BEANS Project Seminar Report
The BEANS Project Seminar was held for two dayson May 19 - 20, 2009 at X Wave Fuchu in Fuchu City,Tokyo Prefecture. The seminar featured invited guests
from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI) and the New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development Organization (NEDO) andwas attended by a total of members. The purpose ofthe seminar was to report on research anddevelopment efforts during the previous fiscal year byresearchers in each research area, and to discuss thecreation of new technologies through technology
fusion between individual centers and the future thatwill be created by BEANS. Organizers also hoped theseminar would help to improve intra-project
cooperation and competitiveness.
The May 19 session featured opening remarks fromBEANS Project leader Atsushi Yusa and thepresentation of research achievements during theprevious fiscal year in poster format, followed byindividual discussions in preparation for the group
discussions to be held on the following day.
In his opening remarks, BEANS Project Leader
Yusa spoke about the purpose, objectives andsignificance of the seminar, as well as the mission ofthe BEANS Project members. He also noted theimportance of efforts to embody the research visionand scenario in practical form.
Next, 44 research and development achievements
for the previous fiscal year were presented in posterform. Individual researchers used their allotted time togive presentations on their posters, hoping to receive
the Best Poster Award, and the session included many
valuable discussions.

Opening Remarks
from Project Leader

In the group discussions, the attendees weredivided into groups containing a mix of researchers
from the individual BEANS research centers and fromindustry, government and academia. Two of thesegroups debated each of the three discussion topics:
Future Development of BEANS Processes, Objectivesof the BEANS Project and Integration of BEANS
Research Areas. The results of the group discussions
were presented in a panel discussion format, withparticipants presenting the most important and uniqueviews and approaches that came out of the group
discussions on the topic. Many members of theaudience expressed their views as well.
Summaries of the previous fiscal year’s researchachievements were also presented by the directors ofeach of the individual BEANS research centers:
Professor Shoji Takeuchi of Life BEANS Center,
Professor Chihaya Adachi of Life BEANS KyushuCenter, Professor Masakazu Sugiyama of 3D Beans
Center, Professor Masafumi Kimata of 3D BEANS Shiga
Center and Mr. Toshihiro Ito of Macro BEANS Center.
The oral presentations featured the following
outstanding research presentations by researchers
recommended by the Center directors. Each
presentation was followed by a spirited question-andanswer session.
Life BEANS Center
Yukiko Tsuda
Life BEANS Kyushu Center Masaya Hirade
3D BEANS Center
Tomohiro Kubota
3D BEANS Shiga Center
Shimpei Ogawa
Macro BEANS Center
Sohei Matsumoto
The awards ceremony acknowledged theachievements of these researchers. In addition, thefollowing persons were awarded the prizes foroutstanding poster. The award certificates werepresented by Sub-Project Leader Masafumi Kimata.
Best Poster Award
Hideaki Shibata
Outstanding Poster Award
Takeshi Momose,
Yoshihiko Watanabe,
Makoto Kashiwagi,
Shozo Hirata
The conference concluded with an overallsummary and review by Sub-Project Leader, Prof.
Hiroyuki Fujita.

Poster Presentation

Following the poster presentations and a break forlunch, discussions to prepare for the group discussions
on the following day were held, continuing until late
into the night.
The session on the 20 t h featured the group
discussions and a report on their results, an overview
of the previous fiscal year’s research achievements,
oral research presentations and the Best Poster Awardand Outstanding Research Award ceremony.

Group Discussion

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Oral Presentation