The 10th Kyoto University International Symposium was held in Bandung, Indonesia from July 26-28, 2007. The theme of the seminar was "Active Geosphere Science." Faculty members and graduate students from six Kyoto University departments including the Graduate School of Science and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute attended the symposium.
Keeping in mind the university's fundamental principle of pursuing "harmonious coexistence within human and ecological community on this planet," participants engaged in a multi-faceted dialogue with the objective of gaining a more integrated understanding of the Earth's active geosphere, the interrelation of its individual components, and how best to disseminate that knowledge throughout both the local and global communities. The seminar featured reports of cutting-edge research based on fieldwork in tropical regions and discussions on the appropriate method of representing academic and scientific views and forecasts in fields related to geosphere science.

Approximately 200 researchers and graduate students attended the symposium. Attendees hailed from 16 different countries and areas including participants from East, Southeast, and South Asia, Nigeria, Great Britain and the United States. Twenty-eight researchers from Kyoto University attended the event.

The symposium featured presentations by speakers from several institutions with which Kyoto University has partnership agreements: the Institut Technologi Bandung, the Indonesian Institute of Science and the University of Michigan. Lectures were also given by speakers from Princeton University, the California Institute of Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts among others.