Ancient DNA tracing human history, health and adaptation
Planning Group Members: Masaru K. Nobu, Gisela Kopp, Amy Dapper
Introductory Speaker: US Priya Moorjani, University of California, Berkeley
Speakers:
Maria A. Spyrou, University of Tuebingen
Takumi Tsutaya, Kyushu University
Embodied AI: From perception to action in the physical world
Planning Group Members: Mariko Isogawa, Mariya Toneva, Diyi Yang
Introductory speaker: Georgia Chalvatzaki, TU Darmstadt
Speakers:
Yukino Baba, The University of Tokyo
Yonatan Bisk, Carnegie Mellon University
Microplastics in the oceans
Planning Group Members: Haruka Takagi, Verena E. Foerster-Indenhuck, Daniel Gebregiorgis
Introductory Speaker: Haruka Nakano, Kyushu University
Speakers:
Lisa Marie Roscher, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Michelle DiBenedetto, Princeton University
Quantum information science
Planning Group Members: Motoki Nakata, Uri Vool, Willian Terrano
Introductory Speaker: Keisuke Fujii, Kyoto University
Speakers:
Aparajita Singha, TU Dresden
Peter Maurer, University of Chicago
Reimaging societies‘ response to the disaster cycle
Planning Group Members: Takashi Aoki, Jessica Ordemann, Cassandra Jean
Introductory Speaker: Jennifer Blanks, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
Speakers:
Kensuke Otsuyama, Kobe University
Thomas Kox, Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin
What can one atom do? How atom-thin materials turn single atoms into powerful catalysts
Planning Group Members: Eisuke Yamamoto, Bizan Balzer, Alexandra Velian
Introductory Speaker: Lars Mohrhusen, University of Oldenburg
Speakers:
Takayuki Nakamuro, Hiroshima University
Megan Nora, University of North Carolina