At 27 locations throughout JapanStarted cultivation and research of 44 varieties of space seeds, the world's largest number of 18 varieties!

The "Space Education Project (R)," promoted by LIVERNESS Corporation and a number of partner organizations, launched 44 varieties of plant seeds of 18 different species, the largest number in the world, twice from 2010 to 2011 to the Japanese Experiment Module "Kibo" of the International Space Station, and finally returned to earth in March this year.
This forum included an "award ceremony" to award this space seed to cooperating organizations and elementary and junior high school students throughout Japan who are researching it, presentations of research results to date, and a lecture on the space yacht IKAROS.

Date: April 29, 2011 (Friday, national holiday) 2:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Target: Elementary school students and older, about 100 people in general
Location: Akihabara UDX 6F Conference (14-1, Sotokanda 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) - Contents: Space seed award ceremony, research presentations by junior and senior high school students
Lectures by JAXA researchers on the space yacht IKAROS

Organizer: LIVERNESS Co.
Sponsor:LIXIL Corporationand LIXIL Housing Research Institute Aiful Home Co,Teikyo University

Participating Organizations: Space Education Project Participating Organizations
Ltd., LIXIL Corporation and LIXIL Housing Research Institute Aiful Home, Miyasaka Brewing Company, Japan Subway Corporation, Kiso Town, Hiratsuka Agricultural High School in Kanagawa Prefecture, Heiwa no Mori Elementary School in Tokyo, Kanuma Minami High School in Tochigi Prefecture, and others

Forum Details

Part 1: Space Research Debriefing Session - Shine on, Future Researchers!

Opening Movie/Explanation of Space Education Project: Yukihiro Maru, CEO, Liverness Corporation
Report of Research Results
Space Sakura: Manned Space Systems, Inc.
Space Arabidopsis thaliana: Liverness Corporation (on behalf of Benesse Corporation)
Space Tomato: Hiratsuka Agricultural High School
Space Miyakogusa: Yasuda Girls' Junior & Senior High School/Kanuma Minami Senior High School, etc.

(Commentator)
Masamichi Yamashita, Professor, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Prof. Masayoshi Kawaguchi, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Yukihiro Maru, CEO and Representative Director, Liverness, Inc.

 

Part 2: Space Seed Awarding Ceremony

Opening movie of the Space Education Project (with video messages from Astronaut Wakata and Astronaut Yamazaki)

Space cypress and space apple awarding ceremony
Awarded to Kiso Town by LIXIL Corporation

Space Tomato Awarding Ceremony
Awarded by Subway Corporation to Shizuoka Agricultural High School
Awarded to Hiratsuka Agricultural High School by Riverness Inc.

Space Soybean Awarding Ceremony
Awarded by Miyasaka Brewery Co. to Heiwa no Mori Elementary School

 

Part 3: Space Seminar - Expanding Dreams of Space
Keynote Speech: "Advancing by the Light of the Sun, the Space Yacht IKAROS"
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Oriko Soma