Science Agora

Science Agora, held at Tokyo Academic Park (Miraikan and two other institutions) in November every year, is the largest science communication event in Japan. Agora is the Greek word for “plaza” or “square”. The title Science Agora is used to express the basic concept of a large number of people gathering in one place to talk about science. It has started since 2006. The Science Agora 2010 will much more focus on the government’s science and technology policy, Promotion of Public Governance of S&T Policy.

Overview of the events in 2009

Date	Ｏｃｔｏｂｅr 31-November 3, 2009
Place	Tokyo International Exchange Center,Miraikan,and AIST Tokyo Waterfront
Number of participants	8705
Number of exhibitors	141 Organizations for 147 items
Event forms Workshops	Workshops, symposia,exhibition, demonstrative experiments,science show, etc.

Overview of the events in 2008

Date	November 22-23, 2008
Place	Tokyo International Exchange Center,Miraikan,and AIST Tokyo Waterfront
Number of participants	6109
Number of exhibitors	138 Organizations for 123 items
Event forms Workshops	Workshops, symposia,exhibition, demonstrative experiments,science show, etc.