Program

The 4th Akira Suzuki Awards Ceremony & 8th ICReDD International Symposium + Rising Star Program

-Toward Interdisciplinary Research Guided by Theory and Calculation –

*For online participants:
Award lectures and oral presentations will be on Zoom. Please visit “For Participants” tab to join.

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*Updates:
　Day 2 (Oct 23rd), Session 4, Prof. Aiichiro Nagaki’s presantation has changed its format to Online. (updated on Oct 10th)

Oct. 22 (Tue), 2024

The 4th Akira Suzuki Awards Ceremony
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(Oct. 21)		CEST
On-site Registration8:30-9:00––
Award CeremonyChairs:
Masaya Sawamura
Tetsuya Taketsugu
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)		9:00-9:3517:00-17:352:00-2:35
Photo Session9:35-9:40––
Short Break9:40-9:50
Award Lectures
IntroductionMasaya Sawamura9:50-9:5517:50-17:552:50-2:55
Lecture 1Gregory C. Fu
(Caltech)
“Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions:
A Radical Alternative to SN1 and SN2 Reactions“		9:55-10:4517:55-18:452:55-3:45
IntroductionTetsuya Taketsugu10:45-10:5018:45-18:503:45-3:50
Lecture 2Alán Aspuru-Guzik
(Univ. of Toronto)
“The Suzuki reaction:
A gift that keeps on giving”		10:50-11:4018:50-19:403:50-4:40
Lunch11:40-13:30
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(Oct. 21)CEST
The 8th ICReDD International Symposium
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(Oct. 21)		CEST
Opening RemarksAkira Ukawa
(Program Director, WPI)
Satoshi Maeda
(Director,
WPI-ICReDD, HU)		13:30-13:4021:30-21:406:30-6:40
Session 1Chair: Tamiki Komatsuzaki
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 1Keisuke Takahashi
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)
“Digitalization of Materials and Catalysts Design”		13:40-14:2521:40-22:256:40-7:25
Lecture 2Ichigaku Takigawa**
(Kyoto Univ./
WPI-ICReDD, HU)
“Chemistry problems from a machine learning perspective”		14:25-15:1022:25-23:107:25-8:10
Short Break15:10-15:3023:10-23:308:10-8:30
Session 2Chair: Yuuya Nagata
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 3Panče Naumov
(New York Univ.
Abu Dhabi)
“DYNAMIC CRYSTALS – A NEW CLASS OF SMART ENGINEERING MATERIALS”		15:30-16:1523:30-24:158:30-9:15
Lecture 4Leroy Cronin**
(Univ. of Glasgow)
“AFIR Exploring Chemical Space with Assembly Theory & Chemputation”		16:15-17:0024:15-25:009:15-10:00
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(Oct. 21)CEST

** Presentation Online

Oct. 23 (Wed), 2024

The 8th ICReDD International Symposium
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(Oct. 22)		CEST
On-site Registration8:30-9:00––
Session 3Chair: Tsuyoshi Mita
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 5Mary P. Watson
(Univ. of Delaware)
“DEAMINATIVE CROSS COUPLINGS”		9:00-9:4517:00-17:452:00-2:45
Lecture 6Corinna Schindler
(Univ. of British Columbia)
“Azetidines, Azetines, and Oxetanes: New Cycloadditions of Imines and Carbonyls”		9:45-10:3017:45-18:302:45-3:30
Lecture 7Varinder K. Aggarwal
(Univ. of Bristol)
“Assembly Line Synthesis”		10:30-11:1518:30-19:153:30-4:15
Lunch11:15-13:00
Poster Session[On-site only]13:00-15:00––
Session 4Chair: Jian Ping Gong
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)
Lecture 8Aiichiro Nagaki **
(Hokkaido Univ.)
“Flash Synthetic Chemistry Guided by Flow Microreactor Research”		15:00-15:4523:00-23:458:00-8:45
Lecture 9Toshifumi Satoh
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)
“One-step Synthesis of Multiblock Copolyester by Self-switchable Polymerization using Alkali Metal Carboxylate Catalyst”		15:45-16:3023:45-24:308:45-9:30
Lecture 10Hideyuki Otsuka
(Institute of Science Tokyo)
“Macromolecular Design of Radical-type Mechanofunctional Polymers”		16:30-17:1524:30-25:159:30-10:15
Closing RemarksHajime Ito
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)		17:15-17:2025:15-25:2010:15-10:20
Banquet18:00-20:00––
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(Oct. 22)CEST

** Presentation Online

Oct. 24 (Thur), 2024

The Rising Star Program
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(Oct. 23)		CEST
On-site Registration8:30-8:55––
Opening RemarksMin Gao
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)		8:55-9:0016:55-17:001:55-2:00
Plenary TalkChair: Min Gao
Plenary Talk 1Donald A. Watson**
(Univ. of Delaware)
“Preparation of Axially Chiral Biaryl Mono- and Bis-Phosphines Via Asymmetric Reductive Coupling”		9:00-9:5017:00-17:502:00-2:50
Short Break9:50-10:0517:50-18:052:50-3:05
Session 1Chair: Dennis Chung-Yang Huang,
Min Gao
Lecture 1Derek T. Ahneman
(IBM Research)
“From Papers to Products: Scaling Scientific AI”		10:05-10:5018:05-18:503:05-3:50
Lecture 2Miho Hatanaka
(Keio Univ.)
“Understanding and Designing Lanthanide Photofunctional Materials”		10:50-11:3518:50-19:353:50-4:35
Lunch11:35-13:00
Session 2Chair: Min Gao
Lecture 3Ryo Tamura
(NIMS)
“Software to support autonomous automated materials exploration: NIMO”		13:00-13:4521:00-21:455:00-5:45
Lecture 4Tasuku Nakajima
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)
“Force-Regulated Chemical Reactions in Gels”		13:45-14:3021:45-22:305:45-6:30
Short Break14:30-14:4522:30-22:456:30-7:45
Session 3Chair: Dennis Chung-Yang Huang,
Mingoo Jin
Lecture 5David A. Nagib
(The Ohio State Univ.)
“Harnessing Radical and Carbene Polarity”		14:45-15:3022:45-23:307:45-8:30
Lecture 6Jeehyun Yang
(Caltech)
“Cross-Disciplinary Characterization of Exoplanet Atmospheres: Observation, Theory, and Experiment”		15:30-16:1523:30-24:158:30-9:15
Poster Award CeremonyChair: Min Gao16:15-16:4524:15-24:459:15-9:45
Closing RemarksMin Gao
(WPI-ICReDD, HU)		16:45-16:5024:45-24:509:45-10:50
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(Oct. 23)CEST

**Presentation Online