On June 26, St. Petersburg-Kanazawa Universities Joint Symposium took place at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. President Koetsu Yamazaki, 13 faculty and staff and 5 graduate students from Kanazawa University participated in the event.

President Yamazaki and Vice Rector Sergey Andryushin opened the Symposium, and the researchers from both universities made presentations on their researches in three groups classified by research area. KU Graduate students also made poster presentations on their researches.

Also, on this day, President Yamazaki paid a courtesy visit to Rector Nikolay Kropachev, and there were discussions about the future collaboration between the two universities.

It was an essential opportunity to promote research exchanges and collaborations.