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日独修好 150 周年記念シンポジウム Symposium to Commemorate 150 Years of German-Japanese Friendship 人類の未来を拓く研究者の グランドチャレンジを支える日独の取り組み Supporting Tomorrow’s Leading Researchers: Innovations and Challenges – Approaches by Japan and Germany – 開催日時 平成23年7月15日(金) 10:30 – 18:10 レセプション 18:15 – 20:15 主  催 ドイツ研究振興協会(DFG)、 ベルリン日独センター(JDZB)、 独立行政法人 科学技術振興機構(JST) 後  援 文部科学省 会  場 日本科学未来館 みらいCANホール(東京都江東区) Date / Time Friday, July 15th 2011 10:30 – 18:10 Reception 18:15 – 20:15 Organiser German Research Foundation (DFG), Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Support Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology (MEXT) Venue Mirai CAN Hall, Miraikan (Koto-ku, Tokyo)

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Page 1: Symposium to Commemorate 150 Years of German · PDF fileSupporting Tomorrow’s Leading Researchers 5 Keynote Speeches Prof. Dr. Tasuku HONJO Executive Member of the Council for Science

日独修好 150 周年記念シンポジウム

Symposium to Commemorate 150 Years of German-Japanese Friendship

人類の未来を拓く研究者のグランドチャレンジを支える日独の取り組み

Supporting Tomorrow’s Leading Researchers:Innovations and Challenges

– Approaches by Japan and Germany –

■開催日時 平成23年7月15日(金) 10:30–18:10 レセプション 18:15–20:15

■主  催 ドイツ研究振興協会(DFG)、 ベルリン日独センター(JDZB)、 独立行政法人科学技術振興機構(JST)

■後  援 文部科学省

■会  場 日本科学未来館 みらいCANホール(東京都江東区)

■Date / Time Friday,July15th2011 10:30–18:10 Reception 18:15–20:15

■Organiser GermanResearchFoundation(DFG), Japanese-GermanCenterBerlin(JDZB), JapanScienceandTechnologyAgency(JST)

■Support MinistryofEducation,Culture,Sports,Science&Technology(MEXT)

■Venue MiraiCANHall,Miraikan(Koto-ku,Tokyo)

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プログラム

10:30-10:50 開会挨拶

縣公一郎 ▶ベルリン日独センター評議員早稲田大学政治経済学術院教授

マティアス・クライナー ▶ドイツ研究振興協会会長

北澤宏一 ▶科学技術振興機構理事長

10:50-11:10 来賓挨拶

本庶佑 ▶内閣府総合科学技術会議議員

文部科学省

ペーター・ロンドルフ ▶在日ドイツ連邦共和国大使館経済・科学担当公使

11:10-12:00 基調講演

ユルク・ハッカー ▶レオポルディナ会長

河岡義裕 ▶東京大学医科学研究所教授

12:00-13:30 昼食

13:30-15:00 「革新的研究の成功と研究者を支えるための仕掛け(ハイリスク研究支援)」

マティアス・クライナー ▶ドイツ研究振興協会会長

北澤宏一 ▶科学技術振興機構理事長

高橋宏 ▶科学技術振興機構JSTプログラムオフィサー研修院院長

15:00-15:30 休憩

15:30-18:00 「日独双方における未来に資する研究実施例として-若手による大挑戦」

15:30-16:10 セッションⅠ 「太陽エネルギーの変換・利用」井上晴夫 ▶首都大学東京戦略研究センター教授

さきがけ「光エネルギーと物質変換」領域研究総括

阿部竜 ▶北海道大学触媒化学研究センター准教授

ハンス-ヴェアナー・ショック ▶ベルリン・ヘルムホルツセンター工学研究所所長 太陽光発電部議長

16:10-16:40 セッションⅡ 「医療の革新を目指して」

長船健二 ▶京都大学iPS細胞研究所准教授 JSTさきがけ研究者「iPS細胞と生命機能研究」領域

イレアナ・ハンガヌ‐オパツ ▶大学医療センターハンブルグ-エッペンドルフ ハンブルグ分子神経生物学センター教授 エミー・ネーター独立研究グループリーダー

16:40-17:10 セッションⅢ 「ナノバイオの可能性を拓く」

永井健治 ▶北海道大学電子科学研究所教授 JSTさきがけ研究者「光の利用と物質材料・生命機能研究」領域

クリスティアン・ハッケンベルガー ▶ベルリン自由大学化学・生化学研究所教授 エミー・ネーター独立研究グループリーダー

17:10-18:00 パネルセッション

18:00-18:10 閉会挨拶

18:15-20:15 レセプション

■言語:日英同時通訳※プログラム・講演者は変更になる場合がございます。

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Program

10:30-10:50 Opening RemarksProf.Dr.KoichiroAGATA ▶ Member of the Foundation Council of JDZB,

Professor, Waseda Okuma School of Public Management, Waseda University

Prof.Dr.-Ing.MatthiasKLEINER ▶ President of the DFG

Prof.D.Sc.KoichiKITAZAWA ▶ President of the JST

10:50-11:10 Greetings from Guests

Prof.Dr.TasukuHONJO ▶ Executive Member of the Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP)

MEXTRepresentative

Mr.PeterRONDORF ▶ Minister and Head of the Economic and Science Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

11:10-12:00 Keynote Speeches

Prof.Dr.h.c.mult.JörgHACKER ▶President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Prof.Dr.YoshihiroKAWAOKA ▶ Professor, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases and Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Successful Innovative Research and High-Risk Research Funding

Prof.Dr.-Ing.MatthiasKLEINER ▶ President of the DFG

Prof.D.Sc.KoichiKITAZAWA ▶ President of the JST

Prof.Dr.HiroshiTAKAHASHI ▶ Director, JST Program Officer Academy, Principal Fellow, Department of Personnel

15:00-15:30 CoffeeBreak

15:30-18:00 Examples of Innovative Research Activities. How Early Career Researchers Can Address the Challenges of Shaping the Science and Society of Tomorrow

15:30-16:10 Session I: Solar Energy Conversion and UseProf.Dr.HaruoINOUE ▶ Professor, Center for Priority Area, Tokyo Metropolitan University,

Research Supervisor of PRESTO ("Sakigake") Project "Chemical Conversion of Light Energy"

Dr.RyuABE ▶ Associate Professor, Catalysis Chemistry Research Centre, Hokkaido University, Group Leader for Research Cluster of Functionalized Crystals

Prof.Dr.Hans-WernerSCHOCK ▶ Director of Institute Technology, Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy, Speaker of Division Solar Energy

16:10-16:40 Session II: Innovations in Medical TreatmentDr.KenjiOSAFUNE ▶ Associate Professor, Center for iPS cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University,

JST PRESTO ("Sakigake") Researcher (Project "Understanding Life by iPS Cells Technology")

Prof.Dr.IleanaHANGANU-OPATZ ▶ Professor, Dev. Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Emmy Noether Independent Research Group Leader

16:40-17:10 Session III: The Development of Nanobiology CapabilityProf.Dr.TakeharuNAGAI ▶ Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University,

JST PRESTO ("Sakigake") Researcher (Project "Innovative Use of Light and Materials / Life")

Prof.Dr.ChristianHACKENBERGER ▶ Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, Emmy Noether Independent Research Group Leader

17:10-18:00 Panel Discussion

18:00-18:10 Closing Remarks

18:15-20:15 Reception

■Language: Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation*Programmaychange

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Opening Remarks

Prof. Dr. Koichiro AGATAMemberoftheFoundationCouncilofJDZB,Professor,WasedaOkumaSchoolofPublicManagement,WasedaUniversity

Prof.Dr.KoichiroAgataisamemberoftheFoundationCounciloftheJapanese-GermanCenterBerlin (JDZB).Hestudiedpoliticalscienceat Waseda University (M.A. 1982) and received his Ph.D. from theHochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften in Speyer in PublicAdministration. He joined Waseda University as research associatein1982andbecameprofessor forpublicadministration in1997. In

2003hebecameprofessor for public administration at theWasedaOkuma School of Public Management, where he served as dean2008-2010.Since2008heistheAlexandervonHumboldtFoundationAcademicAmbassador inJapan. In2008healsowasappointedasMEXTScienceCounsellor,and2011hebecameaCommissionerforLegal System of Intelligence Services. Prof. Agata received variousscholarships,amongstothers from theGermanAcademicExchangeService and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He also wasawardedwiththeVerdienstkreuzamBandedesVerdienstordensderBundesrepublikDeutschland (OrderofMeritof theFederalRepublicofGermany).

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias KLEINERPresidentoftheDFG

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner is the President of the DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), thecentralself-governingresearchorganization thatpromotesresearchat universities and other publicly funded research institutions inGermany.He isanengineeringscientist,andwaselectedPresidentfor a three-year term by the DFG's General Assembly on 31 May2006. Professor Kleiner has taken office on 1 January 2007. On 1July2009hewaselectedforasecondterm.Asaproductionscientist,Matthias Kleiner combined novel manufacturing technologies with

theintegrativecross-topicoflightweightconstruction.Hehasplayedan instrumental role in a number of international, and above allinterdisciplinary,researchprojectsandresearchnetworks.ProfessorKleiner is a member of numerous professional committees andacademies, including the Berlin-BrandenburgAcademy of Sciencesand Humanities; acatech – the German Academy of Science andEngineering; theGermanAcademyofNaturalScientistsLeopoldina;andAcademiaEuropaea.From2007until2010hewasVice-PresidentoftheEuropeanScienceFoundation(ESF).InrecognitionofhismeritsforGermanScience,hewasawardedtheOfficer’sCrossoftheOrderofMeritoftheFederalRepublicofGermanyin2010.

Prof. D.Sc. Koichi KITAZAWAPresidentoftheJST

1966 BSfromUniversityofTokyo,DepartmentofChemistry1972 D.Sc. from Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,

MIT1972 DSRstaff,CeramicsDivision,MIT1973 Research Associate, Dept. of Synthetic Chemistry, Univ. of

Tokyo1980 Lecturer,DepartmentofAppliedphysics,asabove1987 Professor,DepartmentofIndustrialChemistry,asabove1990 Professor,DepartmentofSuperconductivity,asabove

2000 Prof., Advanced Materials, School of Frontier Sciences, asabove

2001 VicePresident,JapanScienceandTechnologyCorporation2003 Senior Executive-Director, Japan Science and Technology

Agency2007 President,JapanScienceandTechnologyAgency

Awards:1988 GrandPrize,CeramicSocietyofJapan;1988 SocietyAward,JapaneseSocietyofAppliedPhysics;1988 IBMJapanScienceAward(PhysicsDivision);1989 FulrathAward,AmericanCeramicSociety;2002 aPurpleRibbonMedal

 日独修好150周年を記念し、ドイツ研究振興協会(DFG)、ベルリン日独センター(JDZB)および科学技術振興機構(JST)が国際シンポジウム:「人類の未来を拓く研究者のグランドチャレンジを支える日独の取り組み」を共催いたします。 本シンポジウムにおいては、科学の新しい地平を切り開き、人類社会に変革をもたらす研究者育成への日独における現在の具体的な取組と今後の展望の紹介、課題・問題点の検討、日独協働の可能性等について公開にて議論を行い、両国の政府関係者、学会、ジャーナリスト、とりわけ国民の理解と支持を得ることを目指します。

The symposium is jointly organised by the German Research Foundation(DFG),theJapanese-GermanCenterBerlin(JDZB)andtheJapanScienceandTechnology Agency (JST) to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Japan-GermanTreatyofAmity.Thesymposiumwilladdresshowcollaborationsandinnovations in science can be better promoted and their impact on societybetter communicated to a broader public, includingpoliticians, the scientificcommunityandthemedia.Therewillbeopendiscussionson• practical approaches to support the next generation of outstanding

researchers;• essentialfunctionsofresearchfundingsystems;• challengesforkeyplayers;• collaborative opportunities in science and society between Germany and

Japan.

