Registration / Welcome Reception

Welcome Remarks:
・Sunil Prabhakar, Executive Vice Provost, Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University
・Shuji Kakegawa, Managing Officer, Director, Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation

Location: West Faculty Lounge| 2^nd Floor of Purdue Memorial Union

Registration

Location: Outside of South Ballroom
＊Registration continued at Outside of North Ballroom (from 8:00)

Light Breakfast

Location: South Ballroom

Welcome Remarks

Speaker:
・Dimitrios Peroulis, Senior Vice President of Partnerships and Online, Reilly Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
・Mitch E. Daniels, Jr., Interim President of Purdue University, President Emeritus (video)
・Yuka Suzuki, on behalf of Shigeo Yamada, Japanese Ambassador to the United States
・Atsuyuki Asano, Director-General, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (video)

Location: North Ballroom

Keynote

Speakers:
・Mike Dolan, Senior Vice President for Legal and Strategic Programs, Linux Foundation
・Yuka Suzuki, Counselor of Embassy of Japan in the United States

Location: North Ballroom

AI TRANSFORMATION 

Plenary Speakers:
・Ken Fukuda, Director for AI Industry Strategy Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)– “Overview of METI’s Initiatives for Physical AI Deployment”  
・Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment and Life Sciences, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, CELS/Argonne National Laboratory– “AI for Science: building the future engines of scientific discovery”

Location: North Ballroom

PANEL SESSION | AI TRANSFORMATION 

Moderators:
・Ananth Grama, Samuel D. Conte Distinguished Professor of Computer Science,  Associate Director, Center for Science of Information, Director of the Institute for Physical AI (IPAI), Purdue University
・Tetsuya Sakurai, Executive Research Director of Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba

Panelists:
・Larry Nagahara, Vice Dean for Research and Translation, Johns Hopkins University
・Yorie Nakahira, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
・Hideaki Ozawa, Chief Technology Officer, NTT Research, Inc. 
・Kaushik Roy, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
・Yoshio Tanaka, Executive Officer, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 

Location: North Ballroom

Break

SEMICONDUCTORS  

Plenary Speakers:
・Tetsuo Endoh, Professor and Director of Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES), Tohoku University 
・Rick Gottscho, President, SemiSan, LLC, retired Executive Vice President and CTO of LAM Research and advisor to Rapidus – “The Singularity Isn’t Near. It’s Here.
AI Convergence and the Bottlenecks Between Discovery and Manufacturing”

Location: North Ballroom

PANEL SESSION | SEMICONDUCTORS  

“AI and Digital Twins to Accelerate the Pace of Research and Innovation”

Moderator: 
・Todd Younkin, CEO, Semiconductor Research Corporation 

Panelists: 
・Tetsuo Endoh, Professor and Director of Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems (CIES), Tohoku University 
・Janhavi Giri, Principal Architect, Semiconductors, EDA & AI, NetApp, San Jose, CA 
・Rick Gottscho, President, SemiSan, LLC, retired Executive Vice President and CTO of LAM Research and advisor to Rapidus
・Alejandro Strachan, Reilly Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University 
・Akinobu Teramoto, Director of the Research Institute for Semiconductor Engineering, Hiroshima University  

Location: North Ballroom

Lunch | Networking

（12:35 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.）
Special Keynote:
Colin Guest, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Emerging Threats, U. S. Department of State

Location: South Ballroom

MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING 

Plenary Speakers:
・Ajay Malshe, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering; President’s Fellow; Director, Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratories (MMRL); Co-Director, eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations (XMO), Purdue University  
・Tsuyoshi Morimoto, Vice President, DENSO International America, Inc.

Location: North Ballroom

PANEL SESSION | MATERIALS & MANUFACTURING 

Moderators:  
・Nik Chawla, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation for the College of Engineering, Ransburg Professor of Materials Engineering, Purdue University  
・Makoto Kobashi, Vice President, Director, Academic Research and Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Nagoya University  

Panelists:  
・Mark Gruninger, Senior Director for Industrial Research & Consortia, School of Materials Engineering (MSE), Manufacturing & Materials Research Laboratory (MMRL), Purdue University
・Rob Proctor, Chief of Materials Engineering, Rolls-Royce
・Takeaki Sakurai, Professor of the Department of Applied Physics, Tsukuba University
・Shuzo Ueki, Director, Chief Financial Officer, Acompany Co., Ltd. 

