From 3^rd to 7^th September, the Second Interdisciplinary Japan-Dresden Symposium iJaDe2018 will address a large number of research topics in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, psychology and educational science. The Symposium aims to pool the activities of TU Dresden researchers with those of renowned Japanese universities and institutions.

Funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments, this event is a joint project of Kobe University, Osaka University and TU Dresden. The ties of collaboration linking Dresden to Japanese universities and research institutes have many individual strands – during the last four years, the School of Science of TU Dresden has considered research contacts to Japan to be a strategically relevant focus; for this reason, a great number of joint research projects, guest lectures and lectureships as well as a variety of continuing education formats for young researchers, PhD and masters students have been developed. Meanwhile, more than 50 experienced and junior researchers from Japan have been involved in different projects. They are one of the target groups of the Symposium.

Furthermore, iJaDe 2018 extends a warm welcome to all Japanese scientists interested in forging new contacts with those researchers of TU Dresden who are organising the Symposium.

Moreover, the Symposium will welcome Japanese Alumni of German Universities, e.g. researchers who are former fellows or awardees of German foundations or who have spent some time in Germany, studying or working on research as doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers or at a more advanced stage of their careers. Thanks to funding by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, participants who meet these criteria are eligible to apply for additional financial support.

More information on the symposium, including participants and programmes, can be found on iJaDe2018's website.