{"id":831,"date":"2022-05-25T02:17:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T02:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/about_elsi\/overview\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:11:19","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/en\/about_elsi\/overview\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
June, 2009<\/th>\r\nThe program called “From the Earth to ‘Earths'” was selected as a Global COE Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aimed at providing focused support for formation of superior international educational research centers. The program became the predecessor of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI).<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
October, 2012<\/th>\r\nELSI was selected as one of the research centers designated in the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) of MEXT.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
December, 2012<\/th>\r\nELSI was established in Ookayama Campus.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
March, 2013<\/th>\r\nInauguration Ceremony; the First International Symposium was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
March, 2014<\/th>\r\nThe 2nd International Symposium \u201cOrigin & Evolution of the Earth-Life System\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
August, 2014<\/th>\r\nELSI Summer School was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2015<\/th>\r\nThe 3rd International Symposium \u201cLife in the Universe\u201d, and Public Lecture \u201cLife in the Universe\u201d were held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
April, 2015<\/th>\r\nELSI Origins Network (EON) was established by the grant from the John Templeton Foundation (till December 2017).<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
October, 2015<\/th>\r\nThe new building (ELSI-1) was completed; Opening Ceremony.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2016<\/th>\r\nThe 4th International Symposium \u201cEarly Earth, Venus, and Mars: Three Experiments in Biological Origins,\u201d and Public Lecture \u201cDoes Water Define a Planet’s Habitability?\u201d were held.\r\nThe First Kavli-IPMU\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture “Quest for Origins” was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2017<\/th>\r\nThe 5th International Symposium \u201cExpanding Views on the Emergence of the Biosphere\u201d, and Public Lecture \u201cWe Don’t Know \u2018How We Began\u2019 \u2013 Quest of Astrobiology for Origin of Life \u2013\u201c were held.\r\nThe 2nd Kavli-IPMU\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture “Quest for Origins” was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2018<\/th>\r\nThe 6th International Symposium \u201cBuilding Bridges from Earth to Life: From Chemical Mechanism to Ancient Biology\u201d, and Public Lecture were held.\r\nThe 3rd Kavli-IPMU\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture “Quest for Origins” was held.EON-ELSI Winter School was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
April, 2018<\/th>\r\nELSI hosted Japan SciCom 2018.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2019<\/th>\r\nThe 7th International Symposium \u201cComparative Emergence\u201d, and Public Lecture \u201cThe Forefront of Solar System Exploration \u2013Seeking New Encounters \u2013\u201c were held.\r\nOpening Ceremony of “Mishima Hall.”The 4th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture “Quest for Origins” was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
May, 2019<\/th>\r\nELSI hosted Japan SciCom 2019.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
February, 2020<\/th>\r\nThe 8th International Symposium \u201cExtending Views of Catalysis\u201d, and Public Lecture \u201cExtremophiles \u2013 Enchanted by Mystery of Life \u2013\u201c were held.\r\nThe 5th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture “Quest for Origins” was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2021<\/th>\r\nThe 9th International Symposium \u201cScience in Society\u201d was held.\r\nPublic Lecture \u201cScience in the Wild\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
February, 2021<\/th>\r\nELSI hosted the 9th WPI Science Symposium, “‘Life’ in the 21st Century.”\r\nThe 6th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture \u201cQuest for Origins\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
September, 2021<\/th>\r\nELSI hosted Astrobiology Graduate Conference (AbGradCon) 2021.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2022<\/th>\r\nThe 10th International Symposium \u201cELSI Past & Future\u201d was held.\r\nPublic Lecture \u201cFrom Deep Earth to Deep Space\u201d was held.\r\nThe 7th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture \u201cQuest for Origins\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
April, 2022<\/th>\r\nELSI 2.0 started.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
November, 2022<\/th>\r\nThe 8th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture \u201cQuest for Origins\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2023<\/th>\r\nPublic Lecture ‘Hayabusa2: Unlocking the Mysteries of Life’ was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
March, 2023<\/th>\r\nThe 11th International Symposium “The Living Universe” was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
November, 2023<\/th>\r\nThe 9th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture \u201cQuest for Origins\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2024<\/th>\r\nThe 12th ELSI International Symposium in collaboration with CO world project ‘Emergence and Detection of Life’ was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
February, 2024<\/th>\r\nPublic Lecture ‘A Mission to Earth’ was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
November, 2024<\/th>\r\nPublic Lecture ‘Seismic Exploration of Planets’ was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2025<\/th>\r\nThe 13th ELSI International Symposium ‘Life and Humans in Space’ was held.\r\nThe 10th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture \u201cQuest for Origins\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January, 2026<\/th>\r\nThe 14th ELSI International Symposium ‘Individuality Across the Biosphere’ was held.\r\nPublic Lecture ‘MMX: Unlocking the Martian Moons’ were held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
February, 2026<\/th>\r\nThe 11th Kavli-IPMU\/IRCN\/ELSI Joint Public Lecture \u201cQuest for Origins\u201d was held.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June, 2009 The program called “From the Earth to ‘Earths’” was selected as a Global COE Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aimed at providing focused support for formation of superior international educational research centers. The program became the predecessor of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI). October, 2012 ELSI […]","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":825,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"http:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/?page_id=830"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10694,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/831\/revisions\/10694"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}