Guest Speakers


The Millennium Science Forum is held annually at the British Embassy in Tokyo with distinguished Japanese and British speakers from the scientific community.

1st (1999)

Shunichi Kobayashi, President, RIKEN
Sir Peter Williams, Chairman, PARC

2nd(1999)

Akito Arima, Member of the House of Councilors
Sir Martin Wood, Oxford Instruments plc

3rd (2000)

Leona Ezaki, President, Shibaura Institute of Technology

4th (2001)

Mamoru Mohri, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Prof. Lord Robert May, University of Oxford

5th (2002)

Junjiro Kanamori, International Institute for Advanced Studies
Prof. Sir Harold Kroto, University of Sussex

6th (2003)

Prof. Sumio Iijima, Meijo University
Prof. Robin Nicholas, University of Oxford

7th (2004)

Akira Tonomura, Fellow, Hitachi Ltd.
Prof. Lord Robert May, University of Oxford

8th (2005)

Shoji Tanaka, Director General, ISTEC Superconductivity Research Laboratory
Prof. Laurence Eaves, University of Nottingham

9th (2006)

Prof. Maki Kawai, The University of Tokyo
Prof. Martyn Chamberlain, Durham University

10th (2007)

Prof. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Prof. Maurice Skolnick, The University of Sheffield

11th (2008)

Prof. Michael Brady, University of Oxford

12th (2009)

Sukekatsu Ushioda, President, NIMS
Prof. Stephen Holloway, University of Liverpool

13th (2010)

Prof. Hideo Hosono, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Tomas Jungwirth, University of Nottingham

14th (2011)

Prof. Tsuneya Ando, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Tony Cheetham, University of Cambridge

15th (2012)

Koichi Kitazawa, Advisor, JST
Prof. Robin Nicholas, University of Oxford

16th (2013)

Prof. Seigo Tarucha, The University of Tokyo
Sir Peter Williams, Chairman, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

17th (2014)

Prof. Akira Fujishima, President, Tokyo University of Science
Dr. Julie Maxton, Executive Director, Royal Society

18th (2015)

Prof. Masaki Takata, Tohoku University
Prof. Kevin O'Grady, University of York

19th (2016)

Prof. Kohzo Ito, The University of Tokyo
Prof. Chris Done, Durham University

20th (2017)

Prof. Eleanor Campbell, University of Edinburgh
Mr. Griff Jones, British Embassy

21st (2018)

Prof. Motoko Kotani, Tohoku University
Prof. Atsufumi Hirohata, University of York

22nd (2019)

Prof. Jian Ping GONG, Hokkaido University
Prof. J. Paul Attfield, University of Edinburgh

23rd (2021)

Prof. Makoto Fujita, The University of Tokyo (on-line)
Prof. Suchitra Sebastian, University of Cambridge (on-line)

24th (2022)

Prof. Hidetoshi Fukuyama, Tokyo University of Science
Prof. Peter Littlewood, University of Chicago (on-line)

25th (2023)

Prof. Hideo Hosono, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Ali Alavi, University of Cambridge (on-line)