Introduction

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Keynote Speeches

Prof. Dr. Tasuku HONJOExecutive Member of the Council for Science andTechnologyPolicy(CSTP)

Since2005ProfessorattheDepartmentofImmunologyandGenomicMedicineattheKyotoUniversityGraduateSchoolofMedicine;since2006ExecutiveMember of theCouncil forScienceandTechnologyPolicy,CabinetOffice,Japan.He was a fellow of Carnegie Institution of Washington (Baltimore,Maryland) and a visiting fellow and associate at the Laboratoryof Molecular Genetics at the National Institute of Child Health andHumanDevelopment,NIH(Bethesda,Maryland).From1999to2003heworkedasScienceAdvisorfortheMinistryofEducation,Culture,

Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); from 2002-2004 he wasDeanoftheFacultyofMedicineatKyotoUniversity;from2004to2006heworkedasDirectoroftheResearchCenterforScienceSystemsattheJapanSocietyforthePromotionofScience(JSPS).He received the following awards: Noguchi Hideyo-MemorialAwardfor Medicine,Asahi Prize, Osaka Science Prize, Kihara Prize of theJapanese Genetics Society, Erwin von Baelz Prize, Takeda MedicalPrize,Behring-KitasatoPrize,UeharaPrize,TheImperialPrize,JapanAcademy Prize, and the Award “Persons of Cultural Merit” by theJapaneseGovernment.HeisaForeignAssociateoftheU.S.NationalAcademyofSciences,and a member of Leopoldina (The German Academy of NaturalScientists)andofJapanAcademy.

Mr. Peter RONDORFMinisterandHeadoftheEconomicandScienceDepartment,EmbassyoftheFederalRepublicofGermany

Mr.PeterRondorfwasbornin1956inBonn.Hiscareerprogression:1974 militaryservicewiththeGermanFederalArmedForces(signal-

service)asaLieutenantofthereserve1976 studied economics and politology at Bonn University and

obtainedaMBAdegree1981 fellow,CouncilofEconomicExpertsoftheFederalGovernment1982 attaché1984 staffmember,officeoftheMinisterofStateforForeignAffairs,

JuergenW.Moellemann

1985 FirstSecretary(politicalsection),GermanEmbassyTokyo,Japan1988 DeskOfficer,divisionforexportpromotionintheForeignOffice1990 Head of economic services, German Embassy Islamabad,

Pakistan1992 DeputyHeadofMission,GermanEmbassyRiga,Latvia1996 Deputy Head of division in the European Department of

the Foreign Office, concerned with issues of economic andmonetaryunion

1999 Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

2002 HeadoftheGermanLiaisonOffice,Pristina,Kosovo2004 HeadofdivisionforEUenlargementandEUexternalrelations2008-HeadoftheEconomicandScientificDepartment, GermanEmbassyTokyo

Japan-German Cooperation in Science – Microbiology as an example

TherelationshipandcollaborationbetweenscientistsofJapanandGermanyinthefieldoflifescienceshasalongtradition.FriedrichFranzvonSiebold,forinstance,wasoneofthefirstEuropeantoteachclinicalmedicineinJapaninthemiddleofthe19thcenturyandamongEuropeanacademicsisregardedasthe“ScientificDiscoverer”ofJapan.AnexampleforastillexistingtightrelationshipbetweenJapaneseandGermanmicrobiologiststracesbacktoShibasaburoKitasatoandRobertKoch.Kitasato,whowasastudentofRobertKoch,workedinBerlininthe80´sand90´softhe19thcenturyand,afterhisstayinBerlin,establishedaschoolforinfectiousdiseasesinJapan,andlatertheKitasotoInstitute.Todaytherestill isaverylivelyandfruitfulscientificexchangebetweenbothcountriesandmanyongoingexcellentand innovativecollaborativeresearchactivities in thefieldsofmicrobiology,infectionbiologyandclinicalmedicinewillcontinuetodrivetheprogressinthedevelopmentofnoveltechniquesforfutureresearchandtherapeuticapplications.

Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Jörg HACKERPresident of the German National Academy ofSciencesLeopoldina

JörgHackerobtainedhisPhDinBiologyfromtheUniversityofHalle(Saale) in 1979. He went on to becomeAssociated Professor forMicrobiologyattheUniversityofWürzburgin1988,wherehewasFullProfessorandDirectorof the Institute forMolecular InfectionBiologyfrom1993to2008.Hisresearchfocusesonthemolecularanalysis of infectious bacteria and of host-pathogen interactions.Hackerwasavisiting researcherat the InstitutePasteur in2000

and2005,andwasaguestprofessoratTelAvivUniversityin2006.In2003-2009HackerwasVicePresidentoftheGermanResearchFoundation(DFG),andin2008-2010PresidentoftheRobertKochInstitute in Berlin. Since March 2010 he is the President of theGerman NationalAcademy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2011 JörgHacker was appointed foreign scientific member of the Max-Planck-Society

Representative from the MEXT

Greetings from Guests

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Successful Innovative Research and High-Risk Research Funding – Speakers

Yoshihiro Kawaoka, DVM, Ph.D.Professor,InternationalResearchCenterforInfectiousDiseasesandDivisionofVirology,DepartmentofMicrobiologyandImmunology,InstituteofMedicalScience,UniversityofTokyo,Japan

Dr.YoshihiroKawaokaobtainedhiseducation inJapan, receivinghisDVMin1978andhisPh.D. in1983fromHokkaidoUniversity.Early in his career, he identified the critical determinant for highpathogenicity of avian influenza viruses; this information is nowusedbytheUSDAandOrganisationMondialedelaSantéAnimale(WorldOrganisationforAnimalHealth,OIE)asacriterionforrapidly

identifying lethal and non-lethal bird flu viruses. Dr. Kawaokaalso established reverse genetics, which allows the generationof ‘designer’ influenza viruses. This technology – coupled withknowledge he established regarding the attenuation of deadlyinfluenzaviruses–wasexploitedinthedevelopmentofcandidateH5N1 influenza virus vaccines, which were proven efficacious inclinical trials. Dr.Kawaokahasalsoundertaken thestudyof the1918 Spanish flu virus, which killed over 40 million people. Hedetermined that infectionby the1918virus causedanabnormalimmuneresponse.InformationuncoveredbyDr.Kawaokaisusedgloballybypublichealthagenciesastheyundertaketheenormoustaskofinfluenzapandemicplanning.

Inrecognitionofhiswork,in2006,Dr.KawaokawasawardedtheprestigiousRobertKochAwardforinnovativeresearchinthefieldofinfluenzavirology.

