COC Promotion Office

■Overview The COC Promotion Office has been established to promote the Town, People and Job Development through Manufacturing and Human Resources project, which was selected as a COC University-led Regional Revitalization Project (COC+) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in academic 2015. In this project, four manufacturing-related universities in Hokkaido (Muroran Institute of Technology, Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido University of Science, and Chitose Institute of Science and Technology), four technical colleges (Tomakomai, Kushiro, Asahikawa, and Hakodate), and nine local governments (Hokkaido, Muroran, Kitami, Sapporo, Chitose, Tomakomai, Kushiro, Asahikawa, and Hakodate) collaborate/cooperate with each other to create and develop attractive jobs in Hokkaido for aspiring and talented young people and foster individuals with the manufacturing ability needed in Hokkaido, thereby attracting individuals who can play a key role in regional revitalization, staving off the decline of Hokkaido’s population and economy, and contributing to the creation of autonomous and sustainable local communities.

■Address COC Promotion Office 2F, Education Research Building 1, Muroran Institute of Technology 27-1 Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido, 050-8585 Tel. 0143-46-5951 Fax 0143-46-5953 COC Promotion Office MuroranIT TECHNO AGORA

■Overview The Muroran Institute of Technology’s TECHNO AGORA was established in September 2014 as part of efforts to promote the development of the local community with the Institute serving as a center of knowledge. Located in a vacated store on the first floor of an apartment house in the shopping district of Muroran’s Wanishi-cho district, this facility serves as a forum for local contribution activities and provides the Institute’s students with opportunities to voluntarily play active roles in the local community. The term Agora is a Greek word meaning a“gathering place.” It was named also with hopes of serving as a place of regional revitalization where local residents, students External view of TECHNO AGORA and other people come together. This facility is open to anyone including local residents and students free of charge.

■Address Yokoyama Apartment House 1F, 2-2, Wanishi-cho, Muroran, 050-0085 (For any inquiries, please contact us at +81-0143-46-5027) Hands-on class for children Exhibition of research activity Satellite Office (Sapporo)

■Overview The office was opened as a base for industry-academia-government collaboration based on interaction among universities, public experimental stations, economic organizations and government agencies in Hokkaido. It disseminates information on local needs/ideas and new technological seeds developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, universities and public experiment stations, offers technical support, and supplies helpful information relating to technology commercialization. The office also provides space for meetings and seminars, access to documents regarding universities and institutions, and booths for small-group gatherings and consultations. Muroran Institute of Technology utilizes the center as a venue to discuss joint research projects, introduce new technological seeds and hold meetings. ■Address HiNT, R&B Park Sapporo Odori Satellite 1F Showa Building, (directly connected to Exit No. 1 of Odori Subway Station) 8, Odori Nishi 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0042 Tel: 011-219-3359 Fax: 011-219-3351

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