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INAMORI FOUNDATION E-mail News Vol.005
18 June 2010
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01: Kyoto Prize
- The 2010 Kyoto Prize Laureates (June 18)
- Press Conference: Announcement of the Laureates for the 2010 Kyoto Prize (June 18)
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01: Kyoto Prize
-The 2010 Kyoto Prize Laureates (June 18)
Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce that the laureates for the 2010 Kyoto Prize have been selected as it follows.
[Advanced Technology]
Prize Field: Biotechnology and Medical Technology
"Development of Technology for Generating Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells"
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka
Japan / September 4, 1962
Medical Scientist
Professor, Kyoto University
[Basic Sciences]
Prize Field: Mathematical Sciences (including Pure Mathematics)
"Outstanding Contributions to Mathematical Sciences Based on Discrete Optimization Algorithms"
Dr. László Lovász
Hungary, U.S.A. / March 9, 1948
Mathematician
Professor, Eötvös Loránd University
[Arts and Philosophy]
Prize Field: Arts (Painting, Sculpture, Craft, Architecture, Design)
"An Artist Who Has Created an Original Art by Fusing Traditional Drawings with Animation and Other Media"
Mr. William Kentridge
South Africa / April 28, 1955
Visual Artist
The Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony will be held at the Kyoto International Conference Center on November 10, 2010. At the Ceremony, each Laureate will be presented with a diploma, a Kyoto Prize Medal (20K gold), and prize money of 50 million yen per category.
Please click on the URL below for more detailed information on Laureates.
+THE 2010 KYOTO PRIZE LAUREATES
+ MEMBERS OF THE 2010 KYOTO PRIZE SELECTION ORGANIZATION
-Press Conference: Announcement of the Laureates for the 2010 Kyoto Prize (June 18)
Inamori Foundation held a Press Conference to make the Announcement of the Laureates for the 2010 Kyoto Prize at the Inamori Center of Kyoto University. At the conference, Shun-ichi Amari (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Executive Committee), Tasuku Honjo (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee in Advanced Technology), Heisuke Hironaka (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee in Basic Sciences), and Shuji Takashina (Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee in Arts and Philosophy) explained the details of the new laureatesf achievement.
+[Photo News]Press Conference
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