| March 11 (Mon) |
| 15:00-17:00 |
Registration (4F, Mitsui Garden Hotel Nara)
*As to hotel location, please look at a map on 2nd announcement or
the web page: http://www.nirs.go.jp/usr/workshop/nara.htm.
Registration and information desks will be opened daily from 8:30 a.m. at the
workshop hall. |
| 17:00-18:00 |
Welcome Cocktail Party (at 4F Hagoromo room of the Hotel)
*This party is intended to make an opportunity for promoting face-to-face communications among participants. |
| March 12 (Tue) |
| 8:50-10:00 |
Poster setting (2F Reception Hall of the Nara-ken New Public Hall)
*Please note that all presenting participants (except special talks) are requested to give poster presentations in the poster session. The Program Committee and/or session moderators will choose speakers for roundtable discussions will be chosen before the workshop. |
| 10:00-10:50 |
Opening session (1F Noh-gaku Hall)
Welcoming address
- Dr. Takeo Ohnishi (Nara Medical Univ.)
Opening address
- Dr. Walter Schimmerling (NASA Headquarters)
Keynote address: "What is the Plan ?"
- Prof. John F. Dicello (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
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| 10:50-12:00 |
Overview session (1F Noh-gaku Hall)
"Cosmic Radiation and Human Missions to Mars"
- Dr. Gerda Horneck (German Aerospace Center: DLR)
"Studies about Space Radiation Promote New Fields in Radiation Biology"
- Prof. Takeo Ohnishi (Nara Medical Univ.) |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch break |
| 13:00- 16:30 |
Poster session (2F Reception Hall)
*Presenting participants are encouraged to talk with moderators of Roundtable Discussion sessions. The moderators will recommend good presentations to the Program Committee for publication of full papers on an international journal (Mutation Research). |
| 16:30-18:30 |
Roundtable Discussion -1
Accelerator Facilities for Space Radiation Research
Moderators: Dr. Jack Miller (LBL) and Dr. Yoshiya Furusawa (NIRS)
Keynote: Dr. Walter Schimmerling (NASA Headquarters)
16:30-16:35 Brief Overview (Yoshiya Furusawa)
16:35-16:50 Keynote, A0 (Walter Schimmerling)
16:50-17:05 A1 (Derek I. Lowenstein)
17:05-17:20 A2 (Gregory Nelson)
17:20-17:30 A4 (Michiaki Yamaguchi)
17:30-17:40 A5 (Marco Durante)
17:40-17:50 A6 (Sylvia Ritter)
17:50-18:00 A11 (Eugene Krasavin)
18:00-18:10 A8 (Yasuhiko Kobayashi)
18:10-18:20 A10 (Yasushige Yano)
18:20-18:30 A7 (Yoshio Hishikawa)
18:30-18:35 Brief Summary (Jack Miller) |
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| March 13 (Wed) |
| 8:50-10:10 |
Roundtable Discussion -2
Shielding: Physical Protection
Moderators: Dr. Lawrence H. Heilbronn (LBL) and Dr. Takashi Nakamura (Tohoku Univ.)
Keynote: Dr. Marco Durante (Univ. Federico II)
8:50-8:55 Brief Overview (Takashi Nakamura)
8:55-9:15 Keynote, S0 (Marco Durante)
9:15-9:27 S21 (Hirose Iwase)
9:27-9:39 S5 (Jack Miller)
9:39-9:51 S22 (Giovanni De Angelis)
9:51-10:03 S10 (Ram K. Tripathi)
10:03-10:10 Brief Summary (Lawrence H. Heilbronn) |
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| 10:10-10:40 |
Coffee break |
| 10:40-12:00 |
Roundtable Discussion -3
Radiation Protection Dosimetry in Space
Moderators: Dr. Vladislav M. Petrov (IBMP) and Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda (NIRS)
Lecture: "In Memory of Dr. Gautam D. Badhwar"
- Dr. Stanley B. Curtis (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
10:40-10:45 Brief Overview (Hiroshi Yasuda)
10:45-11:05 Special lecture (Stanley Curtis)
11:05-11:15 D3 (Jennifer L. Hoff)
11:15-11:25 D7 (Yukio Uchihori)
11:25-11:35 D12 (Yigal Horowitz)
11:35-11:45 D19 (Orlov Mark Yu)
11:45-12:00 Brief Summary (Vladislav M. Petrov) |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch break |
| 13:00-14:20 |
Roundtable Discussion -4
Space Radiation Environment
Moderators: Dr. Guenther Reitz (DLR) and Dr. Fumihiko Tomita (CRL)
Keynote: Dr.B. Quaghebeur (Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-A ronomie)
13:00-13:05 Brief Overview (Guenther Reitz)
13:05-13:25 Keynote, E0 (Bart Quaghebeur)
13:25-13:37 E1 (Guenther Reitz)
13:37-13:49 E2 (Atsushi Chishiki)
13:49-14:01 E3 (Francis Cucinotta)
14:01-14:13 E7 (Daniel L. Stephens)
14:13-14:20 Brief Summary (Fumihiko Tomita) |
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| 14:20- 18:00 |
Excursion or Special session
*A short tour for visiting Horyu-ji temple is planned. At the same time, a special session entitled "Supporting Facilities for Space Utilization Research" will be held to introduce supporting facilities for space utilization research mainly for Japanese participants. The moderators of this special session will be Mr. Shigeki Kamigaichi (NASDA) and Dr. Satoshi Fukuda (NIRS). |
| March 14 (Thu) |
| 8:50-10:10 |
Roundtable Discussion -5
Space Radiation Biology (1): Physiological Effects
Moderators: Dr. Marcelo Vazquez (BNL) and Dr. Shunji Nagaoka (Fujita Health Univ.)
