Japan-German Science Cooperation: Past-Present-Future

16th Japanese-German Symposium

jointly organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.
supported by Embassy of Japan in Germany and DAAD

Date: May 20–21, 2011
Venue:Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Leibniz-Saal, Berlin, Germany


Event report in NvC 02/2011 (in German)


Program

Friday May 20, 2011

10:30   Eugen und Ilse Seibold Prize award ceremony

12:30   Registration, Lunch Snack

13:30   Ceremonial Session

Welcome Remarks by:
Dr. Takahiro Shinyo, Ambassador (Embassy of Japan)
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kleiner, President (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Prof. Dr. Makoto Kobayashi, Executive Director (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus, Chairman (Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.)


Keynote Talks by Nobel-Laureates

Prof. Dr. Makoto Kobayashi (Prof. em. KEK, Executive Director, JSPS):
Collaboration in High Energy Physics
Vortrag Kobayashi (5,4 MB)
Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden.

Prof. Dr. Klaus von Klitzing (Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart):
Nobel Prizes, Fundamental Constants and Metrology


Memorial Talks
Prof. Ryue Nishizawa (Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Architecture):
Recent Works

Dr. Markus Pech (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics):
A new initiation mode for bacterial translation: The 70S scanning initiation

Prof. Dr. Shiro Ishii (Prof. em., The University of Tokyo, Senior Advisor, Research Center for Science Systems, JSPS):
Shuzo Aoki and the Iwakura Mission
Vortrag Ishii (102 KB)

16:10   coffee break


16:40   Special Session regarding March 11th
Convener: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Meiji University)

Mari Miyoshi (Embassy of Japan in Germany)

Dr. Alexander Schnase (Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), J-PARC Center):
Vortrag Schnase (3,7 MB)
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Prof. Dr. Viktor Meineke (Institut für Radiobiologie der Bundeswehr):
Q&A

19:00   conference dinner

 


Saturday May 21, 2011

8:40  Session 1: Humanities & Social Sciences
Convener: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bock (TU München)

Prof. Dr. Yuji Ishida (The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences):
Genocide and Genocide Prevention
Vortrag Ishida (200 KB)
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9:20   Session 2: Life Sciences
Convener: Prof. Dr. Knud Nierhaus (MPI for Molecular Genetics, Berlin)

Prof. Dr. Motomu Tanaka (University of Heidelberg, Institute of Physical Chemistry):
Physical Modeling of Biological Interfaces

Prof. Dr. Herbert Waldmann (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund):
The Periodic System of Natural Products

10:40   coffee break


11:10   Session 3: Natural Sciences
Convener: Prof. Dr. Geerd Diercksen (MPI für Astrophysik, Garching)

Prof. Dr. Nobuhiko Azuma (Nagaoka University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering):
Study of Polar Ice Cores
Vortrag Azuma (5 MB)
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Prof. Dr. Volker Springel (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies):
The Largest Structures in the Universe and their Origin
Vortrag Springel - Teil 1 (4,1 MB)
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Vortrag Springel - Teil 2 (5 MB)
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12:30   lunch


14:00-15:30   Annual Assembly of the German JSPS-Club (for members only)

14:00   Sight-seeing Program, Tour 1
Alternatively: Charité or City Tour Berlin

16:00   Sight-seeing Program, Tour 2 (only for participants who attend the general assembly of the German JSPS-Club)
Alternatively: Charité or City Tour Berlin

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