In the symposium "BioGrid2003", distinguished scholars delivered lectures on fields that integrate biotechnology and IT, and main project participants introduced their research results conducted in IT program "Construction of Supercomputer Network" granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology” (BioGrid Project).
Attendance of the symposium was 226. We would like to extend our gratitude to all of the participants.

Date : March 3 (Mon.), 2003
Place : National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
( 7F [ Mirai CAN Hall ] )
Host : IT-Program granted by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology "Construction of a Super computer Network (Bio Grid Project)"
Co-sponsor : Japan Society for Software Science and Technology
Language : Japanese

[ Program ] Click each title below to download its presentation material (Japanese only)
9:30- 9:40 Opening Address
Dr. Makoto FURUNISHI, Director, Information Science and Technology Research, Information Division, Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT
----- Morning Program ------
9:40-10:30 Lecture
[ Taking up the Challenge from the Medical Perspective and Project Feasibility ]
Prof. Kenichi ARAI : Dean, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
10:30-11:20 Lecture
[ Growing expectations of service-oriented grid technology in the IT community ]
Mr. Satoshi SEKIGUCHI : Director, Grid Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
11:20-12:00 Lecture
[ Cultivation of IT - Science Communication and Industry - Academia Alliances R&D System Produced Fruit ]
Shinji SHIMOJO : Professor, Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
----- Afternoon Program ------
13:00-13:50 Presentation
[ Core Grid System-What is an IT infrastructure for the biological field? ]
Shinji SHIMOJO : Professor, Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
Susumu DATE : Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
13:50-14:40 Presentation
[ Computing Grid--Application of Grid Technology to Biological Simulation ]
Haruki NAKAMURA : Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University
----- Coffee Break ------
15:00-15:50 Presentation
[ Data Grid--Application of Grid Technology to Heterogeneous Database Federation ]
Hideo MATSUDA : Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
15:50-16:40 Presentation
[ Growth of Remote Data Collection System ]
Shinji SHIMOJO : Professor, Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
Toyokazu AKIYAMA : Assistant Professor, Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
16:40-17:30 Presentation
[ Business Group Mission ]
Toshiyuki OKUMURA : Senri International Information Institute
[ Genome Drug Discovery & Development and Bioinformatics ]
Tatsuro IBE / Keijiro NEMOTO : Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.



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