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| Prof. Ono and Prof. Dr. Hakim |
On 29 August, a joint staff meeting was held at JSPS with a delegation from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences led by its vice chairman Prof. Dr. Lukman Hakim. The meeting was preceded by a signing ceremony for a revised memorandum of understanding between the two organizations. Accompanying Prof. Dr. Hakim were Dr. Neni Sintawardani, head of LIPI's Bureau for Cooperation and Promotion of Science and Technology, and Ms. Nur Tri Aries S., head of the same bureau's Cooperation Division.
At the MoU signing ceremony, JSPS president Prof. Motoyuki Ono thanked LIPI for their cooperation in creating the new program framework embodied in the revised MoU and asked their cooperation in implementing Asian Summit of Funding Institutions and HOPE Meetings as part of a wider initiative to build a vibrant S&T community in Asia. Prof. Dr. Hakim thanked JSPS for their long-enduring cooperation and said that LIPI would be happy to support and participate in the community-building programs.
The discussion in the following joint staff meeting centered on ways to pursue joint investigations into the earthquakes and tsunami that had recently occurred in Indonesia. It was decided to hold a workshop on the subject in or around December.
- Asian Program Division
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