Successful Innovative Research and High-Risk Research Funding

InhisspeechMatthiasKleinerunderlinesthenecessityandimportanceofHighRiskResearchformoderndaysociety.Theuncertainty,

whichundeniablygoeshandinhandwiththesekindsofprojects,candeterscientistsandfundingagenciesalikefromundertakingand

supportinghighriskprojects.Yet,inthelongrun,itishighlyadvisablenottoletincertitudeinterferewiththecuriositythatisthebasisfor

highriskresearch,asthismightmeanthatunexpectedandimportantfindingscouldnotbemade.

Itisuptothefundingagenciestorespondtothespecialchallengesandneedswhichscientistsinhighriskprojectsfacebyprovidingan

environmentthatencouragesandfostersinnovativethinkingandideasandprovidesanatmosphereofconfidence.

At the example of certain programs, Matthias Kleiner illustrates how the German Research Foundation aims to improve the working

conditionsofoutstandingscientistsandtoexpandtheirresearchopportunitiestofosterinnovativeresearch.

Intheend,theonlyriskwithhighriskresearchwouldbetoleaveituntriedandundone.

Funding isessential to research.As fundsbecome increasing limited,how fundingorganizationsallocate this scarce resourcehasanenormousimpactonfutureresearch.Bothfundingorganizationsandawardeesneedtobeawareofeachother'sgoalsandtorecognizetheirsharedpurpose–toproduceknowledgethatbenefitsthehumanrace.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias KLEINERPresidentoftheDFG

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner is the President of the DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation),the central self-governing research organization that promotesresearch at universities and other publicly funded researchinstitutions in Germany. He is an engineering scientist, and waselected President for a three-year term by the DFG's GeneralAssembly on 31 May 2006. Professor Kleiner has taken officeon1January2007.On1July2009hewaselectedforasecondterm.As a production scientist, Matthias Kleiner combined novel

manufacturing technologies with the integrative cross-topic oflightweight construction.Hehasplayedan instrumental role in anumber of international, and above all interdisciplinary, researchprojectsandresearchnetworks.ProfessorKleinerisamemberofnumerous professional committees and academies, including theBerlin-BrandenburgAcademyofSciencesandHumanities;acatech– theGermanAcademyofScienceandEngineering; theGermanAcademyofNaturalScientistsLeopoldina;andAcademiaEuropaea.From 2007 until 2010 he was Vice-President of the EuropeanScienceFoundation(ESF). InrecognitionofhismeritsforGermanScience,hewasawardedtheOfficer’sCrossoftheOrderofMeritoftheFederalRepublicofGermanyin2010.

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Prof. D.Sc. Koichi KITAZAWAPresidentoftheJST

1966 BSfromUniversityofTokyo,DepartmentofChemistry1972 D.Sc.fromDepartmentofMaterialsScienceandMetallurgy,

MIT1972 DSRstaff,CeramicsDivision,MIT1973 ResearchAssociate, Dept. of Synthetic Chemistry, Univ. of

Tokyo1980 Lecturer,DepartmentofAppliedphysics,asabove1987 Professor,DepartmentofIndustrialChemistry,asabove1990 Professor,DepartmentofSuperconductivity,asabove

2000 Prof.,Advanced Materials, School of Frontier Sciences, asabove

2001 VicePresident,JapanScienceandTechnologyCorporation2003 Senior Executive-Director, Japan Science and Technology

Agency2007 President,JapanScienceandTechnologyAgency

Awards:1988 GrandPrize,CeramicSocietyofJapan;1988 SocietyAward,JapaneseSocietyofAppliedPhysics;1988 IBMJapanScienceAward(PhysicsDivision);1989 FulrathAward,AmericanCeramicSociety;2002 aPurpleRibbonMedal

What We Share in the Science Research Policy in Order to Lead the Future Innovation

Themostimportantchallengeforthesciencecommunitychangeswithtime.Inthe21stcenturyontheearthithasturnedintothe“science

forsustainablelife”.GermanyandJapanarethecountrieswherepeoplearecurrentlyputunderaseriousquestionwhetherwecanlive

withouttheuseoftheconventionalenergysourcesofwhichthehighefficiencyandthecostonceappearedveryattractive.

Oureffortshavestartedafewdecadesago.Butsincethenthesituationhasalreadybeenchangingtourgeourefforts,includingtheeffect

ofrecent311Fukushimaincidence.However,thechangefromtheconventionaltothenewenergyisbynomeansasimpleprocessbecause

ofthescatterednatureofthenewenergy.Inordertocollectthenewenergywhichisalreadytherebutisdifficulttobecollectedandstored.

Scientificapproachmustbemadethroughawidevarietyofroutesbymanyscientists.Manysocialattemptstotestonnewenergysources

invarioussizeofcommunitiesseemtobenewtypeofeffectiveapproachinthenewchallengebecausethenewenergyisnotprovidedto

usinaconcentratedmannerbutitisdeliveredinadilutedform.Theenergymustbecollectedeverywhereanditmustbesharedforthe

changingneeds.

Prof. Dr. Hiroshi TAKAHASHIDirector,JSTProgramOfficerAcademy,PrincipalFellow,DepartmentofPersonnel

1.Educationalbackground:Ph.D. in1973,MSDegreein1970andBachelorDegreein1968byRadiochemistryandSpacechemistry,TheUniversityofTokyo.

2.Professionalexperiences:1992-1996 President of Furukawa ElectricTechnologies Inc. in

SiliconValley,USA.

1996-1999 PresidentofFurukawaResearch&EngineeringLtd.,inLondon,UK

1999-2004 Professor:DepartmentofChemicalSystemEngineering,FacultyofEngineering,TheUniversityofTokyo

Present: GuestProfessorofKougakuinUniversityinTokyoandKunming University of Science and Technology inChina.

3.PublicationsSix books, sixty-five reviewed academic articles, forty-one non-reviewedacademicarticleswerepublished in the research fieldsof radiochemistry, space science, optical telecommunication,environmentandenergy.

