Open Lectures by the 2024 Japan Prize Laureates

It is our great pleasure to host a special symposium on campus with Professors Brian J. Hoskins and John M. Wallace, the laureates of Japan Prize 2024 in the field of “Resources, Energy, the Environment, and Social Infrastructure” for their outstanding contributions to “Establishment of a scientific foundation for understanding and predicting extreme weather events”. To join this symposium, pre-registration is required, and it will be closed as soon as the number of participants reaches the capacity of the hall (160) or at 9AM on the day of the symposium.

Hoskins-Wallace Symposium at UTokyo
Date: 15:00–17:30JST, 15 April 2024 (Mon) 
Place: Koshiba Hall, Faculty of Science Bldg. #1, University of Tokyo
(Hongo Campus) with no online option.

Program
15:00 Opening remarks (Prof. Tatsuya Okubo, Graduate School of Engineering)
15:05 An overview of scientific achievement by the laureates
(Prof. Hisashi Nakamura, RCAST)
15:25 Lecture by Prof. Brian J. Hoskins (University of Reading, UK)
16:25 Lecture by Prof. John M. Wallace (University of Washington, USA)
17:25 Closing remarks (Prof. Kaoru Sato, Graduate School of Science)
Moderator: Prof. Masahiro Watanabe (AORI)

Detailed scientific achievement by the laureates is given on the Japan Prize Foundation website.
Prof. Hisashi Nakamura
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
Affiliated with Department of Earth and Planetary Science

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