The 3rd Kondo Memorial Foundation Symposium ～ Major Advances in Functional Materials ～
22/6/2026
The Kondo Memorial Foundation was established by Teruhisa Kondo, the late founder of Toyo Tanso, who felt it was deeply regrettable that students with strong academic ability and good character were sometimes forced to abandon their studies due to financial difficulties.
To address this, he established the Kondo Scholarship Foundation to provide financial support to such students and to support the development of future talent.
In addition, Toyo Tanso, a co-founding organization, has long supported research in carbon materials, driven by a strong belief in the material’s limitless potential. The Foundation also supports programs that foster early-career researchers engaged in original and innovative research.
Building on this, the Foundation has decided to hold this symposium to further advance carbon materials technologies and to provide opportunities for exchange among researchers and industry professionals.
Date Friday, October 16, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Venue Osaka Station Hotel 7th Floor ”The Ball Room East (Half)”
Organizer Kondo Memorial Foundation
Supported by Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.
Capacity 100 participants
Admission Free
Symposium 13:00～17:00 ”The Ball Room East (Half)”
Registration Opens at 12:30 PM
Moderator Takahiro Morishita
Opening Remarks 1:00 PM – 1:10 PM
Naotaka Kondo
Chairman, Kondo Memorial Foundation
Chairman, President & CEO, Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.
Kondo Memorial Foundation Award Ceremony
1:10 PM – 1:20 PM
Award Lecture 1:20 PM – 2:00 PM
Special Lecture 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Materials Innovation Driven Strategies for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Mrityunjay Singh, Ph.D.
Chair, Global Alliance for Technology and Society, USA
President, World Academy of Ceramics
Principal Scientist, Ohio Aerospace Institute, USA
Break 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM
Technical Sessions 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
・Research Presentation 3:00 PM – 3:40 PM
Development of a Novel Synthesis Method for Graphene Quantum Dots on Oxide Nanoparticles Using Low-Temperature CVD
Takeharu Yoshii
Associate Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
・Lecture 1 3:40 PM – 4:20 PM
Development of Electrode Catalysts for Fuel Cells Using CNovel®
Yasuhiro Seki
General Manager, Advanced Development Department, R&D Center, N.E. Chemcat Corporation
・Lecture 2 4:20 PM – 5:00 PM
Future Potential of Advanced Carbon Materials in Industrial and Energy Applications
Masashi Shimada
Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Technical Division, Toyo Tanso Co., Ltd.
Reception 5:15 PM– 7:15 PM ”The Ball Room East (Half)”