Nobel Prize Dialogue
Organizing Committee - Nobel Prize Dialogue Tokyo 2027
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. An organizing committee is established on the JSPS side as an advisory body. It comprises the following members.
Chair
SHIOTA Tsuyoshi
Executive Director,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Member
UMEHARA Izuru
President,
Yokohama National University
SAIJO Tatsuyoshi
Specially Appointed Professor,
Institute for International Academic Research,
Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS)
Representative Director,
Future Design
TANAKA Junko
Executive Vice President,
Hiroshima University
NISHIMIYA Nobuyuki
Former Professor,
College of Science and Technology,
Nihon University
Former President,
Hydrogen Energy Systems Society
HASHIMOTO Takako
Director, Deputy to the President,
Chiba University of Commerce
Dean/Professor,
Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration,
Chiba University of Commerce
FUKUDA Atsushi
Specially-appointed Professor,
College of Science and Technology,
Nihon University
MACHIMURA Takashi
Professor,
Faculty of Communication Studies,
Tokyo Keizai University
Professor Emeritus,
Hitotsubashi Univeristy
Advisor
WAKAMIYA Atsushi
Professor,
Institute for Chemical Research (ICR),
Kyoto University
Deputy Provost, and Deputy Executive Vice-President (Planning, Coordination, and Research Promotion),
Kyoto University
(As of April 1, 2026)