2nd Stockholm-Tokyo Workshop
Multidisciplinary collaboration for sustainable development
Tokyo, 28th-30th October, 2018, Hongo Campus
Sunday 28 October: 18:00-20:30 Welcome Reception
Venue: Hotel Niwa Tokyo
Monday 29 October: Plenary symposium, The Ito Hall
| 9:00-9:10 Opening session
– President Makoto Gonokami of The University of Tokyo (tentative) – Prof. Peter Gudmundson and video messages from the presidents of KI, KTH and SU. |
| 9:10-10:25 Healthy aging (1): Biological mechanisms regulating healthy and maladaptive ageing
Chairs: Prof. Haruhiko Bito (MED), Prof. Erik Lindahl (KTH, SU) UTokyo: – Dean, Prof. Kohei Miyazono (MED) Possible Roles of TGF-β Family Signaling in Ageing – Prof. Makoto Murakami (MED) Phospholipid metabolism in healthy and maladaptive ageing Stockholm: – Prof. Maria Lindskog (KI) Increasing resilience with a balanced neuron-astrocyte interaction |
| Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 Healthy ageing (2): Prevention and well-being
Chairs: Director, Prof. Junichiro Okata (IOG), Prof. Laura Fratiglioni (KI) UTokyo: -Prof. Katsuya Iijima (IOG) To achieve healthy ageing and well-being: Multi-faceted action Stockholm: -Prof. Miia Kivipelto (KI) Multidomain interventions to prevent cognitive impairment and dementia: -Prof. Joakim Gustafsson (KTH) Social robots for the elderly – companionship with a purpose |
| 12:00-13:20 Lunch |
| 13:20-13:30 Group Photo |
| 13:30-14:45 Sustainable materials
Chairs: Prof. Junichiro Shiomi (ENG), Prof. Anders Karlhede (SU) UTokyo: -Prof. Akira Isogai(AG) TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers and nanocrystals: New bio-based nanomaterials for establishment of a sustainable society Stockholm: -Prof. Lennart Bergström (SU) Nanocellulose-based hybrid foams and films: from single-fibril properties to -Prof. Daniel Söderberg (KTH) Developing processes for fabrication of high-performance bio-based materials |
| Coffee break |
| 15:00-16:40 Bridging materials and life science by electron microscopy
Chairs: Prof. Naoya Shibata (ENG), Prof. Lennart Nilsson (KI) UTokyo: -Prof. Yuichi Ikuhara (ENG) (Material) Grain Boundary and Surface Dynamics of Diffusion and Fracture in Materials -Prof. Masahide Kikkawa (MED)(Life Science) Combination of cryo-electron microscopy and genetics for studying Stockholm: -Prof. Xiaodong Zou (SU) Electron microscopy as an important tool for developing new materials for sustainable society -Prof. Björn Högberg (KI) 3D DNA Origami Polyhedral Meshes for Cell Signaling Studies |
| 16:40-17:40 Tour of the campus and electron microscope centers |
| 18:00- Dinner |
Tuesday 30 October: 9:00-16:00 Satellite workshops
Time table and venue to be decided by each satellite coordinator
| (1) Biological mechanisms regulating healthy and maladaptive ageing
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Haruhiko Bito (MED) Stockholm coordinator: Prof. Maria Lindskog (KI) |
| (2) Healthy ageing and well-being: From social science aspects [subject to be confirmed]
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Katsuya Iijima (IOG), Prof. Yuto Kitamura (EDU) Stockholm coordinator: Prof. Malgosia Malec (SU), Prof. Laura Fratiglioni (KI) |
| (3) New technologies: Electron microscopy
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Naoya Shibata (ENG) Stockholm coordinator: Prof. Xiaodong Zou (SU), Jonas Weissenrieder (KTH) |
| (4) Sustainable materials
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Akira Isogai (AG) Stockholm coordinator: Prof. Lennart Bergstrom (SU), and Prof. Lars Wågberg (KTH) |
| (5) Ageing societies: Sustainability and resilience challenges in the urban century
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Kensuke Fukushi (IR3S) Stockholm coordinator: Prof. Thomas Elmqvist (SU) |
| (6) New technologies: Multiscale computation
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Junichiro Shiomi (ENG) Stockholm coordinator: Prof. Erik Lindahl (KTH, SU) |
| (7) Nano-biomaterials
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Yuji Teramura (ENG) Stockholm coordinator: Prof. Agneta Richter-Dahlfors (KI) |
| (8) Arctic
UTokyo coordinator: Prof. Hideaki Murayama (Frontier) Stockholm: Prof. Magnus Burman (KTH) |
| 16:00-17:00 Gather and summarize, The Yayoi-Ichijyo Hall
Prof. Shu Takagi (ENG) |
| 18:00 Dinner with the satellite group (Optional) |
