Four researchers at Wayne State University in the United States, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea, and Technical University of Dortmund in Germany paid a courtesy visit to President Hirofumi Makino at Okayama University on January 15.　

The researchers came to Japan to attend the “10th International Symposium for Future Technology Creating Better Human Health and Society,” held by the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems on January 16. During their visit, they exchanged views on Innovations with Social Issues, the theme of the symposium, with President Makino, Professor Masaharu Seno, the Dean of the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, and Ken Aoo, Senior Assistant Professor in the same department. President Makino explained our university’s commitment to the SDGs, while the researchers described efforts made at their universities and talked about the possibilities of exchanges. Through this visit, exchanges between the universities are expected to expand further in the future.