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At the Academia Sinica 34^th Convocation of Academicians Opening Ceremony, President Gonokami Makoto of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan and President Marcia K. McNutt of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), United States will be invited to give keynote speeches online. Both keynote speeches will not be livestreamed or recorded. All Academia Sinica colleagues are welcome to attend, please bring your ID badges.

Time: 10:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m., Monday, July 4, 2022
Venue: International Conference Hall, 3^rd floor, Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Academia Sinica
Event:
10:00-10:30 Keynote Speech(I)
Moderator: President James C. Liao
Speaker: Makoto GONOKAMI, Ph. D., President of RIKEN 
Topic: The Role of Academia as a Platform for Social Change
10:30-11:00 Keynote Speech(II) 
Moderator: President James C. Liao
Speaker: Marcia K. McNutt, Ph. D., President of the National Academy of Sciences
Topic: Sustaining the Endless Frontier
11:00-11:50 Panel Discussion
Moderator: President James C. Liao
Panelists: 
Marcia K. McNutt, Ph. D., President of the National Academy of Sciences
Keng-hui Lin, Ph. D., Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
Yen-Ping Hsueh, Ph. D., Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
Chiung-yun Liu, Ph. D., Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica