Science and Society
8th Japanese-German Symposium
jointly organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.
Date: May 9–10, 2003
Venue: Tagungszentrum Festung Marienberg, Würzburg, Germany
The symposium lectures were published as Conference Proceedings No. 5.
Program
Friday May 9, 2003
13.30 Welcoming Remarks
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki (Chairman, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.)
14.00 Teiichi Sato (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO):
Science and Society
14.45 Hajime Sasaki (Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation):
The Role and Prospect of ICT toward the Sustainable Society
Presentation Sasaki (6,0 MB)
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 Dr. Anton Kraus (Leader Portfolio Management Insecticides/New Molecules Bayer CropScience):
Perspectives of Crop Protection Chemistry for Sustainable Agriculture in Japan and Germany
18.30 English and German guided tour, Weingut Bürgerspital
afterwards Dinner, Kelterhalle Weingut Bürgerspital
Saturday May 10, 2003
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki (Chairman, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.)
09.30 Instruments of Funding German-Japanese Scientific Exchange (partly in German): Joint Presentation by AvH, DAAD, DFG and JSPS
10.00 Prof. Dr. Klaus Steigleder (University of Bochum, Institute for Philosophy):
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo
10.45 Coffee break
11.15 Prof. Dr. Takeshi Sasaki (President, The University of Tokyo):
The Political Implications of Science and Technology
12.00 Lunch
13.30 Annual Assembly, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.
15.45 Japanese and German guided tour Siebold-Museum