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 University

Co-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 ProgramTimePresenter

Affiliation

Title

9:45 – 11:40 Chair: Hruko Takeyama (Waseda University)
9:45 -Haruko Takeyama

Professor, Waseda University

Welcome Words

9:50 -Aiji Tanaka

President, Waseda University

Opening Remarks

9:55 -Jean-Eric Paquet

Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Japan

Introductory Address I

Research Councillor (Deputy Director-General)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Head of the Unit "Food Systems and the Bioeconomy,"
Deputy Mission Manager for the Mission “A Soil Dealfor Europe,” European Commission, DirectorateGeneral for Research and Innovation
President, Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology(Program Director, Moonshot Goal 5)
Professor, Waseda University(Project Manager, Moonshot Goal 5)

10:15 -Takao Shinobu

10:25 -Peter Wehrheim

10:45 -Kazuhiro Chiba

11:05 -Haruko Takeyama

11:25 -

Commemorative photo shootIntroductory Address II
Keynote I
The EU Mission A Soil Deal For Europe:
Opportunities for International Cooperation
Keynote II
Value Creation based on Social Risk Reduction andGlobal Linkages
Construction of Circulating Production Platform byEnvironmental Control Based on Soil Microbe Atlas

13:00 – 14:30 Chair: Satoru Shimokawa (Waseda University)
13:00 -Ryusuke Hatano

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

13:15 -

Gary Stacey

Curators’
Missouri

13:35 -Karsten Temme

Chief Innovation Officer and Co-Founder, Pivot Bio

Innovating the Future of Fertilizer at Pivot Bio

13:55 -Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu

Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology(Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)

14:10 -

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 themaize rhizosphere microbiota

DistinguishedProfessor,University

Soil health intensification through strengthening
soil structure improves soil carbon sequestrationofChallenge of employing biologicals to enhancecrop productivity

14:45 – 15:45 Chair: Tsuyoshi Tanaka (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Capturing rhizobia to introduce
yielding soybeans in Europe

high-protein

14:45 -

Sofie Goormachtig

Professor, Ghent University

15:05 -

Edoardo Puglisi

The beneficial soil microbiome: from soil quality
Associate Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro
indicators to the development of microbial
Cuore
biostimulants and biopesticides

15:25 -

Brett Ferguson

Associate Professor, The University of Queensland

Molecular Mechanisms of Legume Nodulation
Control

16:00 – 17:25 Chair: Toyoaki Anai (Kyushu University)
16:00 -

Minami Matsui

Project Professor, Yokohama City University (Project Soil conditions affect expression profiles of genes
Member, Moonshot Goal 5)
involving plant-soil communication.

16:15 -

Akiko Hanada

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation(Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)

16:30 -

Satoshi Wada

RIKEN
(Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)

16:45 -

Isao Tsuru

President and CEO, Loco Door Co., Ltd.

Standardization of Carbon Neutrality in Agriculture

17:00 -Yasunori Ichihashi

RIKEN(Project Member, Moonshot Goal 5)

Development of Agricultural Digital Twins

17:15 -Takayuki Homma

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Research Advancement, and Industry-Academia Closing Remarks
Collaboration, Vice Provost, Waseda University

Development of technology to utilize phosphorus
derived from wastewater: phosphorus recycle
initiatives at Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
Development of a Completely Enclosed
Environmental Control Agricultural Cultivation
SystemContact
Integrated Institute for Regulatory Science, Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University
moonshot5@list.waseda.jp