Co-hosting International Conferences
Since 1953, the Science Council of Japan has co-hosted high-priority, interdisciplinary international conferences held in Japan in cooperation with academic research organizations. These conferences also include public lectures for the general public to share research outcomes with society. Some of these international conferences have also been honored by the attendance of members of the Japanese Imperial Family.
Latest Conference
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations | Conference Website |
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| The 41st World Veterinary Association Congress 2026（WVAC2026） | April 21-24,2026 | Tokyo | The Japan Veterinary Medical Association |  |
| The 22nd International Congress of Endocrinology（ICE2026） | June 2-6,2026 | Kyoto | International Society of Endocrinology The Japan Endocrine Society |
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| The 37th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors 2026（ICPS2026） | August 16-21,2026 | Tokyo | The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics The Physical Society of Japan |
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| The 32nd International Horticultural Congress（IHC2026） | August 23-28,2026 | Kyoto | The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science | |
Past Conferences
〇 Conference in FY2025
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The International Federation of Fertility Societies World Congress 2025（IFFS World Congress 2025） | April 18, and 26-29, 2025 | Tokyo | The International Federation of Fertility Societies and The Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine |
| The 43rd ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems（CHI2025） | April 26-May 1, 2025 | Yokohama | The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction |
| The WADEM Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2025 | May 2-6, 2025 | Tokyo | The Organizing Committee for the WADEM Congress 2025 |
| The XXNara World Congress International Society for Heart Research（ISHR2025） | May 11-14, 2025 | Nara | The International Society for Heart Research and The Japanese Section of the ISHR |
| The 22nd IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis（OMCOS-22） | September 1-6, 2025 | Kyoto | The Local Organizing Committee for the OMCOS-22 and The Chemical Society of Japan |
| The 15th International Congress on Cleft Lip/Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies（CLEFT2025） | October 20-24, 2025 | Kyoto | The Japanese Cleft Palate Association |
| The 2025 Photonics and Electromagnetics Research Symposium（PIERS2025Chiba） | November 5-9, 2025 | Chiba | The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and The Electromagnetics Academy |
〇 Conference in FY2024
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 20th International Symposium on Silicon Chemistry（ISOS-20） | May 12-17, 2024 | Hiroshima | The Organizing Committee for ISOS-20 |
| The 35th International College of Neuropsychopharmacology World Congress（CINP2024） | May 23-26, 2024 | Tokyo | The Japanese Society of Neuropsychopharmacology |
| The 21st IUPAB Congress 2024（IUPAB Congress 2024） | June 24-28, 2024 | Kyoto | The IUPAB and The Biophysical Society of Japan |
| The 2024 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence（IEEE WCCI 2024） | June 30-July 5, 2024 | Yokohama | The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society |
| The 9th GEWEX Open Science Conference | July 8-12, 2024 | Sapporo | The Local Organizing Committee for the 9th GEWEX-OSC and International GEWEX Project Office |
| The XXKyotoII International Congress of Entomology（ICE2024） | August 25-30, 2024 | Kyoto | The Union of Japanese Societies for Insect Sciences |
〇 Conference in FY2023
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The International Societies for Investigative Dermatology 2023（ISID 2023） | May 10-13, 2023 | Tokyo | The International Societies for Investigative Dermatology and The Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology |
| The Annual Meeting of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 2023 （MASCC2023） | June 22-25, 2023 | Nara,Tokyo | The Organizing Committee for MASCC2023 |
| The 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control（IFAC 2023） | July 8-14, 2023 | Yokohama | The Japan Association of Automatic Control |
| The 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference （ICRC2023） | July 26-August 3, 2023 | Nagoya | The ICRC2023 local organizing committee and The Physical Society of Japan |
| The 26th IUPAC International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics（ICCT-2023） | July 30-August 4, 2023 | Osaka | The Japan Society of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis |
| The Asian-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting 2023（APRIM2023） | August 7-12, 2023 | Fukushima | The APRIM2023 Local Organizing Committee and The University of Aizu |
| The IUPAP 28th International Conference on Statistical Physics （STATPHYS28） | August 7-11, 2023 | Tokyo | The Organizing Committee of the 28th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics and The Physical Society of Japan |
| The XXXSapporoth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium（URSI GASS 2023） | August 19-27, 2023 | Sapporo | The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and The International Union of Radio Science |
| The 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics（ICIAM 2023） | August 20-25, 2023 | Tokyo | The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and The Mathematical Society of Japan |
〇 Conference in FY2022
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 36th International Congress and Exhibition（CARS2022） | June 7-11, 2022 | Tokyo | The Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery |
| The 12th Global Young Academy Annual General Meeting and Conference（GYA AGM） | June 12-17, 2022 | Fukuoka | Global Young Academy |
| The 29th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics（LT29） | August 18-24, 2022 | Sapporo | The Physical Society of Japan The organizing committee of 29th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics |
| The 12th World Conference on Computers in Education 2022（WCCE 2022） | August 20-24, 2022 | Hiroshima | The Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) Special Interest Group on Computers in Education The IPSJ Special Interest Group on Collaboration and Learning Environment |
