The commemorative lecture for "Science and Technology Week” was held at the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Headquarters

The Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS), which planned and supervised the annual S&T poster for everyone titlled “Mathematics Connecting to the World: One S&T poster for Every Household”, was invited to the commemorative lecture for "Science and Technology Week” held on April 11 at the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Headquarters and introduced the related research of iTHEMS young researchers. The lecture was moderated by Kenji Yamada, Director of the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division, and opened with greetings from Kisaburo Tokai, Chairperson of the Policy Research Council, Keitaro Ohno, Chairperson of the Research Commission on Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy, and Soichiro Imaeda, State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The lecture was also attended by members of the LDP Student Division.

Program:
Report: The annual S&T poster for everyone titlled “Mathematics Connecting to the World: One S&T poster for Every Household”
Makiko Naka, Executive Director, RIKEN
Tomoya Nagai, Representative of the “Mathematics: One S&T poster for Every Household" Production Team, iTHEMS Coordinator

Memorial Lecture: Introduction of related research by young RIKEN iTHEMS researchers
(Coordinator) Tetsuo Hatsuda, Program Director of iTHEMS
"Elucidating the Quantum World: Observational and AI Approaches" Shunji Matsuura, Senior Researcher
"Mathematics of Biodiversity" Ryosuke Iritani, Senior Researcher
"The Universe Observed with X-rays" Naomi Tsuji, Visiting Researcher
"Mathematical Basis for Digital Health Mapping of Bacterial Diseases" Daiki Kumakura, Graduate Student Research Associate