Nobel Prize Dialogue
Organizing Committee - Nobel Prize Dialogue Tokyo 2017
Important facets of program planning and implementation for the Nobel Prize Dialogue are carried out jointly by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the Dialogue’s co-organizer Nobel Prize Outreach (former Nobel Media AB). An organizing committee is established on the JSPS side as an advisory body. It comprises the following members.
Chair
ANZAI Yuichiro
President,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Chair,
Strategic Council for AI Technology
Vice Chair
IWANO Kazuo
Chief Digital Officer,
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Member
KAWATO Mitsuo
Director,
Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group,
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR)
KITSUREGAWA Masaru
Director General,
National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems
Professor,
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
KUNIYOSHI Yasuo
Professor,
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Director,
Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AI Center), The University of Tokyo
TSUJII Junichi
Director,
Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
FUJIYAMA Tomohiko
Principal Fellow,
Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Advisor
TONEGAWA Susumu
Director,
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
(As of Nobel Prize Dialogue Tokyo 2017)