September 26, 2016

The 2016 Kyoto Prize Week (Presentation Ceremony and Related Events)

The Inamori Foundation (President: Kazuo Inamori) is pleased to announce the event schedule of the 2016 Kyoto Prize, an

international award presented to individuals who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual

betterment of humankind.

WELCOME RECEPTION

(by invitation only)

Wednesday, November 9, 6:30pm at Kyoto Hotel Okura

The welcome reception and dinner will be hosted by Kyoto Prefectural Government,

Kyoto City Government and Inamori Foundation in honor of the laureates.

PRIZE PRESENTATION

CEREMONY / BANQUET

(by invitation only)

Thursday, November 10, 3pm at Kyoto International Conference Center /

Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto

Each laureate will receive diploma, the Kyoto Prize medal (20-Karat gold), and prize

money of JPY 50 million. Following the Presentation Ceremony, the Banquet will be

held to celebrate the laureates.

JOINT PRESS

CONFERENCE

(for media only)

Thursday, November 10, 5pm at Kyoto International Conference Center

A joint press conference attended by the laureates will take place right after the

Presentation Ceremony.

COMMEMORATIVE

LECTURES

(open to the public)

Friday, November 11, 1pm at Kyoto International Conference Center

The laureates will speak their views and their personal philosophies in plain

language to general audience.

WORKSHOPS

(for experts)

Saturday, November 12 at Kyoto International Conference Center / Clock

Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University

Workshops in the presence of the laureates, scholars and experts will be held in

parallel at each venue.

KYOTO PRIZE

RITA FORUM

(open to the public)

Sunday, November13, 3pm at Soshikan Hall, Ritsumeikan University

Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum will give a lecture and have a discussion with

researchers.

FORUM FOR HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS

Monday, November 14, 2:30pm at Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto

University

Dr. Tasuku Honjo will give a lecture to high school students in Kyoto who are

interested in science.

LAUREATE LECTURES

IN KAGOSHIMA

(open to the public)

Monday, November 16, 12:30pm at Kagoshima Citizen’s Culture Hall

This Kagoshima event is organized by the local committee with the support of

Inamori Foundation. <Kyoto Prize Related Overseas Events in 2017> Kyoto Prize Symposium in San Diego, U.S.A. (open to the public) Tuesday, March 14–Thursday, March 16, 2017 “Kyoto Prize at Oxford,” 1st symposium in the U.K. (open to the public) Tuesday, May 9–Wednesday, May10, 2017

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Press Release

<For further information, please contact>

Takeshi Nakajima (Mr.) General Manager, Public Relations Division, Inamori Foundation,

Hayato Takenouchi (Mr.) Public Relations Division, Inamori Foundation

TEL: +81-75-353-7272 FAX: +81-75-353-7270 E-mail: press@inamori-f.or.jp

URL: http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/en/

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The 2016 Kyoto Prize Laureates ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY Prize Field：Information Science

Dr. Takeo Kanade（Japan／October 24, 1945／Age 70）

Roboticist; U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Pioneering Contributions, both Theoretical and Practical, to Computer Vision

and Robotics

Dr. Kanade has made fundamental contributions to the basic theory of computer vision and introduced

a series of innovative applied technologies in robotics including pioneering achievements in the field of

automated driving. He has established the foundation of this academic field and been advancing its

frontiers consistently for many years.

BASIC SCIENCES Prize Field：Life Sciences (Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology)

Dr. Tasuku Honjo（Japan／January 27, 1942／Age 74）

Medical Scientist; Professor, Kyoto University

Discovery of the Mechanism Responsible for the Functional Diversification of

Antibodies, Immunoregulatory Molecules and Clinical Applications of PD-1

Dr. Honjo has elucidated the mechanism for the functional diversification of antibodies by clarifying

Class Switch Recombination and its responsible enzyme, AID. He also identified several important

immunoregulatory molecules, including PD-1, whose function has led to the development of effective

cancer immunotherapy. His discoveries and their clinical applications have significantly influenced

research in the life sciences and medicine, resulting in eminent contributions to human welfare.

ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY Prize Field：Thought and Ethics

Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum（U.S.A.／May 6, 1947／Age 69）

Philosopher; Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics,

The University of Chicago

A Philosopher Who Has Developed a New Theory of Justice Advocating

the Capabilities Approach

Dr. Nussbaum introduced the notion of incorporating human capabilities (what each person is able to

do or be) into the criteria for social justice, beyond the conventional theory of equality based on a

social contract among rational individuals. She established a new theory of justice that ensures the

inclusion of the weak and marginalized, who are deprived of opportunities to develop their capabilities

in society, and has proposed ways to apply this theory in the real world. (Age is as of September 26, 2016)

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE WELCOME RECEPTION

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 18:30-20:30

Place: Gyoun Banquet Hall, Kyoto Hotel Okura

17:30 Reception Desk Opens

Aperitif

18:30 Opening

Master of Ceremonies: Satomi Hirano

Welcome Address

Keiji Yamada, Governor of Kyoto Prefecture

Introduction of the Laureates

Proposal of a Toast

Kazuo Inamori, President of the Inamori Foundation

Entertainment

Closing Address

Daisaku Kadokawa, Mayor of Kyoto City

20:30 Closing

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY

Date & Time: Thursday, November 10, 2016, 15:00-16:45

Place: Kyoto International Conference Center

13:00 Reception Desk Opens

Tea service by Urasenke

15:00 Opening

Master of Ceremonies: Ryuji Miyamoto

Overture to the Ceremony (Composed by Nobuyoshi Koshibe)

Kyoto Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Naoto Otomo

Celebratory Noh Performance

Kurama Tengu Kuroemon Katayama X, The Kanze School of Noh

Opening Address

Hiroo Imura, Chairman of the Inamori Foundation

Felicitations

H.I.H. Princess Takamado, Honorary President of the Inamori Foundation

Introduction

Shigetada Nakanishi, Chair of the Kyoto Prize Executive Committee

Presentation of the Prizes

1. Advanced Technology

Laureate: Dr. Takeo Kanade

Citation: Shun-ichi Amari, Chair of the Kyoto Prize Committee

in Advanced Technology

2. Basic Sciences

Laureate: Dr. Tasuku Honjo

Citation: Shuh Narumiya, Chair of the Kyoto Prize Committee

in Basic Sciences

3. Arts and Philosophy

Laureate: Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum

Citation: Kiyokazu Washida, Chair of the Kyoto Prize Committee

in Arts and Philosophy

Congratulatory Messages

Acceptance Speeches by the Laureates

Choral Performance

Kyoto Seibo Gakuin Elementary School Chorus

Finale

Kyoto Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Naoto Otomo

16:45 Closing

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE

Date & Time: Thursday, November 10, 2016, 17:00-17:50

Place: Room D, Kyoto International Conference Center

Participants: Takeo Kanade, Laureate in Advanced Technology

Tasuku Honjo, Laureate in Basic Sciences

Martha Craven Nussbaum, Laureate in Arts and Philosophy

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE BANQUET

Date & Time: Thursday, November 10, 2016, 18:15-20:30

Place: Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto

18:15 Opening

Master of Ceremonies: Isamu Akashi

Opening Address

Kazuo Inamori, President of Inamori Foundation

Proposal of a Toast

Hiroo Imura, Chairman of Inamori Foundation

Congratulatory Performance; Teuchi-No-Gi

by Geiko from Gion, Kyoto

Dinner

Traditional Japanese Dance Performance

by Geiko from Pontocho, Kyoto

Closing Address

Shinji Fukukawa, Vice President of Inamori Foundation

20:30 Adjournment

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE COMMEMORATIVE LECTURES

Date & Time: Friday, November 11, 2016, 13:00-16:30

Place: Kyoto International Conference Center

13:00 Opening

Master of Ceremonies: Isamu Akashi

Opening Address

Kazuo Inamori, President of Inamori Foundation

Lectures

Dr. Takeo Kanade, Laureate in Advanced Technology

“Think like an Amateur, Do as an Expert:

Fun Research in Computer Vision and Robotics”

Dr. Tasuku Honjo, Laureate in Basic Sciences

“Serendipities of Acquired Immunity”

Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum, Laureate in Arts and Philosophy

“Philosophy in the Service of Humanity”

16:30 Closing

Organized by Inamori Foundation

Supported by Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto City Government, Kyoto Prefectural Board of

Education, Kyoto City Board of Education, Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nihon

Keizai Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, The Kyoto Shimbun, The Mainichi Newspapers, The Sankei

Shimbun, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jiji Press, Kyodo News, NHK, Kyoto Broadcasting System,

α-STATION FM KYOTO, The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE WORKSHOP IN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

Date & Time: Saturday, November 12, 2016, 10:30-17:30

Place: Kyoto International Conference Center

Society in 20 Years Later Depicted by Computer Vision

Coordinators

Michihiko Minoh (Professor, Kyoto University)

