Date: June 21, 2013
Venue: the Cosmos Club
Every year, the JSPS Washington Office holds its “Science in Japan” Forum for the purpose of promoting scientific exchange and joint research between the US and Japan through presentations on the latest research results in both countries.
This eighteenth forum in this series was held on 21 June at the Cosmos Club in Washington DC. Themed “Chemistry Saves the Earth. Toward Sustainable Society,” it featured a keynote speech by 2010 Nobel laureate in chemistry Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi and presentations by top-class researchers from the US and Japan. A total of more than 100 people, including researchers from universities, research institutes, and government agencies and members of the press, engaged in spirited Q&A discussions with the lecturers. At the following reception, the researchers from the two countries strengthened their friendly and collegial ties, drawing the curtain on yet another very fruitful forum.
Science in japan forumは、日米の最先端の研究成果を発表することにより、両国の学術交流と共同研究を促進させることを目的に毎年、日本学術振興会ワシントン研究連絡センターで開催している。
18回目を迎える本年度は、6月21日、ワシントン市内のCosmos Club にて、「触媒による持続可能な社会」をテーマに開催された。フォーラムでは、2010年にノーベル化学賞を受賞した根岸英一教授をキーノートスピーカに迎え、日米のトップクラスの研究者による研究発表が行われた。当日は、大学や研究所の研究者、連邦政府機関職員、マスコミ関係者をはじめ、総計100人以上の参加者が来場し、講演者との間で活発な質疑応答が行われた。シンポジウム終了後は、レセプションが開催され、日米の研究者の親交が深まるなど、第18回のシンポジウムは大盛況の内に幕を閉じた。
at Cosmos Club, Washington DC on July 21, 2013
Sponsored by The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Co-sponsored by American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Chemical Society; Japan Science & Technology Agency; National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy
ABSTRACT
8:00am- |
Registration |
9:00am-9:30am |
Opening / Welcome |
Osamu Shimomura
Director, Washington Office, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Yuichiro Anzai
President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Cora B. Marrett
Acting Director, National Science Foundation
H. N. Cheng
Chair of International Activities Committee, American Chemical Society
Kenichiro Sasae
Ambassador, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
9:30am-10:35am
Session 1(Chair: Osamu Shimomura)
Introduction to Artificial Photosynthesis:
How can we get through the Bottle Neck?
Haruo Inoue
Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy toward Sustainable Society
Masuo Aizawa
Counselor to the President, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Former Executive Member of Council for Science and Technology Policy
10:35am-10:50pm
Break
10:50am -12:00am
Session 2(Chair: Haruno Inoue)
Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process (ARPChem)
Kazunari Domen
Professor, The University of Tokyo
Sunlight-Driven Hydrogen Formation by Membrane-Supported
Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
Nathan S. Lewis
Professor, California Institute of Technology
12:00am-1:30pm
Lunch, hosted by JSPS
1:30pm-2:20pm
Session 3: Plenary Lecture(Chair: Daniel G. Nocera)
Magical Power of d-Block Transition Metal Catalysis as Exemplified in Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling and Zr-Catalyzed Asymmetric Carboalumination of Alkenes
Ei-ichi Negishi
Professor, Purdue University., Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
2:20pm-2:30pm
Break
2:30pm-3:40pm
Session 4: (Chair: Michael R. Wasilewski)
Finding the Way to Solar Fuels with Dye Sensitized Photoelectrosyntheisis Cells
Thomas J. Meyer
Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Water-splitting and oxygen-evolving photosystem II in natural
photosynthesis
Nobuo Kamiya
Professor, Osaka City University
3:40pm -3:50pm
Break
3:30pm -5:35pm
Session 5(Chair: Kazunari Domen)
Integrating Light Capture with Catalysis for Solar Fuels
Micahel R. Wasilewski
Professor, Northwestern University
Utilization of carbon dioxide using solar light: photocatalytic reduction
Osamu Ishitani
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Power curves of the artificial leaf
Daniel G. Nocera
Professor, Harvard University
5:35pm-5:45pm
Closing Remarks
Thomas J. Meyer
Professor, University of the North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5:50pm
Adjournment
6:30pm-
Reception (Spouses are welcome)
