2018.03.14
The Agri-Platform Consortium (Representative: Jun Murai, Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, and Dean, Graduate School of Media and Governance), operated by the Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University, is holding a website contest for agricultural high schools and agricultural colleges nationwide, continuing from last year as part of its industry-academia collaboration in the agricultural IT field. After the first round of judging, 62 schools—47 agricultural high schools representing their prefectures, 12 special entry high schools, and 3 agricultural colleges—were selected. The final judging was conducted for these 62 schools, and 14 winners were chosen. Additionally, new special awards have been established for this year's contest: the "Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award," the "MAFF Management Improvement Bureau Director-General's Award," and the "New Zealand Embassy Award."
As previously announced, the awards ceremony will be held on Monday, March 19. We invite the press to cover this event.
■ 14 Winning Schools of the 2nd National Agricultural High School and Agricultural College Website Contest
◆ Agricultural High Schools (* indicates special entry selection)
Hokkaido
Rakuno Gakuen Educational Foundation Towanomori San-ai High School
Aomori Prefecture
Goshogawara Agriculture and Forestry High School
Tochigi Prefecture
Tochigi Agricultural High School
Chiba Prefecture
Shimofusa High School
Mie Prefecture
Hisai Agriculture and Forestry High School
Kyoto Prefecture
Kizu High School
Osaka Prefecture
Nogei High School
Shimane Prefecture
Nima High School
Yagami High School*
Saga Prefecture
Saga Agricultural High School
Nagasaki Prefecture
Seihi Agricultural High School
Kagoshima Prefecture
Yamakawa High School
◆ Agricultural Colleges
Tokyo
Japan Institute of Agricultural Management
Nara Prefecture
Nara International College for Food and Agricultural Creation
■ Judging Overview
(1)
First Round of Judging
:
62 schools selected from 385 agricultural high schools nationwide (including high schools with agricultural departments) and 47 agricultural colleges
(2)
Final Judging
:
14 schools selected from the 62
(3)
Judging Criteria
:
・Effective use of the website to disseminate unique school information
・Quality of the website (accuracy, visibility, frequency of updates, and continuity)
・Implementation of new initiatives, such as the use of ICT
■ Judges (in no particular order)
Kenzaburo Tamaru
(Corporate Officer, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.)
Takeshi Kinoshita
(General Manager, Machinery Business Department, Kubota Corporation)
Keisuke Yanagitani
(Manager, Future City Development Promotion Division, NEC Corporation)
Koji Isemura
(Manager, New Business Promotion Group, Corporate Planning Department, Agribusiness Division, Yanmar Co., Ltd.)
Yosuke Shigeta
(Associate Senior Officer, Corporate Planning Department, Iseki & Co., Ltd.)
Shoji Wajima
(Senior Director, Akisai Business Unit, Innovative IoT Business Division, Fujitsu Limited)
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
(General Manager, Domestic IT Agriculture Promotion Department, Sales Division, Topcon Corporation)
Peter Kell
(Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General, New Zealand Embassy)
Satoshi Kosugi
(President and CEO, Nextscape Inc.)
Kazutaka Kageyama
(EduLab, Inc., Institute for Education and Evaluation, Inc.)
Katsutoshi Teramoto
(Manager, Global Innovation Factory, PwC Consulting LLC)
Hidemitsu Sasaya
(Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager of CSR Department, ITO EN, LTD.)
Hiroki Maeda
(Director, Marketing and Creative Center, Dentsu Inc.)
Kazue Sato
(Director, New Farmers and Women's Empowerment Division, Management Improvement Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
Hiroaki Yamada
(Director, Technology Policy Office, Policy Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
Shigeyuki Onishi
(Auditor, National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (ZEN-NOH))
Yasushi Ogasawara
(Professor, School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University)
Tomoyuki Wada
(Group Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN)
Sakae Shibusawa
(Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Jun Murai
(Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, and Dean, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
Junji Kaminari
(Associate Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)
■ About the Awards Ceremony
Date and Time: Monday, March 19, from 14:00
Location: 5th Floor, South School Building Hall, Mita Campus, Keio University
Representatives including students and faculty from the winning schools will attend the ceremony to receive their awards from the judges.
For details on the purpose of the contest and the 62 schools that passed the first round of judging, please see the press release dated March 8.
This press release (file: "14 Winning Schools Selected for the 2nd National Agricultural High School and Agricultural College Website Contest.pdf" ) has been distributed to the city news desks of various newspapers and agricultural media outlets.
[For inquiries and media requests regarding this matter]
Secretariat of the National Agricultural High School and Agricultural College Website Contest
Junji Kaminari Laboratory, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
kaminari-core@sfc.keio.ac.jp
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