UT Forum 2000
in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area

Date & Time: December 15, 2000 (Friday), 08:45-17:00
Place: Fairchild auditorium, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Open to public. Please register by e-mail or fax.

The University of Tokyo (UT) is proud to present a forum that focuses on the future of Life Science, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology by inviting speakers from Stanford University, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) and UT.

Future of Life Science and Biomedical Research Universities
Shigehiko Hasumi (President, UT)
Zach Hall (Vice Chancellor, UCSF)
Ken-ichi Arai (Dean, Institute of Medical Science, UT)
James Spudich (The Clark Center, Stanford)

Scientific Session
Genome Science and Medicine: Yoshiyuki Sakaki (UT), David Botstein (Stanford), Tatsuhiko Kodama(UT)
Cancer Research: Hiroto Okayama (UT), Frank McCormick (UCSF)
Developmental Biology: Katsuhiko Mikoshiba (UT), Roeland Nusse (Stanford), Atsushi Miyajima (UT)
Structural Biology: Chikashi Toyoshima (UT), Chikako Shingyoji(UT)
Microbiology/Immunology: Chieko Kai (UT), Arthur WeissiUCSF), Tadatsugu Taniguchi (UT)

Program | Registration

Pre-Forum Workshop on University Bio-ventures and Intellectual Property Rights

Morning session (participation is gratis)
Date & Time: December 14, 2000 (Thursday), 08:45-12:30
Place: Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall, Stanford University

University Perspective: Christopher Scott(UCSF), Robert Kneller (UT), , Katharine Ku (Stanford)
Bay Area Bioventure Perspective: David Goeddel ( Founder and CEO, Tularik), Russell Howard (CEO, Maxygen), Thomas Okarma (CEO, Geron)
Japanese Bioventure Perspective: Hidetaka Fukuda (Director Japan External Trade Organization, SF Office), Yasuhiro Furuichi (Director, Agene Research Institute), Tadashi Matsumoto (CEO, ReqMed)

Afternoon site visits
 UCSF Mission Bay, Tularik, Rigel, Applied Biosystems, Incyte
(Bus departs Encina Hall at 13:00
$200 or \20,000 donation will cover tour, transportation and dinner. Limit 50 persons. Contact Atsuko Toda for reservation)

Pre-Forum Workshop Program

Inquires, Registration and Reservations:

Atsuko Toda (Ms), Secretary to Ken-ichi Arai, MD. Ph.D, Dean, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, a-toda@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Tel: +81-3-5449-5660 (9:30 A.M.-5:30 P.M. Japan time)
Fax: +81-3-5449-5424

Inquires from the Bay Area:

Hideto Kaneshima, Director of the Silicon Valley Office for the University of Tokyo, svout@webjapan.com