Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

JCFoS 2023

(This symposium was originally scheduled to be held in March 2020, but was postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.)
Date: March 6 - March 9, 2023
Venue: Banff, Canada
Participants: 56 total (28 from each country)
Co-organizer:  Royal Society of Canada (RSC) (external site) Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) (external site)

Session Topics

List of Participants

PGM : Planning Group Member

Can We Create Life in the Near Future? (Biology/Life Science )

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PGM Aleeza GERSTEIN University of Manitoba
PGM (Co-chair) YOSHIDA Satoshi Waseda University
Introductory Speaker ICHIHASHI Norikazu The University of Tokyo
Speaker Katherine ELVIRA University of Victoria
Speaker OKA Mizuki (Absent) University of Tsukuba

Accelerating New Materials Discovery with Automated High-Throughput Methods (Chemistry/Materials Science)

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PGM Alannah HALLAS University of British Columbia
PGM OGAWA Mikako Hokkaido University
Introductory Speaker Curtis BERLINGUETTE University of British Columbia
Speaker Claudiane OUELLET-PLAMONDON Université du Québec
Speaker TANAKA Daisuke Kwansei Gakuin University

The Role of Environmental Geoscience in Society’s Changing Natural Resource Demands (Earth Science/Geosciences/Environment)

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PGM Michelle DeWOLFE Mount Royal University
PGM FURUKAWA Yoshihiro Tohoku University
Introductory Speaker Gwen O'SULLIVAN Mount Royal University
Speaker Matt LINDSAY University of Saskatchewan
Speaker NOZAKI Tatsuo Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

AI for Fairness and Social Good (Math / Applied Math / Informatics)

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PGM Karim JERBI Université de Montréal
PGM KAWAHARA Tomohiro Sony Group Corporation
Introductory Speaker OGURA Masaki Osaka University
Speaker Kristen BOS University of Toronto, Mississauga
Speaker MATSUBARA Takashi Osaka University

How Can Artificial Intelligence Solve Fundamental Problems in Physics? (Physics/Astrophysics)

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PGM Renée HLOŽEK University of Toronto
PGM MATSUMURA Tomotake The University of Tokyo
Introductory Speaker Laurence PERREAULT LEVASSEUR Université de Montréal
Speaker Christopher SMEENK Western University
Speaker NAKAHAMA Yu High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

New Challenges in Crisis Management (Social Science)

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PGM (Co-chair) Allison HARELL Université du Québec à Montréal
PGM OKUDAIRA Hiroko Doshisha University
Introductory Speaker FUJII Daisuke The University of Tokyo
Speaker Amélie QUESNEL-VALLÉE McGill University
Speaker TANAKA Mari Hitotsubashi University

General Participants (Japan)

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General Participant
FUKASAWA Yu

Tohoku University
General Participant KATO Setsu Hiroshima University
General Participant KURAMOCHI Hikaru Institute for Molecular Science
General Participant INOSE Tomoko Kyoto University
General Participant OZAKI Kazumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
General Participant HAMA Tetsuya The University of Tokyo
General Participant HIBIYA Yuki The University of Tokyo
General Participant TAKEMI Mitsuaki Keio University
General Participant YOKOI Yu National Institute of Informatics
General Participant SAKURAI Yuki Okayama University
General Participant NISHIMICHI Takahiro Kyoto University
General Participant SUEHARA Taikan Kyushu University
General Participant YAMASAKI Junichi Kobe University
General Participant KITAMURA Shuhei Osaka University

General Participants (CA)

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General Participant Valerie WARD University of Waterloo
General Participant Adam DAMRY University of Ottawa
General Participant Amy BILTON University of Toronto
General Participant David LEITCH University of Victoria
General Participant Asim BISWAS (Absent) University of Guelph
General Participant Daniel ALESSI University of Alberta
General Participant Xiaoxiao LI University of British Columbia
General Participant Nidhi HEGDE University of Alberta
General Participant Carrie DEMMANS-EPP University of Alberta
General Participant Pooya RONAGH University of Waterloo
General Participant Jess McIVER University of British Columbia
General Participant Ethel TUNGOHAN York University
General Participant Yannick DUFRESNE Université Laval
General Participant Francesca VIDOTTO The University of Western Ontario