Courtesy Visit of Professor Keith W. Hipel
Department of Systems Design and Engineering at the University of Waterloo
President-Elect, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada

On March 18, Professor Keith W. Hipel, Department of Systems Design and Engineering at the University of Waterloo and President-Elect, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada (RSC) paid a courtesy visit to Professor Takashi Onishi, President of Science Council of Japan (SCJ) and Dr. Fumiko Kasuga, Vice-President of SCJ in Charge of International Activities. He was accompanied by Professor Takehiro Inohara, Department of Value and Decision Science, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

The participants had an exchange of opinions on the roles and the resent activities of SCJ and RSC.

The front row, from right to left:
　　Prof. Takehiro Inohara,
　　　　Department of Value and Decision Science, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology,
　　　　Tokyo Institute of Technology
　　Prof. Keith W. Hipel
　　　　Professor,　Department of Systems Design and Engineering the University of Waterloo
　　　　President-Elect, Academy of Science, Royal Society of Canada
　　Prof. Takashi Onishi, President, SCJ

The back row, from right to left:
　　Mr. Sninya Iijima, Deputy Director-General, Secretariat of SCJ
　　Dr. Fumiko Kasuga, Vice-President in Charge of International Activities, SCJ
　　Mr. Masakazu Sato, Director, International Affairs Division, Secretariat of SCJ