Based on the experience of cooperation with many Japanese universities in the field of semiconductors, the university was invited by the Ministry of Economic Affairs to participate in the "2024 Taiwan-Japan Science and Technology Symposium" held in Tokyo last week to actively promote the bilateral scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation between Taiwan and Japan.
The delegation to Japan was led by the Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. Kuo Chih-Fai, and included President Lin Chi-Hong, Prof. Han Chuan Seiji, Tamayama Scholar and Director of the Taiwan-Japan Exchange Office, and Tai Chungho, a well-known venture capitalist and alumnus. With the assistance of Zhou Xueyou, Deputy Representative of the Representative Office in Japan, the delegation had in-depth exchanges with Japanese industry, government and academia, including Mr. Gan Liming, President of the Semiconductor Strategy Members' Coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.
In the conference, President Lin Chi-hung emphasized that he shared the results of the interaction between Taiwan and Japan in the fields of academics and science and technology, based on the experience of our university's cooperation with a number of top Japanese universities, such as Hokkaido University, Kumamoto University, and Kyushu University. In addition, focusing on the challenges of Taiwan's diplomatic and technological industry layout, Lin proposed the idea of "International co-creation based on platform of university consortium", which was widely supported by all walks of life in the conference.
Lin Qihong said that in the face of the current global geopolitical situation and the rapid development of AI and semiconductors, the establishment of a university-based transnational co-innovation platform will help Taiwan and its friendly countries to maintain a leading position in the field of technology, increase global influence, enhance the resilience of the supply chain, and cultivate the next generation of science and technology talents. He believes that based on the established cooperation, Taiwan and Japan will be able to work together to make significant contributions to the international technology industry.
In addition to Prof. Seiji Kankawa, who has been teaching at our university for many years, introducing Taiwan's academic and research environments to the Japanese side, Tai also explored in depth with the Japanese side the opportunities for cooperation between Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing capabilities and Japan's technological equipment, as well as the possibilities for future cooperation in areas such as IC design and AI applications.
Taiwan's competitive advantage in the field of semiconductors, through this "academic diplomacy", will help Taiwan and Japan to understand each other and cooperate to promote the economic security mindset based on semiconductors.
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