On November 18, 2025, Professor Yoshifumi Kitamura served as a lecturer for the MICE Business Seminar: Practical Edition, hosted by the Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau, held at La Banque du Loa, a Yokohama City-designated Tangible Cultural Property located in Yamashita-cho, Naka Ward. He delivered a lecture titled “The Candid Thoughts of a University Researcher Hosting an International Conference.”

(Program link: https://business.yokohamajapan.com/mice/ja/news/detail/?id=3924)