July 9(Sat.), 2016
13:30-14:00
Opening Ceremony
14:00-17:10 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Session on “Biotechnology and Medical Technology”
“Revolution of Technology in Life Sciences”
- Chairs: Masatoshi Hagiwara (Kyoto University) ,
- Fumihiko Matsuda (Kyoto University)
“Cruising inside cells”
“Human Genomics and the Future of Medicine”
J. Craig Venter
(Human Longevity, Inc.／J. Craig Venter Institute／Synthetic Genomics, Inc.)
“The transformative CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering technology: lessons learned from bacteria”
“Cancer immunotherapy by PD-1 blockade”
July 10(Sun.), 2016
9:30-12:40 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Session on “Mathematical Sciences”
“Mathematicians’ views on the world”
- Chairs: Michio Yamada (Kyoto University) ,
- Shigefumi Mori (Kyoto University)
“Mathematics of Planet Earth”
“Joy and motivation of research in mathematics”
“Creation of mathematics: From number theory to geometry”
Toshikazu Sunada
(Dean, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University)
“Mathematics and Technology: Past and Future”
Jeffrey C. Lagarias
(Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan)
Short Discussion
14:00-17:10 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Session on “Arts”
“Art of Coping with the Cruel World”
- Chairs: Hiroshi Yoshioka (Kyoto University) ,
- Akiko Kasuya (Kyoto City University of Arts)
“Photographing the Presence of Things Left Behind”
“Far away from wars. I am deathly afraid” *video presentation
“Humans, life, and death: Between science, philosophy and art”
Discussion (40min)
17:10-17:50 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Joint closing (wrap-up) session
- Chair: Norihiro Tokitoh (Kyoto University)
- Panel members:
- Juichi Yamagiwa(President, Kyoto University),
and Selected members from comittee and invited
speakers in each field.
“Wrap-up and future directions -from the viewpoint of the symposium theme-“
