President Tadenuma attends the Paris U7+ Summit of leading universities around the world
President Koichi Tadenuma and Vice President Atsushi Yamada attended the inaugural U7+ Alliance Summit, which took place at the Paris Campus of Sciences Po, France on July 9¨C10, 2019.
The U7+ Alliance was recently established in 2019 under the patronage of Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France, as an international coalition of the world¡¯s leading universities. The Alliance aims to engage in discussions as well as in tangible actions and specific commitments that universities agree to undertake to address pressing global challenges.
Sciences Po, a research university located in the heart of Paris, hosted the two-day summit that brought together 48 presidents of major universities from G7 countries and beyond. The Summit discussed five major worldwide challenges that universities should agree to resolve: the key role of universities in a global world; climate change; biodiversity and cleaner energy; inequality and polarized societies; technological transformations; and community engagement and impact.
Hitotsubashi University took part in the Summit from Japan along with the University of Tokyo, Osaka University, and Keio University.
In a vote taken at the conclusion of the summit, the Alliance adopted six principles. The Alliance also agreed to a regular summit. President Tadenuma was one of the six leaders selected to announce the adopted principles at a press conference.
The universities that form the Alliance will act to implement relevant measures in cooperation with other U7+ universities.
Group Photo of the U7+ Alliance
President Tadenuma to announce the adopted
six principles as a representative of the alliance
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