Oct. 16 (Thur), 2025

The 5th Akira Suzuki Awards Ceremony

PROGRAM	SPEAKER	JST	US-PDT (Oct. 21)	CEST
On-site Registration		8:30-9:00	–	–
Award Ceremony	Chairs: Masaya Sawamura Tetsuya Taketsugu (WPI-ICReDD, HU)	9:00-9:35	17:00-17:35	2:00-2:35
Photo Session		9:35-9:40	–	–
Short Break		9:40-9:50
Award Lectures
Introduction	Masaya Sawamura	9:50-9:55	17:50-17:55	2:50-2:55
Lecture 1	Jin-Quan Yu (The Scripps Research Institute)	9:55-10:45	17:55-18:45	2:55-3:45
Introduction	Tetsuya Taketsugu	10:45-10:50	18:45-18:50	3:45-3:50
Lecture 2	Emily Carter (Princeton University)	10:50-11:40	18:50-19:40	3:50-4:40
Lunch		11:40-13:30

The 8th ICReDD International Symposium

PROGRAM	SPEAKER	JST	US-PDT (Oct. 21)	CEST
Opening Remarks	Akira Ukawa (Program Director, WPI) Satoshi Maeda (Director, WPI-ICReDD, HU)	13:30-13:40	21:30-21:40	6:30-6:40
Session 1	Chair: Junya Hasegawa (WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 1	Yu Harabuchi (WPI-ICReDD, HU)	13:40-14:25	21:40-22:25	6:40-7:25
Lecture 2	Julia Contreras-García (Sorbonne University)	14:25-15:15	22:25-23:15	7:25-8:15
Short Break		15:15-15:35	23:15-23:35	8:15-8:35
Session 2	Chair: Tsuyoshi Mita (WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 3	Dennis Chung-Yang Huang (WPI-ICReDD, HU)	15:35-16:20	23:35-24:20	8:35-9:20
Lecture 4	Pauline Chiu (The University of Hong Kong)	16:20-17:10	24:20-25:10	9:20-10:10
Banquet		18:30 – 20:00	–	–

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Oct. 27 (Fri), 2025

The 9th ICReDD International Symposium

PROGRAM	SPEAKER	JST	US-PDT (Oct. 22)	CEST
On-site Registration		8:30-9:00	–	–
Session 3	Chair: Min Gao (WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 5	Mamoru Tobias (University of Osaka)	9:00-9:50	17:00-17:50	2:00-2:50
Lecture 6	Yoko Sakata (Nagoya University)	9:50-10:35	17:50-18:35	2:50-3:35
Lecture 7	Mio Kondo (Science Tokyo)	10:35-11:20	18:35-19:20	3:35-4:20
Lecture 8	Sayaka Uchida (The University of Tokyo)	11:20-12:05	19:20-20:05	4:20-5:05
Lunch		12:05-13:30	–	–
Poster Session	Open Café @ 2F	13:30-15:30	–	–
Session 4	Chair: Hajime Ito (WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 9	Nobuya Tsuji (WPI-ICReDD, HU)	15:30-16:15	23:30-24:15	8:30-9:15
Lecture 10	Franziska Schoenebeck (RWTH Aachen)	16:15-17:05	24:15-25:05	9:15-10:05
Closing Remarks	Hajime Ito (WPI-ICReDD, HU)	17:05-17:10	25:05-25:10	10:05-10:10
Get together		17:30-19:00	–	–

Oct. 24 (Thur), 2024 – Update Later

The Rising Star Program – Update Later

PROGRAM	SPEAKER	JST	US-PDT (Oct. 23)	CEST
On-site Registration		8:30-8:55	–	–
Opening Remarks	Min Gao (WPI-ICReDD, HU)	8:55-9:00	16:55-17:00	1:55-2:00
Plenary Talk	Chair: Min Gao
Plenary Talk 1	Donald A. Watson** (Univ. of Delaware) “Preparation of Axially Chiral Biaryl Mono- and Bis-Phosphines Via Asymmetric Reductive Coupling”	9:00-9:50	17:00-17:50	2:00-2:50
Short Break		9:50-10:05	17:50-18:05	2:50-3:05
Session 1	Chair: Dennis Chung-Yang Huang, Min Gao
Lecture 1	Derek T. Ahneman (IBM Research) “From Papers to Products: Scaling Scientific AI”	10:05-10:50	18:05-18:50	3:05-3:50
Lecture 2	Miho Hatanaka (Keio Univ.) “Understanding and Designing Lanthanide Photofunctional Materials”	10:50-11:35	18:50-19:35	3:50-4:35
Lunch		11:35-13:00
Session 2	Chair: Min Gao
Lecture 3	Ryo Tamura (NIMS) “Software to support autonomous automated materials exploration: NIMO”	13:00-13:45	21:00-21:45	5:00-5:45
Lecture 4	Tasuku Nakajima (WPI-ICReDD, HU) “Force-Regulated Chemical Reactions in Gels”	13:45-14:30	21:45-22:30	5:45-6:30
Short Break		14:30-14:45	22:30-22:45	6:30-7:45
Session 3	Chair: Dennis Chung-Yang Huang, Mingoo Jin
Lecture 5	David A. Nagib (The Ohio State Univ.) “Harnessing Radical and Carbene Polarity”	14:45-15:30	22:45-23:30	7:45-8:30
Lecture 6	Jeehyun Yang (Caltech) “Cross-Disciplinary Characterization of Exoplanet Atmospheres: Observation, Theory, and Experiment”	15:30-16:15	23:30-24:15	8:30-9:15
Poster Award Ceremony	Chair: Min Gao	16:15-16:45	24:15-24:45	9:15-9:45
Closing Remarks	Min Gao (WPI-ICReDD, HU)	16:45-16:50	24:45-24:50	9:45-10:50

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