MANA International Symposium 2011 successfully finished
March 4, 2011
The MANA International Symposium 2011 (March 2-4, 2011) was held jointly with the International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS) at the Epochal Tsukuba International Congress Center. The symposium has been held once a year to present research results of MANA to the inside and outside of Japan.
The symposium started with a openig adress by Dr. Sukekatsu Ushioda (NIMS President), greeting addresses by Ms Mami Oyama (Strategic Director for Science and Technology Ministry), Prof. Toshio Kuroki (WPI program Director), and Prof. Gunzi Saito (Program Officer).
Dr. Sukekatsu Ushioda
Ms Mami Oyama
Prof. Toshio Kuroki
Prof. Gunzi Saito
The symposium continued with a general introduction of MANA by Aono Masakazu, MANA director-General, a Special Lecture by Dr. Heinrich Rohrer, Nobel laureate in Physics (1986) and MANA advisor, and a Keynote Lecture by Prof. Klaus von Klitzing, Nobel laureate in Physics (1985), Max Planck Institute.
Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2010, gives a Special Lecture.
Dr. Heinich Rohrer, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1986, talks at the Special Session.
Prof. Klaus von Klitzing
Audience in the venue
Then, presentations of research results from the four research fields Nano-material, Nano-systems, Nano-bio and Nano-green and from the International Center for Young (ICYS) were conducted over three days. In particular, since the mid-term evaluation of the WPI program will follow late this year, four fields coordinators presented the research highlights for four years. The sessions also included 8 invited presentations by distinguished scientists from the world as shown below.
Prof. Anthony Cheetham, University of Cambridge
Prof. Allan Hoffman, University of Washington
Prof. Nobuo Kimizuka, Kyushu University
Prof. Susumu Kitagawa, Kyoto University
Prof. Lars Samuelson, Lund University
Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University
Prof. Françoise Winnik, University of Montreal
Prof. Qikun Xue, Tsinghua University
32 oral presentations, in addition to 10 invited lectures by leading scientists working in nanotechnology around the world, and 117 poster presentations by 32 researchers from MANA Principal Investigators, MANA Scientists, MANA Independent Scientists, ICYS Researchers were conducted. 410 participants in totally from 29 countries made active discussions and the symposium finished successfully.
The participants at the entrance of Eochal Tsukuba on March 2, 2011.