ETH-Japan Symposium
SJCC Scholarship Fund Alumnus and Head of the Science and Technology Office at the Swiss Embassy in Tokyo Dr. Felix Moesner is visiting Switzerland to hold a presentation at The First ETH-Japan Symposium for the Promotion of Academic Exchanges from March 7-9, 2012. His presentation is on the topic of 'Success Factors for Cooperation between Japan and Switzerland'. It will be held at the Aula in the ETH Zurich main building. To sign up for this academic symposium please follow this link. This will also be an opportunity to hear a little bit more about the SJCC Alumni Organisation event called Japan Gate, which will take place in september.

Tomodachi Calling Charity
This charity web-shop for the victims of the disaster in Japan Tomodachi Calling was co-founded by SJCC Alumnus Alexandre Prestele, who says that against the backdrop of the unthinkable catastrophes that struck Japan, he and his friends could not just sit around doing nothing. He continues, "so instead of hoping and waiting, we decided to join forces and to act and contribute. We deeply believe that the talents and skills of creatives can mobilize funds for the ones in need in north-eastern Japan!"

The Tomodachi Calling charity web-shop is organized by a group of international friends (Japanese, German, French, Dutch, Swiss). They are asking famous and less renowned creatives to contribute a design that will be used for t-shirts and other objects (mugs, buttons, iphone-cases etc.). All the profits will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross.

'foraus' Podium Discussion led by SJCC Alumnus
The foreign policy think tank 'foraus' holds the following podium discussion in cooperation with Institute of East Asian Studies of the University of Zurich, asienspiegel.ch and the SJCC Alumni. The discussion will be hosted by one SJCC Alumnus, Dominique Ursprung.
The discussion takes place on March, 28 at the University of Zurich (Main Building) Room KOH-B-10, Rämistrasse 71 at 18h30 (Flyer). On the podium discussing will be:

Urs Meister - Project Leader Avenir Suisse and Author of the book "Energiesicherheit ohne Autarkie - Die Schweiz im globalen Kontext"
Georg Blind - Chief Assistant of the Mercator Chair of Japan Studies at the University of Zurich
Hermann Escher - Board Member of the SJCC and Visiting lecturer at the University of Zurich
Dominique Reber - Head Infrastructure, Energy and Environment at economiesuisse)
Watch the Discussion as a Switch Video Cast

Getting Started in Tokyo
The Getting Started in Tokyo Guide has been developed by the Science & Technology Office at the Swiss Embassy in Japan. Felix Moesner and his team have gathered experiences from former Scholarship recipients and combined them in this first downloadable version of the Getting Started in Tokyo Guide. The guide was presented for the first time at the SJCC Alumni Japan Gate 2010.