A technical forum in Nagaoka on October 30 will bring together researchers and business speakers, including a student who started a company this year. Niigata Keizai Shimbun reports that the fifth lecture meeting of the Nagaoka Power Electronics Research Group will run from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Civic Exchange Hall A, on the first floor of Aore Nagaoka’s west building.
The programme covers research, technology trends and workforce development. Five invited speakers are listed, alongside a briefing on the group’s activities by its chair, Junichi Ito, a professor at Nagaoka University of Technology. The meeting is co-hosted with Nagaoka City.
Power electronics concerns converting and controlling electricity efficiently. The group links the city, the university and businesses to share research and strengthen the area’s industrial base; the report says 90 institutions participate.
長岡で10月30日にパワーエレクトロニクス技術講演会 学生起業家らが研究・人材育成を紹介
にいがた経済新聞によると、長岡パワーエレクトロニクス研究会は10月30日午後1時30分～5時30分、アオーレ長岡西棟1階市民交流ホールAで第5回技術講演会を開く。今年起業した学生起業家を含む講師5人が、研究や技術動向、人材育成などを紹介し、伊東淳一・長岡技術科学大学教授による研究会の現状説明も予定する。長岡市との共催。パワーエレクトロニクスは電力を効率的に変換・制御する技術で、同紙は市・大学・企業など90機関が参画し、研究成果の共有と地域の産業拠点機能の強化を目指すと伝える。