Management of High-Risk and High-Impact Research Funding at JST

JapanScienceandTechnologyAgency(JST)hasfundingforbothbasicresearchandappliedresearchandscience,andhastechnology

promotionactivitiesaswell.Allofthemarenecessarytoachieveinnovationwhichisexpectedtocomefromhighriskresearchinmulti-,

inter-andtrans-(mit-)disciplinaryresearchfieldswhicharenon-existingdisciplineswherethereisnopeeryet.Ontheotherhands,funding

processeswhicharecurrentlyworldwidepopulararebasedonpeerreviewprocessesforselectingawardresearchsubjects.

Duetobackgroundsdescribedabovemodifiedpeerreviewprocess,socalledexpertreviewprocessconductedbyprogramofficerswith

absolutepower,hasbeendevelopedandappliedtofundandtomanageinnovativeresearchsubjectsatJST.

Inorder to let theabovementionedprocessmoreefficient,JSTneedsprogramofficers (POs)withadvancedcapability.JSThasbeen

managingPOacademytofostersuchPOs.,

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Examples of Innovative Research Activities. How Early Career Researchers Can Address the Challenges of Shaping the Science and Society of Tomorrow

Chemical Conversion of Light Energy: How Can We Get through the Bottle Neck of Artificial Photosynthesis.

Thestateoftheartoftheresearchareaofchemicalconversionofsolarenergy,ArtificialPhotosynthesisby1)semiconductorsphotocatalysis,

2)photochemicalwater-oxidationbymetalcomplexes,and3)photochemicalreductionofcarbondioxidebymetalcomplexes,willbebriefly

overviewed.InsightsintowhatisthebottleneckforrealizingArtificialPhotosynthesis,howcanwegetthroughthebottleneckofwater

oxidation,willbereviewed.RecentstrategicchallengeinJapanagainstArtificialPhotosynthesis,suchasPRESTO(PrecursoryResearchon

EmbryonicScienceandTechnology:“Sakigake”inJapanese)projectonArtificialPhotosynthesis,willbeintroduced.

Prof. Dr. Haruo INOUEProfessor,CenterforPriorityArea,TokyoMetropolitanUniversity,ResearchSupervisorofPRESTO("Sakigake")Project"ChemicalConversionofLightEnergy"

Dr. Haruo Inoue was born in 1947 in Japan. He graduated fromtheUniversityofTokyoin1969.Afterfinishingthegraduatecourseof theUniversityofTokyo,he joined the facultyofDepartmentofApplied Chemistry at Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1972. HereceivedtheJapanesePhotochemistryAssociationAwardin1997andMukaiAwardin2011.CurrentlyheisaprofessoroftheCenterofPriorityAreaatTokyoMetropolitanUniversity.HehasalsoservedastheVicePresidentoftheChemicalSocietyofJapan(2004-2006),thePresidentof theJapanesePhotochemistryAssociation (2006-

2007),andthePresidentoftheAsianandOceaniaPhotochemistryAssociation (2008-2010). He has been an editor-in-chief ofJournal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, C, PhotochemistryReviews and on the advisory board of Langmuir, in addition tothree other international journals. His major research interestsare photochemistry, energy coupling among chemical reactions,selective energy flow in solution, anisotropic control of chemicalreactions in the excited state, nano-layered compounds, metalcomplexes, artificial photosynthesis, etc. He has been a projectleader of Core Research on Evolutional Science and Technology(CREST and SORST) under auspices by Japan Science andTechnologyAgency(JST)ontheresearchsubjectof“ConstructionofArtificialPhotosynthesiswithWaterasanElectronSource.”HehasalsoservedastheresearchsupervisorofPRESTOproject(JST)on“Chemicalconversionoflightenergy.”E-mail:[email protected]

Dr. Iris WIECZOREKDirectoroftheDFGOfficeJapan

SinceFebruary2009directoroftheDFGOfficeJapan.ShestudiedJapaneseandChineseStudies,andComputerScienceattheUniversityofHamburg.Shegraduatedin1996andreceivedherPhDofphilosophyin2000fromtheUniversityofHamburg.Duringhergraduate and doctoral studies, she lived in Japan for several yearsanddidfieldresearch.From2000to2008sheworkedasaResearchFellow at the GIGA Institute ofAsian Studies in Hamburg and as aResearchManagementOfficeratGIGAsince2005.Hermajorresearchinterestswereinnovationprocessesandnetworks

in the Japanese economy and society, social movements, therelationship between politics and religion in Japan in internationalcomparison. She published numerous papers on the Japaneseinnovation system in international comparison. She is co-editor oftheYearbookJapan–Wirtschaft,PolitikundGesellschaft [economy,politicsandsociety]. Shegaveregularcoursesat theAsian-Africa-InstituteoftheUniversityofHamburg.

Session I: Solar Energy Conversion and Use – Speakers

Successful Innovative Research and High-Risk Research Funding – Moderator

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Dr. Ryu ABEAssociateProfessor,CatalysisChemistryResearchCentre,HokkaidoUniversity,GroupLeaderforResearchClusterofFunctionalizedCrystals

Ryu Abe received his BS (1996), MS (1998) and PhD (2001)degrees fromTokyo Institute ofTechnology. He then worked asa postdoctoral fellow (2001-2002) and as a researcher (2002-2005) at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science

andTechnology (AIST), Japan. In 2005, his academic career asan Associate Professor began at the Catalysis Research Center,Hokkaido University. After studying as a research fellow of thePRESTO/JSTprogram,(ChemicalConversionofLightEnergy)from2009to2011,hestartedaresearchprogramwiththesupportofFundingProgramforNextGenerationWorld-LeadingResearchers(NEXT Program) from 2011. His research is mainly focused onthe development of new photocatalysts for water splitting andenvironmentalpurification.

