NIMS Award Symposium
An international symposium promoting research in materials science
2025.03.11 Update

In 2003, NIMS began hosting the NIMS Conference, an international meeting serving as a forum for discussions aimed at promoting research in materials science. Its successor, the NIMS Award Symposium, takes on various issues and challenges in materials science and nanotechnology, with the annual theme picked on the basis of the latest research findings.

Event overview
Main programs are as follows.
- NIMS Award ceremony and winner’s commemorative lecture
- Special lectures by leading researchers from around the world
- Poster presentations by young researchers
Date: annually in Autumn
Language: English
Past events
(The name of the event has changed over the years.)
- NIMS Award Symposium 2024 ▶Special site ▶Event report
- NIMS Award Symposium 2023 ▶Event report
- NIMS WEEK 2022 : NIMS Award Symposium (Day1) ▶Special site
- NIMS WEEK 2021 : NIMS Award Ceremony & Academic Symposium (Day1) ▶Special site
- NIMS WEEK 2020 : NIMS Award 2020 ▶Special site
- NIMS WEEK 2019 : NIMS Award Ceremony & Academic Symposium (Day2) ▶Special site
- NIMS WEEK 2018 : Academic Symposium (Day1) ▶Special site
- NIMS WEEK 2017 : Academic Symposium (Day1) ▶Special site
- NIMS WEEK 2016 : Innovative NIMS (Day1) ▶Special site ▶Event report
- NIMS Conferences (2003-2015) ▶Related Information