2024 Faculty Courses School of Science Department of Physics Graduate major in Physics
Practical Exercises in Organizing International Conferences II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Physics
- Instructor(s)
- Takashi Mukaiyama / Kazuyuki Sekizawa
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- PHY.P416
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course aims to foster the students' basic knowledge and experience required to organize and host the international conferences.
Course description and aims
Students are required to form a committee group and organize an international meeting, prepare and carry out the meeting.
Keywords
International conference, making an agenda, creating a poster, announcement, chair of the meeting, English as a common language.
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students prepare proposals for the meeting and ask the judge for eligibility.
If it is approved, the students are expected to organize the meeting.
Follow the instruction in this page. http://info.phys.sci.titech.ac.jp/leadership/application.html
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Students are required to organize themselves, i.e. sharing the tasks, choosing the speakers, making agenda, announce of the meeting via poster, email, managing the meeting, chairing the meeting. In principle, English will be used as a 1st common language. | After the meeting, the students are required to report the outcomes and expenditure of the meeting. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Unspecified
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Unspecified
Evaluation methods and criteria
By assessing the contribution of the student to the organization of the international meeting.
Related courses
- PHY.P413 ： Practical Exercises in International Research I
- PHY.P414 ： Practical Exercises in International Research II
- PHY.P415 ： Practical Exercises in Organizing International Conferences I
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.