Prof. Teruo Kishi, the president of Japan’s National Institute for Material Sciences (NIMS) and Prof. Yoshio Bando will visit Academia Sinica on Monday, November 19, 2007.   After calling on President Chi-Huey Wong, President Kishi and Prof. Bando will visit research labs of NanoScience and Technology Program at the Institute of Physics and Institute of Chemistry.  A Signing Ceremony for the General Collaborative Agreement between the two institutes will be held at the Briefing Room (1F) of the Central Office of Administration at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.