Development of a New Photocatalytic Water Splitting System toward Solar Hydrogen Production

Thedevelopmentofacleanandrenewableenergycarrierthatdoesnotutilizefossilfuelsisagreattechnologicalchallenge.Oneofthe

mostattractiveproposalsisthelarge-scaleutilizationofhydrogen(H2)asarecyclableenergycarrier.Photocatalyticwatersplittingusing

semiconductormaterialshasthusattractedconsiderable interestdueto itspotential forcleanproductionofH2fromwaterbyutilizing

abundantsolarlight.Thedevelopmentsofwater-splittingsystemsthatcanefficientlyusevisiblelighthavebeenamajorchallengefor

manyyearsinordertorealizeefficientconversionofsolarlight.Wehavedevelopedanewtypeofphotocatalysissystemthatcansplit

waterintoH2andO2undervisiblelight,inspiredbythetwo-stepphotoexcitation(Z-scheme)mechanismofnaturalphotosynthesisingreen

plants.Inthissystem,thewatersplittingreactionisbrokenupintotwostages:oneforH2evolutionandtheotherforO2evolution;these

arecombinedbyusingashuttleredoxcouple(Red/Ox)inthesolution.TheZ-schememechanismreducestheenergyrequiredtodriveeach

photocatalysisprocess,extendingtheusablewavelengths(~700nm)significantlyfromthatinconventionalwatersplittingsystems(~470

nm)basedonone-stepphotoexcitationinsinglesemiconductormaterial.

Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner SCHOCKDirectorof InstituteTechnology,HelmholtzCenterBerlinforMaterialsandEnergy,SpeakerofDivisionSolarEnergy

Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Schock received his diploma in electricalengineeringin1974andobtainedhisPh.D.inelectricalengineeringfrom Stuttgart University, Germany, in 1986. From 1982 to 2004he was head of the compound semiconductor thin film group ofthe Institute of Physical Electronics at the University of Stuttgartwhere he guided the research on thin film photovoltaics andelectroluminescence. Starting in the early 70s, he has taken the

developmentofchalcogenidesolarcellsfrombasicinvestigationsto the transfer to pilot fabrication. From 1986 to 2003 hecoordinated the researchonchalcopyritebasedsolarcells in theframeworkoftheEuropeanphotovoltaicprogram.Hebecameheadof the InstituteofTechnologyat theHelmholtzZentrumBerlin fürMaterialien und Energie (former Hahn-Meitner Institute) in thedivision"SolarEnergyResearch"inlate2004.Heisauthororco-authorofmorethan300contributionsinbooks,scientificjournalsand published conference proceedings. For his achievements inthedevelopmentofchalcopyritebasedsolarcellshereceivedtheprestigious"BecquerelPrize"oftheEuropeanCommissionin2010.

Potential and Challenges for Research on Photovoltaics as a Future Energy Source

Photovoltaic(PV)installationsofmorethan30GW(peakpower)alreadyexistworldwide.Bothcountries,JapanandGermany,werepioneering

PVR&Dandapplications. ExploitingPVas amajor source for electricity a terawatt scalehas tobe reached. Large scale applications

requirereductionofproductioncost,reliabilityandimprovementofefficiency.Besidesconventionalwaferbasedsiliconsolarcellsawide

varietyofmaterialsanddevicedesignsoffermanyoptionsfornewdevelopmentssuchasultrahighefficiency,buildingintegrationand

lightweightflexiblemodules.Collaborationbetweenresearchinstitutesofbothcountrieshaveoftenbeenakeyforthesuccessofinnovative

developments.Thiscontributionreviewsthestatusanddevelopmentsofnewmaterialsandconceptsforinnovativephotovoltaicdevicesin

particularinthefieldofthinfilmsolarcells.

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Session II: Innovations in Medical Treatment – Speakers

Melody of the Neonatal Brain: Maturation of Neuronal Networks and Behavioral Abilities as Result of Early Oscillatory Activity

Co-activationofneuronalassembliesbysynchronizingtheiractivitypatternsinoscillatoryrhythmsenablessensoryperception,attentionandmemory.Theabilitytogenerateoscillatoryrhythmsisnotahallmarkoftheadultbrain,butispresentalreadyduringearlydevelopment.Synchronizedpatternsofoscillatoryactivityarepresentinthesensory(visual,somatosensory)corticalareasofbothprematureinfantsandneonatalrodentsandaretriggeredbyendogenousactivationofsensoryperipheryandintracorticalactivation.Ourexperimentaldatasuggestthattheseearlyoscillationsactastemplatefacilitatingtheestablishmentofcorticalmaps,whicharerequestedforsensoryprocessing.Ontheotherhand,thedevelopmentofprefrontal-hippocampalnetworks,whichenablecognitiveprocessing,seemstobeequallycontrolledbytheearlyoscillatoryactivity.Combininginvivoelectrophysiologyandpharmacologywithimmunohistochemistryandbehavioraltesting,werecentlydemonstrated thatnetworkactivity in thehippocampusdrives theactivationof thedevelopingprefrontalcortex.Theearlyprefrontal-hippocampal network is subject of intense cholinergic modulation in relationship with the emergence of cognitive abilities.Miswiringwithinthedevelopingprefrontal-hippocampal-subcorticalnetworkduetoabnormalpatternsofearlyactivityandsynchronizationmayaccountforspecificmnemonicandexecutiveimpairmentthathasbeenreportedforseveralneurodevelopmentaldisorders.

Prof. Dr. Ileana HANGANU-OPATZProfessor,Dev.Neurophysiology,CenterforMolecularNeurobiology,UniversityMedicalCenterHamburg-Eppendorf,EmmyNoetherIndependentResearchGroupLeader

Educationandprofessionalexperience1994-1998 Studies of Biology and Biochemistry, University of

Bucharest,Romania1997-1998 Diploma thesis at University Medical Center

Hamburg-Eppendorf,Germany1999-2002 PhDatUniversityofDüsseldorf(grade:magnacumlaudae) FellowoftheNeuroscienceGraduateProgram2002-2004 PostdoctoralFellowatUniversityofMainz,Germany

2005-2006 PostdoctoralFellowatINMEDMarseille,France2007-2008 GroupLeaderatUniversityofMainz2008 Professorship at Charité, University of Berlin. Call

denied2009 ProfessoratUniversityMedicalCenterHamburg-Eppendorf

Prizesandawards2003 DagmarEißner-Awardforyoungscientists2008 Du Bois-Reymond-Award of the German Society of

Physiology2008 Grant from the German Ministry of Education and

ResearchforoutstandingNeuroscienceresearch2009 Fellow of the Emmy Noether-Program of German

ResearchFoundation2010 Member of AcademiaNet (database of outstanding

Germanfemalescientists)

Towards Regenerative Medicine for Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Liver Disease Using iPS Cell Technology

Anincreasingnumberofpeoplesufferfromchronickidneydisease,diabetesmellitusandchronicliverdiseaseworldwide,whichcauses

bothmedicalandeconomicalproblems.Theshortageofdonororgansfortransplantationofkidney,pancreaticisletandliverhasstimulated

researchongeneratingalternativesourcesofcellsor tissuesof these threeorgans.Humanembryonicstemcells (ESCs)and induced

pluripotentstemcells(iPSCs)haveavirtuallyunlimitedreplicativecapacityandthepotentialtodifferentiateintomostcelltypesinourbody.

