Opening Ceremony
Monday, November 15 9:00-9:25
Main Hall, Osaka International Convention Center 5F
Opening and Welcome Speech
- Koichi Niihara, ICC3 President
- Akio Makishima, ICF President
- Masanari Iketani, President of Iketani Science and Technology Foundation
- Gary Messing, ICF Incoming President
- Katherine Faber, ICC4 President
Presentations of ICF and ICC Medals
Plenary Lectures
Monday, November 15, 2010 9:30-11:30
Main Hall, Osaka International Convention Center 5F
- "My Life Developing Fine Ceramic Technology
- Message to Researchers and Engineers for Future - "
Kazuo Inamori
Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Kyocera Corporation, Japan - "Discoveries, Inventions and Innovations in Ceramic Science and Technology"
Ludwig J. Gauckler
Professor and Chairman of Department of Materials
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland - "Ceramic Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy - Science in Micro/Nano-Systems -"
Zhong Lin Wang
Regents’ Professor and Director of Center for Nanostructure Characterization
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA