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Hiroyuki Yoshikawa
President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, (AIST) Japan
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa established his early reputation as an expert in
engineering science and went on to become President of his Alma Mater,
the University of Tokyo. Between 1998- 2001 he also presided over the
University of the Air, a Japanese initiative that makes use of cutting
edge technology to provide members from all sectors of society with
lifelong learning opportunities. He has gained international renown for
spearheading institutional efforts to promote freedom of scientific
information access and has also earned global respect as a crusader for
the removal of obstacles to technological advance in developing and
transition countries. Hiroyuki Yoshikawa's capacities as scientist and
modern humanist earned him election to the Presidencies of the Science
Council of Japan (1997-2003) and the International Council for Science
(1999-2002), tasks that he carried out with distinction. As president
of AIST whose institutional moto is "Full Research in Society", for Society, he continues to champion the principle of scientific responsibility towards humankind as a whole. |