WeareinvestigatingtheestablishmentofanefficientmethodfortheinvitrodifferentiationofESCsandiPSCsintothethreeorgansforuse

intransplantationanddevelopmentofnewdrugs.Throughtheseworks,weaimtoadvancestudiesin:(1)analysisofhumanembryology,

(2)developmentofcelltherapystrategy,(3)diseasemodeling,and(4)newdrugdiscovery.Iwouldliketotalkaboutongoingworksand

futureperspectiveofourresearchatCiRA,KyotoUniversitytowardsthedevelopmentofregenerativemedicineforchronickidneydisease,

diabetesmellitusandchronicliverdiseaseusingiPSCtechnology.

Dr. Kenji OSAFUNEAssociateProfessor,Center for iPScellResearchandApplication(CiRA),KyotoUniversity,JST PRESTO ("Sakigake") Researcher (Project"UnderstandingLifebyiPSCellsTechnology")

Kenji Osafune is a Principal Investigator of Center for iPS CellResearchandApplication(CiRA),KyotoUniversity,Kyoto,Japan.HereceivedhisM.D.degreefromFacultyofMedicine,KyotoUniversityin1996,completedhis residency inNephrologyandobtainedhisPh.D. degree in Developmental biology from University of Tokyo,

(Tokyo), Japan in 2003. Dr. Osafune subsequently completed apostdoctoral fellowship with Professor Doug Melton at HarvardUniversityin2008.Currently,hisresearchgroupisworkingonthetargeteddifferentiationofhumanembryonicstemcells(ESCs)andinduced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into kidney, pancreas andliverlineagesthatmayallowtheexploitationofhumanstemcellsforregenerativemedicinestrategyagainstchronickidneydisease,diabetes mellitus and chronic liver disease. His interest alsoincludesthedevelopmentof iPSCsasmodelsofhumandiseasesand chemical biology that regulates the differentiation of humanstem cells and prevents the progression of pathology of humandiseases.

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Session III: The Development of Nanobiology Capability – Speakers

Prof. Dr. Takeharu NAGAIProfessor,ResearchInstituteforElectronicScience,HokkaidoUniversity,JST PRESTO ("Sakigake") Researcher (Project"InnovativeUseofLightandMaterials/Life")

In 1998, I received Ph.D. from Medical Science Department inthe University of Tokyo, and moved to Brain Science Institute,RIKEN to work on the GFP technology in Miyawaki’s laboratoryas a postdoctoral researcher. My first work in the laboratorywas the invention of “pericam”, a Ca2+ indicator based on acircularly permuted green fluorescent protein (PNAS 2001). In2001, I becameaPRESTO researcher by granting fromJST, and

then published representative papers concerning invention oftwo fluorescent proteins, Venus, the brightest version of yellowfluorescentprotein(NatureBiotechnol.2002),andcameleon3.60,agenetically-encodedCa2+indicatorbasedonFRETwiththebiggestdynamicrange(PNAS2004).InJanuary2005,ImovedtoResearchInstituteforElectronicScience,HokkaidoUniversityasaProfessor.Currently,mylaboratoryisworkingoninventingnovelbio-imagingtechnologies.Recentinventionsareaphotoconvertiblefluorescentprotein,Phamret(NatureMethods2008),aultramarinefluorescentprotein,Sirius (NatureMethods2009),achemiluminescentCa2+indicator, BRAC (PLoS One 2010), and a ultrasensitive Ca2+indicator,yellowcameleonNano(NatureMethods2010). In2008,I became a PRESTO researcher again and am struggling towardinventionofhighluminescentnanolightsourcesforlifescience.

Toward Invention of High Performance Genetically-Encoded luminescent Indicators for Functional Imaging in Living Organisms

Primarygoalinmylaboratoryistobetterunderstandhowbiologicalmoleculesfunctioninspaceandtime.Tothisend,wearedeveloping

several techniques to visualize physiological events atmolecular level in living cells andwhole body.One approach is the use of the

greenfluorescentproteinanditsderivatives(FPs)whicharespontaneouslyfluorescent.CombinationofFPswithfluorescenceresonance

energytransfer (FRET) techniqueallowsustodevelopfunctional indicator, therebywecanvisualize localizedmolecularevents in their

naturalenvironmentinvivo.Byexploitingthosetechniques,wehavecreatednotonlyhighperformanceCa2+-sensitiveproteinstoobtain

anunderstandingofhowinter-andintra-cellularCa2+signalsaregeneratedandintegrated inwellorganizedtissuessuchasbeating

muscle,butalsonewfluorescentprobesforthevisualizationofsignaltransductioncascades.Furthermore,wearedevelopingnoveloptical

techniquesenablingefficientdetectionoffluorescencesignals.Inthissymposium,IwillintroducebrieflynotonlyseveralkindsofFP-based

indicatorsaswellasauto-luminescentindicatorsforcombiningusewithoptogenetictechnology.

Chemoselective Reactions as Key Elements for the Life Sciences

Chemoselectiveorbioorthogonalreactionshavebecomepowerfultoolsinmodernlifescience,

since they allow the study of biological and functional aspects of protein modifications by

specifically installing posttranslational modifications into proteins.[1] Recently, our group

has identified the Staudinger-phosphite reaction as a chemoselective transformation for the

functionalizationofazidesundermildconditionsinhighyields,whichwehaveemployedasa

chemicalphosphorylationprocessofproteins(seeScheme).[2]

In thispresentation,selectedexamples forsuchprocessesarehighlighted. Inaddition, the recently fundedDFGpriorityprogram1623

“Chemoselectivereactionsforthesynthesisandapplicationoffunctionalproteins”willbeintroducedasanewcollaborativenetwork,which

isintendedtostimulateinterdisciplinaryprojectsresearchersfromchemistry,biologyandmedicine.

[1] a) J. A. Prescher, C. R. Bertozzi, Nat. Chem. Biol. 2005, 1, 13. b) C. P. R. Hackenberger, D. Schwarzer, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 10030.

[2] R. Serwa, I. Wilkening, G. del Signore, M. Mühlberg, I. Claußnitzer, C. Weise, M. Gerrits, C. P. R. Hackenberger, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8234.

Prof. Dr. Christian HACKENBERGERProfessorofBioorganicChemistry,InstituteforChemistryandBiochemistry,FreeUniversityofBerlin,EmmyNoetherIndependentResearchGroupLeader

Prof.Dr.ChristianP.R.Hackenberger,born in1976 inOsnabrück(Germany), studiedchemistry inFreiburgandat theUniversityofWisconsin/Madison(MScin1999withSamuelH.Gellman).In2003he completed his PhD with Carsten Bolm at the RWTH Aachen.AfterpostdoctoralresearchwithBarbaraImperiali(2003–2005)attheMassachusetts Institute ofTechnologyhemoved to the FreieUniversitätBerlin,wherehefirstledanEmmy-Noetherjuniorgroupfrom 2006-2010. In 2011 he was then appointed professor of

bioorganicchemistry.Since2008hehasbeenspokesmanof thegraduate college “Mulitvalency in chemistry and biochemistry”withinSFB765andsince2011thespokesmanoftheCoordinatedPriority Program “Chemoselective Reactions for the Synthesisand Application of Functional Proteins”. Recently, ChristianHackenbergerhasbeen the recipient of several researchawardsincludingin2011theHeinzMaier-LeibnitzPrizeoftheDFGaswellastheADUCpriceoftheGDCh. Intotal,Hackenbergerhasraisedmorethanthreemillioneurosinexternalfundingsince2005.The scientific research interests of Prof. Hackenberger focus onvarious areas in chemical biology, including the developmentof chemoselective reactions, protein semi-synthesis, design ofmultivalentscaffolds,cyclicproteins,biosynthesisofsialicacidsaswellasthestructuralandfunctionalanalysisofproteinmodificationsincludingsignaltransductionandproteinaggregation.

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TheJapanScienceandTechnologyAgency(JST)isanIndependentAdministrativeInstitutionundertheauthorityoftheMinistryofEducation,Culture,Sports,ScienceandTechnology(MEXT).

Ourmissionistopromotescienceandtechnologywhichwillcreatenewvaluesandleadtothefutureinordertoadvancethenationalwelfareandprosperity.

Withthebudgetofabout$1.4billion(FY2011,1USD=82JPY),JSTimplementstheScienceandTechnologyBasicPlanofthegovernmentofJapan,comprehensivelysupportingtheentire innovationprocessfromthecreationofknowledge to the practical application of research achievements in society. In addition, JST promotesdisseminationofscientificandtechnological information,sciencecommunication,andsupportof internationalresearchcooperation.

TheDFGistheself-governingorganisationforscienceandresearchinGermany.Itservesallbranchesofscienceandthehumanities.TheDFGisanassociationunderprivate law. ItsmembershipconsistsofGermanresearchuniversities,non-university research institutions,scientificassociationsandtheAcademiesofScienceandtheHumanities.TheDFGreceivesthelargemajorityof itsfundsfromthestatesandtheFederalGovernment,whichare represented inallGrantsCommittees.At thesame time, thevotingsystemandprocedural regulationsguaranteescience-drivendecisions.ThechieftaskoftheDFGistoselectthebestresearchprojectsbyscientistsandacademicsatuniversitiesandresearch institutionsonacompetitivebasisand to finance theseprojects.Projectsarepresentedbyscientistsandacademicsorbyuniversities inaproposal,which is thenevaluatedbyvoluntaryreviewersexclusivelyaccordingtoscientificcriteria.DFGfundingguaranteesquality-baseddifferentiationintheGermanresearchsystem.

TheDFGfosters internationalcollaboration, themobilityof researchers,andthe internationalisationofGermanuniversities.WithitsliaisonofficesinWashington,NewYork,Moscow,NewDelhiandTokyo,aswellastheSino-GermanCenterforResearchPromotion inBeijing,theDFGhasexpandeditspresenceinotherresearchregionsaroundtheworldinrecentyears.Itthusstrengthenscollaborationbetweenresearchersandtheirrelationshipstonationalfundingorganisations.TheDFGofficeinTokyoopenedinApril2009inordertoconsolidateandintensifythemultifacetedGerman-Japanesescientificcollaborations.

Conferences,culturalevents,languagecourses,exchangeprograms,alibraryandregularhousepublications–theJapanese-GermanCenterBerlin(Japanisch-DeutschesZentrumBerlinJDZB)isdedicatedtoitsworkinGerman-Japaneseandinternationalexchange.

Alivelyexchangebetweenexpertstakesplaceinsymposiaonthebilateralaswellasinternationallevel.EachyeartheJapanese-GermanCentercarriesout20to30independentandcooperativeprojects,someofwhichtakeplaceinJapan.Topicscoveredincludelong-termpolitical,economicandsocialdevelopments,butalsoissuesofcurrentinterest inbothcountries.Theeventsaregenerallyopento thepublicand those interestedcanparticipate inconferencesandworkshops,orattendlecturesanddiscussionsheldbytheFoundationinBerlinorJapan.

Therearesixareasoftopicalfocusforeventsin2011: GlobalResponsibility RawMaterials,Energy,Climate,Environment Demography ProgressthroughKnowledge State,Enterprise,CivilSociety DialogofCultures/150YearsFrienshipGermany-Japan

TheFoundationwasestablishedonJanuary15,1985,byaproposalputforwardbythethenheadsofgovernmentof theFederalRepublicofGermanyandJapan,HelmutKohlandNakasoneYasuhiro. Its task issetout in theFoundationCharter:“…topromoteanddeepenJapanese-Germanand internationalcooperation inthefieldsofscienceandcultureanditsconnectiontoeconomiclife.”

Hence,theJDZBisauniqueinstitutionthatisdedicatedtothistaskinGermany–andinJapan.

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