The Moonshot Research and Development Program launched by the Cabinet Office of Japan promotes high-risk, high-impact R&D aiming to achieve ambitious Moonshot Goals and solve issues facing future society such as super-aging populations and global warming. The theme of Moonshot Goal 8 is “Realization of a society safe from the threat of extreme winds and rains by controlling and modifying the weather by 2050.”

This symposium will explore the potential of weather control to reduce disaster risk, which is becoming more severe due to climate change. To advance research and development of weather control technologies, researchers from diverse fields such as meteorology, weather engineering, mathematical sciences, and sociology will discuss the prospects of weather control based on their expertise.

Date & Time: (Japan Standard Time(JST), UTC+9)
October 6, 2024 1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
October 7, 2024 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Venue: Hitotsubashi University Hitotsubashi Hall, Tokyo
Online (Zoom Webinar, YouTube Live)

Participation fee: Free
Language: English
Registration: Please click here for registration
https://form2.jst.go.jp/s/ms8-intl-symp2024

Details of the symposium are available on the official website.
Official website: https://www.jst.go.jp/moonshot/sympo/20241006/index.html#ja

Time table
October 6
1:00 p.m. Opening Remarks JST, CAO
1:10 p.m. MS8 Overview MIYOSHI Takemasa (Team Leader, RIKEN)
1:30 p.m. Keynote Speech 1
Seon Ki Park (Professor, Ewha Womans Univ., Korea)
2:30 p.m. MS8 Core Research Presentation
4:35 p.m. ELSI (Ethical, Legal and Social Issues) for Weather Control
5:00 p.m. Keynote Speech 2
Sarah Tessendorf (Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA)

October 7
9:30 a.m. Special Talk
Thao Linh Tran (Research Fellow, Australian National Univ., Australia)
10:30 a.m. MS8 Feasibility Study Presentation
12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion on Science and Technology
1:45 p.m. Panel Discussion on Social Responsibility
2:55 p.m. Closing Remarks