July 11(Sat.), 20151F Centennial Hall, Clock Tower Centennial Hall
13:30-14:00
Opening Ceremony
14:00-17:30 （Japanese・English：Simultaneous interpretation）
Electronics Session
“State-of-the-art Electronics”
Chair：Susumu Noda（Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University）
14:00-14:40
“Photonic Design for High Efficiency Photovoltaics”
14:40-15:20
Hiroyuki Matsunami
(Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)
“Power Semiconductor Devices – Key for Effective Use of
Electric Energy -”
15:20-16:00
Takahito Ono
(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
“Integrated microsystems based on small machines for detection and sensing”
16:00-16:15
Break
16:15-16:55
Roel Baets
(Professor, Ghent University / imec(Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre))
“Photonic integrated circuits – enablers for the Internet and for the life sciences -”
16:55-17:15
（Young Scientist）
“Creation of peculiar beams by photonic-crystal lasers”
July 12(Sun.), 20151F Centennial Hall, Clock Tower Centennial Hall
9:30-12:40 （Japanese・English：Simultaneous interpretation）
Biological Sciences Session
“The frontier studies on human evolution”
Chair：Shiro Kohshima（Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University）
9:30-10:10
Svante Pääbo
(Professor, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
“Ancient DNA – from humble beginnings to high-quality genomes -”
10:10-10:50
Eske Willerslev
(Professor, Director, University of Copenhagen / University of Cambridge)
“How we settled the world and developed cultural and biological diversity”
10:50-11:05
Break
11:05-11:45
Gen Suwa
(Professor, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo)
“Honing in on human and African ape origins – hypothesis building and testing with the fossil record -”
11:45-12:25
Satoshi Hirata
(Professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University)
“Understanding social intelligence in chimpanzees and bonobos – A quest for the evolutionary origins of the human mind -”
12:25-12:40
Discussion
12:40-14:00
Break
14:00-17:10 (Japanese：Simultaneous interpretation)
Music Session
“Music in the 20th century, and the 21st century”
Chair：Akeo Okada（Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University）
14:00-14:45
Jo Kondo
(Professor Emeritus, Ochanomizu University / Composer)
“Dissolution of Autonomous Artwork in Contemporary Music, or Externalization of Musical Language”
14:45-15:30
Masahiro Miwa
(Professor, IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences) / Composer)
“New Religious Music – The Potential of the Arts in Electricity Civilization -”
[Collaboration]Eugene Okano
(Pianist / Full-time Lecturer, Department of Piano, SHOBI College of Music)
15:30-15:45
Break
15:45-16:15
“The Forest of 20th Century Music: Travelling through It with the Piano(covering music of Kyoto Prize winning composers)”
16:15-16:30
[Commentator]Hermann Gottschewski
(Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
17:10-17:50（Japanese：Simultaneous interpretation）
Closing Session
“Wrap-up and future directions – from the viewpoint of the symposium theme -”
