The JSPS Washington Office plans to hold the 25th “Science in Japan” Forum at hybrid (Online & Washington, DC).
The 25th “Science in Japan” Forum
Date: September 9th Friday, 2022, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (EDT)
Hybrid: Online & Cosmos Club (2121 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC)
Theme: Sample Return and the Origin of Life
Registration is HERE. [Closed]
Deadline of Registration: August 31st Wednesday, 2022
*We sincerely regret to tell you that we limit the number of in-person participants due to the Covid-19 situation. As in-person participants are only for invitees, you can register for online participation on this registration form.
You can see the past forum at Science in Japan Forum page on this website.
| EDT | Agenda |
| 12:00pm | Registration (Refreshment) |
| 1:00pm | Opening remarks |
| 1:20pm | Keynote Speech: The Origin of Life and Sample Return Yasuhito Sekine (ELSI) Lindsay Hays (NASA) |
| 2:20pm | Coffee Break |
| 2:40pm | Session 1: Science of Sample Return Hayabusa2 : Shogo Tachibana (University of Tokyo) OSIRIS-REx : Harold Connolly Jr (Rowan University) |
| 3:40pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00pm | Session 2: Toward the Origin of Life Chemical Evolution : George Cody (Carnegie Inst.) Theories of the Origin of Life : Kosuke Fujishima (ELSI) |
| 5:00pm | Session 3: Panel Discussion “Japan-US Collaboration toward the Origin of Life” Moderator. Lindsay Hays + All Speakers |
| 5:50pm | Closing Remarks |
