Indonesian-American Symposium

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

July 19-21, 2017
Ambon, Indonesia

Sessions:

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Earth’s Climate System

Organizers: William Gilhooly and Berry Juliandi

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
The History of Climate on Earth
Noah Planavsky, Yale University

SPEAKERS:
Understanding of Earth Climate Systems: Grounded Research for Decision Making Process
Perdinan, Bogor Agricultural University

The Values of Paleoclimatology for Understanding Climate Change on Human Timescales
Jessica Conroy, University of Illinois

Emerging Energy Technologies

Organizers: Christine Luscombe and Rino Rakhmata Mukti

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Emerging Energy Technologies
Joseph Berry, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

SPEAKERS:
Opportunity for Electrochemical-based Devices for Utilizing Alternative Energy in Indonesia
Hary Devianto, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB)

Solar Energy Now and Into the Future
Joseph Berry, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Exploring the Oceans: Coral Reefs to the Deep Sea

Organizers: Melissa Roth and yosmina Tapilatu

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Preserving and Conserving Indonesian Marine Biodiversity through Connectivity and Self-Recruitment from Shallow Coral Reefs to Deep-Sea Populations
Hawis Madduppa, Bogor Agricultural University

SPEAKERS:
Exploring the Last Frontier: Evolutionary Biology in the Midwater
Karen J. Osborn, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Nature’s Solar Transformers: Lessons in Efficient Solar Energy from Giant Clams
Alison Sweeney, University of Pennsylvania

Human Behavior and Cybersecurity

Organizers: Teguh Dartanto and Natalie Ebner

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Human Behavior and Cybersecurity
Tony Vance, Brigham Young University

SPEAKERS:
Information Disclosure and Privacy Attitudes of Online Users
Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, Penn State University

Everyday Security Practices
Endah Triastuti, University of Indonesia

Neuroplasticity

Organizers Natalie Ebner and Ari Winasti Satyagraha

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Understanding and Leveraging the Power of the Adaptive Brain
Nichole Lighthall, University of Central Florida

SPEAKERS:
Applying Computer-Based Training to Improve the Working Memory among Children with ADHD: Is there any Effect on Brain Neuroplasticity?
Tjhin Wiguna, Universitas Indonesia

Reawakening Childhood Plasticity in the Adult Brain
Sunil Gandhi, University of California, Irvine

Why and How Identity Politics and Populism Reemerge in Current Globalized World?

Organizers: Michael Dahlstrom and Sudirman Nasir

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Why and How Identity Politics and Populism Reemerge in Current Globalized World?
Al Makin, UIN Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University

SPEAKERS:
Populism, Identity Politics and Globalization: Does Indonesia follow the Global Narrative?
Zulfan Tadjoeddin, Western Sydney University

Do Polarization and Politicization Hinder Scientific Communication?
Toby Bolsen, Georgia State 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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