"Safety in Chemical Experiments" Seminar was held at the University Auditorium on December 4, 2019. The purpose of this seminar was to raise awareness of potential risks and importance of safety pertaining to chemical experiments among university students, academic and administrative staff, as well as those who are responsible for science education and safety control. A total of 280 people including senior high school teachers, staff from other universities (of them, 18 were outside of Gifu University) attended the seminar.

Associate Professor Rumiko Hayashi, and Professor Kengo Tomita from the Environment, Health and Safety Promotion, Nagoya University were invited as keynote speakers. The themes of their speeches were: "Safety of Chemical Substances - Learn from Case Examples" (Associate Professor Hayashi), "Envision "Fires" at Laboratory" (Professor Tomita). They spoke about the cases actually happened at universities, and showed images of simulated fires at laboratories on the screen. They also underscored the necessity of studying grave dangers posed by chemical substances and fires by observing the cases happened in the past.

The keynote speech session was followed by presentations of two Gifu University staff; Mr. Kenjiro Kajihara from the Supporting and Development Center for Technology Education, the Faculty of Engineering (speech title; "Gifu University's Commitment to Promoting Health and Safety"), and Professor Osamu Sakurada in charge of environmental affairs on campus (speech title: "Gifu University's Environmental Initiatives").

"Accident scenes were so shocking," "I realized the dangers of chemical substances," "I want to be more cautious while conducting experiments." They are some of the feedback from the students in attendance.

Gifu University continues to strive for securing safety on campus and reducing the effects on the environment for safer university in the future.