RIKEN Symposium on Sustainable Resource Scien
9:00 9:05 9:10 9:15 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) 11:20 Break 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 14:30 15:40 16:10 17:05 Break 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 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 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 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) Keynote Lecture Prof. Johan Rockström (Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research / Professor, Earth System Science, University of Potsdam) Keynote Lecturers Dr. Akira Yoshino (Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 / Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation) The Future Society Engendered by Lithium-ion Batteries Prof. Johan Rockström (Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research / Professor, Earth System Science, University of Potsdam) TBD 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 CO 2 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 society Prof. Kyoko Nozaki (Professor, The University of Tokyo) Heterolytic Cleavage of H 2 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 and biomass production through development of plant trait improvement techniques- Prof. Wilhelm Gruissem (Professor, ETH Zürich) Genetic engineering and CRISPR-Cas9 strategies for sustainable micronutrient and 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 plant Session5: 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 of sustainable agricultural production