The 9th Symposium for Ph.D. Program in Humanics, “Where Disciplines Converge – New Questions, New Possibilities –” will be held December 18, 2026.

"Humanics" is an academic discipline that creates new science and technology that enables people to live healthy and comfortable lives by combining/integrating multiple fields such as life science, medicine, physical science, engineering, and informatics. Ph.D. program in Humanics aims to develop leaders with high expertise in these multiple fields and the ability to give back their expertise/skills to society.

This year’s symposium will invite leading researchers from Japan and abroad to deepen discussions through lectures and poster presentations on the future society envisioned by Humanics and the outlook of our degree program. We will explore new possibilities born from the intersection of diverse academic fields and jointly consider innovative breakthroughs arising from the fusion of knowledge.

●Timetable (JST)

9:30 AM	Doors open
9:50 AM	Opening + Program Leader Greetings (Dr. Takeshi Sakurai)
10:00 AM	Humanics Teacher’s Talk (Dr. Shuntaro Izawa & Dr. Yuichi Shichino)
11:00 AM	Invited Lecture 1 (Dr. Kaoru Inokuchi) Distinguished Professor, Director, Research Center for Idling Brain Science, University of Toyama
12:00 PM	Lunch Break
1:00 PM	Invited Lecture 2 (Dr. Kang Louis) Unit Leader of the Neural Circuits and Computations Unit at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Coffee Break
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM	Poster Blitz Session
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM	Poster Session
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Awards, Group Photo, Closing Ceremony (Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa)
5:00 PM ~ 7:00 PM	Social Gathering

●Online Registration
If you wish to participate, please register through the following URL.
We look forward to your participation.
https://forms.gle/bK7RK4Zd6H5yX8yM9

●Contact
Ph.D. Program in Humanics, Sigma Office
humanicsun.tsukuba.ac.jp