Outline of the 12th 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 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

9 – 13 March, 2020
   ○Registration & Orientation: 8 March, 2020

Venue

Tsukuba International Congress Center (Tsukuba-city, Japan)

Organizer

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Language

English

Participants

The participants will comprise about 25 PhD students and young researchers from the institutions in Japan and 75 selected PhD students and young researchers from countries/areas of the Asia-Pacific and Africa region; Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal,
New Zealand, Philippines, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam

Lecturers (Tentative)

J. Georg BEDNORZ	Nobel Laureate in Physics 1987
KAJITA Takaaki	Nobel Laureate in Physics 2015
Barry C. BARISH	Nobel Laureate in Physics 2017
Johann DEISENHOFER	Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1988
Gregory WINTER	Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2018
Tim HUNT	Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2001
Randy W. SCHEKMAN	Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2013

Application Process

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