SDGs+Beyond Future Society for Life Week
20th/Year 2025 L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Japan Fellowship Award & Talk Session~The World needs Science and Science Needs Women~
Nihon L’Oreal K.K.
The L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, held jointly by the L'Oréal Group and UNESCO since 1998, will hold an awards ceremony for the Japan Fellowship Awards Program (first held in Japan in 2005, marking the 20th anniversary of Japan's hosting of the World Expo) and a talk session on the issue of the gender gap in science and the need to support women in STEM research.
Discussion
- SDGs
- future society
- post-SDGs
| Transmission of simultaneous interpretation | Provided |
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| Language of interpretation | Japanese and English |
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2025.10.02[Thu]
14:30 ～ 16:00
(Venue Open 14:00)
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- Theme Weeks Studio
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Programme details
L’Oréal Japan established the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Japan Fellowship Awards program in 2005 based on the belief that “the world needs Science and Science needs Women." The program aims to achieve gender equality in science by annually selecting four promising early-career female scientists and providing scholarships to honor their achievements and support their research activities. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the awards. To commemorate this milestone, a talk session will be held featuring previous and new awardees who have risen to leadership positions in the scientific world. The talk session will be joined by Dr. Maki Kawai, President of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences, who represents the Japanese scientific community and serves on the award's jury and Dr. Yoshie Harada, one of the board members of Kansai Kagakujyuku (science program in Kansai region for girls). The talk session will discuss gender disparity in science and the importance of supporting female researchers.
Cast
Moderator
Tomoko Kusuda
Vice President Corporate Responsibility Division L'Oréal Japan
After graduating from the Department of International Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, they joined L'Oréal Japan in 1999, following stints at a financial institution and a US-based consumer goods manufacturer. They held various positions overseeing brand management and serving as General Manager before being appointed Vice President in 2020. Since September 2022, they have served as the Head of Corporate Responsibility, a position they hold to this day.
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Maki Kawai
National Institutes of Natural Sciences
President, the National Institutes of Natural Sciences. Dr Kawai is a member of the Japan Academy, an honorary member of the Chemical Society of Japan, the Physical Society of Japan, and the Vacuum and Surface Society of Japan, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and an honorary researcher at RIKEN. Dr Kawai is a recipient of the Medal with Purple Ribbon and a Person of Cultural Merit. Furthermore, Dr Kawai received the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award (2019) and is a member of the jury for the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Japan Fellowship Award.
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Yoshie Harada
Specially Appointed Professor at the Human Metaverse Disease Research Center, Osaka University, and Director of the Kansai Science Academy Consortium, a General Incorporated Association
In 1988, they completed their studies in the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, earning a Ph.D. in Engineering. They served as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow in the same year. In 1990, they joined the Faculty of Engineering Science at Osaka University as Academic Staff. In 1992, they became a Researcher at the ERATO Yanagida Biomotors Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST). Following this, they were appointed Full-time Lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, in 1998. In 2000, they became an Associate Principal Researcher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Research Organization. They then moved to Kyoto University in 2008 as a Professor at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS). In 2016, they became a Professor at the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, and from 2025, they will hold the position of Specially Appointed Professor at the Human Metaverse Disease Research Center, Osaka University
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Aiko Takamine
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Ph.D.
A graduate of The University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Multidisciplinary Sciences, they were recognized early in their career, receiving the 1st L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Japan Fellowship in the field of Material Sciences in 2006.
Their professional journey began in April 2007 as a Special Postdoctoral Researcher at the Yamazaki Atomic Physics Laboratory, part of the National Research and Development Agency RIKEN. In April 2010, they moved into an academic role as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Mathematics, College of Science and Engineering at Aoyama Gakuin University. Returning to RIKEN in April 2015, they continued their research as a dedicated Researcher. Since April 2024, they have been serving in their current role.
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Hikari Okita
Assistant Professor, Narutaki Laboratory, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Science.
Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Nagoya University. Recipient of the 20th L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Japan Fellowship in Life Sciences in 2025. (Reason for award) For demonstrating the potential of unknown genetic materials in the origin of life and contributing to the establishment of a fundamental system for artificial life inspired by the primitive Earth
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SDGs+Beyond Future Society for Life Week
20th/Year 2025 L’Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Japan Fellowship Award & Talk Session~The World needs Science and Science Needs Women~
The L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, held jointly by the L'Oréal Group and UNESCO since 1998, will hold an awards ceremony for the Japan Fellowship Awards Program (first held in Japan in 2005, marking the 20th anniversary of Japan's hosting of the World Expo) and a talk session on the issue of the gender gap in science and the need to support women in STEM research.
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2025.10.02[Thu]
14:30～16:00
(Venue Open 14:00)
- Theme Weeks Studio
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
- * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.
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