Ever-Expanding Mathematics--- Expectations from the Society
DATE: 22th (afternoon)-23th February 2010
PLACE: The University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The Main Auditorium“Investigation and estimation of promotion of cooperation of mathematics and mathematical science with other fields― For examination of the fourth governmental science ＆ technology master plan ―″Implementing Organizations:
Kyushu University (Main)
The University of Tokyo
The Mathematical Society of Japan
Nippon Steel Corporation
Support Organizations:
The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Japan Federation Statistical Science Associations【22 Feb (Mon)

13:00-17:35】

Chairman: Toshio Oshima (Dean ＆ Professor, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Tokyo)
13:05-13:25
Opening address

Setsuo Arikawa (President, Kyushu University)

Guest speech

Takao Kuramochi (Deputy Director General, Research Promotion Bureau, Basic and GenericResearch Division, The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology (MEXT)）

13:30-16:00
Background and aim

Kouki Uchimaru (Director, Basic and Generic Research Division, MEXT)
Masato Wakayama (The Representative; Dean ＆ Professor, Faculty of Math., Kyushu Univ.)
Taketomo Mitsui (Former President (2008) of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics; Professor, Faculty of Sci.＆Tech., Doshisha Univ.)

Report on the results of theTakashi Tsuboi (President of Math. Society of Japan; Professor, Graduate School of Math. Sci., Univ.

investigation projectsTokyo)
Moritaka Hosotsubo (Guest Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Math., Kyushu Univ.; Researcher, NISTEP)
Setsuo Taniguchi (Professor, Faculty of Math., Kyushu Univ.)

Plan of policy proposal

Masato Wakayama (The Representative; Dean ＆ Professor, Faculty of Math., Kyushu Univ.)

Example of industry-academia

Junichi Nakagawa (Chief Researcher, Nippon Steel Corporation)cooperation
16:00-16:30
Coffee break

16:40-17:30

Tony F. Chan

Keynote Lecture(President, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Former Assistant Director for the Directorate of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, US National
Science Foundation (2006-2009)

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of California at Los Angeles
Former Director, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA (2000-2001))
17:30Closing address of the day

Norimichi Kojima (Managing Director, Executive Vice President, Univ. Tokyo)

18:00Reception【23 Feb (Tue) 10:00-17:05】

PLACE: Lover son Verre Komaba
Chairman: Kazuo Murota (Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology,
University of Tokyo)

10:05:10:40
Remarks from the societies of math.

Toshikazu Takada (President, Japan Society for Indust. Appl. Math. )and math. Sciences

Genshirou Kitagawa (Director-General, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
Takashi Tsuboi (President of Math. Society of Japan)

10:45-12:00
Remarks from CREST-PREST (JST)Yasumasa Nishiura (Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido Univ.; Research
Director of the JST Mathematics)

Remarks from industries

Kennichi Anjyo (Board member, R＆D Supervisor, OLM Digital Inc.)
Norishige Morimoto (Director of IBM Research Tokyo, IBM Japan, Ltd.)

12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:30-14:30

Remarks from other fields

Hideki Kimura (Director-General, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN)
Naoto Kunitomo (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Univ. Tokyo)

14:30-14:55
Coffee break
14:55-17:00

Chairman: Toshio Oshima (Dean ＆ Professor, Graduate School of Math. Sci., Univ. Tokyo)

Panel discussion<Panelists>

Cooperation of mathematics andReiko Aoki (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Director for Intergenerational Research,mathematical science with other fields

Hitotsubashi Univ. ＆ Member of CSTP)
Shihoko Ishii (Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology; Science Council of Japan)
Hideki Kimura (Director-General, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN)
Yasumasa Nishiura (Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido Univ.; Research
Director of the JST Mathematics)
Taketomo Mitsui (Former President of the Japan Society for Indust. Appl. Math.; Professor, Facultyof Sci.＆Tech., Doshisha Univ.)
Yasuo Morita(Professor President Special commanded, Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences,Tohoku Univ.)
Norishige Morimoto (Director of IBM Research Tokyo, IBM Japan, Ltd.)
Masato Wakayama (The Representative; Dean ＆ Professor, Faculty of Math., Kyushu Univ.)

17:00-17:05
Closing address

Takashi Tsuboi (President of Math. Society of Japan; Professor, Graduate School of Math. Sci.,
Univ. Tokyo)