Barry J. Marshall (Physiology / Medicine, 2005) Lecturer, 8th HOPE Meeting

Takaaki Kajita (Physics, 2015) HOPE Meeting Organizing Committee Member ©ICRR, The University of Tokyo

Makoto Kobayashi (Physics, 2008) Lecturer, 8th HOPE Meeting Chair, HOPE Meeting Organizing Committee

Outline of the 9th HOPE Meeting [Date] February 26 - March 2, 2017 (February 25: Registration / February 26: Nobel Prize Dialogue Tokyo 2017) [Venue] Tokyo, Japan [Organizer] Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [Chair of the Organizing Committee] Makoto Kobayashi (Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2008) [Number of Participants] 25 will be selected by JSPS. (In addition, 90 will be nominated by Overseas Cooperating Institutions in Asia-Pacific and Africa.)[Lecturers] Nobel Laureates (in Physics, Chemistry and Physiology / Medicine) and other distinguished researchers (to be determined).

Eligibility PhD Students / Young Researchers (who received his / her PhD in the past 5 years) For more information, please visit our website at: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-hope/index.html

9th HOPE MEETING with Nobel Laureates HOPE Meetings are held annually for excellent graduate students and young researchers specially selected from countries around the Asia-Pacific and Africa region. These meetings give an opportunity for the participants to engage in interdisciplinary discussions with Nobel Laureates and other distinguished scientists pioneering the frontiers of knowledge. They also give the participants, who lodge together over the course of the event, a unique chance to make friends and form collegial networks with peers from the regions.

[Contact] Office of the HOPE Meetings, JSPS Tel: +81-3-3263-2414 E-mail: [email protected]