Masaru Kitsuregawa (Director General, National Institute of Informatics)

Moderator

Michihiko Minoh

10:30 Opening Address and Introduction of Laureate

Michihiko Minoh

10:40

Laureate’s Lecture

Takeo Kanade

“Problems to Be Addressed by the Next Generation of Computer Vision Scientists/Engineers”

Lectures

Yasuhiro Mukaigawa (Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

“Computational Photography Based on Ray Measurement”

Yasuyuki Matsushita (Professor, Osaka University)

“Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Data”

Tatsuya Harada (Professor, The University of Tokyo)

“Visual Recognition and Generation Using Machine Learning”

Hironobu Fujiyoshi (Professor, Chubu University)

“Affine-Invariant Local Feature Representation for Keypoint Matching”

Seiichi Uchida (Professor, Kyushu University)

“Character Engineering―Future Directions beyond 100% Recognition Accuracy”

Shin’ichi Sato (Professor, National Institute of Informatics)

“How to Delineate Semantic Information from Large-Scale Multimedia Archive?”

Discussion

"Exploring the Secrets of Successful Research that Can Have a Strong Impact on Society”

Hironobu Fujiyoshi, Tatsuya Harada, Yukiyasu Kamitani (Professor, Kyoto Univesity),

Takeo Kanade, Yasuyuki Matsushita, Michihiko Minoh, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Shin’ichi Sato,

Seiichi Uchida, Keiji Yamada (Vice President of Central Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation)

17:30 Closing

Organized by Inamori Foundation

Supported by Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto City Government, NHK

With the cooperation of Human Interface Society, Information Processing Society of Japan, The Institute of

Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, The Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan,

The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, The Robotics Society of Japan, The Virtual Reality

Society of Japan

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE WORKSHOP IN BASIC SCIENCES

Date & Time: Saturday, November 12, 2016, 13:30-17:30

Place: Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University

From the Molecular Immunity to the Suppression of Cancer

Coordinator and Chair

Nagahiro Minato (Executive Vice President, Kyoto University)

13:30 Opening Address and Introduction of Laureate

Nagahiro Minato

Laureate’s Lecture

Tasuku Honjo

“Revival of Immunology”

Lectures

Masamichi Muramatsu (Professor, Kanazawa University)

“Antiviral Activity of the AID/APOBEC Family of Cytidine Deaminases”

Kenji Chamoto (Assistant Professor, Kyoto University)

“Mitochondria Activation Chemicals Synergize with PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade for

T Cell-Dependent Anti-Tumor Activity”

Seishi Ogawa (Professor, Kyoto University)

“Cancer Immune Evasion via the Disruption of PD-L1 3’-UTR”

Robert A. Anders (Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University)

“Translating the Power of PD-L1 into Clinical Success”

Sidonia Fagarasan (Team Leader, RIKEN)

“Involvement of PD-1 in Antibody Diversification and Body Homeostasis”

Closing Address

Nagahiro Minato

17:30 Closing

Organized by Inamori Foundation

Supported by Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto City Government, NHK

With the cooperation of Japanese Cancer Association, Japanese Society for Immunology,

The Japanese Biochemical Society, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE WORKSHOP IN ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY

Date & Time: Saturday, November 12, 2016, 14:00-17:30

Place: Kyoto International Conference Center

Emotions and Cosmopolitanism

Coordinator and Moderator

Tetsuya Kono (Professor, Rikkyo University)

14:00 Opening Address

Kiyokazu Washida (Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and President, Kyoto City

University of Arts)

Introduction of Laureate and the Aim of the Workshop

Tetsuya Kono

Laureate’s Lecture

Martha Craven Nussbaum

“Prejudice, Stigma, Discrimination: Combatting Exclusions Through Policy and Law”

Lectures

Yuko Kamishima (Professor, Ritsumeikan University)

“Gender in Public Culture: Whose Obligation to Remove Our Fear?”

Minae Inahara (Associate Professor, Kobe University)

“Disability and Stigma: Thinking beyond Disgust and towards Humanity”

Tetsuya Kono

“Cosmopolitan Emotions”

Discussion with the Audience

17:30 Closing

Organized by Inamori Foundation

Supported by Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto City Government, NHK

With the cooperation of Japanese Association for Comparative Philosophy, Japanese Association for Religious

Studies, Japanese Political Science Association, The Japanese Conference for the Study of Political Thought,

The Japanese Society for Ethics, The Phenomenological Association of Japan, The Philosophical Association

of Japan

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KYOTO PRIZE RITA FORUM

Date & Time: Sunday, November 13, 2016, 15:00 (starting time)

Place: Soshikan Hall, Ritsumeikan University

RITA (altruism) and Capabilities ―the Door to a New World―

Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum, laureate in Arts and Philosophy will give a lecture and have a

discussion with researchers.

