At the JACS & JACS Au Summit-Global Trends in Chemistry and Materials Science (RIKEN), Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director gave a lecture titled "Degradation of Thermosets: Catalysis and Beyond"
At the Polymer Frontier 21 (on line), Group Reader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Development of chemical recycling method to recycle highly stable plastics into raw materials"
At the ACS Spring 2025, San Diego Convention Center ( San Diego, CA.), Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director gave a lecture titled "Hydrogenolysis of C-O and C-N bonds in the polymer main-chain mediated by late-transition metal catalysts"
At the Tokai Polymer Student Research Meeting 2024 (Mie University), Group Reader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Organic reaction chemist meets the challenge of macromolecular chemical degradation"
At the Lecture on Circular Economy (Industrial Technology Center of Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama), Group Reader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Efforts to Develop Chemical Recycling Technology to Reuse Persistent Resins as Raw Materials"
At the 9th FlowST Symposium (Iino Hall & Conference Center, Tokyo), Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director, gave a lecture titled "Development of catalysts for resin degradation and expectations for flow systems"
At the 23rd Polymer Nanotechnology Research Group Lecture: Current Status and Issues of Polymer GX Research for Realization of Carbon Neutrality (AIST Waterfront Center, Tokyo), Prof. Takanori Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo) gave a lecture titled "Chemical recycling of persistent resin using hydrogen"
At the 2nd Electronic Stimulation (ES) Technology Workshop (Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan), Prof. Takanori Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo) gave a lecture titeled "Chemical recycling of persistent resin using hydrogen"
At the DigiTOS Lectureship award 2024(China), Prof. Takanori Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo) gave the following lectures.
Dec 16: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (Host: Xiaoming Wang), titled "Chemoselectivity Change in Catalytic Transformations–Cleavage of Less Reactive Chemical Bonds"
Dec 18: Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Host: Shaodong Zhang, Wanbin Zhang), titled "Chemoselectivity Change in Catalytic Transformations–Cleavage of Less Reactive Chemical Bonds"
Des 19: Peking University (Host: Rong Zhu), titled "Chemoselectivity Change in Catalytic Transformations–Cleavage of Less Reactive Chemical Bonds”
At the 55th Autumn Meeting of the Union of Chubu Chemistry-Related Societies of Chubu Branch Associations, Kyoko Nozaki, Research director gave a lecture titled "Catalyst development for resin degradation".
At the 13th Chemical Frontier Research Meeting (Kyushu University Ito Campus), Group Reader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Flexible conversion of stable resins and approaches towards chemical recycling "
The following lectures were given at the 14th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2024 (Tower Hall Funabori, Tokyo).
" Chemical recycling of persistent resins using hydrogen - Catalysts are turning organic chemistry on its head " Prof. Takanori Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo)
" Development of multifunctional solid catalyst systems oriented towards efficient conversion of renewable resources " Prof. Xiongjie Jin(The University of Tokyo)
" Degradation technology for super engineering plastics " Group Reader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST)
" Composite technology with polyester and biopolyamide for the development of new bioplastics " Dr. Shinji Tanaka(田中慎二)(AIST)
" On research and development for chemical recycling of polyester fibres " Dr. Shinji Tanaka(田中真司)(AIST)
At the 2024 Welch Conference "FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR CATALYSIS,（The Post Oak Hotel （Houston USA））, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director, gave a lecture titled "Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Valorization of Unutilized Carbon Resources".
At the International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials 2024 (ISFR 2024), Grand Josun Jeju (Jeju, South Korea), Group Reader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Catalytic thiolation-decomposition of super engineering plastics".
At the SCS（Swiss Chemical Society）Lectureships, （Tsinghua University, Beijing, China）, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director, gave the following award-winning tour lectures.
Oct 14: ETH Hönggerberg (Zurich), titled "Catalyst development toward effective use of unutilized carbon resources"
Oct 15: University of Zurich, Irchel, titled "A 30-year journey of stereocontrol in polymer synthesis: Tacticity control in copolymers of propylene with unsymmetrical bidentate ligands"
Oct 16: University of Fribourg, titled "Catalyst development toward effective use of unutilized carbon resources"
Oct 17: University of Bern, titled "Catalyst development toward effective use of unutilized carbon resources"
Oct 18: University of Geneva, titled "Catalyst development toward effective use of unutilized carbon resources"
At the International Symposium of Institute for Catalysis 2024 "Development of Catalyst Technology for Resource Recycling" (Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University), Prof. Takanori Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo) gave a lecture titled "Chemoselectivity change in catalytic hydrogenolysis of carbonyl compounds".
At the Special Lecture of the Hokkaido Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (Hokkaido University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hokkaido), Prof. Takanori Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo) gave a lecture titled "Transition metal catalysed chemoselectivity reversal - selective cleavage of low-reactive chemical bonds".
