To address global challenges such as environmental degradation, it is essential to mobilize scientific knowledge in pursuit of sustainable development. In this context, the Science Council of Japan has convened annual meetings since 2003 to examine specific sustainability-related issues from multiple perspectives.

Latest Conference

International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2026
- Enhancing Trust in Science: The Role of Science as a Public Good in Policymaking
Date　　Monday, July 13 ,2026
Venue　 Hybrid (Auditorium of Science Council of Japan and Zoom Webinar)
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Past Conferences

• February 11-12, 2026 - Strengthening research capability and promoting international talent mobility and circulation: a focus on early career researchers who will lead the academia of the future
• February 3, 2025 -Ecosystem for Sustainable Innovation: Toward Sustainable Science and Society in 2040-
• September 7 and Friday, September 8 2023 - Transforming Society to Become Resilient and Sustainable beyond Catastrophic Disasters –
• January 25-26 2023 - Disaster and Health -"
• January 31- February 1, 2022 - Achieving Net Zero Emissions: The Roles of Academia -"
• September 3-4, 2020 "Social Inclusion in the Global Era - Sustainable post-COVID-19 Society -"
• March 6, 2019 "Threats to Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, and Conservation of the Ocean Environment with Special Attention to Climate Change and Marine Plastic Waste"
• November 23-25, 2017 "Global Forum on Science and Technology for Disaster Resilience 2017" (PDF:636KB)
• March 1-3, 2017 "AASSA Regional Workshop -Role of Science for Inclusive Society"
• January 27, 2017 "Promoting Transdisciplinary Research and Multi-stakeholder Collaboration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals"
• November 15, 2015 "Future Earth"
• July 18, 2014 " Transdisciplinarity for Global Sustainability:Strategies for Research and Capacity Building"
• October 9-10, 2013 "Colossal Multiple Disaster (Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Plant Accident)----Repercussions, Countermeasures, and Future Policy Choices"
• January 17-18, 2013 "Wisdom for Recovery from Disasters and Risk Control"
• September 14-16,2011 "Building up regional to global sustainability : Asia"
• December 16-17,2010 "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity"
• September 17-18,2009 "Global Food Security and Sustainability"
• September 12-13,2008 "In Search of Sustainable Well-Being "
• September 7-8,2007 "International Cooperation for Development "
• September 8-9,2006 "Global Innovation Ecosystem "
• September 9-10,2005 "Dynamism and Uncertainty in Asia "
• November 10-12,2004 "Asian Megacities and Global Sustainability "
• December 16-19,2003 "Energy and Sustainability Science "