The “KU-UNIVIE Strategic Partnership Event: University-Driven Future Society Design” will be held at Kyoto University as detailed below. If you would like to attend the event, please submit the online form below in advance.

Date

May 29, 2025 (Thu) 4:00–5:45 pm

Venue

Shiran Kaikan (Yamauchi Hall), Kyoto University
（ in-person only ）

Target

Faculty, Staff and Students of Kyoto University

Language

English

Participation Fee

Free of charge

Capacity

80

Registration Form

Registration Form
Registration Deadline: May 22, 2025 (Thu)

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Inquiries

International Affairs Office
Email: ipromo＊mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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In commemoration of the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, this lecture event, aligned with the Expo’s theme of “Designing a Future Society for Our Lives,” will be held collaboratively by Kyoto University and its strategic partner, the University of Vienna.

Keynote lectures will be delivered by Prof. Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna), who will speak about the foundations of an ethical AI governance that balances innovation and public value, and Prof. Satoshi Kodama (Kyoto University) who will deliver a lecture titled “The Dual Nature of Science and Technology and the Role of Ethics.”

May 29, 2025

Time (CEST)	Session
16:00 – 16:20	Welcome Speech President Nagahiro Minato, Kyoto University Rector Sebastian Schütze, University of Vienna
16:20 – 17:00	Keynote Lectures Making Artificial Intelligence “Ethical”: What is data solidarity, and why do we need it? Prof. Dr. Barbara Prainsack, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna
17:00 – 17:40	Keynote Lectures The Dual Nature of Science and Technology and the Role of Ethics Prof. Dr. Satoshi Kodama, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
17:40 – 17:45	Wrap-up Prof. Mika Yokoyama, Deputy Executive Vice-President and Director of the European Center, Kyoto University

KU-UNIVIE Strategic Partnership Event: University-Driven Future Society Design held at Kyoto University in collaboration with the University of Vienna (May 29, 2025)

A collaborative academic exchange event titled KU-UNIVIE Strategic Partnership Event: University-Driven Future Society Design was held at Kyoto University in collaboration with the University of Vienna on May 29, 2025. Kyoto University and the University of Vienna concluded an academic exchange agreement in 1993, followed in October 2019 by a Strategic Partnership Agreement. Since then, the two universities have cooperated on the development of cross-disciplinary research collaboration, pioneering joint research in new academic fields, and promoting mobility by early-career researchers.

The event was organized to coincide with a visit to Japan by a delegation from the University of Vienna to participate in the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025. Forty-five people participated in the event, including collaborating researchers from both institutions. The event sought to further promote research collaboration between the two universities, and provide an opportunity to consider how universities can contribute to the Osaka-Kansai Expo’s main theme of “Designing a Future Society for Our Lives.”

The event opened with remarks from President Nagahiro Minato and Rector Sebastian Schütze (University of Vienna). In the keynote speeches that followed, Prof. Barbara Prainsack (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna) spoke about ethical AI governance that balances innovation and public value, with data solidarity as a keyword, and Prof. Satoshi Kodama (Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University) spoke about the dual nature of science and technology and the role of ethics. The event was brought to a close with remarks from Prof. Mika Yokoyama, deputy executive vice-president for international affairs and director of the Kyoto University European Center.

　　

Opening remarks by President Minato and Rector Schütze (University of Vienna)

　　

Keynote speeches by Prof. Prainsack (University of Vienna) and Prof. Kodama

　　

Closing remarks by Prof. Mika Yokoyama, deputy executive vice-president for international affairs and director of the Kyoto University European Center. Executive staff from Kyoto University and the University of Vienna

Event participants