At the Japan Petroleum Institute Lecture Meeting on the latest basic technology trends towards a carbon-neutral society (Ito International Research Centre, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) , Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director, gave a lecture titled "A new path way to chemical recycling of plastics using hydrogen".
At the 74th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (Nagaragawa International Conference, Main Hall, Gifu City) Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director, gave an award-winning lecture titled "Creation of highly active homogeneous catalysts through precise molecular design and accurate understanding of the reaction mechanism".
At the 40th Synthetic Organic Chemistry Seminar (Art Hotel Niigata Ekimae, Niigata City), Kyoko Nozaki, Research director gave a lecture titled "Pursuit of unexplored catalytic reactions for resin degradation through the expression of neighbouring group cooperative effects and their development into efficient chemical recycling".
At the 26th IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (26th ICPOC),（Tsinghua University, Beijing, China）, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki Research Director gave a Plenary lecture titled "Metals and metalloids in cyclic pai-conjugated molecules".
At the Lecture, Faculty of Science, Okayama University(Okayama, Japan), Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Research approaches for the depolymerisation of stable polymers".
At the ICCC2024（Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA）, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director gave a lecture titled "Ligand Participation in C-X Bond Cleavage".
At the 18th ICC（Lyon, France）, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director gave a lecture titled "Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
At the Royal Society of Great Britain New Fellows Seminar, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director gave a lecture titled "Catalysi development for the synthesis of small molecules and macromolecules".
At the Society of Young Coordination Chemists "Society of Young Coordination Chemists Summer School 2024" ( Toba Seaside Hotel ) , Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Director gave a lecture titled " Hydrogenolysis of Polymers with Post-Periodic Transition Metal Complexes ".
At the Kanto Society of Young Macromolecules 2024 Spring Lecture (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama Campus), Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled " Depolymerisation of super engineering plastics paving the way for chemical recycling of stable resins ".
At the 4th CSLT-CSJ Joint Symposium 2024 ( Tamkang University , Taiwan ) , Prof. Kohei Takahashi (The University of Tokyo) gave a lecture titled " Metal-catalyzed Degradations of Epoxy Resins and Olefin-based Polymers ".
At the 4th CSLT-CSJ Joint Symposium 2024 ( Tamkang University , Taiwan ) , Prof. Miwa Suzuki (Gunma University) gave a lecture titled " Differences between Biodegradable and Non-Biodegradable Plastics as Revealed by Microbiome ".
At the 104th CSJ Annual Meeting (2024) ( Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, College of Science and Technology ) , Prof. Kyoko Nozaki, Research Directorgave a keynote lecture titled " Development of Catalytic Resin-degradation Reactions and their Application to Chemical Recycling ".
At the 104th CSJ Annual Meeting (2024) ( Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, College of Science and Technology ) , Prof. Xiongjie Jin gave a lecture titled " Development of Efficient Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions Using Multifunctional Solid Catalysts ".
At the 104th CSJ Annual Meeting (2024) ( Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, College of Science and Technology ) , Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled " Depolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics toward Chemical Recycling ".
At the 104th CSJ Annual Meeting (2024) ( Funabashi Campus, Nihon University, College of Science and Technology ) , Dr. Akira Yada(AIST) gave a lecture titled " Practice and Application of Digital-driven Chemical Synthesis ".
At the Adhesion Society of Japan, The 193rd Regular Meeting (2024), (The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture Campus) , Dr. Shinji Tanaka (田中 慎二) gave a lecture titled " Development of Composite Material of Biopolyester PBS and Biopolyamide PA4 ".
At the 41st SPSJ Chiba Regional Activity Young Scientists Seminar (Tokyo University of Science), Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled "Depolymerization by Main Chain Cleavage of Stable Resins and Its Prospects".
At The ITmedia Virtual EXPO 2024 winter (2024.2.14-3.15) , Dr. Shinji Tanaka (田中 慎二) gave a lecture titled " Bioplastics made of Two Polymers that Increase in Strength as They are Stretched ".
At Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar (Tohoku University), Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled " Toward Chemical Recycling of Stable Plastics - Demolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics - ".
At the Asian Polyolefin Workshop 2023 (APO2023),( Kinsho Hall, Todai-Ji, Nara, Japan ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Polyolefins with toughness and beyond ".
AT the International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals (C&FC2023) ( Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation ".
At the 6th GLowing Polymer Symposium in KANTO, Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Polymer Synthesis and Degradation for Sustainability ".
At The 2023 Japan-US Seminar on Polymer Chemistry: Meeting the Challenges of a Sustainable Society with Macromolecules ( Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Okinawa, Japan ) gave a lecture titled " Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
At The 5th OKU-WuXi AppTec Symposium of Organic Chemistry ( College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalyst Development toward Effective Use of Unutilized Carbon Resourcess".
At The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) Chinese Academy of Sciences Lecture( Shanghai, China ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
At The Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC) Chinese Academy of Sciences Lecture( Shanghai, China ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Late Transition Metal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
At The October Regional Lecture Meeting of Tokai Branch of the Japan Rubber Association, Group Leader Dr. Yasunori Minami(AIST) gave a lecture titled " Depolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics - Toward Chemical Recycling of Stable Plastics - ".
