9:00am-09:30am

Registration at the Powell room, the Cosmos Club

9:30am-10:20am

A New Trend of Cosmic-ray Physics in Japan - Neutrinos and University -

Dr.Yoji TOTSUKA, Director, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Professor of Physics, University of Tokyo

10:20am-11:10am

Fate of Oceanic Plates Descending into the Earth's Mantle

Dr.Yoshio FUKAO, former Director, Professor of the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo

11:10am-12:00am

The Engineering and Science of Earthquake Risk

Dr. Paul Christian JENNINGS, Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology

12:00am-1:20pm

Luncheon

1:20pm-2:10pm

Policies for Promoting Bioscience in Japan

Dr. Hiroo IMURA, former President, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University

2:10pm-3:00pm

From the Coal-tar Cancer of Yamagiwa to Helicobactor - Associated Gastric Cancer: Occupational, Daily Life- Style and Infection/Inflammation-Related Carcinogenesis

Dr. Masaaki TERADA, Director of National Cancer Center Research Institute

3:00pm-3:30pm

Coffee break

3:30pm-4:20pm

Two Types of Career Paths for Young Scientists in Japan and Creation of the International Molecular Biology Network (IMBN) for Asia and the Pacific Rim

Dr. Ken-ichi ARAI, Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo,

4:20pm-5:10pm

Industry-University Partnerships in Biomedical Science

Dr. David J. RAMSAY, President of University of Maryland, Baltimore

5:30pm-6:00pm

Cocktail

6:00pm-8:00pm

Dinner at the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel