Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Outline of the 15th HOPE Meeting

About HOPE Meetings

HOPE Meetings give opportunities to excellent graduate students selected from countries and areas in the Asia-Pacific and Africa region to engage in interdisciplinary discussions with Nobel Laureates and other distinguished scientists pioneering the frontiers of 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

Monday, February 26 to Friday, March 1, 2024
*Registration: Sunday, February 25

Meeting Format

On-site and in-person (Two lecturers participated in the meeting through the online-conferencing platform)

Venue

Kyoto International Conference Center (Kyoto-city, Kyoto)

Organizer

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Chairperson of the Organizing Committee

KAJITA Takaaki (Nobel Laureate in Physics 2015)

Language

English

Participants

The participants comprised about 20 PhD students and young researchers from the institutions in Japan and 80 were nominated by the Overseas Cooperating Institutions of the Asia-Pacific and Africa region;
Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam.

Lecturers

7 Nobel Laureates in the fields of natural sciences 

Nobel Laureates at the 15th HOPE Meeting

KAJITA Takaaki

J. Georg BEDNORZ

Morten MELDAL*

David W. C. MACMILLAN

Stefan W. HELL*

OHSUMI Yoshinori

Paul NURSE

Lecturers participated online