At The Princeton University Seminar( Princeton University, USA ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalytic Cleavage of C(sp3)-O bonds toward Deconstruction of Thermosetting Resins".
At The Cornell University Aggarwal Lecturer(2023-2024)( Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Cornell University, N.Y., USA ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalyst Development toward Effective Use of Unutilized Carbon Resources".
At The Cornell University Aggarwal Lecturer(2023-2024)( Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Cornell University, N.Y., USA ), Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " A 30-year Journey of Stereocontrol in Polymer Synthesis: Tacticity Control in Copolymers of Propylene".
At The 13th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC 2023) ( SAPPORO CONVENTION CENTER ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Catalyst for Polymer Synthesis and Polymer Degradation".
At The Organometallic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference New Frontiers in Synthesis, Catalysis and Materials Chemistry ( Salve Regina University, United States ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Neighboring-Group Effect in Homogeneous Catalysis: Non-innocence of Supporting Ligands and Counter Ions".
At The 16th International conference on materials chemistry ( MC16 )( University College Dublin, Ireland ) , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " Polymer Synthesis and Degradation for Sustainability".
At The Seventh International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science ( The Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden ) , Research Director Kyoko Nozaki gave a keynote lecture titled "Catalysts for synthesis and degradation of tough polymers".
At The University of Bergen ( Bergen, Norway) , Research Director Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled "Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of C–O and C–N Bonds Toward the Effective Use of Unutilized Carbon Resources".
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture (on-line) on "Development of Catalytic Reactions for Chemical Recycling of Plastics" at the CMC Research Webinar.
Prof.Miwa Suzuki, Gunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness gave a lecture on "Difference in Environmental Degradability of Biodegradable Plastics" at the International Congress on Pure ＆ Applied Chemistry Kota Kinabalu 2022
At The 2nd NBCI-TIA Seminar, Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture entitled "Research and Study on Degradation of Persistent Resins".
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Integration Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave an invited lecture on "Depolymerization of Phenylene-based Super Engineering Plastics to Regenerate Monomer Units" at the ICPAC KK 2022 International Congress on Pure & Applied Chemistry.
Research Director Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture on "Development of Sustainable Polymers Based on Catalytic Chemistry" at the 31st Polymer Materials Forum.
At The Polymer Frontier 21, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture entitled "New Polymers from Carbon Dioxide" on polymers that contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture on "Toward Carbon-Circulating Polymer Synthesis" at the Science Council of Japan Open Symposium-Challenges of Polymer Chemistry toward Carbon Neutralization and Resource Recycling-.
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture titled "Chemical Degradation of Insoluble and Rigid Plastics - Depolymerization of Super Engineering Plastics - " at the 4th AIST Chemical Research Symposium ; Young researchers gather in Tsukuba, to play an active role in the field of attractive and appealing chemistry.
At The Gordon Stone Lecture and Symposium 2022, Prof.Kyoko Nozaki gave an Award Lecture titled "Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
Dr. Minami, Senior Researcher of Catalytic Chemistry Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), gave a lecture on "Development of Catalytic Reactions for Chemical Recycling of Plastics" at the CMC Research Webinar.
At The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled "Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
At The XXII-ISHC, Lisbon, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled "Synthesis of Polyethylene-Poly(Methyl Acrylate) Multiblock COpolymers via a Dual Polymerization Pathway".
At The 29th-ICOMC, Prague Congress Centre, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled "Late Transitionmetal Catalysts for Polymer Synthesis and Degradation".
At the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) International Award , Research Director Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a lecture titled " MOLECULAR SYNTHESIS FROM SMALL MOLECULES TO MACROMOLECULES mediated by well-designed organometallic catalysts".
At The Dr. Karl Wamsler Innovation Award Symposium 2022, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave a presentation titled “Catalysts toward More Sustainable Chemical Synthesis”.
At The 33rd Annual Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium, The Scripps Research Institute, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Homogeneous Catalysis for the Synthesis and Degradation of Macromolecules".
At The 8th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Catalysts toward More Sustainable Chemical Synthesis".
At Pacifichem2021, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Copolymerization of Ethylene with Methyl Acrylate Using a Cyclopentadienyl Cobalt Complex: Statistical and Block Copolymers".
At The National Taiwan University Department of Chemistry Seminar, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Catalyst Design for Polymerization and Depolymerization" (Online).
At Kyushu Institute of Technology Lecture, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Development of late transition metal catalysts for the use of next-generation raw materials".(Kyusyu Institute of Technology)
At The 722nd Chemistry and Materials Seminar, Prof. Kyoko Nozaki gave an Invited Lecture on "Development of late transition metal catalysts for the use of next-generation raw materials". (Nagasaki University, Education Campus Education Sky Hall)