With "RITA (altruism) and Capabilities―the Door to a New World―" as theme, we think of

the better future of our society and humanity.

Participants: Martha Craven Nussbaum

Reiko Gotoh (Hitotsubashi University)

Tatsuya Sato (Ritsumeikan University)

Kozo Watanabe (The Ritsumeikan Trust)

Organized by Inamori Foundation Supported by Ritsumeikan Inamori Philosophy Research Center

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THE 2016 KYOTO PRIZE FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Date & Time: Monday, November 14, 2016, 14:30-16:00

Place: Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University

Researcher as a Career: Revealing the Kyoto Prize Laureate (Tentative Title)

Dr. Tasuku Honjo, laureate in Basic Sciences will give a lecture to 450 students from local

high school in Kyoto.

Coordinated and moderated by Shigeru Kondo (Professor of Osaka University), the

audience will be given the commentary of the achievement of Dr. Honjo’s research, and

answered to their questions such as what is to learn the life sciences and how the scientists

should be.

Participants: Tasuku Honjo

Shigeru Kondo

Organized by Inamori Foundation Supported by Kyoto University With the cooperation of Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education (applying), Kyoto City Board of Education, The Yomiuri Teen’s Weekly

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Registration

The 2016 Kyoto Prize Commemorative Lectures

In the lectures, the laureates speak in plain language their philosophy of life and view of the

world that they have built through all their life with an occasional touch of their anecdotes.

These lectures shall be inspiring and thought-provoking for us.

No admission fee is required and simultaneous translation is provided.

Date & Time: Friday, November 11, 2016, 13:00-16:30

Place: Kyoto International Conference Center

Advanced Technology

Dr. Takeo Kanade (Roboticist)

U. A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

“Think like an Amateur, Do as an Expert: Fun Research in Computer Vision and

Robotics”

Basic Sciences

Dr. Tasuku Honjo (Medical Scientist)

Professor, Kyoto University

“Serendipities of Aquired Immunity”

Arts and Philosophy

Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum (Philosopher)

Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics,

The University of Chicago

“Philosophy in the Service of Humanity”

2 ways to reserve a seat:

1. Fill out and send a form from our website (http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/).

2. Send your registration by post or fax to below with your name, address, age, phone

number, and occupation (or school name).

Kyoto Prize Commemorative Lectures

Inamori Foundation

620 Suiginya-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8411 Japan

Fax: +81-75-353-7270

Inquiries: +81-75-371-8177

Closing date for registration: Monday, November 7, 2016

Please ensure to register early to avoid disappointment.

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Registration

The 2016 Kyoto Prize Workshops / Kyoto Prize RITA Forum

In the events, the laureates and first-class specialists from the related fields will present

and discuss the outcome of their studies and works aiming at new innovation and creation.

No admission fees are required.

The 2016 Kyoto Prize Workshops

Date: Saturday, November 12, 2016

Place: Kyoto International Conference Center / Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University

Workshop in Advanced Technology

Time: 10:30-17:30

“Society in 20 Years Later Depicted by Computer Vision Research”

Main Speaker: Dr. Takeo Kanade

Simultaneous translation into English will be provided.

Workshop in Basic Sciences

Time: 13:30-17:30

“From the Molecular Immunity to the Suppression of Cancer”

Main Speaker: Dr. Tasuku Honjo

All lectures will be presented in English language.

Workshop in Arts and Philosophy

Time: 14:00-17:30

“Emotions and Cosmopolitanism”

Main Speaker: Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum

Simultaneous translation into English will be provided.

The 2016 Kyoto Prize RITA Forum

Date & Time: Sunday, November 13, 2016, 15:00 (starting time)

Place: Soshikan Hall, Ritsumeikan University

“RITA (altruism) and Capabilities―the Door to a New World―”

Main Speaker: Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum

Simultaneous translation into English will be provided.

To register for a seat:

Please fill out and send a registration form for each event from our website.

URL: http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/

Inquiries: +81-75-371-8177

Please ensure to register early to avoid disappointment.

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