Dear EIJS friends,

We would like to invite you to the EIJS Academy seminar on "The Fast Changing Landscape of Global Research and Development
- Complexity, Competition and Collaboration" a lecture by Dr. Anders Karlsson, Vice President, Elsevier on January 23, 2013.
Please find below the details of the seminar.

Your registration is very welcome at eijsjap[at]gmail.com for the attention of Mrs. Miki Futagawa.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your attendance and friendship to the EIJS seminar series in 2012.

We wish you a pleasant holiday season and a Happy New Year!

Sincerely yours,
Miki Futagawa
EIJS Tokyo Office



European Institute of Japanese Studies
Academy Seminars
presents:
"The Fast Changing Landscape of Global Research and Development
- Complexity, Competition and Collaboration"

Dr. Anders Karlsson
Vice President Academic Relations Japan/APAC
Elsevier
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Alfred Nobel Auditorium
Embassy of Sweden

About the talk: Science is a global enterprise. In 2012
the global R&D investment amounted to roughly 1,4
trillion US$ (PPP) and there are more than 7 million
researchers around the world. Scientific training
shapes the future work force, science output serves as
inspiration to innovation, and innovative companies
drive national competiveness and growth.
With the perspective from a science publisher and
digital content provider, Dr Karlsson will show how the
world of global R&D is becoming complex, competitive
and collaborative and discuss some challenges and
chances this is providing researchers, industrialists
and policy makers. Anders will show examples on where
Japan and Sweden are in this landscape, and discuss
also why international collaboration and “brain
circulation” are crucial elements in today’s research
landscape. Can Japan compete, and how should Japan do
it?

About the speaker: Dr. Anders Karlsson joined Elsevier
in Nov. 2012 as Vice President Academic Relations
Japan/APAC. In this role he works in partnership with
universities and research institutions to support
the development of their research and innovation
capabilities. Elsevier is a world-leading provider of
scientific, technical and medical information products
and services.

Before this he served for five years as Counselor for
Science and Innovation, and head of the Office of
Science and Innovation/Growth Analysis, at the Embassy
of Sweden, Tokyo, Japan. From 2001 to 2011
he also held a position as professor of Quantum
Photonics at the Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden. He is the recipient of the EU Rene
Descartes Research Prize in 2004, and has been visiting

Scientist at NTT Basic Research Laboratory, Tokyo,
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, and Zhejiang University, Hang Zhou. He has
lectured frequently on issues ranging from science and
innovation policy, project management, to the physics
of teleportation

Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Time: 6.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Drink & Snack (served
before lecture)
7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Lecture and
Discussion

Place: Alfred Nobel Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden
10-3-400 Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
106-0032
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nanboku
Line Roppongi 1-chome Station
Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya
Line Kamiya-cho Station

Fee: JPY3,000 per person, payable at the door
Free for those who are from sponsoring
companies (*)
Free for students, please bring your
student ID

Language: English

(*) EIJS Academy 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 Sponsoring
companies
Gadelius Holding Ltd., Ericsson Japan K.K., Nihon
Tetra Pak K.K., Sandvik K.K.,
Höganäs Japan K.K. and in cooperation with the Embassy
of Sweden
Please sign up by January18 (Fri.) via e-mail to
eijsjap[at]gmail.com for the attention of Ms. Futagawa
(EIJS Tokyo Office).

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Miki Futagawa
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Tokyo Office
c/o Embassy of Sweden
1-10-3-400, Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
Tel: +81(0)3 5562 5032
Fax: +81(0)3 5562 9090
Email: eijsjap[at]gmail.com