Month: February 2014
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6th Ludwig Boltzmann Forum Tokyo 2014
6th Ludwig Boltzmann Forum Tokyo 2014 – Energy. Entropy. Leadership. Gerhard Fasol, Chair 20 February 2014 at the Embassy of Austria in Tokyo Keynote speakers Program Welcome by Dr. Berhard Zimburg, Ambassador of Austria to Japan (represented by Peter Storer, Minister for Cultural Affairs) Gerhard Fasol: today’s agenda Today we celebrate Ludwig Boltzmann’s 170th birthday:…
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Yoshinao Mishima: “Tokyo Institute of Technology to become a world class University with more diversity by 2030”
Educational reforms at Tokyo Institute of Technology Yoshinao Mishima keynote talk given at the 6th Ludwig Boltzmann Forum, Embassy of Austria, Tokyo, 20 February 2014 by Yoshinao Mishima, President of Tokyo Institute of Technology. Materials scientist specialized on nano-materials and high-performance materials summary written by Gerhard Fasol Tokyo Institute of Technology – short history 1881:…
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Haruo Kawahara: Speed is like fresh food – Revitalization of Japanese industry
Revitalization of Japanese Industry Haruo Kawahara, Representative Director and Chairman of the Board of JVC KENWOOD Corporation Keynote presented at the 6th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium on February 20, 2014 at the Embassy of Austria in Tokyo. summary by Gerhard Fasol by Haruo Kawahara, Representative Director and Chairman of the Board of JVC KENWOOD Corporation summary…
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Kiyoshi Kurokawa: Quo vadis Japan? – uncertain times
Quo vadis Japan? – uncertain times. Groupthink can kill. Kiyoshi Kurokawa Keynote presented at the 6th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium on February 20, 2014 at the Embassy of Austria in Tokyo. summary by Gerhard Fasol by Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Academic Fellow of GRIPS and former Chairman of Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission by National Diet of…
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Gerhard Fasol: Ludwig Boltzmann – Energy, Entropy Leadership by
Ludwig Boltzmann as leader Gerhard Fasol Keynote presented at the 6th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium on February 20, 2014 at the Embassy of Austria in Tokyo. (Gerhard Fasol, CEO of Eurotechnology Japan KK. Served as Associate Professor of Tokyo University, Lecturer at Cambridge University, and Manger of Hitachi Cambridge R&D Lab.) Ludwig Boltzmann, the scientist Ludwig…
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Gerhard Fasol: Boltzmann constant and the new SI system of units by Gerhard Fasol
Boltzmann constant k, “What is temperature?” and the new definition of the SI system of physical units Gerhard Fasol Keynote presented at the 6th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium on February 20, 2014 at the Embassy of Austria in Tokyo. (by Gerhard Fasol, CEO of Eurotechnology Japan KK. Served as Associate Professor of Tokyo University, Lecturer at…
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Kenichi Iga: Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL)
VCSEL inventor Kenichi Iga: hv vs kT – Optoelectronics and Energy Kenichi Iga Keynote presented at the 6th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium on February 20, 2014 at the Embassy of Austria in Tokyo. by: Kenichi Iga, Former President and Emeritus Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology. Inventor of VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting lasers), widely used…