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2008

	Date	:	December 5- 7, 2008
	Venue	:	Beckman Conference Center (Irvine, California, USA)

Session Topics:

- Evolution of Sleep and Memory

- New Chemistry for Renewable Raw Materials

- Prediction of Future Sea Level in a Greenhouse World-Theory and Observation

- Nanomedicine

- Bayesian Statistics and Massive Data Streams

- Optical Measurement and Control of Neuronal Activity

- Detecting Dark Matter

- Measurements and Conditions for Happiness


	Participants List:
	PGM: Planning Group Member

Evolution of Sleep and Memory (Biology/Life Science)
PGM	Kenzo Hirose	Nagoya University
PGM	Lena Hileman	University of Kansas
PGM	Robert McCarthy	Florida Atlantic University
Chair	Kazuhiko Kume	Kumamoto University	Abstract
Speaker	Hiroyuki Miyamoto	RIKEN	Abstract
New Chemistry for Renewable Raw Materials (Chemistry/Biochemistry)
PGM [Co-chair]	Motonari Uesugi	Kyoto University
PGM	Chekesha Liddell	Cornell University
Chair	Tetsuo Kondo	Kyushu University	Abstract
Speaker	Kyoko Nozaki	The University of Tokyo	Abstract
Speaker	Stephen A. Miller	University of Florida	Abstract
Prediction of Future Sea Level in a Greenhouse World-Theory and Observation (Earth Science/Environment)
PGM	Minoru Yoneda	The University of Tokyo
PGM	Pascale Poussart	Princeton University
Chair	Shawn Marshall	University of Calgary	Abstract
Speaker	Yusuke Yokoyama	The University of Tokyo	Abstract
Speaker	Isabella Velicogna	University of California, Irvine	Abstract
Nanomedicine (Material/Biomaterial Science)
PGM	Koji Hatanaka	The University of Tokyo
PGM	Teri Odom	Northwestern University
Chair	Joseph M. DeSimone	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Abstract
Speaker	Masayuki Yamato	Tokyo Women's Medical University	Abstract
Speaker	Jennifer West	Rice University	Abstract
Bayesian Statistics and Massive Data Streams (Math/Applied Math/Informatics)
PGM	Katsuhiro Nishinari	The University of Tokyo
PGM [Co-chair]	Raissa D'Souza	University of California, Davis
Chair	Jake Hofman	Yahoo! Research	Abstract
Speaker	Yoshiyuki Kabashima	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Abstract
Speaker	Mark Hansen	University of California, Los Angeles
Optical Measurement and Control of Neuronal Activity (Medical/Neuroscience)
PGM	Haruhiko Bito	The University of Tokyo
PGM	Donald Cooper	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chair	Hajime Hirase	RIKEN	Abstract
Speaker	Takeharu Nagai	Hokkaido University	Abstract
Speaker	Derek Toomre	Yale University School of Medicine
Speaker	Feng Zhang	Stanford University
Detecting Dark Matter (Physics/Astrophysics)
PGM	Hazuki Furukawa	Ochanomizu University
PGM	Patrick Brady	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Chair	Douglas Finkbeiner	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	Abstract
Speaker	Mihoko Nojiri	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization	Abstract
Speaker	Brian Odom	Northwestern University	Abstract
Measurements and Conditions for Happiness (Social Science)
PGM	Koji Mizoguchi	Kyushu University
PGM	Donald Cooper	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chair	Kenji Matsumoto	Tamagawa University	Abstract
Speaker	Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui	Tohoku University	Abstract
Speaker	Lisa Barrett	Boston University	Abstract

General Participants (Japan)
Takema Fukatsu	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Yasuteru Urano	The University of Tokyo
Akatsuki Kimura	National Institute of Genetics
Kazuaki Ishihara	Nagoya University
Yosuke Kaifu	National Science Museum,Tokyo
Shoichi Itoh	Hokkaido University
Ichiro Tayasu	Kyoto University
Akito Masuhara	Tohoku University
Nobuhiro Nishiyama	The University of Tokyo
Toshiyuki Tanaka	Kyoto University
Teruo Nakatsuma	Keio University
Osamu Nureki	The University of Tokyo
Satoshi Matsuda	Kansai Medical University
Toshihiko Hosoya	RIKEN
Eiji Saitoh	Keio University
Tsuyoshi Kimura	Osaka University
Masahiro Takada	The University of Tokyo
Ritsuko Kikusawa	National Museum of Ethnology
Daichi Nozaki	The University of Tokyo
General Participants (USA)
Lisa Barrett	Boston College
Michael Burkart	University of California, San Diego
Gabriela Gonzalea	Louisiana State University
Jenny Hsieh	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Hannah Jang-Condell	University of Maryland
Cin-Ty Lee	Rice University
Luis Lehner	Louisiana State University
Heather Lewandowski	University of Colorado
Szabolcs Marka	Columbia University
Benjamin McCall	University of Illinois
Kenneth Olsen	Washington University
Bijan Pesaran	New York University
Joshua Singer	Northwestern University
Mark Thomas	University of Minnesota
Michael X. Zhu	The Ohio State University

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