July 1(Sat.), 2017
13:30-14:00
Opening Ceremony
14:00-17:30 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Session on “Theater, Cinema”
“Why Do People Perform?
－ The Meaning of Art for Homo Sapiens/ Human Beings －”
- Chairs: Shoko Suzuki (Kyoto University) ,
- Oriza Hirata (Playwright, Director)
- Why do people perform? Since ancient times, human beings have done so in rites and ceremonies, as well as in the context of mutual relationships. The performance of social roles expected of people living in groups has also been a human occupation, with men becoming fathers, women becoming mothers, and people becoming various kinds of workers at different stages in their lives. In this symposium, we will return to the essential significance of performance and explore what it means for us living today while investigating more generally the role of art in human life.
“The 10th Act: The Amagasaki Scene from the Kabuki Play The Picture Book of the Taiko”
Yokozen Kabuki Children’s Workshop
(Nagi Board of Education, Okayama Prefecture)
“Theater as a Communication Device”
“The Logos and Lemma of Art”
Shinichi Nakazawa
(Anthropologist/Director, Institut pour la Science Sauvage, Meiji University)
“When Human Performance Disappears from Movies”
Kazuki Omori
(Director, Writer/Professor, Osaka University of Arts)
Discussion by Shoko Suzuki, Oriza Hirata, Shinichi Nakazawa, Kazuki Omori
July 2(Sun.), 2017
9:30-12:40 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Session on “Materials Science and Engineering”
“Investigation of New Materials for a Sustainable Future”
- Chairs: Susumu Noda (Kyoto University) ,
- Yoshinori Tanaka (Kyoto University)
- The development of new science sometimes occurs at the frontiers between different academic fields. This session explores the frontiers between several such fields, including photonics and topology, strongly correlated electron systems and superconduction/magnetism, semiconductors and magnetism, and chemistry and nanospaces, in the search of new materials. Leading researchers in each of these fields give presentations and speak of their dreams and adventures.
“Gas Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”
“Nanophotonics and Its Fusion with Topological Science: Synthetic Gauge Potential for Light”
“Strong Correlation between Electricity and Magnetism in Materials”
“Spintronics －From Synthesis of III-V Magnetic Semiconductors to VLSI Applications－”
Hideo Ohno
(Director, Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University)
14:00-17:10 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Session on “Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics”
“A Renewed Sense of Wonder toward the Earth and the Universe”
- Chairs: Shigeo Yoden (Kyoto University) ,
- Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University)
- Since ancient times, we human beings have been deeply connected to the earth and the universe. Although they have at times inflicted disaster upon us, they have also been the source of blessings and comfort, and inspired a sense of wonder. In recent years, the dramatic development of science and technology has given us a more detailed grasp of the earth and the universe, resulting in broader curiosity and deeper understanding. For example, researchers have: retrieved core samples from across the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake slip surface; used supercomputers to conduct numerical weather predictions over a week and climate projections for the 21st century; and made astronomical observations of radio waves and X-rays from the earth’s surface and from satellites. In these and other ways, the presenters speaking at this symposium have accepted the challenge of addressing some of the many unknowns that characterize the earth and the universe. Their work broadens and deepens our knowledge while generating new feelings of wonder.
“Plate Tectonics, Japanese Islands and Chikyu”
Asahiko Taira
(President, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC))
“From Determinism to Probability: Development of the Ensemble Prediction Technique for Weather and Climate Forecasting”
Tim Palmer
(Royal Society (350th Anniversary) Research Professor,University of Oxford)
“X-Ray Study of a Kyoto Millennium Supernova”
“Cosmic Fireworks － Finding Transient Events in the Universe”
17:10-17:50 (Simultaneous interpretation provided)
Joint Closing Session
“Cross-disciplinary discussion”
Inviting President Juichi Yamagiwa of Kyoto University, cross-disciplinary discussion will be made among invited speakers and program committee members.
