Invited Speakers (tentative)
- Masayoshi Esashi
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(Professor, WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan)
"Reconstruction after the east Japan earthquake"
- Hans J. Gross
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(Professor, Biocenter, Würzburg University, Germany)
"A biological enigma: The inborn numerical competence of humans and animals"
- Sandra Hirche
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(Professor, Technische Universität München, Germany)
"Towards cognition-enabled technical systems"
- Ja-Soon Jang
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(Director, LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center, Yeungnam University, Korea)
"High-performance GaN-based light-emitting diodes and lighting applications using convergence technologies"
- Toru Maekawa
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(Professor, Bio-Nano Electronics Research Center, Toyo University, Japan)
"Creation of nanostructures via self-assembly and their application to bio-medical study"
- Quentin Pankhurst
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(Director of Research, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, UK)
"Mobilizing academic R&D in a rapidly changing marketplace: Experiences gained and lessons learned in the medical technology sector"
- Masato Sagawa*
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(President, Intermetallics Co., Ltd., Japan)
*inventor of the world strongest NdFeB magnet.
"NdFeB magnet, from invention to the necessity of the sustainable society"
- Yuzuru Tozawa
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(Professor, Ehime University, Japan)
"Cell-free translation system: a tool for functional proteomics of solute transporters and ion channels"
