UC San Diego and Point Loma Nazarene University will host the 22nd Kyoto Prize Symposium to celebrate the 37th annual laureates of the Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private award for global achievement, during a unique series of commemorative events that are free and open to the public, March 15 to 17.
Click here, or visit https://kyotoprize-us.org/event-registration to reserve a seat at the Symposium’s speaking events, featuring the latest Kyoto Prize laureates:
Technology: “Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law,” by Dr. Carver Mead, Wed., March 15, 10:00-11:30 a.m.-PDT, at UC San Diego. Mead serves as Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, at California Institute of Technology. He is renowned for pioneering contributions to the advancement of VLSI semiconductor technology, computer-aided design, and the revolutionary development of today’s VLSI-based electronics industry.
Sciences: “Epidemiological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Pathogens in Time and Space,” by Dr. Bryan T. Grenfell, Wed., March 15, 1:00-2:30 p.m.-PDT, at UC San Diego. Grenfell serves as Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fenton Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He proposed phylodynamics as a new methodology to predict the infectious disease dynamics of RNA viruses by considering viral evolution, advancing our understanding of pandemic diseases like COVID-19.
Arts: “Indian Classical Music – Tradition and Beyond,” by Dr. Zakir Hussain, Fri., March 17, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.-PDT, at UC San Diego. Hussain is a Grammy award-winning musician and master of the tabla, a percussion instrument dating back thousands of years. He is celebrated for opening new creative possibilities showcasing India’s traditional music in collaboration with other distinguished artists of diverse musical genres worldwide.
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