Registration opens

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Miki Sugimura, President, Sophia University

Background and Objectives of the 9th Workshop

Kyosuke Nagata, Chair of the Organizing Committee, President, University of Tsukuba

Review of the 8th Workshop and Expectations for the Future

Hiroyuki Fujita, Former Chair, The Ohio State University Board of Trustee; Honorary Consul of Japan in Cleveland; Chairman, Canon Healthcare USA, Inc.

Congratulatory Address

Takashi Fuchigami, Director General, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Takeshi Akahori, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (Pre-recorded)

Opening Keynote 1

Takehiko Matsuo, Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Opening Keynote 2

Yoshio Tanaka, Director General, Department of Information Technology and Human Factors, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Opening Keynote 3

Ravi Bellamkonda, Executive Vice President and Provost, The Ohio State University

Coffee Break

Keynote on Semiconductor 1

Tetsuro Higashi, Director and Chairman, Rapidus Corporation (Pre-recorded)

Keynote on Semiconductor 2

Hiroshi Ishida, Corporate Officer, Tokyo Electron Limited

Panel Session 1

The Evolving Semiconductor Landscape and the Future of Talent Development

Moderator:

Kentaro Totsu, Professor, Micro System Integration Center, Tohoku University

Panelists:

Hiroshi Ishida, Corporate Officer, Tokyo Electron Limited

Hisashi Kanazashi, Director, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI

Ali Shakouri, Associate Dean, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

Hideo Ohno, Former President and Special Senior Advisor to the President, Tohoku University

Akinobu Teramoto, Director of Research Institute for Semiconductor Engineering, Hiroshima University

Networking Lunch and Student Poster Presentations

Lunchtime Keynote:

Yoichi Miyamoto, Senior Advisor, Shimizu Corporation

Junichi Tsujii, Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Keynote on AI and Quantum Computing

Kazuya Masu, Director of Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI technology (G-QuAT), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Presentation Session

Driving Innovation in AI and Quantum Computing: Industry-Academia Collaboration, Talent Development, and Security

Moderator:

Tetsuya Sakurai, Executive Research Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, University of Tsukuba

Speakers:

Larry Nagahara, Vice Dean for Research and Translation at Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Nii Attoh-Okine, Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Sabre Kais, Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Quantum Computing, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Carolina State University
Jihui Yang, Vice Dean, College of Engineering, The University of Washington
Yusuke Fukazawa, Associate Professor, Graduate Degree Program of Applied Data Sciences, Sophia University
Roy Sugimura, Supervisory Innovation Coordinator, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Coffee Break

Keynote 1 on Space

Kimitake Nakamura, Ambassador, Director-General of the Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Keynote 2 on Space

Hideki Kanayama, Principal, Space Development Department, Frontier Development Office, Shimizu Corporation

Keynote 3 on Space

John Horack, Neil A. Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Panel Session 2

Connection of Space Research and Space Utilization under the U.S.-Japan Collaboration

Moderator:

Kazuo Shiokawa (Director, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University)

Short talks:

Koji Yamanaka, Director of International Space Exploration Center, JAXA.
David Williams, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
Kyle D. Squires, Dean of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University

Panelists:

Hiroaki Miyoshi, Fellow, Aerospace and National Security Business Unit, NEC Corporation

Chihiro Mitsuda, Research Director, Space Data Frontiers Research Center, Fujitsu Research

Takaya Inamori, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, NagoyaUniversity

Kazuya Yoshida, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

Toshihiro Kameda, Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba

Coffee Break

Wrap-up of the 9th workshop and exchange of views in preparation for the 10th workshop

Executive summaries by session moderators

Summary and Proposals by Gayle Christensen, Associate Vice Provost for Global Affairs, University of Washington

Summary and Proposals by Ali Shakouri, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Purdue University

Summary and Proposals by Shuzaburo Takeda, a member of the organizing committee

Comments and Q&A from the floor

Closing Remarks

Seiichi Matsuo, Chancellor, Tokai National Higher Education and Research System

Networking Reception

(Venue: Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, Faculty Club, 17th Floor, Building No. 6)

Special Lecture:

“Whither Japan, whither U.S.-Japan Alliance?”

Tomohiko Taniguchi (Specially Appointed Professor, University of Tsukuba)