Japan for the Rugby World Cup are specially welcome to join us.
Our Rugby World Cup Special on Friday 18 October 2019 7pm is just before the quarter finals on 19 & 20 October, the semi-finals on 26 & 27 October, the bronze final on 1 November and the final on 2 November. For the Rugby World Cup program and to buy tickets visit the official website – some tickets are still available (both ordinary tickets and hospitality packages including tickets): https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/matches
Quarter-finals:
Saturday 19 October 16:15 JST, England v Australia, Oita Stadium
Saturday 19 October 19:15 JST, New Zealand v Ireland, Tokyo Stadium
Sunday 20 October 16:15 JST, Wales v France, Oita Stadium
Sunday 20 October 19:15 JST, Japan v South Africa, Tokyo Stadium
The charge is YEN 10,000 (prepaid before Friday 11 October 2019) for kaiseki dinner (Japanese banquet) and two hours of unlimited drinks from a fixed menu. Usually we go for nijikai drinks nearby (not included).
18 October 2019 Trinity in Japan Rugby World Cup special and talk by Wolfgang Ungerer on the future of the automotive industries18 October 2019 Trinity in Japan Rugby World Cup special and talk by Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) on the future of the automotive industries18 October 2019 Trinity in Japan Rugby World Cup special and talk by Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) on the future of the automotive industries18 October 2019 Trinity in Japan Rugby World Cup special and talk by Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) on the future of the automotive industries18 October 2019 Trinity in Japan Rugby World Cup special and talk by Wolfgang Ungerer (1990) on the future of the automotive industries
Enquiries and to register:
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‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’, Revd Dr Michael Banner (in Tokyo)
The Revd Dr Michael Banner… “one of the brightest and most interesting young people doing ethics on the scene today”
The Revd Dr Michael Banner will join us on Tuesday 1 October 2019 6pm for a special event in central Tokyo.
6pm – 7pm drinks reception
7pm – 7:30pm The Revd Dr Michael Banner, ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’, and an update on Trinity
7:30pm – 9:30pm dinner
after 9:30pm – nijikai drinks nearby
The fee including drinks reception, kaiseki dinner and unlimited drinks will be YEN 12,000, nijikai drinks etc are separate.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Registration and prepayment until Friday 20 September 2019. I will send location details and account details for prepayment to those who register.
Usually we go for nijikai nearby.
1 October 2019 event with The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’.1 October 2019 event with The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’.1 October 2019 event with The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’.1 October 2019 event with The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’.1 October 2019 event with The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’.1 October 2019 event with The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’.1 October 2019 event with The Revd Dr Michael Banner: ‘The rise (and fall?) of humanitarianism’.
The Revd Dr Michael Banner… “one of the brightest and most interesting young people doing ethics on the scene today”
Dean of Chapel and Fellow,
Director of Studies in Theology,
Chair of Alumni Relations and Development, Trinity College
Meeting on 29 September 2019 with Mike Tehranchi, University Lecturer, Statistical Laboratory, and Trinity Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics.
29 September 2019 – Meeting Mike Tehranchi, Trinity College Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics29 September 2019 – Meeting Mike Tehranchi, Trinity College Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics29 September 2019 – Meeting Mike Tehranchi, Trinity College Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics
Purpose of the International Nanotechnology Symposium in Tokyo
Exchange of views on results and future development of different nanotechnology fields between 21 Cambridge University nano-technology researchers and PhD students, researchers and nanotechnology companies. Explore common interests, and potential cooperation.
University of Cambridge, founded 1209 AD
107 Nobel Prize winners
around University of Cambridge: 4700 knowledge intensive companies, 560 high-tech manufacturing firms, 3000 IT and communication based companies
2019 THE Times Higher Education Global University Ranking: Place 2 globally
2019 ARWU Global University Ranking: Place 3 globally
2019 QS Global University Ranking: Place 6 globally
Program
15:00 – 19:00
presentations by Cambridge nanotechnology researchers:
Session 1: Nanotechnology for Energy & Sustainability
TU – Plastic waste as a feedstock for solar-driven hydrogen generation
TL – Fibre-based optofluidics for sustainable photocatalysis
AG – Ultrafast charging Li-ion batteries
JM – Battery material degradation at the nanoscale studied by analytical electron microscopy
MJ – Understanding the nature of oxygen redox in Li-excess cation disordered rocksalts as cathode materials for Li-ion batteries
JT – Structure and ionic conductivity of metal-organic framework composites
TP – Light-induced patterning of structural colour
TB – Triboelectric textile for wearable energy harvesting
Session 2: Nanomaterials & Nano-biotechnologies
RM – In-operando SEM to Develop Manufacturing of Nanomaterials
KS – Hierarchical carbon nanotube structures
BS – DNA origami for enzyme biomimicry
RRS – Force-sensing artificial cells and tissues with synthetic DNA mechanotransducers
RG – The role of viscoelasticity in axon guidance during development
TN – Implantable electrophoretic devices for spatially controlled administration of nanoscopic drug carriers for brain cancer therapy
Session 3: Nanoelectronics & Photonics
BD – Photophysics of thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters
TG – Quantifying disorder in hybrid perovskites for optoelectronics
JO – Gold nanorod – MOF core-shell composites as advanced surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensors
EW – Transition edge sensors for far-infrared space science
SM – 3D structured carbon nanotube infrared detectors
LS – 3D magnetic nanostructures for spintronics
TL – Manipulating single electron spins in silicon CMOS spin qubits
NTT Basic Research Laboratories
Hideki Gotoh: Overview of NTT R&D and Basic Research Laboratories
Akira Fujiwara: Silicon nanodevices for metrology and sensor applications
Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.
