The 1995 Kyoto Prize Workshops

New Development and Applications of Liquid Crystals

George William Gray

/　　Chemist

Advanced Technology

Materials Science and Engineering

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1995

11 /12 Sun

13:00 - 17:35

Place： Kyoto International Conference Hall

Address：Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001 Japan

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Program

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”
Lecture	Hiroyuki Nohira Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University “Chiraltechnology and Development of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Materials”

15:30

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

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George William Gray

Chemist

A chemist who has made fundamental contributions to research and development of liquid crystal materials, the key component of liquid crystal displays, which have become an indispensable part of today’s information-based society. He founded and organized the science of liquid crystal materials, and established practical molecular design methods for the application of these materials.

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date: Sunday, November 12, 1995
place: Kyoto International Conference Hall
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