——— —- : . . . . . ——— Profile: Michael Nobel, who visited Japan in March, 2010 Michael Nobel bh Trustee, Nobel Family Society Former Chairman of the Nobel Charitable Trust in Switzerland \ a» Former Chairman of the Appeal of the Peace Prize Laureates Foundation. {Michael Nobel's Profile] Dr. Nobel was born in Sweden and has been living in Switzerland for many years. He is a citizen of Sweden and Switzerland. After studies in Sweden and America he obtained a doctorate at the University of Lausanne in psycho-pedagogy in 1979. He then worked for seven years as a researcher in social sciences at the Institute for Mass Communication at the Lausanne University and at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine and has been a consultant to UNESCO in Paris and the United Nation’s Social Affairs Division in Geneva. Commercially he participated in the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging and is chairman or board member of a total of 10 international companies in the fields of diagnostics, treatment, financial investments and information systems in the field of medicine, satellite communications, Internet service provision, airport security, management consulting and finance. In his idealistic work Michael Nobel is chairman or board member of several non-for-profit organizations in the field of conflict resolution, youth education and development. He has also served as Chairman of the Nobel Charitable Trust, a trust that will honor politicians, scientists and corporations who make a significant contribution in the field of renewable energy by providing awards. NCT also plans to hold international conferences in this field. Michael Nobel has received numerous international citations and awards for his work in the fields of medicine and conflict resolution including an honorary doctorate from Soka University and an honorary professorship from the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan. He is also an honorary member of two Rotary clubs and in 1997 Rotary Internation