Quantum Beam Facility Promotion Committee: 5th Meeting Materials
Overview
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s 5th Quantum Beam Facility Promotion Committee will be held on October 15, 2025, in a hybrid format at Conference Room 1 on the 16th floor of the Ministry and online. The agenda comprises recent initiatives at quantum beam facilities, the NanoTerasu interim evaluation (closed session), and other matters. Materials will cover committee deliberations, the revitalization of science, Susumu Kitagawa’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, SPring-8 and SACLA, J-PARC, research and development projects, and the NanoTerasu interim evaluation.
Key points
- The meeting will be held from 10:00 to 12:00 on October 15, 2025 (Wednesday).
- It will be held in a hybrid format at Conference Room 1 on the 16th floor of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and online.
- The agenda comprises recent initiatives at quantum beam facilities, the NanoTerasu interim evaluation (closed session), and other matters.
- Materials on committee deliberations, the revitalization of science, SPring-8 and SACLA, J-PARC, and research and development projects will be distributed.
Overview
These materials provide the meeting notice and list of distributed materials for the 5th meeting of the Quantum Beam Facility Promotion Committee, established within the Research and Development Infrastructure Division of the Council for Science, Technology and Academic Affairs.
The meeting will address recent initiatives at quantum beam facilities, while deliberations on the NanoTerasu interim evaluation will be held in a closed session.
Details
The meeting will run from 10:00 to 12:00. It will take place in Conference Room 1 on the 16th floor of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and online, combining in-person and online participation.
The distributed materials include the deliberation items of the Committee’s 13th term, materials from the 3rd Expert Meeting on “Reinvigorating Science,” materials submitted by RIKEN concerning Kyoto University Distinguished Professor Susumu Kitagawa’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and materials submitted by J-PARC.
Additional materials include the follow-up to the SPring-8 and SACLA interim evaluation, a report on SPring-8 and SACLA utilization promotion operations, a report on the J-PARC Center at the GSO meeting, a draft of the interim evaluation results for research and development projects, and key points toward compiling the NanoTerasu interim evaluation. The contact office is the Office of the Advisor for Research Environment, Science and Technology Policy Bureau.