INVITED SPEAKERS

STRATEGIC AREAS

Area 11

Devices and Materials for Biology and Medicine

“Non Linear Optics Multimodal Platform to Understand Single Cell Processes”
C. Lenz César (Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)

“Fighting Cancer through Physical Sciences and Engineering Approaches”
L. A. Nagahara (NIH, USA)

“Selective adsorption of ions to aqueous interfaces and its effects on evaporation rates”
R. Saykall (Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA)

“Smart microfluidic and analytical devices based on electrochemical principles”
H. Suzuki (Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan)

Area 12

Spintronics Materials and Devices

“Control of ferromagnetism at room temperature by electrical means”
D. Chiba (Kyoto Univ., Japan)

“A graphene solution to conductivity mismatch: spin injection from ferromagnetic metal/graphene tunnel contacts into silicon”
O. M. J. van ‘t Erve (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)

“Spin orbit induced electronic spin polarization and its future application”
M. Kohda (Tohoku Univ., Japan)

“Generation and directional control of spin wave by spatially-shaped light pulses”
T. Satoh (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

Area 13

Applications of Nanotubes, Nanowires, and Graphene

“InSb nanowires and networks for Majorana detection”
E. Bakkers (Delft Univ. of Technology, The Netherlands)

“Wrapping Carbon Nanotubes in a Gate-All-Around Geometry”
A. D. Franklin (IBM Research, USA)

“InGaN-based nanocolumn light emitters in visible wavelength range”
S. Ishizawa (Sophia Univ., Japan)

“Transistors on Nanosheets Beyond Graphene”
J. Ye (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

Area 14

Power Devices and Materials

“Progress in SiC and GaN High-Voltage Power Devices”
T. P. Chow (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

“Research and development of Ga2O3 power devices”
M. Higashiwaki (NICT, Japan)

“Advanced GaN Power Devices for Automotive Applications”
T. Kachi (Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc., Japan)

“Growth of bulk GaN crystal by Na flux method”
Y. Mori (Osaka Univ., Japan)

“Performance Characteristics and Applications for Second Generation SiC Power MOSFETs”
J. W. Palmour (Cree, Inc., USA)

Area 15

Photovoltaic Materials and Devices

“Overview of CZTS-based thin film solar cells”
H. Katagiri (Nagaoka National Col. of Technology, Japan)

“High efficiency low cost perovskite based hybrid solar cells”
H. J. Snaith (Univ. of Oxford, UK)

“Panasonic's R&D on Photovoltaic Technologies”
A. Terakawa (Panasonic Corp., Japan)

Invited speakers and titles may change