Timeline

1984	Inamori Foundation established	Inamori Foundation established
1985	1st Inamori Grants Presentation Ceremony held 1st Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony held in the presence of Prince and Princess Mikasa (-1992) and Queen Silvia of Sweden The Special Commemorative Kyoto Prize awarded to the Nobel Foundation	1st Inamori Grants Presentation Ceremony
1990	Kyoto Prize laureates granted audiences with the Emperor and Empress of Japan (-2003)	Laureates with Emperor and Empress
1993	Kyoto Prize Presentation Ceremony attended by Prince and Princess Takamado (-2002)	Prince and Princess Takamado
1997	Research Grant recipients’ cross-disciplinary association, Seiwa Scholars Society, established	1st Seiwa Scholars Society
2001	“A Call for Leadership: The United States and Japan” conference held in Tokyo Special Classes for High School Students by Kyoto Prize laureates held in Kyoto	Special Classes for High School Students
2002	Kyoto Prize Symposium held in San Diego, California, U.S.A. Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy (AILA) co-established with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)	1st Kyoto Prize Symposium in San Diego
2003	1st batch of Inamori Fellows sent to AILA (-2014) Honorary President of the Inamori Foundation assumed by Princess Takamado The Kyoto International Culture Forum “In Quest of Kokoro / Human Minds for This Planet” held with the Kyoto Prefectural Government and Kyoto University (-2007)	Inamori Fellows on AILA program
2004	1st CSIS Kyoto Forum held (-2009) Kyoto Prize 20th Anniversary Forum held	Kyoto Prize 20th Anniversary Forum
2005	Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence established at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, U.S.A. with a donation from the Inamori Foundation Forum for University Students held as an opportunity for direct dialogues with Kyoto Prize laureates	Inamori International Center established
2006	Kids’ Event held as an interactive program for elementary or junior high school students and Kyoto Prize laureates	Kyoto Prize Kids Event
2007	Symposium commemorating German Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Japan co-sponsored with the Mainichi Newspapers	Symposium by German Chancellor Merkel
2008	1st Inamori Ethics Prize Ceremony held at Case Western Reserve University Endowment of the Inamori Center to Kyoto University Support for Kokoro Research Center at Kyoto University Activity of the Environment, Civilization and Ethics Research Association (-2010)	Inamori Center at Kyoto University
2009	Endowment of the Inamori Center to Kyushu University	Inamori Center at Kyushu University
2011	Inamori Foundation authorized as a public interest incorporated foundation Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Grants issued
2012	Inamori Foundation Endowed Course “Global Public Ethics and Social Innovation” established at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University	OSIPP Course Presentation Ceremony
2014	Lecture given by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to commemorate the Inamori Foundation’s 30th anniversary Support for Kyoto Prize laureates’ Lectures in Kagoshima 1st KUIP (Kyoto University-Inamori Foundation Joint Kyoto Prize Symposium) held	Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Lecture
2015	Support for Kyoto Kokoro Initiative at Kyoto University	Kyoto Kokoro Initiative
2016	Hamburg Ballet Japan Tour 2016 in Celebration of 2015 Kyoto Prize Laureate John Neumeier Matsuyama Ballet Kyoto Performance “New Version Swan Lake” The students from remote islands were invited at Kyoto Prize Kagoshima Lectures	Matsuyama Ballet Kyoto Performance
2017	“Kyoto Prize at Oxford” ― Kyoto Prize to Europe	Kyoto Prize at Oxford
2018	Hamburg Ballet Kyoto Tour 2018 sponsored by Inamori Foundation	Hamburg Ballet Kyoto Tour