Notice of the Commemorative Lecture by 2025 International Cosmos Prizewinner Dr. David Andrew Keith

Dr. David Andrew Keith, the winner of the 2025 International Cosmos Prize, will deliver the commemorative lecture as follows

• Purpose of the Lecture
  To promote understanding of the importance of life and scientific thinking and to spread the significance of the International Cosmos Prize through the research, activities, and achievements of the winners of the International Cosmos Prize, which contributes to the inheritance and development of the Expo's philosophy of "The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Humankind.
• Date and Time
  Tuesday,21 October, 2025
  From 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 3:30 p.m.)
• Venue
  Ito Hall, Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
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Supporters

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education, Australian Embassy, The Ecological Society of Japan

Program

1. Opening
2. Presentation (10 min.) on the selection process of the International Cosmos Prize and introduction of the winners
   Dr. Kazunobu Ikeya (Chairperson of the International Cosmos Prize Screening Committee, Professor Emeritus, National Museum of Ethnology)
3. Commemorative Lecture "Conserving Earth's Ecosystems"
   Dr. David Andrew Keith
   (2025 International Cosmos Prizewinner, Professor of Botany, Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales)

Intermission

4. Dialogue
   Dr. David Andrew Keith
   Dr. FURUTA Naoya (Professor,Taisyo University / Coordinator, IUCN Japan Liaison Office)
   

Application

Inquiries

Expo '90 Foundation
E-mail：cosmos-lec＠expo-cosmos.or.jp
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