JSF Socials
About JSF socials
JSF Socials are regular informal meetings to support the goals of JSF throughout the year, in particular to build community among public relations staff working in English in Japanese universities and other institutions.
Schedule
JSF socials are held at 7 pm Japan time of every third Thursday of odd months.
NEXT EvENT: TBD
Future events
TBD
Past events
2025-01-16: Technology in communications
Lester Kok Wei Ming
Senior Assistant Director for Media Relations, Nanyang Technological University
"NTU’s use of augmented reality and AI in communications"
[Slides]
2024-09-19: Reputation management
David Kornhauser
Director of International Communications, Kyoto University
"The CBR of branding: institutional reputation is everywhere"
[Slides]
2024-07-18: Media relations
2024-05-16: Health communication
Holly Seale
Associate Professor, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales
"Supporting communication during the COVID-19 pandemic: development of a vaccine glossary"
[Slides]
João Cardoso
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of Coimbra / Tokyo Polytechnic University
"Crafting a transmedia storytelling universe for health communication"
[Slides]
2024-01-18: Evaluating communications activities
2023-12-21: Getting stories into the media
2023-09-21: AI and Scicomm
Sabine Louët
Founder and CEO SciencePOD
“How can AI help make science more accessible”
[Slides]
Daisuke Furuta
Journalist / Editor-in-chief, Japan Fact-check Center
“What AI brings to Information Disorder”
[Slides]
2023-07-20: Keeping up to date with research communication
Hiromitsu Urakami
Researcher Engagement in Research Communication in Japan: Surveying Practices, Awareness, and Challenges
[Slides]
Marina Joubert
Scientists’ participation in public communication and engagement: Insights from South Africa
[Slides]