| The 13th Congress of the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology（WFNMB） | September 4,7-13, 2022 | Kyoto, | The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Kanazawa |
| The 22nd International Sapporoacuum Congress（ISapporoC-22） | September 11-16, 2022 | Sapporo | The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science |
| The 29th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension（ISH2022） | October 12-16, 2022 | Kyoto | The Japanese Society of Hypertension International Society of Hypertension |
| The XX CIGR World Congress 2022（CIGRWC2022） | December 5-10, 2022 | Kyoto | The Japan Association of International Commision of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering |
| The 22nd IUNS-International Congress of Nutrition（22nd IUNS-ICN） | December 6-11, 2022 | Tokyo | The Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science and The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics |
〇 Conference in FY2021
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The XXIII World Congress of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO2021) | August 29-September 3, 2021 | Online | The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers |
| The 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering （17WCEE） | September 26-October 2, 2021 | Sendai(Hybrid) | The Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering |
| The Second Asian Conference on Thermal Sciences（2nd ACTS） | October 3-7, 2021 | Online | The Heat Transfer Society of Japan |
| The 19th International Symposium on Atherosclerosis（ISA2021） | October 24-27, 2021 | Kyoto(Hybrid) | The Japan Atherosclerosis Society |
| The ISSCR/JSRM 2021 Tokyo International Symposium | October 27-30, 2021 | Online | The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine |
| The 27th International Conference on Magnet Technology （MT27） | November 14-19, 2021 | Fukuoka(Hybrid) | The Cryogenics and Superconductivity Society of Japan |
〇 Conference in FY2020
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence （IJCAI-20） | January 7-15, 2021 | Online | The Arrangements Committee of the 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence |
〇 Conference in FY2019
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems（ISCAS2019） | May 26-29, 2019 | Sapporo | IEEE Circuits and Systems Society |
| The 29th International Cartographic Conference（ICC 2019） | July 15-20, 2019 | Tokyo | The Japan National Committee for the International Cartographic Association |
| The 18th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds（ISNA-18） | July 21-26, 2019 | Sapporo | The Chemical Society of Japan and The Society of Physical Organic Chemistry, Japan |
| The 39th IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium （IGARSS 2019） | July 28-August 2, 2019 | Yokohama | IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society |
| The ICOM Kyoto 2019 25th General Conference（ICOM Kyoto 2019） | September 1-7, 2019 | Kyoto | The International Council of Museums, The International Council of Museums Japan, The ICOM Kyoto 2019 Organizing Committee and Japanese Association of Museums |
| The ISPO 17th World Congress | October 4-8, 2019 | Kobe | International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics and International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics,Japan |
〇 Conference in FY2018
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 18th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WCP2018) | July 1-6, 2018 | Kyoto | Japanese Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Association |
| The 27th International Liquid Crystal Conference（ILCC2018） | July 22-27, 2018 | Kyoto | The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society |
| The 20th International Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law | July 22-28, 2018 | Fukuoka | The 20th Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law- Local Organizing Committee |
| The 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry（ICCC 2018） | July 30-August 4, 2018 | Sendai | The Japanese Committee of the 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry |
| The 2018 Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium（PIERS 2018 Toyama） | July 31-August 5, 2018 | Toyama | The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers and Electromagnetics Academy |
| The 68th CIRP （The International Academy for Production Engineering） General Assembly | August 19-25, 2018 | Tokyo | The Japan Society for Precision Engineering |
| The World Social Science Forum 2018 | September 25-28, 2018 | Fukuoka | International Science Council and Kyushu University |
| The 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics（IEEE SMC 2018） | October 7-10, 2018 | Miyazaki | The IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society |
〇 Conference in FY2017
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy（IAG）and the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior（IASPEI） （IAG-IASPEI 2017） | July 30-August 4, 2017 | Kobe | The Seismological Society of Japan and The Geodetic Society of Japan |
| The 24th Congress of the International Commission for Optics （IOC-24） | August 21-25, 2017 | Tokyo | International Commission for Optics |
| XXIII World Congress of Neurology(WCN 2017) | September 16-21, 2017 | Kyoto | Organizing Committee for XXIII World Congress of Neurology |
| The 12th Asia Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology （AOCNMB2017） | October 5-7, 2017 | Yokohama | Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine and The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Technology. |
| The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer （IASLC WCLC2017） | October 15-18, 2017 | Yokohama | Regional Organizing Committee for the 18th World Conference of Lung Cancer |
〇 Conference in FY2016
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 13th International Congress of Human Genetics （ICHG 2016） | April 3-7, 2016 | Kyoto | Local Organizing Committee for the 13th International Congress of Human Genetics |
| The 19th International Congress of Cytology （ICC2016） | May 28-June 1, 2016 | Yokohama | Organizing Committee of The 19th International Congress of Cytology |
| Goldschmidt Conference 2016 | June 26-July 1, 2016 | Yokohama | Geochemical Society, European Association of Geochemistry and the Geochemical Society of Japan. |
