1st ASIA-OCEANIA
MATERIALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FORUM
For
Energy and Environment
Conference Room 1, Sengen Site
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Tsukuba-Science City, Japan
February 15-17, 2009
Program
February 15, 2009
- 18:00-20:00
- Welcome Reception (“Hokuto”, 2F, Annex, Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba)
February 16, 2009
- 9:00
- Transport from hotel to NIMS, registration
- 9:30-9:35
- “Welcome address”
Prof. Teruo Kishi, President of NIMS - 9:35-9:50
- “Review of WMRIF activities”
Dr. Masaki Kitagawa, NIMS - 9:50-10:10
- “Scope and current status of the WMRIF-Associated Energy and Environment Workshop in Washington D.C.”
Dr. Chikashi Nishimura, NIMS - 10:10-10:30
- Coffee Break
- 10:30-12:10
- Introduction of E and E research activities in each member institute Part 1.
(Chair: Prof. Soon Hyung Hong, KOREA) - 10:30-10:50
- Prof. Huiming Cheng
Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR) - 10:50-11:10
- Prof. Dr. Qingbo Meng
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOP) - 11:10-11:30
- Prof. Dr. Feng Huang
Fujian Institute of Research on the structure of Matter - 11:30-11:50
- Prof. S.M. Shivaprasad
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research - 11:50-12:10
- Dr. T. Chakrabarti
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) - 12:10-13:30
- Lunch
- 13:30-14:50
- Introduction of E and E research activities in each member institute Part 2.
(Chair: Prof. Huiming Cheng, CHINA) - 13:30-13:50
- Dr. H. Murakami
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) - 13:50-14:10
- Prof. Soon Hyung Hong
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) - 14:10-14:30
- Dr. Sung-Joon Kim
Korea Insitute of Materials Science (KIMS) - 14:30-14:50
- Dr. Kyungtae Hong
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) - 14:50-15:10
- Coffee Break
- 15:10-16:30
- Introduction of E and E research activities in each member institute Part 3.
(Chair: D. T. Chakrabarti, INDIA) - 15:10-15:30
- Dr. Ramam Akkipeddi
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) - 15:30-15:50
- Dr. Alex Yu-Min Peng
Material and Chemical Research Laboratories,
Industrial Technology Research Institute (MCL, ITRI) - 15:50-16:10
- Dr. Paul Chi-Keung Chung
Metal Industries Research and Development Centre (MIRDC) - 16:10-16:30
- Prof. Siriluck Nivitchanyong
National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) - 16:30-17:00
- Wrapping up
- 17:30
- Transport from NIMS to hotel
- 18:00-20:00
- Banquet ("Jupiter East", 3F, Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba)
February 17, 2009
- 9:00
- Transport from hotel to NIMS
- 9:30-10:30
- Keynote Speech
“Importance of Materials Science Research for Energy and Environment Problems”
Dr. Kotobu Nagai, NIMS
- 10:30-10:45
- Coffee break
- 10:45-12:00
- Roundtable discussion
“Focusing area of Materials Science for E and E in Asia-Oceania”
“Framework for collaborations in Asia-Oceania”
“Future Activities for WMRIF Asia-Oceania” - 12:00-12:15
- “Closing remarks”
Dr. Kitagawa, NIMS - 12:15-13:30
- Lunch
- 13:30-16:30
- Lab. Tour of NIMS