Plan for 2009 Asian Science Camp (ASC) in Japan [1] Introduction After the successful Asian Science Camps in Taiwan and Bali, 2007 and 2008, the 2009 Asian Science Camp is proposed to be held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan in August, 2009. It will be a 7-day inspiring /life changing moment for around 200 Asian students, since they will learn from Nobel Laureates and other world-class scientists in the fields of Physics and Chemistry. Initially, the idea of Asian Science Camp was discussed in 2005 at the Lindau Science Meeting in Germany by Professor Yuan-Tseh Lee from Taiwan, the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, and Professor Masatoshi Koshiba from Japan, the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physics. The proposal aims to enlighten those science-talented youths through discussions and personal contacts with top scholars in the world and to promote the international friendship and cooperation among the best young students of the next generation in Asia. The Asian Science Camp was planned with the Lindau Science Meeting as a model, which has been annually held in Lindau, Germany for more than half a century. About ten Nobel Laureates or world-distinguished scientists will be invited to the event as Leaders and they will provide an interesting program to attract all the participants, including lecture sessions, parallel discussion sessions among Leaders and students, poster presentations, a social party and excursions. [2] Dates and venue 2009.8.2 (Sun) arrival – 2009.8.8(Sat) Epochal Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan http://www.epochal.or.jp/eng/index.html [3] Program (1) Program consists of plenary lectures and parallel camps hosted by leaders, lab tours (ex. KEK tour), poster preparations/presentations by students, and excursions. (2) Time table (tentative) [4] 2009 ASC web page: http://www-conf.kek.jp/asc09/index.html .