
Indonesian-American Symposium
Indonesian Academy of Sciences – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
August 1-4, 2016
Malang, Indonesia
Sessions:
- Big Data and Marine Conservation
- From Nature's Machines to Synthetic Biomimicry
- Mass Extinction and Citizen Science
- Non-communicable Disease and Aging
- Robotics and Information Systems / Innovation
- Social Decision Making / Behavioral Economics

Big Data and Marine Conservation
Organizers: Fenny Dwivany and Monica Medina
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Big Data and Marine Conservation
Manuel Gonzalez, University of Queensland
SPEAKERS:Metabolomics: a data driven and multidisciplinary approach for various applications in food science and technology
Sastia Putri Lavina, Institut Teknologi Bandung
We Punch Nature and It Will Punch Us Back: Human Impacts on Biodiversity and Their Feedbacks
Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii
From Nature's Machines to Synthetic Biomimicry
Organizers: Ari Winasti Satyagraha and Nathan Gianneschi
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:From Nature's Machines to Synthetic Biomimicry
Nathan Gianneschi, University of California, San Diego
SPEAKERS:Biological Blueprint for the Design of Novel Solar Energy Harvesting Technology
Tatas Brotosudarmo, Ma’Chung Research University
The Molecular Mechanisms of Spider Silk Assembly
Greg Holland, San Diego State University
Mass Extinction and Citizen Science
Organizers: William Gilhooly and Topik Hidayat
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Global Identification of Eruption Magnitude Based On Topographical Reconstruction of Ancient Volcanoes
Asep Saepuloh, Bandung Institute of Technology
SPEAKERS:Biodiversity Inventory in the Underway Sixth Mass Extinction: The Role of Citizen Science in Documenting Plant Diversity in Indonesia
Teguh Triono, The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation
Biodiversity Inventory in the Underway Sixth Mass Extinction: Mass extinctions and Earth system perturbations
Ryan McKenzie, Yale University
Non-communicable Disease and Aging
Organizers: Jajah Fachiroh and Natalie Ebner
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Non-communicable diseases – The salient killer of the 21st century and beyond
Leanne Redman, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University
SPEAKERS:Intervening the Cardiovascular Disease Continuum to Combat
Budi Anggoro, Universitas Gadjah Mada
The obesity pandemic: causes, consequences and containment
Leonie Heilbronn, University of Adelaide
Robotics and Information Systems / Innovation
Organizers: Enid Montague and Rajesri Govindaraju
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Information & Communication Technology for Collaborative Scientific Endeavour
Ary Setyadi, Intitute Technology of Bandung
SPEAKERS:Landscape of the Digital Economy in Indonesia
Yudho Giri Sucahyo, University of Indonesia
How can robots get along with people?
Ross Knepper, Cornell University
Social Decision Making / Behavioral Economics
Organizers Natalie Ebner and Teguh Dartanto
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:Social Decision Making / Behavioral Economics
Steven Chang, Yale University
SPEAKERS:The Foundation of Human Cooperative Behaviors
Felix Warneken, Harvard University
Eliminating the Fuel Subsidy in Indonesia:
Using Behavioral Insights to Design Alternative Policies and Assessing Households Preferences Among Them
Rimawan Pradiptyo, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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.