The 1995 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Materials Science and Engineering

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George William Gray

U.K. / September 4, 1926
Chemist; Professor Emeritus, The University of Hull

Workshop

Symposium:"New Development and Applications of Liquid Crystals"

Coordinators/Moderators:
Takeo Shimizu
Member, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Chisato Kajiyama
Member, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

13:00
Opening Remarks
Takeo Shimizu
 
Greetings
Toyomi Inamori
Managing Director, The Inamori Foundation
 
Greetings
Hiroo Imura
Chairman, the Kyoto Prize Committee in Advanced Technology;
President, Kyoto University
13:15
Introduction of Laureate
Hiroaki Yanagida
Chairman, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
13:20
Commemorative Lecture
Dr. George William Gray
Laureate in Advanced Technology
"Four Decades of Liquid Crystal Research "A Look at the Past and Tomorrow's Possibilities"
14:20
Chairperson
Shohei Naemura
Manager, Liquid Crystal Technical Center, Merck Japan Limited
 
Lecture
Hideo Takezoe
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
"Ferroelectricity and Development of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Materials"
15:30
Intermission
 
15:50
Chairperson
Haruyoshi Takatsu
Group Manager, DIC and General Technical Manager, Rodic Co.,Ltd.
 
Lecture
Hirosi Yokoyama
Chief, Molecular Phics Section, Electromechanical Laboratory
"Current Topics in Surface Physics of Liquid Crystals"
 
Lecture
Naoyuki Koide
Professor, Science the University of Tokyo
Research and New Development of Liquid Crystalline Polymers for functional Polymeric Materials
17:00
Chairperson
Fumiaki Funada
Division Deputy General Manager, Liquid Crystal Laboratories, Sharp Corporation
 
Lecture
Tatsuo Uchida
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
"Recent Progress and Future Trends of Liquid Crystal Devices"
17:35
Closing
Chisato Kajiyama

Workshop Abstract(PDF)