Japan-Egypt Science and Technology Year (JESTY) of Cooperation
The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Helwan
Landmine Detection: Innovations and Demands for New Technology
June 14-15, 2008, Helwan, Egypt
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt, and JSPS-Cairo
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Egypt, and JSPS-Cairo
held a technical meeting on the innovations and demands for new technology
in landmine detection in north Egypt regions. The meeting included scientific
and technical presentations and discussion of Egyptian and Japanese Researchers
in this area, and a field investigation at El Alamein on the Mediterranean
coast. Profs. Motoyuki Sato, Jun Ishikawa, and Akira Hirose attended from
Japan, and received Japan-Egypt Science and Technology Year Medals. The
cooperation has just started toward practical collaborations in the following
years. (Thank you, Gado-san!).
