Energy. Entropy. Leadership.
8th Ludwig Boltzmann Forum – Thursday 18 February 2016, Embassy of Austria in Tokyo
Program
- 14:00-14:10 Dr. Bernhard Zimburg (Ambassador of Austria to Japan) Welcome address
- 14:10-14:30 Gerhard Fasol (CEO , Eurotechnology Japan KK, Board Director, GMO Cloud KK. former faculty Cambridge University and past Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge) Ludwig Boltzmann
- 14:30-15:30 Shuji Nakamura (Nobel Prize in Physics 2014, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Co-Founder of Soraa) The invention of high efficiency blue LED and its impact on promoting innovation in Japan, and legal aspects
- 15:40-16:10 Michinari Hamaguchi (President, Japan Science and Technology Agency and President emeritus, Nagoya University) Creativity and human resource development. What we learn from Nagoya University’s Nobel Prize Winners and women researchers
- 16:10-16:40 Gerhard Fasol (CEO , Eurotechnology Japan KK, Board Director, GMO Cloud KK. former faculty Cambridge University and past Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge) Entropy and information and Ludwig Boltzmann
- 16:50-17:20 Kyoko Nomura (Director, Support Center for women physicians and researchers, Associate professor, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University, School of Medicine, Associate professor, Teikyo School of Public Health) Gender inequality in Japan: a case report of women doctors
- 17:20-17:50 Makoto Suematsu (President, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development AMED) AMED: Mission and Perspectives to fast-track medical R&D
- 17:50-18:00 Gerhard Fasol Conclusions
- 18:00- Reception by the Ambassador of Austria to Japan, Dr. Bernhard Zimburg
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