Friday, March 22, 2013
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Royce Hall 306
University of California, Los Angeles
340 Royce Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Presented by Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD
Academic Fellow of National Graduate Research Institute for Policy
Science & Professor Emeritus of University of Tokyo
The world has undergone major drastic changes in the last two decades driven by several major factors, eg, explosion of human population and connectivity. Such changes seem further accelerated in recent years and it seems that our future becomes more uncertain and unpredictable. Fukushima Nuclear Accident awakened us and led to creation of Independent Investigation Commission by the National Diet of Japan; Commission Report
revealed some of the fundamental issues of Japan’s nuclear policy. Meanwhile, multistakeholders’ engagement has become critical in various social affairs and in policy making domains within and across national boundaries and has contributed in significant
ways to affect the processes of addressing and impacting global agenda, such as climate change, food and water, energy, urbanization, biodiversity, human capital with shifting the
balance of economy and power. In my view, the principles of our society may be changing quite fast heading somewhat differently from our conventional norm. Science community can and should contribute to these issues in nurturing future leaders, but in what way?
Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa:
Graduate of University of Tokyo School of Medicine, trained in internal medicine and nephrology, in US 1969-84; Professor of Med, Dept Med of UCLA Sch Med (79-84), Chair, Univ Tokyo Faculty of Med (89-96), Dean of Tokai Univ School of Med (96-02, President of Science Council of Japan (03-07), Science Advisor to Prime Minister (07-09), Board member of A*STAR (06-00), Bibliotheca Alexandria (04-08), Khalifa University (08- ), Okinawa Institute of Science and Tech (06- ), Global Science and Innovation Advisory Board of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (11-); President of Intl Soc Nephrology (97-99), Inst of Medicine of US Academies (92). Recently, chaired Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission by the National Diet of Japan (Dec 11-July 12). AAAS Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award (2012), ‘100 Top Global Thinkers 2012” of Foreign Policy.
Directions to Royce Hall 306:
Parking Lot 5 - $11 CASH ONLY / $4 Handicapped --- From Sunset Blvd., enter north campus at Royce Dr. (between Westwood Plaza and Hilgard Ave.). Proceed straight to Parking Structure 5. Handicapped Accessible parking spaces are located on level 4 of this parking structure.
Parking Lot 4 - $11 / $4 Handicapped --- From Sunset Blvd., enter north campus at Westwood Plaza and proceed straight to the underground parking structure. Lot 4 accepts cash and credit cards. This is the only lot that will accept credit card payments within the proximity of Royce Hall. http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/
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