Events

Upcoming events

Webinars Series

There are three thematic areas for our upcoming webinar series: sustainability, digitalization, and diversity. We will have one webinar series for each topic. 

The first webinar series on sustainability started in Spring 2024 and will have three episodes. You can find the detailed program here.

First Autumn School Series in Tokyo, Sept 30 - October 04 2024

We are planning the first Autumn School Series in Tokyo this October! Are you ready to embark on a life-changing academic experience? Join us at the SOMAT-project Autumn Graduate School in Tokyo from September 30 to October 04, 2024! 


This autumn school's main target is master's students, and it is open for PhD students in both Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Equality and Diversity students. We invite you to apply to participate in this unique opportunity. 


Not only will you gain international experience, but you will also attend courses taught by prestigious professors and communicate with other brilliant minds from our partner universities. Don't miss out on this chance to broaden your horizons and expand your knowledge! The project will cover flights, transport, and accommodations.


Contact your university project manager! 


Deadline for application: 23rd of Feb 2024 

SoMaT Tokyo Kick-off 21-22 Sept 2023

We cannot wait to share the exciting news with you! SoMaT Project had its first successful kick-off event in Tokyo with all four partners. We had the honor to have Her Excellency Ms. Kristin Iglum, Ambassador of Norway to Japan kick off the first day!

You can find our below agenda for our 2-day kick-off: 

Past event

Kayoko Nohara

Dazhou Wang

Wei Hong

Chihyung Jeon

NTNU LIFEBOTS-Exchange-Extended Project visited TiTech with KAIST in March 2023

The RCN-funded LIFEBOTS-Exchange-Extended (LEE, 2020-2023) project brings together Norwegian companies and public organizations with academic experts to envision the future of robotics in the healthcare sector and expand the impact and reach of the EU-funded LIFEBOTS Exchange (2019-2025) Project. 

In March 2023, our LEE project, including partners Ålesund Municipality, an SME Jodacare that develops smart glasses devices, and an industry consulting firm PA Consulting, went on a study trip to Japan; the first stop was Tokyo to visit our SoMaT partner Kayoko Nohara's Lab at TiTech together with our KAIST partner leader Chihyung Jeon who happens to have his sabbatical year at University of Tokyo.