Past Events

External Events

The 39th Board of Governors Meeting

Saturday, May 20, 2023 (All day)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Graduate School

Graduation Ceremony 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00
OIST Auditorium

The Graduation Ceremony to award degrees to students who have graduated in the period May 2022 to April 2023.

Recreation

May Flea Market

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 16:30 to 18:30
Outside the Auditorium

Come buy and sell your 2nd hand things.

No registration required.

Grab a table from Conference Center Meeting Room 4. Put back your table at the end.

Campus Service

Teen Night

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 18:30 to 19:30
Conference Center Meeting Room 4

Teen Night for junior high school and high school kids only! Social night - play games, watch movies, do projects, socialize. Wednesdays from 18:30-19:30 in conference center meeting room 4. All teen s welcome!

External Events

The 31st Board of Councilors Meeting

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 (All day) to Friday, May 19, 2023 (All day)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Recreation

ECO Club Lunch

Monday, May 15, 2023 - 12:00 to 13:00
Center Court
Description:

Come have lunch and talk about sustainability related things!

New restaurants, event ideas, campus gossip, anything goes.

External Events

18th Key Symposium: Longevity and Healthy Ageing: What Can We Learn From Blue Zones?

Friday, May 12, 2023 - 08:30 to Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 17:00
OIST Conference Center

This is a "Key Symposium" arranged by the Journal of Internal Medicine and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Special Registration for OIST members: Register here (OIST login required) | For general information please go the symposium's website .

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 20:00
Seaside Lounge OR beach behind Seaside House

Q: What is the difference between a ukulele player and a savings bond? A: One will mature and make money.

Campus Service

Teen Night

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 18:30 to 19:30
Conference Center Meeting Room 4

Teen Night for junior high school and high school kids only!

Social night - play games, watch movies, do projects, socialize.

Wednesdays from 18:30-19:30 in conference center meeting room 4.

All teens welcome!

Holiday

こどもの日 Children’s Day

Friday, May 5, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Holiday

みどりの日 Greenery Day

Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Holiday

憲法記念日 Constitution Day

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Holiday

昭和の日 Showa Day

Saturday, April 29, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 20:00

If you've never sung "Closing Time" to an audience of hermit crabs have you ever really lived?

Innovation

Sustainable Transport Hackathon - Call for participants

Monday, April 24, 2023 - 19:30 to Sunday, May 14, 2023 - 23:30
Online registration

Do you feel frustrated about the available transportation options for commuting to OIST and traveling around Okinawa? Do you want to find a solution to address this problem? Then join us for the first ever OIST community hackathon aimed at brainstorming sustainable transportation ideas for implementation at OIST and Okinawa!

Graduate School

Use of AI Tools in Higher Education

Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 15:00
Center building, C209

A faculty-Grad School discussion on the use of AI tools in higher education .

Recreation

Jazz jamming session

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 18:30
Seaside Lounge

Join us next week on Tuesday, April 18th in seaside lounge from 18:30!

External Events

The 4th International Conference on Data Driven Plasma Sciences (ICDDPS-4)

Sunday, April 16, 2023 (All day) to Friday, April 21, 2023 (All day)
OIST Conference Center

This is an externally organized event, For more information please go the conference website .

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Thursday, April 13, 2023 - 20:00
Seaside Lounge OR beach behind Seaside House

You can't spell "Ukulele Club" without U! And also "bulk eel cul" but that's harder to interpret.

Professional Development

第1回 事務職員向け勉強会 ❘ #1 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff

Thursday, April 6, 2023 - 13:30 to 14:30
Lab3 C700

*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December.

C-Hub 第1回 事務職員向け勉強会 「研究者の活動」 (日本語)

Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Thursday, March 30, 2023 - 20:00

In this meeting we will discuss the proper method to cook and eat a soprano ukulele.

Wellness

A New Paradigm: Pain Recovery is Possible Dr. Les Aria/ 慢性疼痛の回復への新たな視点 レス・アリア博士

Friday, March 24, 2023 - 10:00 to 12:00
C209 and Zoom

This presentation will cover a new perspective on the definition of chronic pain, coupled with the new brain studies postulating that emotional and physical pains share the same neural networks.

Recreation

Sanshin classes by Satsuki Agena (January to March)

Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 18:00 to 20:15
Plumeria Lounge in the Gardens Housing

Sanshin classes by Satsuki Agena (January to March)

Recreation

TSVP Anniversary Teatime

Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 16:00
Lab 4 Level D Break Area (L4D01)

"TSVP Teatime": informal discussions and getting to know each other

Administrative Meeting

Discussion - OIST Natural History Collection

Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 13:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room C700

Discussion of progress and roadmap for founding an OIST natural history collection.

Administrative Meeting

Environmental Science and Informatics Users Meeting

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:30
Seminar Room C700

In this meeting, we will present information about the new Environmental Science and Informatics section in RSD and ask for feedback from users or potential users of our services. In the interests of keeping the meeting manageable we would prefer to have one representative per unit.

