Science and Science Policy of Japan Sponsored by The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and
organized by its Washington Liaison Office
Cosponsored by Department of Energy, National Institute of Health,
National Science Foundation and American Association for the Advancement of Science
Washington DC on March 7,1997
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND ABSTRACT
9:00am-09:30am
Registration
9:30am-10:20am
Strengthening Japan's Science Base: Developments in Education and Research Infrastructure
Dr.Akito ARIMA, Director, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
10:20am-11:10am
Future Accelerator Projects in Japan
Dr.Hirotaka SUGAWARA, Director,National High Energy Physics Laboratory (KEK)
11:10am-12:00am
The need for Increased Japan-U.S. Collaboration in High Energy Physics
Dr. Burton RICHTER, Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
12:00am-1:10pm
Luncheon
1:10pm-2:00pm
Semiconductor science in Japan
Dr.Jun-ichi NISHIZAWA, Emeritus Professor, Tohoku University
2:00pm-2:50pm
Recent Development of Science Policy in Japan
Dr. Masao ITO, President, Science Council of Japan
2:50pm-3:40pm
Japanese life-science policy as seen from NIH
Dr. Richard Krause, Senior Scientific Advisor, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
3:40pm-4:00pm
Coffee break
4:00pm-6:00pm
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Dr. F. Sherwood ROWLAND, University of California, Irvine
Panels: all the speakers and Dr. David. N. SCHRAMM, the University of Chicago6:15pm-7:00pm
Cocktail
7:00pm-9:00pm
Dinner at Ritz-Carlton Hotel
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