HOPE Meetings with Nobel Laureates
Future and Past Meetings

17th HOPE Meeting
Date: Monday, 2 March through Friday, 6 March 2026
*Registration: Sunday, 1 March 2026
Venue: Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, Japan (tentative)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Program Overview
Outline
*Registration: Sunday, 1 March 2026
Venue: Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, Japan (tentative)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Program Overview
Outline

16th HOPE Meeting
Date: Sunday, 9 March through Thursday, 13 March 2025
Venue: PACIFICO Yokohama (Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Outline
Report of the Meeting
Lecturers/Moderators
Organizing Committee
Meeting Highlights -- 3-minute Movie (YouTube)
Venue: PACIFICO Yokohama (Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Outline
Report of the Meeting
Lecturers/Moderators
Organizing Committee
Meeting Highlights -- 3-minute Movie (YouTube)

15th HOPE Meeting
Date: Monday, 26 February through Friday, 1 March 2024
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Outline
Report of the Meeting
Lecturers
Organizing Committee / Moderators
Videos(YouTube)
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (Kyoto-city, Kyoto, Japan)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Outline
Report of the Meeting
Lecturers
Organizing Committee / Moderators
Videos(YouTube)

14th HOPE Meeting
Date: Monday, 27 February through Friday, 3 March 2023
Venue: Tsukuba International Congress Center (Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, Japan)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Report of the Meeting
Program (PDF/378KB) (Archive, National Diet Library) (external site)
Lecturers
Organizing Committee / Moderators
Videos(YouTube)
Venue: Tsukuba International Congress Center (Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, Japan)
Subject Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Report of the Meeting
Program (PDF/378KB) (Archive, National Diet Library) (external site)
Lecturers
Organizing Committee / Moderators
Videos(YouTube)

13th HOPE Meeting
Date: Monday, 7 March through Friday, 11 March 2022
Meeting format: Online meeting via web conferencing system
Subject fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Report of the Meeting
Program (PDF/357KB) (Archive, National Diet Library) (external site)
Lecturers
Organizing Committee / Moderators
Meeting format: Online meeting via web conferencing system
Subject fields: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology/Medicine and Related Fields
Organizer: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Report of the Meeting
Program (PDF/357KB) (Archive, National Diet Library) (external site)
Lecturers
Organizing Committee / Moderators
Please refer to the National Diet Library archives for information on previous meetings prior to the 12th HOPE Meeting.