Holiday

春分の日 Vernal Equinox Day

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

External Events

Information Processing Society of Japan - 255th Natural Language Processing Workshop (情報処理学会 第255回自然言語処理研究会)

Saturday, March 18, 2023 (All day)
OIST Conference Center - Meeting Rooms

This is an externally organized event, For more information please go the conference website (Japanese language only).

Innovation

OIST Innovators Society - Bagasse Upcycle

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 11:15 to 12:00
Seminar room L4E01 (Lab 4, Level E)

The OIST Innovators Society is hosting an informal seminar with Shinji Odo, Founder and CEO of BAGASSE UPCYCLE Inc. ( https://bagasse-upcycle.com/home/ ) – an Okinawa-based startup whose mission is to change people‘s clothing consumption behavior in tourist destinations and travel scenes in a sustainable way.

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Thursday, March 16, 2023 - 20:00
Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Fun fact: Beyonce's famous "Single Ladies" is in fact a parody of an old Vaudeville song called "All the Ukuleles"!

Innovation

OIST Innovators Society - Global Hands-On VC

Monday, March 13, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4F01 (Lab 4, Level F)

Join us for coffee and conversation with the founders and managing partners of Global Hands-On VC (GHOVC) ( https://www.ghovc.com/ ), Shri Dodani and Ken Yasunaga.

Recreation

Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Arrangement Workshop

Friday, March 10, 2023 - 17:00 to 19:00
C700 in LAB 3

Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Arrangement Workshop

Training

[Training] COMSOL Multiphysics® Training By COMSOL Japan

Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online

Introduction to Optics Simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics

Recreation

*BeActive Legs, Bums & Tums Class*

Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 19:00 to 19:35
Ocean View Meeting Room
BeActive Fitness Classes

BeActive OIST Fitness Classes have limited numbers and new safety guidelines.

Visit webpage for more information on available classes and times.

Please visit our website to register!

Recreation

*BeActive Abs of Steel Class*

Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 08:00 to 16:00
Village Center Meeting Room
BeActive Fitness Classes

BeActive OIST Fitness Classes have limited numbers and new safety guidelines.

Visit webpage for more information on available classes and times.

Please visit our website to register!

Recreation

Music Theory and Guitar Lessons With Travis White

Monday, February 27, 2023 - 18:30 to 21:30
Zoom meeting

Music Theory and Guitar Lessons With Travis White

Holiday

天皇誕生日 Emperor’s birthday

Thursday, February 23, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Recreation

*BeActive Functional Fitness Class*

Sunday, February 19, 2023 - 09:00 to Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 17:00
Ocean View Meeting Room
BeActive Fitness Classes

BeActive OIST Fitness Classes have limited numbers and new safety guidelines.

Visit webpage for more information on available classes and times.

Please visit our website to register!

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge

Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 20:00
Seaside Lounge

This week we will discuss how the ukulele is the ideal instrument to accompany songs about existentialism.

Training

[Training] COMSOL Multiphysics® Bimonthly Training By COMSOL Japan

Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00
Web

If you are interested in solving heat transfer problems using COMSOL Multiphysics ® , this is the online seminar for you.

Program 14:00 – 15:00 JST

External Events

The 38th Board of Governors Meeting

Thursday, February 16, 2023 (All day)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

External Events

The 23rd Conference of Okinawa Physical Therapy Association 2023

Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 09:00 to 17:40
OIST Conference Center

This is an externally organized event. For more information please go the conference website .

Holiday

建国記念の日 Foundation Day

Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Professional Development

Survival Japanese for Absolute Beginners

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Lab2, C600B

Seminars will be held on Tuesdays st C600B in Lab2 from 11AM to Noon. Please note that space is limited to the first 20 people who enter the room.

Recreation

Cosmos screening (episode 8)

Friday, February 3, 2023 - 18:00
Lab 4 discussion space (F22c)

Cosmos episode 8: Journeys in Space and Time

Recreation

Sanshin classes by Satsuki Agena (January to March)

Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 18:00 to 20:15
Plumeria Lounge in the Gardens Housing

Sanshin classes by Satsuki Agena (January to March)

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge

Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 09:00
Seaside Lounge

This week we will focus on developing a repertoire of facial expressions to make while playing ukulele solos.

External Events

The 30th Board of Councilors Meeting

Thursday, February 2, 2023 (All day)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Innovation

Danish Design Center Seminar: "How should societal design change when the society expands?"

Friday, January 27, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:30
B250

Dr. Christian Bason, CEO, Danish Design Center. Language: English, Open to OIST Community

Innovation

OIST Innovators Society Seminar - Bringing medical devices to the market

Friday, January 27, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar room L4E01 (Lab 4, Floor E) + zoom (Meeting ID: 959 3115 2658 Passcode: 914922)

Are you developing or want to develop medical devices, drugs or vaccines at OIST? Would you like to see your technology reach the hands of patients after they are developed in research labs?

Then, please join us at the next Innovators society meeting on January 27 th , where Dr. Laurent Metz will give us a glimpse into his 20 years of experience of bringing medical devices to the markets.

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