September 29, 2016

Young Asian Researchers to Discuss Energy Security
at Honda Y-E-S Form 2016
The Honda Foundation (President: Hiroto Ishida) is to hold the Honda Y-E-S Forum 2016
on Saturday November 19, 2016 at Fukutake Hall, on the University of Tokyo campus in
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. The Forum will invite the awardees of the Honda Young Engineerand Scientist’s Award (Y-E-S Award) from various countries in Asia to engage indiscussion with experts in various fields on issues in modern society examined from theperspective of young scientists and engineers.
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 thesedisciplines. 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. This initiative, which is open to the public, started in 2015 and this year
marks its second time.
The theme of this year's Forum is "Achieving Energy Security through Ecotechnology." Itwill feature presentations by the Y-E-S Awardees on the energy security issues in theirrespective countries, along with keynote addresses by Dr. Yoshiaki Nakano, Professor of
the University of Tokyo, and Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, former Executive Director ofInternational Energy Agency (IEA). In the later part of the program, a panel discussion
involving audience will be held with Dr. Hirohisa Uchida, professor of Tokai University
and Executive Director of the Honda Foundation, serving as facilitator.
Alongside the Forum, a research poster contest on the theme of energy security will beheld. It is aimed at sharing Japan's research results and knowledge on pollution
countermeasures for emerging countries and at expanding the network of participants intackling 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 theenergy security 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).
The Honda Foundation was established in 1977 by donations from Honda Motor’s founder Soichiro
Honda and his brother Benjiro, aiming to contribute toward the creation of a truly humane civilization.
For further information, please contact :Honda Foundation
Phone: +81-3-3474-5125 / Fax: +81-3-3274-5103
http://www.hondafoundation.jp/en