Location: North Ballroom

Break

TECH DIPLOMACY  

Plenary Keynotes:
・Akira Kadomoto, Director of the Economic Diplomacy Strategy Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)– “Free and Open Indo-Pacific and Japan’s AI and Innovation Diplomacy in the Age of AI Convergence”
・Casey Mace, Senior Official, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Location: North Ballroom

PANEL SESSION | TECH DIPLOMACY  

Moderator:  
・Janice deGarmo, Chief Global Engagement Officer, Krach Institute for Diplomacy, Purdue University 

Panelists: 
・Julie Felgar, Vice President for Government Affairs and Defense at JetZero
・Takehito Kamata, Associate Professor by Special Appointment, Sophia University
・Roy Sugimura, Supervisory Innovation Coordinator, Agency of Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) 
・Kirk Taylor, Chief Financial Officer, Re-Element Technologies

Location: North Ballroom

Poster Session Presentations / Reception & Networking 

Location: South Ballroom

Light Breakfast

Location: East ＆ West Faculty Lounge | 2^nd Floor 

Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO) Introduction & Presentation

・Norihiko Ishiguro, Chairman and CEO, JETRO
・Naoyuki Maekawa, Director General, Innovation Department, JETRO
・Terry Cronin, VP Business Development, Toshiba International Corporation
・Wei Yuan, Hitachi America Ltd., Lab Manager and Director, Industrial Innovation Laboratory

Location: West Faculty Lounge | 2^nd Floor 

SPACE

Plenary Speakers:
・Dave Williams, Director Global University Research and Industry Partnerships, Voyager Institute for Space, Technology and Advancement (VISTA), Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus Dean of Engineering, The Ohio State University – “VISTA: A Global System to Access LEO (and Beyond) in the Post-ISS Era”

Location: West Faculty Lounge

PANEL SESSION | SPACE

Moderator: 
・Kenshiro Oguri, Assistant Professor, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University  

Panelists: 
・Hideki Kanayama, Director, Space Development Department, Shimizu Corporation
・Toshinori Kuwahara, Professor, Distinguished Researcher, Director of Research Center for Space Cross-Tech; Space Infrastructure Engineering Lab. Research Center for Green X-Tech, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University; Co-Founder and Director, Elevation Space Inc. 
・Dave Williams, Director Global University Research and Industry Partnerships, Voyager Institute for Space, Technology and Advancement (VISTA), Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Emeritus Dean of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Location: West Faculty Lounge

Break

QUANTUM (QIS & SECURITY) 

Plenary Speakers:
・Dana Z. Anderson, Glenn L. Murphy Professor and Endowed Chair of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Professor of Physics and JILA Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder; Founder & Chief Science Officer, Infleqtion
・Masahiro Kitagawa, Director, Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, The University of Osaka, Program Director, Moonshot Goal 6, Japan Science and Technology Agency – “Challenge toward Fault-Tolerant Universal Quantum Computer” 

Location: West Faculty Lounge

PANEL SESSION | QUANTUM

Moderator:
・Shengwang Du, Scifres Family Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
・Takao Onoye, Executive Vice President for Research, The University of Osaka

Panelists: 
・Dana Z. Anderson, Glenn L. Murphy Professor and Endowed Chair of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Professor of Physics and JILA Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder; Founder & Chief Science Officer, Infleqtion
・Indradeep Ghosh, CEO, Fujitsu Research America 
・Tongcang Li, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of NSF IUCRC Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT), Purdue University
・Nii Attoh-Okine, Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering; A. James Clark School of Engineering, Center for Risk and Reliability, University of Maryland

Location: West Faculty Lounge 

Pick up boxed lunch

Location: Director’s Room | 2nd Floor

Future Collaboration Session & Next Steps

Speakers:
・Masahiro Yamaguchi, Executive Vice President, Tohoku University
・Shuzaburo Takeda, President, Takeda & Associates
・Kyosuke Nagata, President, University of Tsukuba
・Dimitrios Peroulis, Senior Vice President of Partnerships and Online, Reilly Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

Location: Anniversary Drawing Room | 2^nd Floor