Chair: Satoshi Kishigami and Kei Miyamoto
  8:40 -   8:45    Opening remark (Teruhiko Wakayama, Yamanashi University)
  8:45 -   9:10    John Gurdon (University of Cambridge)
  9:10 -   9:35    Hiroshi Nagashima (Meiji University)
  9:35 - 10:00    Hiroshi Imai (Kyoto University)
10:00 - 11:30    Poster session and discussion (Coffee break)
11:30 - 11:55    Jerome Jullien (University of Cambridge)
11:55 - 12:20    Shaorong Gao (Tongji University)
12:20 - 12:45    Atsuo Ogura (RIKEN BRC)
12:45 - 12:55    Poster prize and closing remark (John Gurdon, University of Cambridge)

Memorial symposium of the reproductive center at Yamanashi University, sponsored by Yamanashi Univeristy

Chair: Satoshi Kishigami
14:00 - 14:05    Opening remark (Masayuki Hayakawa, Vice-president of Yamanashi University)
14:05 - 14:15    Introduction of the special education program at the Reproductive Center of Yamanashi University (Hiroshi Kurosawa, Dean of the Faculty of Life and Environmental Science)
14:15 - 14:35    Future of reproductive technologies and new generation for science (Teruhiko Wakayama, Head of Advanced Biotechnology Center at Yamanashi University)
14:35 - 14:45    Brief introduction about Prof Sir John Gurdon (Kei Miyamoto, a former Post-doc at the Gurdon lab)
14:45 - 15:45    Keynote lecture by Prof Sir John Gurdon (University of Cambridge)
15:45 - 15:45    Closing remark (Atsuhito Nakao, Head of Medical Department)

17:30 -    Reception (Fujiya hotel)