Selected Past Speakers（2004

SELECTED PAST SPEAKERS （2004 - 2007)

Names and titles shown below are as of date of last participation. This list is an excerpt from the entire participants list.

POLITICAL LEADERS / POLICY MAKERS :

Abe, Shinzo
Chief Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (2006)

Aho, Esko
President, Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (SITRA), Finland (2004, 2005, 2006)

Atkinson, George
Former Science and Technology Advisor to Secretary of State, Univ. of Arizona, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Barbour, Haley
Governor, State of Mississippi, U.S.A. (2006)

Carty, Arthur
National Science Advisor to the Government, Canada (2005, 2006, 2007)

Fursenko, Andrey
Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Russia (2004)

Fukuda, Yasuo
Prime Minister of Japan, Japan (2007)

Goldemberg, José
Secretary of State for the Environment, Government of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil (2004)

Helal, Hany
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt (2006, 2007)

King, David
Chief Scientific Advisor and Head of the Government Office for Science, department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), United Kingdom Government, UK (2007)

Kleiber, Michał
Minister of Science, Chairman of the State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland (2004)

Koizumi, Junichiro
Prime Minister, Japan (2004, 2005)

Lim, Chuan Poh
Chairman, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore (2007)

Mangena, Mosibudi
Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa (2006, 2007)

Marburger III, John H
Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), U.S.A. (2006)

Moratti, Letizia B. A.
Mayor of Milano, City of Milano, Italy (2004, 2006, 2007)

Omi, Koji
Member, House of Representatives;
Founder and Chairman, STS forum, Japan (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Oxburgh of Liverpool, Ronald
Member, The House of Lords, U.K. (2004, 2006)

Primorac, Dragan
Minister of Science, Education and Sport, Croatia (2006)

Rahman, Atta-ur- Federal
Minister; Chairman of the Higher Education Commission and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology, Pakistan (2006)

Sainsbury of Turville, David
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Dep. of Trade and Industry, U.K. (2004)

Schavan, Annette
Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany (2007)

Taha, Elzubeir B.
Minister of Interior, Sudan (2004, 2005, 2007)

Wijkman, Anders
Member, European Parliament, Sweden (2004)

Yeo, Philip
Senior Science and Technology Advisor, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Yuthavong, Yongyuth
Minister of Science and Technology (MOST), Thailand (2007)

ACADEMIC / SCIENTIFIC / NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LEADERS:

Alberts, Bruce M.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF);
Former President, National Academy of Sciences (NAS), U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2007)

Bement Jr., Arden L.
Director, National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S.A (2005)

Bhumiratana, Sakarindr
President, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Castell, William M.
Chairman, The Wellcome Trust, U.K. (2006)

Chung, KunMo
President, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), Korea (2006)

Cicerone, Ralph
President, National Academy of Sciences (NAS), U.S.A. (2005, 2007)

Colwell, Rita R.
Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Gregorian, Vartan
President, Carnegie Corporation of New York, U.S.A. (2005)

Hassan, Mohamed
Executive Director, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Sudan (2004, 2005, 2006)

Kiranandana, Suchada
President, Chualongkorn University, Thailand (2006)

Komiyama, Hiroshi
President, University of Tokyo, Japan (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Kourilsky, Philippe
President, The Pasteur Institute, France (2005)

Legocki, Andrzej B.
President, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland (2004, 2006)

Mehta, Goverdhan
President, International Council for Science (ICSU), India (2005)

Omenn, Gilbert
Chairman of the Board, American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS), U.S.A. (2005, 2006)

Omi, Shigeru
Regional Director, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, World Health Organization (WHO), Japan (2006)

Rees, Martin,
President, The Royal Society, U.K. (2006)

Rubinstein, Ellis
President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Serageldin, Ismail
Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Tanaka, Nobuo
Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Japan (2005, 2006)

Velikhov, Evgeny
President, Russian Research Center, Kurchatov Institute, Russia (2004)

Wallberg-Henriksson, Harriet
President, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden (2005, 2006)

West, Geoffrey B.
President and Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute, U.S.A. (2005, 2006)

