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President
of Nagasaki University
Hiroshi
Saito
M.D., Ph.D.
President's Profile
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Opening Address at Nagasaki Symposium on Nano-Dynamics 2008
January 29, 2008
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
It is indeed a great honor and pleasure to offer my congratulations on the opening of the Nagasaki Symposium on Nano-Dynamics 2008.
First of all, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to all of you who have participated in this Symposium. Especially, I would like to extend most cordial words of welcome to the invited overseas speakers from four countries: Italy, Germany, China, and Korea, as well as to the Japanese speaker from Kumamoto. I also wish to convey my appreciation to the members of the Organizing Committee for their excellent work in arranging this well-prepared scientific program.
Nagasaki University has carried out the following philosophy for accomplishing its own education and research:
Nagasaki University is pledged to make a contribution toward the well-balanced development of society by cultivating a fertile sense in students and creating science for world peace, while inheriting the traditional culture in Nagasaki.
In order to realize this philosophy, it is of profound importance to improve and enhance both basic and advanced education in science and engineering, on one hand. On the other hand, we need to emphasize and strengthen the challenging state-of-the-art research in science and technology. The research development will further advance education and a positive growth cycle will be created between them.
To build up key centers of world-class research, we launched a total of ten Nagasaki University Priority Research Projects in the fall of 2006 after rigorous screening. The project entitled “Materials Science Based on Nano-Dynamics”, headed by Professor Sagara, is one of these. It is operated by the researchers in the Departments of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Applied Chemistry. Because this project team involves young colleagues with future potential and vibrant energy, I look forward to their future progress and achievements most among all the Projects. Nagasaki University is earnestly supporting the developmental efforts of this nano-dynamics group.
Wishing this Symposium fruitful results, I hope that you will all enjoy the scientific discussions and communications on nano-dynamics in materials science and technology. I believe that this Symposium will also contribute to the promotion of collaboration with nano-science research groups in other Japanese universities as well as in significant research institutes and organizations in foreign countries.
Once again, I would like to show my gratitude to all contributors and participants in today’s Symposium and I hope you will leave with pleasant memories, inspiration for the improvement of your own research, and a deepened friendship with our Nano-dynamics researchers.
Thank you very much.
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