In this symposium, we will present the activities and achievements of the WRHI program over the four years since its inception. We will also discuss how the WRHI can continue to develop and support active and effective international research in the time of Covid-19. We will hold a panel discussion on how international collaboration can addresses the social needs of our age.
We hope you  register in advance and enjoy the 2020 Tokyo Tech WRHI International Symposium!

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◇Date: 14:00-18:00, Tuesday 10th of November, 2020
◇Organizer: Tokyo Institute of Technology

　　　　　　　＊＊＊Program＊＊＊
Master of Ceremony: Alexander Ian May (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor ,Cell Biology Center, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology）
　+++ Opening (Online/in Japanese and English)
・14:00-14:10　Opening Remarks
■Kazuya Masu, President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
■Tsuyoshi Sugino, Representative from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

・14:10-14:20　Overview of the Institute of Innovative Research
■Toru Hisabori, Director-General, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

・14:20-14:30　Additional WRHI programs, including Satellite Labs and the WRHI Research Project for Overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic
■Masaki Azuma, Professor, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology and WRHI Steering Committee Chairman

 +++Keynote Lectures (Online/in Japanese and English)・14:30-14:50　

■Tadashi Furuhara , Director, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

・14:50-15:10　

■Toshiharu Teranishi, Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University

+++Plenary Speeches (Online/Japanese-English)
・15:10-15:30　

■Shlomo Havlin(Video)
(Specially Appointed Professor, Advanced Data Analysis and Modeling Unit, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Professor, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)

・15:30-15:50

■Misako Takayasu 　Professor, Advanced Data Analysis and Modeling Unit, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

・ 15:50-16:10　

■Bradley L. Pentelute(Video)
Specially Appointed Associate Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

・16:10-16:30　

■Anne Zehnacker-Rentien 　Specially Appointed Professor, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology and DR1/Professor, CNRS-Université Paris-Saclay 

+++Break+++　

・16:30-16:50　

 +++Panel Discussion (Online/in Japanese and English)
・16:50-17:50 Building a “world research hub”: beyond Covid-19

+++Panel members:
■Tadashi Furuhara, Director, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
■Toshiharu Teranish, Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
■Osamu Watanabe, Executive Vice President for Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
■Petter Holme, Specially Appointed Professor, Biointerfaces Unit, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
■Kenji Suzuki, Specially Appointed Professor, Laboratory for Future Interdisciplinary Research of Science and Technology, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
■Anne Zehnacker-Rentien, Specially Appointed Professor, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology and DR1/Professor, CNRS-Université Paris-Saclay
■Misako Takayasu, Professor, Advanced Data Analysis and Modeling Unit, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
■Masaaki Fujii, Professor, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
■Takafumi Ueno, Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
■Hena Das, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

+++Summary comments / Moderator
■Masaki Azuma, Professor, Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology and WRHI Steering Committee Chairman
　　

+++Closing
・17:50-18:00 Closing Remarks
■Osamu Watanabe, Executive Vice President for Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Please see below for biographies of each person.

We look forward to your participation!

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