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Plenary Talks
Plenary Talk 1
Title: "Smart micro-fingers for tactile microscope and their applications"
Prof. Satoshi Konishi
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Plenary Talk 2
Title: "Small Robots for Big Cures: Translating Milli- and Microrobots into Innovative Interventions"
Principal Investigator Hakan Ceylan
Mayo Clinic, USA
Plenary Talk 3
Title: "Toward Social Integration of Robotics that Supports Human Challenges through Co-Creation"
Deputy Director Kenji Kato
Assistive Robotics Center, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG), Japan
Keynote Talks (OS)
Keynote Talk (OS2)
Title: "Biodegradable GHz Metamaterials for Sensing Applications"
OS: Cutting-edge sensors and actuators utilizing micro-nano science
Prof. Tetsuo Kan
The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Keynote Talk (OS3-1)
Title: "Addressing the Functional Data Gap: Generating More Complete Single-Cell Data at Scale with Nanovial Technology"
OS: Designed cell-cell communication: Technologies and Applications
CEO Joseph de Rutte
Partillion Bioscience, US
Keynote Talk (OS3-2)
Title: "Voiceprint Features for Label-Free Real-Time Microdroplet Identification"
OS: Designed cell-cell communication: Technologies and Applications
Prof. Chia-Hung Dylan Tsai
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Keynote Talk (OS4)
Title: "MEMS Probes to Visualize Hydrogel Friction Interface at the Nanoscale"
OS: Functional Interfaces and Hydro-Electrochemical Mechatronics
Associate Prof. Tadashi Ishida
Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
Keynote Talk (OS5-1)
Title: "Stomach-Acid-Charged Tablet-Type Digital Pills with Long-Term In-Body Monitoring"
OS: In-body Cybernetic Avatars
Prof. Kiichi Niitsu
Kyoto University, Japan
Keynote Talk (OS5-2)
Title: "High-Performance Piezoelectric MEMS Devices Enabled by Monocrystalline Piezoelectric Thin Films"
OS: In-body Cybernetic Avatars
Prof. Shinya Yoshida
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
Keynote Talk (OS7)
Title: "Water-Induced Deformation of Elastic Nanofilms on Soft Substrates"
OS: Machine-fluid interactions in microscale
Associate Prof. So Nagashima
Nagoya University, Japan
Keynote Talk (OS10)
Title: "Stimuli-Responsive Microcapsules with Liquid Crystalline Shells"
OS: Micro/nano devices and platforms for soft matter
Associate Prof. Yoshiaki Uchida
The University of Osaka, Japan
Keynote Talk (OS11)
Title: "Understand Human Behaviour for NeuroRegulation"
OS: Cognitive Robotics
Prof. Honghai Liu
University of Portsmouth, UK
Keynote Talks (Spotlight Session)
Keynote Talk (SS1-1)
Title: Multi-Modal MEMS Tactile Sensors: Quantifying Complex Tactile Properties in Material Evaluation and Medical Palpation
SS: MEMS
Associate Prof. Sohgawa Masayuki
Nigata University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS1-2)
Title: A MEMS-Electret Integration Technology without Charging Processes
SS: MEMS
Prof. Daisuke Yamane
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS3-1)
Title: "Innovative Actuation Principles for Next-Generation Mechanical Systems"
SS: Human-Robot Interaction
Associate Prof. Akira Heya
Nagoya University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS3-2)
Title: "The FUNABOT Series: Fabric Utilized Natural Actuated roBOTs for Human-Centered Wearable Robotics"
SS: Human-Robot Interaction
Associate Prof. Yuki Funabora
Nagoya University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS2-1)
Title: "Microfluidic devices for cell experiments with controllability of dissolved gas concentration"
SS: Advancing Technologies for The Frontiers of Micro/Nano-fluidics
Prof. Kenichi Funamoto
Tohoku University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS2-2)
Title: "Chemical Sensor Devices for Simultaneous Detection of Analogues/Isomers"
SS: Advancing Technologies for The Frontiers of Micro/Nano-fluidics
Senior Researcher Tsukuru Minamiki
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Keynote Talk (SS4-1)
Title: "Human-Robot Interfaces for an Aging Society"
SS: Human-Robot Interface
Senior Researcher Hidenobu Sumioka
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS4-2)
Title: "Interactions Between Personal Mobility Vehicles and Humans"
SS: Human-Robot Interface
Associate Prof. Chihiro Nakagawa
Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS5-1)
Title: "Autonomous Assistance with AI-Robot AIREC towards Inclusive and Person-Centered Care"
SS: Physical AI
Junior Researcher Tamon Miyake
Waseda University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS5-2)
Title: "From Lab to Field: Deploying Skill-Specialized Physical AI at the Osaka–Kansai Expo"
SS: Physical AI
Dr. Hitoshi Ito
Hitachi Co., Ltd., Japan
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Keynote Talk (SS6-1)
Title: "Microengineered Contractile Skeletal Muscle Tissues for Functional Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds"
SS: Next-Generation Microphysiological Systems for Human Science
Associate Prof. Kazunori Shimizu
Nagoya University, Japan
Keynote Talk (SS6-2)
Title: "Bioiontronic devices for interactive communication with biology"
SS: Next-Generation Microphysiological Systems for Human Science
Prof. Takeo Miyake
Waseda University, Japan