Zehnder, Alexander J. B.
President of the ETH Board, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Zerhouni, Elias A.
Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S.A. (2006, 2007)

BUSINESS LEADERS:

Cerf, Vinton G.
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Inc., U.S.A. (2006)

Chang, Morris
Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., U.S.A. (2005)

Cho, Fujio
Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan (2006, 2007)

Dompé, Sergio
President, Farmindustria, Italy (2006)

Fayyad, Usama
Chief Data Officer and Executive Vice President, Research and Strategic Data Solutions Department, Yahoo! Incorporated, U.S.A. (2005, 2006, 2007)

Furukawa, Kazuo
President and Director, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan (2006)

Gage, John
Chief Researcher and Director, Science Office, Sun Microsystems, Incorporated, U.S.A. (2004, 2005)

Gelsinger, Patrick
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Intel Corporation, U.S.A. (2004)

Goldin, Daniel
Former NASA Administrator;
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Intellisis Group, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Holliday, Jr., Charles O.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont (E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company);
Chairman, Council on Competitiveness, U.S.A. (2007)

Krieger, Robert J.
Chief Technology Officer, The Boeing Company;
President, Boeing Phantom Works, U.S.A. (2006)

Lauvergeon, Anne
Chief Executive Officer, Areva, France (2007)

Lee, Yoon-Woo
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea (2005, 2006, 2007)

Little, Mark
Senior Vice President and Director of GE Global Research, General Electric Company, U.S.A. (2007)

McGraw III, Harold
Chairman, Business Roundtable;
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, McGraw-Hill Companies, U.S.A. (2007)

McKinnell Jr., Henry A.
Chairman, Academic Alliance Foundation;
Former Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Mitarai, Fujio
Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation);
Chairman and CEO, Canon Inc., Japan (2006)

Mundie, Craig
Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Advanced Strategies and Policy, Microsoft Corporation, U.S.A. (2005)

Murthy, N. R. Narayana
Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies, Ltd., India (2004)

Okamura, Tadashi
Chairman of the Board, Toshiba Corporation, Japan (2006)

Okuda, Hiroshi
Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation);
Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation., Japan (2004, 2005)

Sasaki, Hajime
Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation, Japan (2005, 2006, 2007)

Sasaki, Mikio
Chairman, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan (2004)

Yamada, Tadataka
Chairman of Research and Development, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Japan (2005)

NOBEL LAUREATES:

Chu, Steven (1997 Phys.)
Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA (2007)

Ernst, Richard R. (1991 Ch.)
Professor Emeritus, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland (2005, 2007)

Friedman, Jerome I. (1990 Phys.)
Institute Professor and Professor of Physics Emeritus, Physics Department,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2007)

Lee, Yuan (1986 Ch.)
President Emeritus, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Noyori, Ryoji (2001 Ch.)
President, RIKEN, Japan (2004, 2005, 2007)

Richter, Burton (1976 Phys.)
Director Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford University, U.S.A. (2005, 2006)

Rowland, F. Sherwood (1995 Ch.)
Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science,
School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

Tonegawa, Susumu (1987 Phys. or Med.)
Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Japan (2004, 2005)

Varmus, Harold E. (1989 Phys. or Med.)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, U.S.A. (2006)

MEDIA LEADERS:

Apsell, Paula S.
Senior Executive Producer, NOVA;
Director of the WGBH Science Unit, Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), USA (2007)

Bly, Adam
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Seed Magazine, Canada (2007)

Campbell, Philip
Editor-in-Chief, Nature, UK (2004, 2007)

Fujisawa, Hidetoshi
Executive Controller General, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan (2007)

Ghosh, Pallab K.
President, World Federation of Science Journalists; Science Correspondent, BBC News, UK (2007)

Hirata, Ikuo
Editorial Page Editor, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan (2007)

Mallet, Victor
Columnist and Asia Editor, Financial Times Group, UK (2006)

Pooley, Eric
Managing Editor, Fortune Magazine, U.S.A. (2006)

Standage, Tom
Business Editor, The Economist, UK (2007)