The 12 th International Symposium on New Chemistry
 -New Chemistry in 2030 "The Era of Chemistry, its Role and Mission"-

Date Wednesday, February 3, 2010 　9:00am-
Venue Royal Hall, 3rd fl., Royal Park Hotel (Tokyo)
⇒http://www.rph.co.jp/english/index.html
Language Japanese and English with simultaneous interpretation 
Fee [Symposium] Non-members :10,500JPY / Members, Collaboration members and Scholars:　5,250JPY / Governments and Students:  Free
[Reception] 8,400JPY
Contact The Association for the Progress of New Chemistry
4F, Yamaman Building, 1-12 Kanda-sudacho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0041, Japan
Tel: 03-5297-88201 　Fax: 03-5297-8821
⇒http://www.aspronc.org/index.html

Program

9:30-　Opening Ceremony　

Symposium

  • 9:50-10:50　　Prof. Hiroyuki Itami (Tokyo University of Science)
    　　　 　　　　"Chemicalization of Japan’s industries"
     
  • 10:50-11:50　Prof. Alexis T. Bell (University of California, Berkeley)
    　　　　　　　 "Catalysts- The Key to Producing Fuels from Sustainable Energy Resources"

  • 13:20-14:20　Dr. Suzanne Davison (Technology Vice President, Aromatics & Acetyls,
    　　　　　　　　　BP Chemicals Ltd.,UK)　
     　　　　　　　"Advancing our lead through chemistry and engineering
    　　　　　　　　in BPs chemical businesses"

  • 14:20-15:20 　Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang
    　　　　　　　　    (Senior Vice President, PTT Chemical Public Co. Ltd., Thailand)
    　　　　　　　　　"PTT Chemical －Innovation Driven Company"
     

Panel Discussion -"Energy and Carbon Resources"　（15:40-17:10）　

[Coordinator] 　

  • Itaru Yasui (President, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE))

[Panelists]

  • Keikou Terui (Director-General for Technology Policy Coordination, METI)
  • Makoto Konagai (Professor, Dept. of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • Yoshio Nishi (Executive Alumnus, Sony Corp.)　
  • Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation)　　　

17:10-　Closing Ceremony　

17:20-19:00　Reception