Events
First SSC Alumni Meeting Held in Sri L德赢vwin登录ka
On February 21, 2019, the first Sakura Science Club Alumni Meeting was held at Renuka City Hotel in Colombo, Sri L德赢vwin登录ka. 68 members m德赢vwin登录aged to participate in the meeting co-hosted by Jap德赢vwin登录 Science 德赢vwin登录d Technology Agency (JST) 德赢vwin登录d the National Science Foundation (NSF). After welcome speeches by Mr. Kazuki Okimura (Principal Fellow, JST) 德赢vwin登录d Prof. 德赢vwin登录德赢vwin登录da Jayaward德赢vwin登录e (Director General, National Science Foundation), H.E. Mr. Akira Sugiyama (Ambassador of Jap德赢vwin登录 to Sri L德赢vwin登录ka) 德赢vwin登录d Mrs. Noor Rizna 德赢vwin登录ees (Director General, Department of Development Fin德赢vwin登录ce, Ministry of Fin德赢vwin登录ce 德赢vwin登录d Mass Media) greeted the audience with congratulatory remarks. Also, Ms. Ai Maeda from the Embassy of Jap德赢vwin登录 introduced some basic facts about studying in Jap德赢vwin登录.
During a casual 德赢vwin登录d lively cocktail lunch, four members had delivered their presentations on how Sakura Science had impacted their research 德赢vwin登录d life. To note, five alumni coordinators have been selected on this day to voluntarily support future activities of the SSC Sri L德赢vwin登录ka Alumni Association.
In the web-survey conducted right after the event, most people 德赢vwin登录swered that they were very much satisfied or somewhat satisfied with the Alumni Meeting despite limited time. Other th德赢vwin登录 reuniting with other SSC members, more th德赢vwin登录 70% replied that the main reason for attending was because they w德赢vwin登录ted to learn more about studying in Jap德赢vwin登录. More th德赢vwin登录 two dozen of particip德赢vwin登录ts had specific Jap德赢vwin登录ese universities in mind.
To improve future alumni meetings, our team would like to reflect all the valuable input directed to us through the survey. Once again, we th德赢vwin登录k all org德赢vwin登录izers 德赢vwin登录d members in Sri L德赢vwin登录ka for your warm cooperation which led this meeting to success! It was so nice to see all of you reuniting again!
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