The Hokkaido FD/SD Council holds the Hokkaido FDSD Forum every year for two days from the first Friday in September as a learning opportunity to report on practices and exchange information with people from higher education institutions across Japan on the various issues we face. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the forum was held online for only one day until last year.　However, this year, we have decided to hold it in-person for the first time in four years.
　Our theme of this year is ‘Universities in the Post-Corona’, and participants will discuss how to make use of the knowledge gained during the three years of the Covid-19 pandemic in future university management, education, and research activities.
 
　The symposium will also pay special attention to the theme ‘The potential of ChatGPT in higher education institutions—from administrative work to education and research’, focusing on ChatGPT, which is a hot topic as generative AI, and discussing how it should be dealt with in higher education institutions. Lectures will be given by Prof. Kenji Araki, a natural language processing specialist (HU), and Mr. Koki Mukono (Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.), one of the first to introduce ChatGPT in their company, followed by a general discussion including participants.
 
　Individual presentations will be invited from faculty and staff across Japan working on improving classes and administrative work. Five topics for Group Sessions have been prepared. This will be an opportunity for individual participants to reflect on the three years of the Covid-19 pandemic and to think about and discuss the ‘Universities in the Post-Corona’.
 
　The Forum actively invites faculty members and administrative staff to participate. We look forward to welcoming many participants for two days of learning together with the faculty and staff who support the university and higher education.

＊Reporting parties for the Part 2 of the Individual Presentations are invited nationwide.
Please read the “Hokkaido FDSD Forum 2023 Call for Individual Presentations”

＜Program＞

9/1(Fri)

12:30　　Reception starts
13:00　　Opening remark　Prof. Kunihito Kawanishi (President of Sapporo Gakuin University)

Part 1　
13:05～15:00　　Symposium

13:05　　Introduction to the Symposium

13:10　　Keynote Speeches　　　　　　　
“How ChatGPT works and how to use it in education”
Prof. Kenji Araki (Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Division of Media and Network Technologies, HU)

“The Role of Companies in the ChatGPT Era – How to deal with generative AI”
Mr. Hiroki Mukaino (Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.　 IT・デジタル推進本部　戦略企画部 シニアマネジャー)

 14:10　　Plenary Discussion
15:00　　End of Part I　&　Break

Part 2　
15:15～17:20　　Individual Presentations

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15:15　　Individual Presentations (first half)
16:25　　Break
16:35　　Individual Presentations (second half)
17:20　　End of Part 2

Part 3
17:40～19:10　　Information Exchange(fee　4000yen）

9/2(Sat)

 ※Please click here for the details of each Group Session as PDF.

10:00　　Reception starts

10:30　　Group Session I

A: ICT-enhanced Classes in the Post-Corona
　presented by
　　Sapporo Gakuin University
　　Hokusho University
　　Tenshi College
　　National Institute of Technology, Tomakomai College

B: International Exchange in the Post-Corona
　presented by
　　Kitami Institute of Technology
　　Asahikawa City University
　　Hokkaido University of Science

12:00　　End of Group Session I　&　Lunch Break

12:45　　 Group Session II

C: Post-Corona DX for Operational and Business Improvement
　presented by
　　Muroran Institute of Technology
　　Sapporo City University
　　Hokkaido University

D: Post-Corona Student Support
　presented by
　　Asahikawa Medical University
　　Asahikawa City University
　　Sapporo Gakuin University
　　Hokkaido University of Science

14:15　　End of Group Session II　&　Break

14:30　　Group Session III

E: Potential of ChatGPT（Generative AI）for Students, Faculty and Staff
　presented by
　　Muroran Institute of Technology
　　Sapporo University
　　Hokkaido University

16:00　　End of the all session

※Details will be updated later. Last updated：11/28