2011: 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 (Leibniz-Saal, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften)

PROGRAM May 20, 2011
10:30	Eugen und Ilse Seibold Prize award ceremony
12:30	Registration, Lunch Snack
13:30	Ceremonial Session
13:40	Welcome Remarks • 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.)
14:10	Keynote Talks by Nobel-Laureates Collaboration in High Energy Physics Prof. Dr. Makoto Kobayashi (Prof. em., KEK, Executive Director, JSPS) Presentation Kobayashi (5.4 MB) Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden.
	Nobel Prizes, Fundamental Constants and Metrology Prof. Dr. Klaus von Klitzing (Director, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart) Presentation von Klitzing (4.8 MB)
15:10	Memorial Talks Recent Works Prof. Ryue Nishizawa (Yokohama National University, Graduate School of Architecture) A New Initiation Mode for Bacterial Translation: The 70S Scanning Initiation Dr. Markus Pech (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics) Shuzo Aoki and the Iwakura Mission Prof. Dr. Shiro Ishii (Prof. em., The University of Tokyo, Senior Advisor, Research Center for Science Systems, JSPS) Presentation Ishii (102 KB) Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden.
16:10	Coffee Break
16:40	Special Session regarding March 11th Convener: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Meiji University)
17:15	Mari Miyoshi (Embassy of Japan in Germany)
	Experiencing the Earthquakes on March 11th and the Situation Afterwards Dr. Alexander Schnase (Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), J-PARC Center) Presentation Schnase (3.7 MB) Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden.
	Q&A Prof. Dr. Viktor Meineke (Institut für Radiobiologie der Bundeswehr)
19:00	Conference Dinner
May 21, 2011
08:40	Session 1: Humanities & Social Sciences Convener: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bock (TU München)
	Genocide and Genocide Prevention Prof. Dr. Yuji Ishida (The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) Presentation Ishida (200 KB) Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden.
09:20	Session 2: Life Sciences Convener: Prof. Dr. Knud Nierhaus (MPI for Molecular Genetics, Berlin)
	Physical Modeling of Biological Interfaces Prof. Dr. Motomu Tanaka (University of Heidelberg, Institute of Physical Chemistry) The Periodic System of Natural Products Prof. Dr. Herbert Waldmann (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund)
10:40	Coffee Break
11:10	Session 3: Natural Sciences Convener: Prof. Dr. Geerd Diercksen (MPI für Astrophysik, Garching)
	Study of Polar Ice Cores Prof. Dr. Nobuhiko Azuma (Nagaoka University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering) Presentation Azuma (5 MB) Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden.
	The Largest Structures in the Universe and their Origin Prof. Dr. Volker Springel (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies) Presentation Springel, part 1 (4.1 MB) Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden. Presentation Springel, part 2 (5 MB) Diese Präsentation darf nicht für kommerzielle Zwecke verwendet werden.
12:30	Lunch
14:00	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