Brazil-Japan Joint Symposium on Adhesive Dentistry 2017

Brazil-Japan Joint Symposium on Adhesive Dentistry 2017

 Brazil-Japan Joint Symposium on Adhesive Dentistry 2017 was held on Oct. 31th to Nov. 1st at University of Campinas, Piracicaba (UNICAMP), Sao Paulo, Brazil. This event was supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). The coordinators of Japan and Brazil are Professor Junji Tagami (Cariology and Operative Dentistry, TMDU) and Professor Marcelo Giannini (UNICAMP). The purpose of this program was to encourage young researchers to share knowledge, experience and ideas in the research areas stipulated in the call for proposals, to provide them with a career development opportunity, and to build networks for future collaborations among them that may lead to the development of new research areas.

 Total 304 researchers and clinicians, including 14 Japanese researchers from 6 Universities participated this workshop. From TMDU, Professor Tagami (coordinator), Dr. Toru Nikaido (mentor) and the three young researchers; Drs. Rena Takahashi, Takaaki Sato (excellent presentation award) and Juri Hayashi (excellent presentation award) joined the workshop.