Indonesian-American Symposium
Indonesian Academy of Sciences – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 24-27, 2013
Bali, Indonesia
Sessions:
- Decision Making and Social Networks
- Indonesian Biogeography and Biodiversity
- Life in Extreme Environments
- Marine and Geothermal Energy
- Personalized Medicine
- Synthetic Biology
Video Available
Decision Making and Social Networks
Organizers: Libai Huang and Roby Muhamad
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Processing Social Data
Devavrat Shah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SPEAKERS: Emergence of Conventions in Online Social Networks
Winter Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology
The Psychological Effects of Rupiah Redenomination
Harry Susianto, University of Indonesia
Indonesian Biogeography and Biodiversity
Organizers: Paul Barber and Fenny Dwivany
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Indonesian Biogeography and Biodiversity Mapping System: From Space to Field
Ketut Wikantika, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
SPEAKERS: Molecular phylogenetics and its role for evaluating biodiversity andclassification of the orchid subtribe Aeridinae
Topik Hidayat, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI)
A Systematic Approach to Unraveling Marine Biodiversity in Indonesia
Christopher Meyer, Smithsonian Institution
Life in Extreme Environments
Organizers: Dana Crawford, Dodi Safari and Steve Vollmer
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Life in Extreme Environments
Tori Hoehler, NASA Ames Research Center
SPEAKERS: Microbial Community Assembly and Interactions: Lessons from Extreme Environments
Susannah Green Tringe, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute
Exploration of Thermostable Enzymes Originated from Hydrothermal Vent Microbial Diversity at Kawio Island - North Sulawesi as a Challenge to Build a Synthetic Metabolic Pathway
Elvi Restiawaty, Bandung Institute of Technology
Marine and Geothermal Energy
Organizers: Paul Barber, Jammaludin Jompa and Yat Li
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Prospect of Ocean Renewable Energy in Indonesia: Potential Sites and Technology Assessments
Wahyu Pandoe, BPPT Technology Center for Marine Survey
SPEAKERS: Hydrothermal Mineralogy Studies and their Implications for the Geothermal Resource Development in Western Pacific
Pri Utami, Gadjah Mada University
The Human Dimensions of Tidal Energy
Lekelia (Kiki) Jenkins, University of Washington
Personalized Medicine
Organizers: Ronny Martien and Marylyn Ritchie
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Personalized Medicine Overview of Current Practices, State of the Arts and Future Outlooks
Ahmad Utomo, Kalbe Genomic
SPEAKERS: Translating a Trillion Points of Data into Therapies, Diagnostics, and New Insights into Disease
Atul Butte, Sanford University School of Medicine
The Role of Clara Cells in the Regeneration of Alveolar Epithelia
Gino Valentino Limmon, Pattimura University
Synthetic Biology
Organizers: Vanny Narita and Steve Vollmer
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Synthetic Biology: Biology 2.0
Wendell Lim, University of California, San Francisco
SPEAKERS: Teaching an Old Bacterium New Tricks
Kristala Prather, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Next Generation of Vaccine: Using Synthetic Biology to Develop New Tuberculosis Vaccine
Neni Nurainy, PT Bio Farma
The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation, with additional funding from the National Academy of Sciences.
