Indonesian-American Symposium

Indonesian Academy of Sciences – U.S. National Academy of Sciences

July 28-31, 2015
Makassar, Indonesia

Sessions:

Video Available

Astrophysics / Exo-Planets

Organizers: Jeff Sakamoto and Roby Muhamad

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
NASA's Space Astronomy Future
Jason Rhodes, NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory

SPEAKERS:

Mass Accreting Black Hole as a Power Generator in Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources
Kiki Vierdayanti, Institut Teknologi Bandung

Using a Galaxy-Sized Telescope to Rething Supermassive Black Hole Evolution
Vikram Ravi, Swinburne University of Technology

Health Informatics: Biobank

Organizers Cheryl Seals and Iqbal Elyazar:

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Biobank: Introduction, Need and Consideration
Ferrry Sandra, Prodia Group / Triskati University

SPEAKERS:
Biomedical and Health Informatics Application for Primary Care and Public Health Setting
Lutfan Lazuardi, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Designing Informatics Systems to Support Patients in the Emergency Department
Enid Montague, Northwestern University

Human Creativity / Cave Painting

Organizers: Michael Dahlstrom and Rajesri Govindaraju

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
What's Your Message?
Tita Larasati, Institute of Technology, Bandung

SPEAKERS:
The Origin of Human Creativity
Maxime Aubert, Griffith University

Infectious Disease: Biocontrol

Organizers: Chris Haiman and Jajah Fachiroh

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Infectious Disease: Biocontrol
Warsito Tantowijoyo. Universitas Gadjah Mada

SPEAKERS:
Integrated Approaches to Pathogen Control in Outbreak Settings - What Can We Learn from Ebola?
Christopher N. Mores, Louisiana State University

Michelle Wykes, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

Marine Microbiology

Organizers: Monica Medina and Asmi Citra Malina

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Marine Microbiology: Beneficial Microbes in a Chaning Ocean
Kim Ritchie, Mote Marine Laboratory

SPEAKERS:
Coral Microbiomes through Space and Time
Jesse Zaneveld, Oregon State University
Marine Bacteria from Eastern Indonesian Waters and Their Potential Use in Biotechnology
Yosmina Tapilatu, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)

Nanomaterials from Nature

Organizers: Nathan Gianneschi and Lisman Suryanegara

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Mimicking nanoscale protein assemblies: Understanding evolution and structure with nature's bimolecular nano structures.
Akif Tezcan, University of California, San Diego

SPEAKERS:

Bird feathers, and nanoscale structures leading to coloration
Matthew Shawkey, University of Akron

Nanocomposites and Nanofibers in Nature
Farah Fahma, Bogor Agricultural University

The Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium is sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation with additional support from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Indonesian Academy of Sciences.

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