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Fiscal Year 2019 Business Report <Translation> Fiscal Year 2019 Business Report From: April 1, 2019 To: March 31, 2020 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation Table of Contents I. Basic Information of OIST School Corporation ............................................. 1 1 Summary of the Corporation ..................................................................... 1 (1) Description of Business ...................................................................... 1 (2) Address .............................................................................................. 1 (3) Number of faculty members and employees ...................................... 1 (4) History ................................................................................................ 1 (5) Basis law for the establishment .......................................................... 1 (6) Supervising ministries ......................................................................... 1 (7) Organizational Chart ........................................................................... 2 2 List of Officers, etc. ................................................................................... 3 (1) Officers and Auditors .......................................................................... 3 (2) Members of Governors ....................................................................... 7 (3) Members of Councilors ..................................................................... 17 II. Status of business implementation ............................................................. 19 I. Basic Information of OIST School Corporation 1 Summary of the Corporation (1) Description of Business 1) Establish and operate the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University 2) Provide students with consultations on schooling, career options, and physical and psychological health, and with other support 3) Undertake research commissioned by parties outside the School Corporation, conduct joint research with parties outside the School Corporation, or otherwise conduct education and research activities in collaboration with parties outside the School Corporation 4) Disseminate the achievements of research at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, and promote their utilization 5) Hold research meetings concerning science and technology, and otherwise conduct business to promote exchange among researchers (2) Address Main campus 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0495 Japan Seaside House 7542 Onna, Onna-son, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0411 Japan (3) Number of faculty members and employees (as of March 31, 2020) Faculty members: 66 Employees (exclude temporary staff): 797 (4) History 2011 Nov.: The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation Inauguration (5) Basis law for the establishment Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology School Corporation Act (Act No. 76 of 2009) (6) Supervising ministries Cabinet Office, MEXT 1 (7) Organizational Chart (as of March 31, 2020) As of March 31, 2020 OIST School Corporation Organization Auditors Board of Governors Board of Councilors Ombudsperson Senior Advisor to the President for Executive Vice President forTechnology R&D Cluster Development and Innovation Institutional Development President/CEO Programs ) Assoc. VP Business Development General Counsel Vice President for Communication and Public Relations Technology Licensing Chief Information Security Officer Chief Information Officer (CIO) Assoc. VP Chief Operating Officer (COO) Provost Assoc. VP Vice President for University Community Digital Services Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Emergency Response Coordinator Assistant Provost for Administration Services Media Community Relations Dean of Conference and Dean of the Faculty Affairs Workshop Graduate School Dean of Research Vice President for Vice President for Vice President for Vice President for Human Resources Vice Dean Information Vice Dean Buildings and Financial Technology Facilities Management Management ( Assoc. VP Ganjuu Wellbeing Governmental ch Service Animal Academic Grants and Resear Relations Resource Affairs Faculty Coollaborations Recreation Rules and DNA Services Campus Training and Service and Student Affairs Procedures Sequencing Research Units Budget Building Education Support Child Development Imaging Admissions Academic Facilities Networks and Center HR Compliance and Records Development Accounting Operation and Management Connectivity Instrumental Use Resource Analysis Academic Science and HR Recruiting Center Procurement Infrastructure Program Technology Group and Supplies Facility Support Development Management Engineering Support Diversity Enterprise Library Applications Language Okinawa Environmental Occupational Education Health and Safety Research Support Okinawa Marine Clinic Science Support Scientific Computing and Health Center Data Analysis 2 2 List of Officers, etc. (as of 31 March, 2020) Fixed number: Shall be as prescribed respectively in the Article 5.1, 7 and 19.2 of the OIST Bylaws. Term: Shall be as prescribed respectively in the Article 9.1 and 24.1 of the OIST Bylaws. (1) Officers and Auditors (2) Title Name Term Background President/ Peter Gruss From Jan. 1, 1977 Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, CEO 2017 To University of Heidelberg Dec. 31, 2021 1980 Expert Consultant/Visiting (1st Term) Scientist, NIH, Bethesda 1982 Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Heidelberg 1983 Member, Directorate of the Center for Molecular Biology, University of Heidelberg 1986 Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Molecular Cell Biology 1990 Honorary Professor, University of Göttingen 1997 Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry 2002 President, Max Planck Society 2017 CEO, OIST SC Jan. President of OIST Graduate University Executive Vice Robert From 1975 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Harvard President for Baughman April 1, 2015 University Technology To 1979 Assistant Professor of Development Sep. 30, 2020 Neurobiology, Harvard Medical and Innovation (Reappointed) School / Vice-CEO 1985 Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School 1990 Director, Program in Neurosciences, Harvard University 3 1995 Director, Division of Fundamental Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders, NINDS 1999 Associate Director for Technology Development, Office of the Director, NINDS 2005 Special Research & Training Advisor to the President, OIST PC 2007 Vice President and Executive Director, OIST PC 2011 Provost and Vice-CEO, OIST SC 2014 Executive VP for Sustainable Development of Okinawa, OIST SC 2015 Executive VP for Sustainable Development of Okinawa/Acting Provost and Vice-CEO, OIST 2016 Executive VP for Technology Aug. Development and Innovation/ Vice-CEO, OIST Auditor Shinichi From 1989 Staff of the Cabinet Councilor's Okamoto November 1, Office on Internal Affairs, Cabinet 2017 to Oct. Secretariat 31, 2020 1990 Staff of the Personal Division, the Minister's Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office 1991 Legislative Staff of the General Affairs Bureau for General Affairs Division, Okinawa Development Agency, Prime Minister's Office 1992 Chief of the Personnel Bureau for Planning and Coordination Division, Management and Coordination Agency, Prime Minister's Office 1993 Chief of the Director General's Secretariat, General Affairs Division, Management and Coordination Agency, Prime Minister's Office 1994 Overseas Research Personnel at the National Personnel Authority 1994 Overseas Research Personnel at 4 the National Personnel Authority 1995 Deputy Director, International Coordination, International Division, Science and Technology Promotion Bureau, Science and Technology Agency 1996 Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, the Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, Prime Minister’s Office 1998 Deputy Director, Office for the Central Government Reform Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat 2000 Deputy Director, Cabinet Internal Affairs Office on Okinawa Issues, Cabinet Secretariat 2001 Deputy Director, Staff for the Director General for Okinawa Affairs, Cabinet Office 2002 Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Cabinet Office 2002 Chief Deputy Director, Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office 2004 Counselor, General Affairs Division, Cabinet Office 2004 Director, Office for the Promotion of Special Zones for Structural Reform and the Promotion of Regional Revitalization, Cabinet Secretariat 2006 Director, Unit of the Civil Service Reform, Office for the Headquarters for Administrative Reform 2008 Counsellor, Records and Archives Management Unit, Cabinet Secretariat 2008 Counsellor, Records and Archives Management Division, Cabinet Office 2011 Director, Records and Archives 5 Management Division, Cabinet Office 2012 Professor of Administrative Law, Faculty of Law for Fukuoka University 2014 Director, Center for Personnel Interchanges between the Government and Private Entities, Cabinet Office 2015 Cabinet Counsellor, Office of Policy Planning and Coordination on Territory and Sovereignty, Cabinet Secretariat 2017 Counselor, Minister's Office, Okinawa Development and Promotion Bureau, Cabinet Office, 2017 Auditor for Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University 2014 Director for Okinawa Affairs, Cabinet Office 2015 Director of Audit Office, Japan Sewage Works Agency 2016 Auditor, OIST SC Jun. Auditor Yoshiyuki From 1973 Joined Okinawa Prefectural Uehara November 1, Government Staff, Department of
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