Visit Taiwan

ByJun

From 15th to 18th March, Prof. Waka and Prof. Jun visited several institutes in Taiwan to discuss preparations for the next SPICE and I-WIT 2027. On the 16th morning, they visited Mingdao High School in Taichung, then, in the afternoon of the same day, they had a meeting with Prof. Stano Kong of Tunghai University. The next day, they visited National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, where they met Prof. Jeng-yih Tim Hsu to gain mutual understanding of intercultural communication education and the SMILE project, among other topics.

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