September 7, 2015

Young Asian Researchers to Discuss Pollution atHonda Y-E-S Form 2015
The Honda Foundation (established by Soichiro and Benjiro Honda; chairman: HirotoIshida) is to hold the Honda Y-E-S Forum 2015 on Wednesday November 18, 2015 at
Ichijo Hall, Yayoi Auditorium on the University of Tokyo campus in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
The Forum will invite the awardees of the Young Engineer and Scientist’s Award (Y-E-SAward) from various countries in Asia to engage in discussion with experts in variousfields on issues in modern society examined from the perspective of young scientists andengineers.
The Honda Y-E-S Award was started in 2006 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of theestablishment of the Foundation. It is an award program for students studying science andengineering in various Asian countries, aimed at fostering future leaders in these
disciplines. The Award currently covers the five nations of Vietnam, India, Cambodia,
Laos and Myanmar and grants incentive awards to university students who have shownhigh levels of academic performance.
The Honda Y-E-S Forum has been organized as an extension of the award program topromote friendly exchanges among the Y-E-S Awardees and Japanese university students,interaction with academic experts and researchers in Japan, feedback to countries coveredby the program and ultimately to contribute to the development of young scientists andengineers in Asian countries who are expected to lead the science and technology fields inthe future. It is the first time to gather representatives of the past Y-E-S Awardees todiscuss with experts in Japan. This Forum is open to the public.
The theme of this year's Forum is "Tackling Pollution through Ecotechnology." It willfeature presentations by the Y-E-S Awardees on the pollution issues in their respectivecountries, along with keynote addresses by Dr. Masanori Fujita, Professor Emeritus of
Osaka University, and Dr. Yoshifumi Yasuoka, Professor Emeritus of the University ofTokyo. In the later part of the program, a panel discussion involving audience will be heldwith Dr. Atsushi Sunami, professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
and Executive Director of the Honda Foundation, serving as facilitator.
Alongside the Forum, a research poster contest on the theme of pollution will be held. It isaimed at sharing Japan's research results and knowledge on pollution countermeasures foremerging countries and at expanding the network of participants in tackling these issues.
Through these programs, the Foundation hopes to explore, from the perspective of young
scientists and engineers, what roles science and technology can play in the face of thepollution issues in emerging countries. Also it endeavors to search for the path toproblem-solving, including identifying what research, technologies and ideas in Japan cancontribute to the subject in transnational cooperation.
This year’s Forum is supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), theInterdisciplinary Consortium on Urban Environment and Health in Asia (UEHAS), andthe Science and Technology Leadership Association (STeLA) Japan.

The Honda Foundation was established in 1977 by donations from Honda Motor’sfounder Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro.
Although the rapid technical innovation in modern society has achieved high economic
growth and dramatic prosperity, bringing revolutionary changes in our lives, it has createdserious and complex issues such as environmental destruction, pollution, urbanconcentration, population and food issues, and growing consciousness-gap between
nations and races.
In order to provide the opportunity for scholars, researchers, and specialists to meet
together and freely discuss the present state and the future of our civilization, theFoundation sponsors international exchange, symposia and study groups, offers prizes andawards for the promotion of research, education and other such activities, carries on its
own study and research utilizing the achievements of modern civilization, thus aims tocontribute toward the creation of a truly humane civilization.
For further information, please contact ;Honda Foundation
Honda Yaesu Building, 2-6-20 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0028
Phone: +81-3-3474-5125 / Fax: +81-3-3274-5103
http://www.hondafoundation.jp/en-2-