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From Collaboration to Partnership - KEK-TRIUMF Scientific Symposium held at KEK

17 Nov, 2011

On November 7, 2011, KEK hosted the third KEK-TRIUMF Scientific Symposium with the theme, “From Collaboration to Partnership: Accelerator-Based Science at KEK and TRIUMF”. This symposium was attended by about 70 researchers from Canada and Japan.

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Canada, and in keeping with the theme of Innovation, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo hosted the inaugural Canada-Japan Particle Accelerator Science Symposium in 2009.

The third symposium opened with addresses from Prof. Suzuki, Director-General of KEK, and G. Mark Scullion, Counsellor (Innovation, Science & Technology), Embassy of Canada, which stressed the importance of developing partnerships between KEK and TRIUMF. Following the opening addresses, the KEK and TRIUMF directors each reviewed current activities at the laboratories.

Subsequent presentations focused on collaborative projects: the Ultraslow Muon Beam, Muon g-2, J-PARC Accelerator and Neutrino Experiment, Ultra Cold Neutron, and Accelerator R&D. Participants discussed how to carry out constructive collaborations between KEK and TRIUMF and how to develop more active partnerships.

At the closed core meeting, directors from KEK and TRIUMF, session conveners, and project leaders summarized each session and discussed additional details and their visions of possible areas of future collaboration. Participants actively exchanged opinions and the symposium was concluded successfully.

On the following day, some of the symposium participants took part in KEK-J-PARC facility tours. Participants enjoyed a full-day tour of the KEKB/ Belle experiment facility, Energy Recovery Linac (ERL), and Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at the KEK Tsukuba campus, as well as the Materials and Life Science Facility, the Nuclear and Particle Physics Facilities, and the T2K Experimental Facility in J-PARC.