KONDANKAI has been held four times a year in Japan since 1978 to provide a forum for informal exchange of knowledge and discussion in the area of science and technology. It starts with a guest speaker’s presentation in his field of science or academic expertise, followed by informal discussion open to all participants, providing a forum for exchange among different fields of knowledge. Since its inception in 1978 there have been more than 100 meetings, all of which have met with a positive response.

　The Foundation, which promotes exchange in scientific and technological fields, started KONDANKAI because it wanted to give something back to society in Japan, and Soichiro Honda always attended while he was alive and spoke with many of the researchers. In the beginning there were around 20 participants, but in recent years that has grown to around 120 to 150 people, and there is always an abundance of knowledge that stimulates intellectual passion at the meeting places.

KONDANKAI to the library