Announcement of the 2026 Career Path Diversification Seminar I (Project Facilitation)

Event Outline
*This seminar will be conducted in Japanese only.
Date and Time:
Friday, June 12, 2026 13:00~17:00
place:
Hokkaido University Conference Hall Meeting Room 1
Capacity:
50 people
deadline:
Friday, May 29, 2026
Eligible participants:
Hokkaido University graduate student
However, priority will be given to doctoral students (DC) and Doctoral course post-doctors (PD) (PD).
Master's course students (MC) are also allowed.
*Travel expenses may be reimbursed for Doctoral course other than Sapporo. Please contact us for details.
*There are requirements for obtaining credits. For details on the names of courses and how to obtain credits, please check the "Course Names" of Career Path Diversification Seminar and the event guidelines at the following link.
Lecturer
Naohiro Seki Mr.
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Productivity Reform Department, Information Systems DX Promotion Office
BPR/Project Facilitation Professional
Part-time lecturer at Niigata University
profile
After graduating from the Faculty of Letters Hokkaido University in 1989, he joined Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
After nine years of experience in factory production management, he became the head of the recruitment section of the Information Systems Department in 2008, and then the chief specialist in the Corporate Planning Office in 2012, before becoming the President and CEO of Furukawa Finance and Business Support in June 2016. He assumed his current position in July 2020. This is his 13th time speaking at a seminar hosted by Center for Career Design.
Lecture Outline
Do you ever collaborate with people who have different positions or opinions?
There is a technique called "facilitation" that promotes team activities smoothly.
This workshop will involve small-group exercises where you will learn the tricks of facilitation while also learning case studies of business promotion within companies.
program
13:00-13:30 Introduction & Master's and PhD holders working at manufacturers
13:30-16:40 Facilitation Practice
16:40-17:00 Closing and Q&A
Ended at 17:00
Organizer, co-organizer, and supporter
Organizer
Hokkaido University Institute for Academic Innovation Center for Career Design Doctoral Human Resource Development Unit
Teacher in charge: Takuya YOSHIHARA, Rieko MURAKAMI
Contact
Hokkaido University Institute for Academic Innovation
Center for Career Design Doctoral Human Resource Development Unit
TEL: 011-706-3275
E-mail: s-cubic@synfoster.hokudai.ac.jp
