organized by its Washington Liaison Office
Cosponsored by National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation,
U.S. Department of Energy, and American Association for the Advancement of Science
Washington DC on June 17, 1999
| 9:00am-09:30am | Registration at the Warne Lounge, the Cosmos Club |
| 9:30am-10:20am |
Prospects of High Intensity Hadron Beam Facility in Japan Dr. Shoji NAGAMIYA, Professor, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) |
| 10:20am-11:10am |
Neutrino Beams Now Go to Kamioka from KEK – The First Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiment Commenced – Dr. Kenzo NAKAMURA, Professor, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) |
| 11:10am-12:00am |
The RHIC – Project at BNL and the Japanese Participation in its Research Program Dr. Satoshi OZAKI, Project Leader, RHIC, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 12:00am-1:20pm | Luncheon |
| 1:20pm-2:10pm |
Future Directives in Life Science Research in Japan Dr. Kiyoshi KUROKAWA, Dean of Tokai University School of Medicine |
| 2:10pm-3:00pm |
A Tale of Protein Kinase C: Membrane Lipid Mediators for Cell Signaling and Regulation Dr. Yasutomi NISHIZUKA, President of Kobe University |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Coffee break |
| 3:30pm-4:20pm |
Molecular Dynamics Involved in Brain Development and Differentiation Dr. Katsuhiko MIKOSHIBA, Professor, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, |
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4:20pm-5:10pm |
Searching for Visual System Mutations in Zebrafish Dr. John E. DOWLING, Professor, The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University |
| 5:30pm-6:00pm | Cocktail |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | Dinner at The Westin Fairfax – the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel |
