State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, Switzerland leads delegation to Science Tokyo

October 6, 2025

On September 30, H.E. Prof. Dr. Martina Hirayama, State Secretary, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI within the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Roger Dubach, Ambassador of Switzerland, and their delegation visited Science Tokyo. They held discussions with Vice President for International Strategy and Engagement Nobuhiro Hayashi and Vice President for International Strategy and Internationalization Patrick Foss. After the discussion, they exchanged information and had a laboratory tour with Prof. Yasuhito Sekine, Director and Principal Investigator of Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) and his colleagues.

・ H.E. Prof. Dr. Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation
・ H.E. Prof. Mr. Roger Dubach, Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan
・ Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger, Vice President, University of Zurich (UZH) / Leading House Asia Pacific (LHAP)
・ Prof. Dr. Brenda Kwak, Chair, Programme Committee International Cooperation, National Research Council SNSF
・ Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulthess, Full Professor, ETH Zurich / Director, Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)
・ Dr. Alexandre Pauchard, CEO, CSEM Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology Inc.
・ Ms. Jasmina Opardija-Susnjar, Scientific Advisor, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, EAER
・ Ms. Kyoko Suzuki, Head, Science Office Tokyo, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan

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