The followings are symposium/workshop reports hosted, co-hosted or supported by “nanonet” (English only)
3/15-17 2nd Nanotechnology Symposium — JAPAN NANO 2004 —
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| Prof. Noyori, President of RIKEN |
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| Prof. Iijima, Meijo University |
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| Chairman of Program Committee : Prof. Arakawa, University of Tokyo |
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| Chairman of the Organization Committee: Prof. Kishi, Director-General of Nanotechnology Researchers Network Center of Japan (nanonet) |
The 2nd Nanotechnology Symposium (hosted by Nanotechnology Researchers Network Center of Japan, nanonet) was held from March 15 to March 17, 2004 at Tokyo Big Sight (Ariake, Tokyo). The numbers of advanced research have been performed among industry, academia, and government sectors were introduced in this symposium. The objective of this symposium is to stimulate the interdisciplinary and technological information exchange in Japanese nanotechnology research. More than 1700 people participated the symposium in three days.
The first keynote speech, “Scientist in Society”, was presented by Prof. Noyori, President of RIKEN. In the speech, he delivered several messages to researchers;
- “Try to perform the research, which will be appreciated and respected by society”,
- “Scientific research is the never ending journey of knowledge. Thus it has more meanings in meeting with people and walking in a great pass than simply jumping into a goal”, and
- “The excellent research nurtures one's talent, which contributes to society”.
Prof. Sumio Iijima from Meijyo University presented how he discovered the carbon nanotubes and the perspectives of the new nanocarbon materials, including nanohorn in the second keynote speech, “Carbon Materials -Science and Application”. Other 15 speeches on bionanotechnology, nano IT device, nano-fundamentals/characterization, nanomaterials, and nano IT fundamentals were presented as well to overview the latest R&D in Japanese nanotechnology.
In the open session, the total of 54 speeches were presented by young researchers. The topics covered various matters such as nano-fundamentals/characterization, nano IT device, nanomaterials/processing, and bionanotechnology. In addition, the “ Nano Virtual Lab Project ~For Inter-fields and Inter-organization Research~ ” was held as a joint session with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and nanonet. The outlines and objectives of the project were introduced as well as other 12 speeches in the session. The session played an excellent role to provide an opportunity to exchange information in various fields.
The nano tech 2004 was held as a part of JAPN NANO WEEK as well as JAPAN NANO 2004.
