WPI-AIMEC & ELSI
Joint Seminar
“Unraveling the Trajectory of Life, Oceans, and the Earth”
WPI-AIMEC & ELSI
Joint Seminar
“Unraveling the Trajectory of Life, Oceans, and the Earth”
About:
This WPI Joint Workshop aims to promote mutual understanding between ELSI and AIMEC, the two WPI centers in Earth and Planetary Sciences, to strengthen engagement between WPI centers toward an integrated understanding of Life, Oceans, and the Earth from its origins to the past, present, and future, and to enhance mutual understanding among researchers across scientific disciplines and WPI centers.
Overview:
Dates: 21st September (Saturday), 2024
Venue: Mishima Hall in ELSI-1 building, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama Campus, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan (See below for detailed map)
Scientific Organizing Committee: Fumio Inagaki (Chair, AIMEC), Hidenori Genda (Co-Chair, ELSI), Hideko Takayanagi (AIMEC), Shintaro Kadoya (ELSI)
Local Organizing Committee: Kei Kurita (ELSI), Tsunaki Iida (AIMEC)
Confirmed speakers:
From AIMEC: Toshio Suga, Sayaka Yasunaka, Michio Kondoh, Michio Kawamiya
From ELSI: Yasuhito Sekine, Liam Longo, Ryuhei Nakamura, Tetsuhiro Hatakeyama
Program:
9:50-10:00 Opening Remarks
10:00-10:30 Introduction of ELSI, Yasuhiro Sekine (ELSI, Director)
10:30-11:00 Introduction of AIMEC, Toshio Suga (AIMEC, Director)
11:00-11:30 Scientific Theme 1 “Chemistry at the Nanoscale: An Approach to Understanding the Origins of Lives”, Ryuhei Nakamura (ELSI)
11:30-12:00 Scientific Theme 1 “Toward an integrative understanding of climate-ocean-ecosystem dynamics”, Sayaka Yasunaka (AIMEC)
--Lunch--
13:30-14:00 Scientific Theme 2 “Secrets of the Orizuru that Folds Itself”, Liam Longo (ELSI)
14:00-14:30 Scientific Theme 2 “Structure and Dynamics of Ecological Networks: A Minimalist Approach to Complex Systems”, Michio Kondoh (AIMEC)
14:30-15:00 Scientific Theme 3 “Simplicity and Universality in Complex Biological Systems: Lessons from the Metabolic Systems and Cellular Growth Laws”, Tetsuhiro Hatakeyama (ELSI)
15:00-15:30 Scientific Theme 3 “Role of the ocean and its ecosystem in past and future climate change”, Michio Kawamiya (AIMEC)
--Coffee Break--
16:00-16:30 Discussion Part I: Fusion Science & Collaboration (moderators: Eric Smith [ELSI], Bill McDonough [AIMEC])
16:30-17:00 Discussion Part II: Higher Education & Outreach (moderators: xxx [ELSI], xxx [AIMEC])
17:00-17:10 Wrap-up & Closing Remarks
17:30 Banquet @ Agora (2F in ELSI-1 building)
Banquet:
Fees: TBD
Location/Access:
Location:
ELSI-I, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2-12-1-IE-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, JAPAN
Access:
9-minute walk from Oookayama Station (大岡山駅)
on the Tokyu Ooimachi Line / Meguro Line (東急大井町線・目黒線)
10-minute walk from Ishikawadai Station (石川台駅)
on the Tokyu Ikegami Line (東急池上線)
From Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station → the JR Yamanote Line / Keihin-Tohoku Line
→ Ooimachi Station → the Tokyu Ooimachi Line
→ Oookayama Station
From Yokohama Station
Yokohama Station → the Tokyu Toyoko Line
→ Musashi-Kosugi Station → the Tokyu Meguro Line
→ Oookayama Station