NSF Tokyo Regional Office Fiftieth Anniversary Symposium

该奖项为2010年10月在东京举行的一个联合项目和为期三天的研讨会提供资金，以纪念NSF在日本的办事处成立五十周年。研讨会将汇集美国和日本的研究和教育领域的领导人，讨论共同感兴趣的话题，回顾过去合作取得的成就，并确定继续开展联合活动的机会。研讨会的议题包括科学政策，以及生物、地质、海洋科学、物理科学、数学、信息技术和工程等领域的重要研究主题。研讨会的目的是总结美日科学合作的过去成就，并为未来的合作奠定基础。因此，它将把重点放在两国高度优先的研究领域。审查过去的活动和相互讨论应确定合作、研究和教育的新机会。除了涉及特定研究领域的正式会议外，与会者还将进行非正式交流，包括实地考察和外联活动，以增进公众对科学的了解。

This award provides funding for a joint program and three-day workshop to be held in Tokyo in October 2010 to observe the fiftieth anniversary of the NSF office in Japan. The workshop will bring together leaders in research and education from the U.S. and Japan to discuss topics of common interest, to review accomplishments of past collaboration, and to identify opportunities for continuing joint activities. Topics on the agenda will encompass science policy as well as key research themes in biology, geology, ocean science, physical sciences, mathematics, information technology, and engineering.The purposes of the workshop are to recap past accomplishments of U.S.-Japan cooperation in science and to lay the basis for future collaborations. Accordingly it will focus attention on research areas of high priority for both countries. The review of past activities and mutual discussions should identify new opportunities for collaboration research and education. In addition to the formal sessions covering particular research areas the participants will engage in informal communication involving site visits and outreach activities to enhance public understanding of science.