Hope for the Future― RIKEN Symposium on Sustainable Resource Science ―May 28th, 2021
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Welcome address Dr. Kazuki Saito (Director, RIKEN CSRS）
Opening remarks Dr. Hiroshi Matsumoto (President, RIKEN)
Greetings Mr. Mitsuhiro Doishita (Director, Environment and Energy Division, MEXT)
Keynote Lecture
Dr. Akira Yoshino (Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 / Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation)
Break

10:10 Session1: Innovative Catalysts
Dr. Zhaomin Hou (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Prof. Cathleen M. Crudden (Professor, Queen’s University, Canada)Prof. Masakazu Sugiyama (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Break

11:20 Session2: Leading-edge Polymers
Dr. Hideki Abe (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Prof. Kyoko Nozaki (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Prof. Sudesh Kumar (Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Lunch

13:20 Session3: Innovative Plant Biotechnology
Dr. Minami Matsui (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Prof. Wilhelm Gruissem (Professor, ETH Zürich）
Dr. Ken Shirasu (Vice Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Break

14:30 Session4: Metabolic Genome Engineering
Dr. Akihiko Kondo (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Prof. Anne Osbourn (Professor, John Innes Centre)
Dr. Masami Hirai (Vice Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Break

15:40 Session5: Early career scientists
Dr. Sobi Asako (Senior Scientist, RIKEN CSRS)
Dr. Miki Fujita (Senior Scientist, RIKEN CSRS)
Dr. Masanori Izumi (Senior Scientist, RIKEN CSRS)
16:10 Keynote Lecture
Prof. Johan Rockström (Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research /Professor, Earth System Science, University of Potsdam)
Break

17:05 Panel discussion
17:45 Closing remarks Dr. Yuko Harayama (Executive Director, RIKEN)
Contact RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS)Email: csrs@riken.jp / URL: http://www.csrs.riken.jp/en/symposium/index.html

Keynote Lecturers
Dr. Akira Yoshino(Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 /Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation)

The Future Society Engenderedby Lithium-ion Batteries
Prof. Johan Rockström(Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research /Professor, Earth System Science, University of Potsdam)

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Session1: Innovative Catalysts
Dr. Zhaomin Hou (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Innovative Catalysts for Efficient Use of Natural Resources
Prof. Cathleen M. Crudden (Professor, Queen’ s University, Canada)
Organometallic catalysis: molecules and clusters in catalysis
Prof. Masakazu Sugiyama (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Integrated Electrochemical Systems for Scalable CO2 Conversion to Chemical Feedstocks
Session2: Leading-edge Polymers
Dr. Hideki Abe (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Contribution of new functional polymers to realization of a sustainable societyProf. Kyoko Nozaki (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Heterolytic Cleavage of H2 for Hydrogenolysis of Polar Bonds
Prof. Sudesh Kumar (Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Development of a sustainable and low cost process for the production of biodegradable
plastics (polyhydroxyalkanoates) from oil palm biomass
Session3: Innovative Plant Biotechnology
Dr. Minami Matsui (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
To the goal of Innovative plant biotechnology -Contributing to sustainable food andbiomass production through development of plant trait improvement techniquesProf. Wilhelm Gruissem (Professor, ETH Zürich）
Genetic engineering and CRISPR-Cas9 strategies for sustainable micronutrientand yield increases in rice and cassava
Dr. Ken Shirasu (Vice Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Plant Symbiosis Research for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability
Session4: Metabolic Genome Engineering
Dr. Akihiko Kondo (Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)
Metabolic genome engineering project: Overview and examples in microorganisms
Prof. Anne Osbourn (Professor, John Innes Centre)
Finding drugs in the garden: Harnessing plant metabolic diversity
Dr. Masami Hirai (Vice Project Leader, RIKEN CSRS)Approaches to metabolic genome engineering of plantSession5: Early career scientists
Dr. Sobi Asako (Senior Scientist, RIKEN CSRS)
Towards Sustainable Organic Synthesis Using Sodium
Dr. Miki Fujita (Research Scientist, RIKEN CSRS)
Plant Phenomics: Linking Plant Science and the Future of Agriculture
Dr. Masanori Izumi (Senior Scientist, RIKEN CSRS)
Dissecting a recycling system in plants– towards the development ofsustainable agricultural production