Shingo Nakane, Division Manager, Fundamental Technology Division: Glass products for future applications
panel discussion on developments in nanotechnology fields and possibilities of future cooperation
19:00 – 21:00 discussions and buffet
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All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome
Will meet on Friday 30 August 2019 at 7pm in central Tokyo. Professor Dominic Lieven, Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Fellow of Trinity and one of the most eminent Russian and European historians is planning to join.
The charge is YEN 10,000 (prepaid before Friday 23 August 2019) for kaiseki dinner and two hours of unlimited drinks from a fixed menu.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Please register and prepay until Friday 23 August 2019. I will let those who registered know of the location.
Trinity College Cambridge Japan 30 August 2019 meeting with Professor Dominic Lieven, Trinity Honorary Fellow and Emeritus FellowTrinity College Cambridge Japan 30 August 2019 meeting with Professor Dominic Lieven, Trinity Honorary Fellow and Emeritus FellowTrinity College Cambridge Japan 30 August 2019 meeting with Professor Dominic Lieven, Trinity Honorary Fellow and Emeritus FellowTrinity College Cambridge Japan 30 August 2019 meeting with Professor Dominic Lieven, Trinity Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Fellow
Professor Dominic Lieven, Trinity Honorary Fellow and Emeritus Fellow
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome
Will meet on Friday 26 July 2019 at 7pm in central Tokyo. The charge is YEN 10,000 (prepaid before Friday 19 July 2019) for kaiseki dinner and two hours of unlimited drinks from a fixed menu.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Please register and prepay until Friday 19 July 2019. I will let those who registered know of the location.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome
Will meet on Friday 28 June 2019 at 7pm in central Tokyo. The charge is YEN 10,000 (prepaid before Friday 21 June 2019) for kaiseki dinner and two hours of unlimited drinks from a fixed menu.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Please register and prepay until Friday 21 June 2019. I will let those who registered know of the location.
Trinity in Japan meeting Friday 28 June 2019 in TokyoTrinity in Japan meeting Friday 28 June 2019 in TokyoTrinity in Japan
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome
Will meet on Thursday 4 April 2019 at 7pm in central Tokyo. The charge is YEN 10,000 (prepaid before Friday 29 March 2019) for kaiseki dinner and two hours of unlimited drinks from a fixed menu.
All Fellows or members of Trinity College (Cambridge University) living in or visiting Tokyo are very welcome.
Please register and prepay until Friday 29 March 2019. I will let those who registered know of the location.
Trinity Senior Research Fellow, Professor Dominic Lieven, plans to join us on 4 April.
Trinity in Japan meeting Thursday 4 April 2019 at 7pm in Tokyo with Professor Dominic LievenTrinity in Japan meeting Thursday 4 April 2019 at 7pm in Tokyo with Professor Dominic LievenTrinity in Japan meeting Thursday 4 April 2019 at 7pm in Tokyo with Professor Dominic LievenTrinity in Japan meeting Thursday 4 April 2019 at 7pm in Tokyo with Professor Dominic LievenTrinity in Japan meeting Thursday 4 April 2019 at 7pm in Tokyo with Professor Dominic Lieven
Trinity Senior Research Fellow, Professor Dominic Lieven
joint event with the alumni organizations of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/ Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 19:00 in Tokyo
Everyone of us who wants Japanese companies to take major decisions, e.g. in major sales, M&A, as investor, or executive or employee benefits from understanding how Japanese companies take decisions at top level. Corporate governance is about how companies take decisions, and how this decision making is controlled. Reforms were initiated by PM Abe and Japan’s Parliament since 2015, mainly driven by the very low returns on capital by Japanese companies compared to Europe and US, and by a long series of scandals.
As the major shareholder of Nissan, Renault shares responsibility for corporate governance at Nissan, and governance of Nissan directly impacts employment in France. Thus interest in Japan’s corporate governance has suddenly shot up in France.The speaker has several years experience as Board Director and Member of the Supervisory & Audit Committee of a stock market listed Japanese SaaS, cloud and cybersecurity group, and will give a practician view of governance at Japanese companies.
Japan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in Tokyo
Speaker: Dr Gerhard Fasol
Dr. Gerhard Fasol, graduated with a PhD in Physics of Cambridge University. He first came to Japan in 1984 to help build a research cooperation with NTT. In 1997 he founded the company Eurotechnology Japan KK and has been working with hundreds of Japanese and foreign companies on cross-border business development and M&A projects. For four years he served as Board Director of a Japanese stock market listed company. He is also Guest-Professor at Kyushu University and was tenured faculty in Physics at Cambridge University, Fellow and Director of Studies at Trinity College Cambridge, Associate Professor at Tokyo University’s Dept of Electrical Engineering, and also Guest Professor in Physics at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. In recent years he has been focusing also on questions of Corporate Governance at Japanese companies, a topic about which he is frequently presenting at a wide range of organizations in and outside Japan.
Event details and registration
Date: Thursday 7 March at 19:00 (Please try to be on time).
Registration: Please register using contact form below, no later than Friday 1 March 2019.
Please note that the last HEC event was booked out early, and some late registrations had to be turned away. So to avoid disappointment, make sure you register early!
Japan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in TokyoJapan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in TokyoJapan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in TokyoJapan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in TokyoJapan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in TokyoJapan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in TokyoJapan’s corporate governance reforms: Joint event with the alumni of HEC, École Polytechnique, Sciences Po, Edhec, Essec and Trinity College/Cambridge University. Thursday 7 March 2019 in Tokyo
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