Towards the Future of Communication: Creating an Inclusive World with Neuro/Bioscience and Engineering Technologies
Information
Date
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – Friday, March 28, 2025
Venue
Sendai Ryokusaikan Visitor Center [Access]
Invited Speakers
Shinsuke Shimojo *
California Institute of Technology
Sven Bestmann *
University College London
Wen–Sung Lai *
National Taiwan University
Alison E Lane *
La Trobe University
Ko Matsui
Tohoku University
Kentaro Abe
Tohoku University
Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui
Tohoku University
Takuya Sasaki
Tohoku University
Keiichi Kitajo
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Ayuko Hoshino
The University of Tokyo
Noriko Osumi
Tohoku University
Yukie Nagai
The University of Tokyo
Masahiki Inami
The University of Tokyo
Fumitaka Homae
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Masanori Hariyama
Tohoku University
Shin–ichiro Kumagaya
The University of Tokyo
Motoaki Nakamura
Showa University
Saku Hara
Tohoku University
* keynote speaker
Registration [Mar. 10, 2025 Updated]
Registration deadline: Friday, March 7, 2025, 16:00 (JST)
→Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 24:00(JST)
*Deadline has been extended.
– Closed
Time Schedule
- Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- 13:20 – 14:00
- Registration open
- 14:00 – 14:05
- Opening remarks
- Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku Univ.)
- 14:05 – 14:40
- Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku Univ.)
- TBA
- 14:40 – 15:15
- Takuya Sasaki (Tohoku Univ.)
- Brain–Body Interactions Underlying Emotion, Memory, and Creativity
- 15:15 – 15:50
- Ko Matsui (Tohoku Univ.)
- Cellular symphony of emotions: astrocytic ion dynamics in anxiety, aggression, and fear
- 15:50 – 16:20
- Coffee break
- 16:20 – 16:55
- Keiichi Kitajo (NIPS)
- Understanding individual differences in the human mind through EEG network analysis and modeling
- 16:55 – 17:40
- Sven Bestmann (UCL)
- Naturalistic neuroimaging with optically–pumped magnetometers
- Thursday, March 27, 2025
- 13:00 – 13:35
- Masahiko Inami (Univ. Tokyo)
- From JIZAI of the “Body” to JIZAI of the “Mind”
- 13:35 – 14:10
- Masanori Hariyama (Tohoku Univ.)
- Exploring Conversational Features with LLMs and Explainable AI for Communication Support
- 14:10 – 14:45
- Yukie Nagai (Univ. Tokyo)
- Unraveling Multimodal Signals in Neurodiverse Communication
- 14:45 – 14:50
- Group photo
- 14:50 – 15:20
- Coffee break
- 15:20 – 15:55
- Kentaro Abe (Tohoku Univ.)
- Analyzing avian communication to uncover the biological foundation of verbal and non–verbal communication
- 15:55 – 16:30
- Fumitaka Homae (Tokyo Met. Univ.)
- Vocal Cues as Honest Signals in Human Communication
- 16:30 – 17:15
- Shinsuke Shimojo (Caltech)
- “Flow” experiences, and formation of “Maemuki (positive)” attitude
- 18:30 – 20:30
- Get together dinner
- Friday, March 28, 2025
- 10:00 – 10:35
- Ayuko Hoshino (Univ. Tokyo)
- Exosomes: From Cellular Waste to Disease Biomarkers
- 10:35 – 11:10
- Noriko Osumi (Tohoku Univ.)
- TBA
- 11:10 – 11:55
- Alison E Lane (La Trobe Univ.)
- A sensory view of the autistic mind: Implications for research and technologies promoting person–environment fit
- 11:55 – 13:00
- Lunch
- 13:00 – 13:35
- Motoaki Nakamura (Showa Univ.)
- Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring their Diverse Realities
- 13:35 – 14:10
- Shinichiro Kumagaya (Univ. Tokyo)
- Tōjisha–Kenkyū on Autism – Participatory Autism Research and Neurodiversity in Japan
- 14:10 – 14:30
- Coffee break
- 14:30 – 15:05
- Saku Hara (Tohoku Univ.)
- Ethical Legal and Social Issues concerning the At–will Translator (Jizai–Hon–yaku–ki)
- 15:05 – 15:50
- Wen–Sung Lai (Nat. Taiwan Univ.)
- 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし – Lessons from our journey in developing ‘Magic Pills’ for unmet needs in neuropsychiatric disorders
- 15:50 – 16:00
- Closing remarks
- Noriko Osumi (Tohoku Univ.)
Poster
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Organizers
Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui
(Tohoku University)
Noriko Osumi
(Tohoku University)
Co–hosted by
- Neuro Global International Joint Graduate Program
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
- Tohoku University School of Medicine
- Tohoku University Brain Science Center
- Moonshot Goal 9
- National Research Program for Neurological Disorders and Mental Health
- Multidisciplinary Frontier Brain and Neuroscience Discoveries
Contact
Email: office*snlabsendai.org (change * to @)