Space and Us Symposium & Reception - UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2024

As part of the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2024, a prestigious summer school programme for pre-university students from the UK and Japan held since 2015, we welcome the public to our Space and Us Symposium and Reception on Friday 02 August from 1pm.

Our Space and Us Symposium and Reception are held in collaboration with:

• UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL)
• Mitsubishi Electric Europe
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
• UK Space Agency.

We are delighted to welcome speakers from the senior team of the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), including Prof. Daisuke Kawata and Prof. Lucie Green. The following world-leading researchers deliver talks on the summer school programme theme 'Space and Us':

• Prof. Lucie Green, Professor of Physics, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
• Mr Yutaro Tanaka, Manager, Procurement Engineering, European Purchasing Centre, Mitsubishi Electric Europe
• Dr Tomoko Lisa Kate Kitagawa, International Relations and Research Department, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
• Prof. Anu Ojha OBE, Director of Championing Space, UK Space Agency.

Symposium (1-5pm)

Christopher Ingold Building, XLG1 Chemistry Lecture Theatre, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ.

1. Opening message

Prof. Shin-ichi Ohnuma, Professor of Ophthalmology, Deputy Director of International Relations, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

2. Biwa performance

Mr Satoshi Takemoto, Biwa performer, UCL alumnus

3. Lectures (1 & 2)

• Lecture 1: Prof. Lucie Green, Professor of Physics, UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
• Lecture 2: Mr Yutaro Tanaka, Manager, Procurement Engineering, European Purchasing Centre, Mitsubishi Electric Europe

(Break)

4. Group presentations by the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2024 participants

5. Lectures (3 & 4)

• Lecture 3: Dr Tomoko Lisa Kate Kitagawa, International Relations and Research Department, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
• Lecture 4: Prof. Anu Ojha OBE, Director of Championing Space, UK Space Agency

6. Closing

Dr Yasu Takeuchi, Reader in Molecular Virology, UCL Division of Infection and Immunity

Reception (6-8pm)

UCL South Cloisters, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.

Speeches followed by food and drinks, inclduing local specialities and sake from Fukushima Prefecture.

The Space and Us Symposium & Reception are organised by the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge Committee.

• Chair: Prof. Shin-ichi Ohnuma, Professor of Ophthalmology, Deputy Director of International Relations, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.

In partnership with the Japan Foundation, Rikkyo School in England & UK Japan Institute.

In collaboration with: Shimizu Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (Daiwa Foundation Small Grants), Biospire, Fukushima Prefecture, Fukushima-15 Project, Kagoshima Prefecture, Tohoku University International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Mitoco Kawachi Corporation, The Japanese Women's Association in Great Britain, APRIO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, the Embassy of Japan in the UK, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) London & UCL Grand Challenges.