Topics / EVENT PROGRAM OF THE 2009 KYOTO PRIZE - Workshop - Advanced Technology

Symposium
"Nitride Semiconductors and Their Device Applications: Current Status and Future Prospects"

DATE: Thursday, November 12, 2009

PLACE: Kyoto International Conference Center

Coordinator: Hiroyuki Sakaki [Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee; Vice President, Toyota Technological Institute]
Coordinators and Moderators: Hiroshi Kukimoto [Member, Kyoto Prize Committee; Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology], Shizuo Fujita [Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University]

13:00
Opening Address and
Introduction of Laureate
Hiroyuki Sakaki
 
Laureate Lecture
Isamu Akasaki (the Laureate in Advanced Technology)
"Dramatic Improvement of GaN Crystal Quality and Realization of p-n Junction Blue LEDs"
 
Lecture
Koichi Ota [Managing Director (R&D Center, Optoelectronics Sales Div.), Toyota Gosei, Co., Ltd.]
"Nitride semiconductor LEDs"
 
Lecture
Masao Ikeda [R&D Director and Chief Distinguished Engineer, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation]
"Nitride semiconductor LDs"
 
Intermission
 
Lecture
Fumio Hasegawa [Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba]
"Nitride semiconductor high-speed and power devices"
 
Lecture
Yasuhiko Arakawa [Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo]
"Nitride semiconductor nanostructures"
 
Joint Session
"Development of nitride semiconductor"
Akira Usui [Executive Officer, R & D Division, Furukawa Co.,Ltd.]
"Reduction of defects in nitride semiconductors"
Katsumi Kishino [Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Sophia University]
"Nitride semiconductor nanocolumns"
Yoichi Kawakami [Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University]
"Optical processes in nonpolar and semipolar nitride semiconductors"
Hiroshi Amano [Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Meijo University]
"Development of group III nitride semiconductors for light emitting, photodetector and solar cells covering infrared to UV region"
Yasushi Nanishi [Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University and Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University]
"Advancement of Indium Nitride Based Semiconductors"
17:25
Closing
 

 
Organized by Inamori Foundation
 
Supported by Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto City Government, and NHK
 
With the cooperation of IEEE Photonics Society Japan Chapter, the Japan Society of Applied Physics, The institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, IEICE/Electronics Society and Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association.

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