Outline of the 5th HOPE Meeting

About HOPE Meetings

HOPE Meetings give opportunities to excellent doctoral students and young researchers selected from countries and areas in the Asia-Pacific region to engage in interdisciplinary discussions with Nobel Laureates and other distinguished scientists pioneering the frontiers to knowledge. It is hoped that the experience the students gain at the meeting will inspire and motivate them to become excellent scientists able to shoulder the future of science and technology in the region.

Date

	February 26－March2 / 2013
	（Registration: February 25）

Venue

Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa (Tokyo, Japan)

Subjected Field

Life Sciences(and related fields)

Organizer

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Under the auspice of the Yomiuri Shimbun (newspaper)

Language

English

Participants

〔HOPE Meeting〕about 100 doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers from the following countries/areas in Asia and Pacific; Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
〔HOPE Meeting Jr.〕about 20 elementary and junior high school students
〔HOPE Dialogue〕about 50 high school students

Lecturers(tentative)