| The 31st International Congress of Psychology | July 24-29, 2016 | Yokohama | The Japanese Psychological Association |
| The 18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy （ICCGE-18） | August 7-12, 2016 | Nagoya | The Japanese Association for Crystal Growth and The Japan Society of Applied Physics |
| the Eighth World Archaeological Congress （WAC-8） | August 28-September 4, 2016 | Kyoto | Local Organizing Committee for the Eighth World Archaeological Congress |
| The 15th International Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets （ICMM 2016） | September 4-8, 2016 | Sendai | The 15th International Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets Organizing Committee |
| 40th World Congress of the International College of Surgeons（ICS2016） | October 23-26, 2016 | Kyoto | 40th World Congress of the International College of Surgeons Organizing Committee |
| the 22nd International Conference of Zoology and the 87th meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan | November 14-19, 2016 | Okinawa | The Zoological Society of Japan |
〇 Conference in FY2015
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Science Summit Week 2015（ASSW2015） | April 23-30, 2015 | Toyama | International Arctic Science Committee |
| 12th Asian Congress of Nutrition（ACN2015） | May 14-18, 2015 | Yokohama | Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science |
| The 7th International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases 2015 | June 21-24, 2015 | Kyoto | The 7th International Symposium on Emerging and Re-emerging Pig Diseases Organizing Committee |
| The International Union for Quaternary Research，XIX Congress | July 26-August 2, 2015 | Nagoya | The Japanese Association for Quaternary Research |
| 17th World Economic History Congress（WEHC2015） | August 3-7, 2015 | Kyoto | International Economic History Association |
| The Ninth World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies（ICCEES） | August 3-8, 2015 | Chiba | International Council for Central and East European Studies and The Japan Council for Russian and East European Studies |
| Quark Matter 2015: 25th International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions（QM2015） | September 27-October 3, 2015 | Kobe | The Physical Society of Japan |
| World Engineering Conference and Convention（WECC2015） | November29-December 2,2015 | Kyoto | The Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, The World Federation of Engineering Organizations, and The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
〇 Conference in FY2014
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| The World Ophthalmology Congress 2014 （WOC®2014） | April 2-6, 2014 | Tokyo | Japanese Ophthalmological Society |
| The 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists in collaboration with the 48th Japanese Occupational Therapy Congress and Expo（WFOT2014） | June 17-21, 2014 | Yokohama | Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists |
| The 28th International Congress of CARS 2014（Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2014） | June 24-29, 2014 | Fukuoka | Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery and Japan Institute of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery |
| 26th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry（ICOMC） | July 13-18, 2014 | Sapporo | The Chemical Society of Japan and The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) |
| 2014 Joint International Congress of Neuroethology and Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry （2014ICN/JSCPB） | July 28-August 2, 2014 | Sapporo | Japanese Association of Neuroethologists |
| 15th International Heat Transfer Conference （IHTC-15） | August 9-15, 2014 | Kyoto | The Heat Transfer Society of Japan |
| 16th International Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Meeting（ISAM2014） | October 2-6, 2014 | Yokohama | The Japanese Society of Alcohol-Related Problems |
〇 Conference in FY2013
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28th International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection （ICC2013） | June 5-8,2013 | Yokohama | Japanese Society of Chemotherapy |
| The 11th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry（WFSBP2013） | June 23-27,2013 | Kyoto | The Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry |
| IGU Kyoto Regional Conference 2013 （IGU Kyoto） | August 4-9, 2013 | Kyoto | Japan National Committee for IGU |
| The 3rd IASSIDD Asia-Pacific Regional Conference | August 21-24, 2013 | Tokyo | The Japanese Association for the Study of Developmental Disabilities |
| International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research 2013 （IASDR Congress 2013） | August 26-30, 2013 | Tokyo | Japanese Society for the Science of Design and Japan Society of Kansei Engineering |
| 12th Human Proteome Organization World Congress （HUPO World Congress） | September14-18, 2013 | Yokohama | Japanese Proteomics Society |
| The 16th International Conference of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention（MICCAI2013） | September22-26, 2013 | Nagoya | Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery |
〇 Conference in FY2012
| Name of International Conferences | Conference Period | Venue | Co-host Academic Associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists Conference（IACIS Conference） | May 13-18, 2012 | Sendai | The Chemical Society of Japan |
| The XXKyoto International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics （Neutrino2012） | June 3-9, 2012 | Kyoto | The Physical Society of Japan |
| The XXKobeIth International Biometric Conference （IBC2012） | August 26-31, 2012 | Kobe | The Biometric Society of Japan |
| The 16th congress of International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism （ISBRA） | September 9-12, 2012 | Sapporo | Japanese Medical Society of Alcohol and Drug Studies |
| 19th International Mass Spectrometry Conference （IMSC） | September 15-21, 2012 | Kyoto | The Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan |
| 32nd Congress of the Société Internationale d' Urologie （SIU） | September 30-October 4, 2012 | Fukuoka | Japanese Urological Association |
| The 21st International Conference on Pattern Recognition （ICPR2012） | November 11-15, 2012 | Tsukuba | Information Processing Society of Japan and The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Information and Systems Society. |