Keynote: Dr. Francis A. Cucinotta (NASA JSC)
8:50-8:55 Brief Overview (Shunji Nagaoka)
8:55-9:15 Keynote, H0 (Francis A. Cucinotta)
9:15-9:25 H1 (Takeshi Yaoi)
9:25-9:35 H9 (Morio Yonezawa)
9:35-9:45 H12 (Barbara Shukitt-Hale)
9:45-9:55 H23 (Kerry George/Honglu Wu)
9:55-10:10 Brief Summary (Marcelo Vazquez) |
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| 10:10-10:40 |
Coffee break |
| 10:40-12:00 |
Roundtable Discussion -6
Space Radiation Biology (2): Cellular Response
Moderators: Dr. Mauro Belli (Ist. Sup. San.) and Dr. Fumio Suzuki (Hiroshima Univ.)
Keynote: Dr. Eric J. Hall (Columbia University)
10:40-10:45 Brief Overview (Fumio Suzuki)
10:45-11:05 Keynote, C0 (Eric J. Hall)
11:05-11:17 C5 (Chunlin Shao)
11:17-11:29 C7 (Eleanor A. Blakely)
11:29-11:41 C11 (Sachiko Goto)
11:41-11:53 C8 (Marcelo Vazquez)
11:53-12:00 Brief Summary (Mauro Belli) |
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| 12:00-13:30 |
Lunch break
*All posters should be removed by the end of this break. |
| 13:30-15:45 |
Roundtable Discussion -7
Space Radiation Biology (3): Gene Stability
Moderators: Dr. Amy Kronenberg (LBL) and Dr. Fumio Yatagai (RIKEN)
Keynote: Prof. Juergen Kiefer (Strahlenzentrum der Justus-Liebig-University)
13:30-13:40 Brief Overview (Fumio Yatagai)
13:40-14:05 Keynote (Juergen Kiefer)
14:05-14:15 G19 (Gregory Nelson)
14:15-14:25 G15 (Masamitsu Homma)
14:25-14:35 G6 (Kenshi Komatsu)
14:35-14:45 G11 (Tetsuya Kawata)
14:45-14:55 G12 (Sylvia Ritter)
14:55-15:05 G23 (Ryuji Okazaki)
15:05-15:15 G21 (Shin-ichiro Masunaga)
15:15-15:25 G27 (Polly Chang)
15:25-15:35 Brief Summary (Amy Kronenberg) |
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| 15:45-16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Roundtable Discussion -8
Space Radiation Biology (4): Plants
Moderators: Dr. Yeqing Sun (Harbin Technology) and Dr. Otsura Niwa (Kyoto Univ.)
16:00-16:05 Brief Overview (Yeqing Sun)
16:05-16:15 P1 (Tetsuya Sakashita)
16:15-16:25 (to be determined)
16:25-16:35 P2 (Yeqing Sun)
16:35-16:55 P7+P4-6 (Tomoko Abe and RIKEN group)
16:55-17:00 Brief Summary (Otura Niwa) |
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| 17:00-18:00 |
Attraction (1F Noh-gaku Hall)
*As an attraction event, KYOGEN, an ancient Japanese comic play, will be performed by a professional Kyogen troupe. The time of the play will be about 20min; about 30min will be used for preparation. |
| 18:00-20:00 |
Banquet (2F Reception Hall)
*Welcoming remarks from the representatives of NIRS (Dr. Yasuhito Sasaki),
Nara Medical University (Dr. Osamu Yoshida), and NASA will be made. |
| March 15 (Fri) |
| 8:50-10:10 |
Roundtable Discussion -9
Medicine: Biological Protection
Moderators: Dr. Thomas Seed (AFRRI) and Dr. Koichi Ando (NIRS)
Keynote: Fredric J. Burns (NYU School of Medicine)
8:50-8:55 Brief Overview (Koichi Ando)
8:55-9:15 Keynote, M0 (Fredric J. Burns)
9:15-9:25 M8 (Satoshi Fukuda)
9:25-9:35 M12 (Stan Curtis - for William Hazelton)
9:35-9:45 M7 (Tsutomu Kagiya)
9:45-9:55 M15 (Koji Ono)
9:55-10:10 Brief Summary (Thomas Seed) |
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| 10:10-10:40 |
Coffee break |
| 10:40-12:00 |
Roundtable Discussion -10
Scientific Experiments in Space
Moderators: Dr. Gregory Nelson (Loma Linda Univ.) and Dr. Tamotsu Nakano (NASDA)
10:40-10:45 Brief Overview (Tamotsu Nakano)
10:45-11:00 Keynote (Shunji Nagaoka)
11:00-11:10 F7 (Muneo Takaoki)
11:10-11:20 F6 (Satoko Uchida)
11:20-11:30 F11 (Ken Ohnishi)
11:30-11:40 F9 (Kazuki Harada)
11:40-11:50 F18 (Kanji Ishizaki)
11:50-12:00 Brief Summary (Gregory Nelson) |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
Closing Session (1F Noh-gaku Hall)
Workshop overview
- Dr. Francis A. Cucinotta (NASA JSC)
Closing address
- Dr. Walter Schimmerling (NASA Headquaters)
Closing remarks
- Dr. Kazunobu Fujitaka (NIRS) |
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addition, a post-workshop excursion visiting the following places is planned on
8:00-20:00 March 16 (Sat) by organization of Nara Medical University.