Frontiers of Science Symposium
Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science SymposiumJAGFOS 2024
Date: Thursday, October 24 - Sunday, October 27, 2024
Venue: Kyoto, Japan
Co-organizers: U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH)
Venue: Kyoto, Japan
Co-organizers: U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH)
- Evolution of Life on Earth – Where do we come from?
- Artificial Photosynthesis – Solar Energy Conversion into Chemicals –
- Points of no return? Ice-Ocean-Land interactions in the past and future Earth system
- Foundation Models
- Nuclear fusion – The future of clean energy?
- Conceptions of Place and Space: The Politics and Social Dynamics of Contemporary Place-making and Spatial Negotiation
- Artificial Photosynthesis – Solar Energy Conversion into Chemicals –
- Points of no return? Ice-Ocean-Land interactions in the past and future Earth system
- Foundation Models
- Nuclear fusion – The future of clean energy?
- Conceptions of Place and Space: The Politics and Social Dynamics of Contemporary Place-making and Spatial Negotiation
List of Participants
PGM: Planning Group Member
Evolution of Life on Earth – Where do we come from? (Biology / Life Sciences)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | INOUE Asuka | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University |
| PGM (Co-chair) | Monica Munoz-Torres | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| PGM | Falk Butter | Friedrich Loeffler Institute |
| Introductory Speaker | FUJISHIMA Kosuke | Earth-Life Science Institute, Institute of Science Tokyo |
| Speaker | Katrina Twing | Weber State University |
| Speaker | Hannes Mutschler | TU Dortmund University |
Artificial Photosynthesis – Solar Energy Conversion into Chemicals – (Chemistry / Materials Science)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | NAKADA Akinobu | Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
| PGM | Sarah King | University of Chicago |
| PGM | Anna Schenk | University of Bayreuth |
| Introductory Speaker | Gabriela Schlau-Cohen | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Speaker | HISATOMI Takashi | Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Shinshu University |
| Speaker | Johanna Eichhorn | Technical University of Munich |
Points of no return? Ice-Ocean-Land interactions in the past and future Earth system (Earth Science / Geosciences / Environmental Sciences)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | NAKAYAMA Yoshihiro | The institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University |
| PGM | Falko Judt | NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| PGM | Kira Rehfeld | University of Tuebingen |
| Introductory Speaker | Marie-Luise Kapsch | Max Planck Institute for Meteorology |
| Speaker | TAKAGI Haruka | Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo |
| Speaker | Pedro DiNezio | University of Colorado, Boulder |
Foundation Models ((Applied) Mathematics / Computer Science / Engineering)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM (Co-chair) | SUZUKI Taiji | Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo |
| PGM | Simina Brânzei (Absent) | Purdue University |
| PGM | Sebastian Fudickar | University of Lüebeck |
| Introductory Speaker | Zhiting Hu | University of California, San Diego |
| Speaker | ISOGAWA Mariko | Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University |
| Speaker | Oliver Eberle | TU Berlin |
Nuclear fusion – The future of clean energy? (Physics / Astrophysics)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | SEKIGUCHI Yuichiro | Faculty of Science, Toho University |
| PGM | Matthew Comstock | Michigan State University |
| PGM | Benedikt Friess | Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research |
| Introductory Speaker | Athina Kappatou | Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics |
| Speaker | MOTOJIMA Gen | Department of Research, The National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) |
| Speaker | Daniel Casey | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) |
Conceptions of Place and Space: The Politics and Social Dynamics of Contemporary Place-making and Spatial Negotiation (Social Sciences)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| PGM | SHO Kojiro | School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| PGM | Nicholas Laluk | University of California, Berkeley |
| PGM (Co-chair) | Sandra Kurfürst | University of Cologne |
| Introductory Speaker | SHIMPO Naomi | Graduate School of Landscape Design and Management, University of Hyogo |
| Speaker | Vanessa Watts | McMaster University |
| Speaker | Noa K. Ha | German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) |
General Participants (Japan)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| General Participant | SUGIURA Yuki | Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| General Participant | INAGAKI Emi | School of Medicine, Keio University |
| General Participant | YANAI Nobuhiro | Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo |
| General Participant | KAZUMA Emiko | School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| General Participant | OYABU Ikumi | Division for Collaborative Research Promotion, National Institute of Polar Resserach |
| General Participant | HAYAKAWA Yuichi | Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University |
| General Participant | AKAMA Reina | Center for Language AI Research, Tohoku University |
| General Participant | MIYATA Sumiko | School of Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo |
| General Participant | HOTTA Hideyuki | Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University |
| General Participant | TAKEMORI Nayuta | Graduate School of Science, Osaka University |
| General Participant | SOCOL DE LA OSA David Uriel | Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University |
| General Participant | SHIBUYA Yuya | Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo |
General Participants (United States)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| General Participant | Zachary Calamari | Baruch College, City University of New York |
| General Participant | Nikolaos Papastavrou | Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| General Participant | Daniel Kwabena Bediako | University of California, Berkeley |
| General Participant | William Terrano | Arizona State University |
| General Participant | Kandaga Pujiana | NOAA, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies |
| General Participant | Hannah Zanowski | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| General Participant | Will Perkins (Absent) | Georgia Tech |
| General Participant | Archana Raja | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| General Participant | Carlton Gover | The University of Kansas |
| General Participant | Emily Van Alst | Washington State University |
General Participants (Germany)
| title1 | title2 | title3 |
|---|---|---|
| General Participant | Gisela H. Kopp | University of Konstanz |
| General Participant | Maria Moiron | Bielefeld University |
| General Participant | Andrea Pannwitz | Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| General Participant | Bizan N. Balzer | University of Freiburg |
| General Participant | Claudia Wekerle | Alfred Wegener Institute |
| General Participant | Marlene Klockmann | University of Hamburg |
| General Participant | Yunpu Ma | Ludwig Maximilians University Munich |
| General Participant | Mariya Toneva | Max Planck Institute for Software Systems |
| General Participant | Helmut Schultheiss | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e. V. |
| General Participant | Uri Vool | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids |
| General Participant | Johanna Hoerning | TU Berlin |
| General Participant | Jessica Ordemann | German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) |