In physical year 1998, on Jun. 30 and Jul. 1, 1998, a two-day workshop was held in Tokyo.

In this 20th workshop, foreign space development organizations participating the ISS program first reported their activities. Discussions were then held on themes such as the JEM utilization scenario, JEM experiment operation technology, and the system for recruiting ground research themes. A total 704 people attended the workshop.

Ideas and opinions received from the participants will be input to the space station utilization study, conducted by the Space Environment Utilization Committee of the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).

Program of Space Station Utilization Workshop No. 20.

1st day Jun. 30, 1998

9:30 to 9:40 Greetings Takuo Kanno (Toyou University, Chairman of Space Environment Utilization Committee) 9:40 to 9:55 About the International Space Station program Science and Technology Agency 9:55 to 10:10 JEM development status in NASDA. NASDA 10:10 to 10:50 ISS utilization program in US Raymond F. Askew(NASA) 10:50 to 11:30 ISS utilization program in ESA G. Seibert(ESA) 11:30 to 12:10 ISS utilization program in Canada Robert Hum(CSA) 12:10 to 12:30 NASDA's activities on space environment utilization research system NASDA 13:30 to 17:30 JEM utilization scenario - 13:30 to 14:00 Current status and future problems of pressurized module research scenario and experiment devices of next generation Akira Sawaoka (Tokyo Industrial University) 14:00 to 14:30 Current status and future problems of the Exposed Facility utilization Tatsuo Yamanaka (Yokohama National University) 14:50 to 16:20 Working group discussions Microgravity working group (Leader: Akira Sawaoka (Tokyo Industrial University),Life-science working group (Leader: Makoto Asashima (Tokyo University)),Space medicine working group (Leader: Tadaaki Mano (Nagoya University)),Science and Observation working group (Leader: Tatsuo Yamanaka)) 16:40 to 17:10 Discussions on pressurized module experiment scenario and next generation experiment devices. Akira Sawaoka (Tokyo Industrial University) 17:10 to 17:30 Discussions conclusion on Exposed Facility utilization Tatsuo Yamanaka (Yokohama National University)

2nd day Jul. 1, 1998

10:00 to 12:00 JEM experiment management technology Leader: Tatsuo Yamanaka (Yokohama National University) 13:00 to 15:00 Ground research recruit Leader: Hiroo Iguchi (NASDA) 15:20 to 16:20 Life science international announcement of opportunity Leader: Atsushige Satou (NASDA) 16:20 to 16:30 Closing Tatsuo Yamanaka: (Yokohama National University)

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