Speaker: Makoto Manabe
April 11-14, 2007
San Francisco, California

Speakers: Biography

Makoto Manabe

Senior Scientist
National Science Museum, Japan
Geology and Paleontology
3-23-1Hyakunin-cho
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo
169-0073 Japan
http://www.kahaku.go.jp/english

Makoto Manabe is Senior Scientist/Curator of Fossil Reptiles and Birds in the Department of Geology & Paleontology at the National Science Museum in Tokyo, Japan. He is interested in dinosaur evolution and their ecosystem. Dr. Manabe holds a PhD in Earth Sciences (1994, Bristol, UK), MSc in Geology & Geophysics (1991, Yale, USA), and BEd in Science Education (1984, Yokohama National University, Japan).

Makoto will demonstrate From a Distance: Mobile phones as live broadcasting devices. [Demonstration]
Makoto will demonstrate Mixed Reality Technology at a Natural History Museum. [Demonstration]