2003: 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: Würzburg, Tagungszentrum Festung Marienberg

PROGRAM

May 9, 2003

13:30 Welcoming Remarks
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki (Chairman, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.)
14:00 Science and Society
Teiichi Sato (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO)
14:45 The Role and Prospect of ICT toward the Sustainable Society
Hajime Sasaki (Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation)
Presentation Sasaki (1.6 MB)
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Perspectives of Crop Protection Chemistry for Sustainable Agriculture in Japan and Germany
Dr. Anton Kraus (Leader Portfolio Management Insecticides/New Molecules Bayer CropScience)
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 Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo
Prof. Dr. Klaus Steigleder (University of Bochum, Institute for Philosophy)
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 The Political Implications of Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Takeshi Sasaki (President, The University of Tokyo)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Annual Assembly, Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.
15:45 Japanese and German Guided tour Siebold-Museum