The International Symposiumon One Healthby Sustainable
Bio-ecosystem- Understanding and utilizing plant-microbe
interactions in agricultural soils -September 6, 2024
9:45a.m. - 5:25p.m. JST
Doors open 30 minutes prior.
Venue

Okuma Auditorium, Building No.21, Waseda Campus, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan* You can join the symposium online as well.
* Simultaneous interpretation between Japanese and English is available.

Host• Waseda University• Consortium for “The platform for sustainable farming by environmental control based on
the microbe atlas of the soil,” Moonshot Goal 5• Integrated Institute for Regulatory Science, Research Organization for Nano & Life
Innovation, Waseda UniversityCo-Hosts• Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologySupport• Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN)• Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)

Application
Please fill out the registration form at the following URL:
https://forms.gle/pEUi2GtdQYU7bPwg7
Application deadline: September 5, 1:00p.m.

The International Symposium on One Healthby Sustainable Bio-ecosystem- Understanding and utilizing plant-microbe interactions in agricultural soils Program
Presenter

Affiliation

Title

9:45 – 11:50
Haruko Takeyama

Professor, Waseda University

Aiji Tanaka

President, Waseda University

Opening Remarks

Jean-Eric Paquet

Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Japan

Introductory Address I

TBD

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Introductory Address II

TBD

The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural
Development (DG AGRI)

Keynote I

Kazuhiro Chiba

President, Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology (Program Director, Moonshot Goal 5)

Keynote II： Value Creation based on Social Risk
Reduction and Global Linkages

Haruko Takeyama

Professor, Waseda University
Moonshot Goal 5)(On Microbe Atlas of Soil)

Welcome Words(Project Manager,

13:00 – 14:30
Ryusuke Hatano

Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University(Associate member of the Science Council of Japan)(Soil Science)

Gary Stacey

Curators’ Distinguished Professor, University ofMissouri(Plant Molecular Biology)

Karsten Temme

Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder, Pivot Bio(A business perspective: Nicrovial Nitrogen)

Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology(Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)

Claudia Knief

Professor, University of Bonn

Research and development of biofertilizers
containing soil microorganisms that confer
environmental stress resistance to crop plants
Root structure and photosynthate allocation
determine interactively spatial patterns in the maizerhizosphere microbiota

14:45 – 15:45
Sofie Goormachtig

Professor, Ghent University

Capturing rhizobia to introduce high-protein yielding
soybeans in Europe

Edoardo Puglisi

Associate Professor, Università Cattolica del SacroCuore

The beneficial soil microbiome: from soil quality
indicators to the development of microbial
biostimulants and biopesticides

Brett Ferguson

Associate Professor, The University of Queensland

Molecular Mechanisms of Legume Nodulation
ControlMinami Matsui

Project Professor, Yokohama City University (ProjectMember, Moonshot Goal 5)

Soil conditions affect expression profiles of genes
involving plant-soil communication.

Akiko Hanada

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation(Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)

Development of technology to utilize forphosphorus derived from wastewater: phosphorus
recovery initiatives at Taiheiyo Cement Corporation

Satoshi Wada

RIKEN (Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)(Agriculture Measurement)

Isao Tsuru

President and CEO, Loco Door Co., Ltd.

(Sustainable Agricultural Production)

Yasunori Ichihashi

RIKEN (Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)

Development of Agricultural Digital Twins

Takayuki Honma

Permanent director, Waseda University

Closing Remarks

16:00 – 17:25

Contact
Integrated Institute for Regulatory Science, Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University
moonshot5@list.waseda.jp