Sessions:

Ancient DNA: Tracing Human Health and Adaptation

Planning Group Members: Masaru NOBU, Gisela Kopp, Amy Dapper
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Priya Moorjani, University of California, Berkeley
SPEAKERS:
Maria Spyrou, University of Tuebingen
Takumi Tsutaya, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

Embodied AI

Planning Group Members: Mariko ISOGAWA, Mariya Toneva, Diyi Yang
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Georgia Chalvatzaki, TU Darmstadt
SPEAKERS:
Yukino Baba, The University of Tokyo
Yonatan Bisk, Carnegie Mellon University

Microplastics in the Ocean

Planning Group Members: Haruka TAKAGI, Verena Foerster-Indenhuck, Daniel Gebregiogis
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Haruka Nakano, Kyushu University
SPEAKERS:
Lisa Marie Roscher, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Michelle DiBenedetto, Princeton University

Quantum Information Science

Planning Group Members: Motoki NAKATA, Uiri Vool and William Terrano
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Keisuke Fujii, The University of Osaka
SPEAKERS:
Aparajita Singha, TU Dresden
Peter Maurer, University of Chicago

Reimaging Societies’ Response to the Disaster Cycle

Planning Group Members: Takashi AOKI, Jessica Ordemann, Cassandra Jean
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Jennifer Blanks, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
SPEAKERS:
Kensuke Otsuyama, The University of Tokyo
Thomas Kox, Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin

What Can One Atom Do?

Planning Group Members: Eisuke YAMAMOTO, Bizana Balzer, Alexandra Velian
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Lars Mohrhusen, University of Oldenburg
SPEAKERS:
Takayuki Nakamuro, The University of Tokyo
Megan Nora, University of North Carolina

The Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Major support is provided by the by the Philip and Sima Needleman Family Legacy Fund.

Location

Berlin, Germany

October 8 - 11, 2026

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