Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

JAGFOS 2026

Date: Thursday, October 8 - Sunday, October 11, 2026
Venue: Berlin, Germany
Participants: About 72 (24 from each country)
Co-organizers: U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) (external site), Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH) (external site)

Session Topics

List of Participants

PGM:Planning Group Member

Ancient DNA tracing human history, health and adaptation(Biology/Life Sciences)

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PGM Masaru K. NOBU Institute for Extra-cutting-edge Science and Technology Avant-garde Research of Life (X-star), Japan Agency for Marine Earth-Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
PGM Amy Dapper Mississippi State University
PGM Gisela Kopp Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Introductory Speaker Priya Moorjani University of California, Berkeley
Speaker TSUTAYA Takumi Institute for Advanced Study, Kyushu University
Speaker Kirsten Bos Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

What can one atom do? How atom-thin materials turn single atoms into powerful catalysts (Chemistry/Materials Science)

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PGM YAMAMOTO Eisuke Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University
PGM Alexandra Velian University of Washington
PGM Bizan Balzer University of Freiburg
Introductory Speaker Lars Mohrhusen Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Speaker NAKAMURO Takayuki International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Metal Matter,
Hiroshima University
Speaker Megan Jackson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Microplastics in the oceans (Earth Science/Geosciences/Environmental Sciences)

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PGM TAKAGI Haruka Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
PGM Daniel Gebregiogis Georgia State University
PGM Verena Foerster University of Cologne
Introductory Speaker NAKANO Haruka Reseaerch Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Speaker Michelle DiBenedetto Princeton University
Speaker Lisa Roscher Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Embodied AI: From perception to action in the physical world((Applied) Mathematics/Computer Science/Engineering)

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PGM (Co-chair) ISOGAWA Mariko Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
PGM Diyi Yang Stanford University
PGM Mariya Toneva Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Instroductory Speaker Georgia Chalvatzaki TU Darmstadt
Speaker NAGAI Yukie School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Speaker Yonatan Bisk Carnegie Mellon University

Quantum information science  (Physics/Astrophysics)

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PGM NAKATA Motoki Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Komazawa University
PGM (Co-chair) William Terrano Arizona State University
PGM Uri Vool Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (CPfS)
Introductory Speaker FUJII Keisuke Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Speaker Peter Maurer University of Chicago
Speaker Aparajita Singha Dresden University of Technology

Reimaging societies' response to the disaster cycle (Social Sciences)

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PGM AOKI Takashi Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka
PGM Cassandra Jean Howard University
PGM (Co-chair) Jessica Ordemann The German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
Introductory Speaker Donta Council Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Speaker OTSUYAMA Kensuke Research Center for Urban Safety and Security/Graduate School of Engineering,
Kobe University
Speaker Thomas Kox Weizenbaum Institute

General Participants (Japan)

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General Participants ASAI Rieko The international research Center for Medical Science (IRCMS), Kumamoto University
General Participants OKADA Kenji Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University
General Participants LEE Ji Ha Institute for Fiber Engineering and Science, Shinshu University
General Participants NISHIDA Kozue School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo
General Participants MATSUMOTO Hironao Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
General Participants TANOGAMI Tomohiro Graduate School of Science, The University of Osaka
General Participants NARITA Emi Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
General Participants ANDO Hiroe Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University

General Participants (United States)

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General Participant William Anderegg University of Utah
General Participant Rachel Bernard Amherst College
General Participant Emily Davis New York University
General Participant Judy Hoffman University of California, Irvine
General Participant Benjamin Keisling University of Texas at Austin
General Participant Jonathan Kephart Cornell University
General Participant Natasha Malmin Georgia State University
General Participant Louise Moncla University of Pennsylvania
General Participant Yu Su The Ohio State University
General Participant Anna Wuttig The University of Chicago

General Participants (Germany)

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General Participant Claudia Backes University of Kassel
General Participant Alwin Daus University of Stuttgart
General Participant Oliver Eberle TU Berlin, BIFOLD
General Participant Johanna Eichhorn Technical University of Munich
General Participant Johanna Kramm Institute for Social-Ecological Research
General Participant Jan Eric Lenssen Max Planck Institute for Informatics
General Participant Rudolf Lioutikov Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
General Participant Daniel Felix Lorenz Freie Universität Berlin
General Participant Maria Moiron Bielefeld University
General Participant Annika Oertel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
General Participant Gundula Zoch Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
(AS of October 1, 2026)