Special Programs
＊Pre-registration for the reception party will be open at .10pm, June 23.
Since the NEURO2022 Reception Party has reached full capacity, the registration form has been closed.
＊For Wakate Dojo Award Recipients: Award Recipients will be announced on July 1 via posting. Please rest assured as we have reserved seats for all Award Recipients. We will follow up with recipients directly.
（First-come-first-served basis. Registrations will close once all seats are reserved.
We recommend applying early.）
In addition to regular programs, NEURO2022 has organized following programs to promote International Exchange, Industry- Academia Collaboration and Development of Young Researchers.
- 1. NEURO2022 - Organized Symposium
- 2. Elsevier/NSR Symposium
- 3. JSN Symposium
- 4. JNS/JSN Joint Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Collaboration Symposium
- 5. Symposium Organized by the Recipient of the 7th JSN
Distinguished Investigator Award - 6. JSN Interdisciplinary Organized Symposium
- 7. Industry-Academia Collaboration
- 8. Junior Investigator Poster Award
- 9. Luncheon Discussion
- 10. Public Open Lecture
１．NEURO2022 - Organized Symposium
1S08a
Advancement in World model and Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Date：
- June 30 (Thu) 14:00-16-00
- Venue：
- Room 8（Large Banquet Hall (Hagoromo) East, Laguna Garden Hotel）
- Chair：
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- Tadahiro Taniguchi（Ritsumeikan University）
- Masahiro Suzuki（School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo）
- Speakers：
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- Shixiang Shane Gu（Google Brain）
- Jun Tani (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST))
- Ryo Okumura(Panasonic Corporation)
- Hiroshi Yamakawa（The Whole Brain Architecture Initiative）
- Yutaka Matsuo（Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, The University of Tokyo）
1S03e
Control by glia of higher brain functions
- Date：
- June 30 (Thu) 16:10-18:10
- Venue：
- Room 3 (Conference Building B1)
- Chair：
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- Shuichi Koizumi（University of Yamanashi）
- Hiroaki Wake（Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine）
- Speakers：
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- Anne Schaefer（Depts. of Neuroscience and Psychiatry/Vice-Chair, Nash Family Department of Neuroscience/Co-Director, Center for Glial Biology/Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai）
- Hiroaki Wake（Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine）
- Jun Nagai（RIKEN Center for Brain Science、Glia-Neuron Circuit Dynamics）
- Shuichi Koizumi（University of Yamanashi）
2S01m
Balancing synapse plasticity and circuit homeostasis - from molecular mechanisms to physiological functions
- Date：
- July 1 (Fri) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 1 (Theater)
- Chair：
- Yukiko Gouda（RIKEN Center for Brain Scienc）
- Speakers：
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- Noam Ziv（Technion）
- Cliff Abraham（University of Otago）
- Takayasu Mikuni（Brain Research Institute, Niigata University）
- Tara Keck（University College London）
- Gina Turrigiano（Brandeis University）
3S02m
Neuroinflammation in dementia and neurodegenerative diseases:
understanding brain-systemic interaction for therapeutics
- Date：
- July 2 (Sat) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 2 （Conference Building A1）
- Chair：
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- Koji Yamanaka(Nagoya University Research Institute of Environmental Medicine)
- Taisuke Tomita(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
- Speakers：
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- Okiru Komine(Nagoya University Research Institute of Environmental Medicine)
- Sumiko Kiryu-Seo(Nagoya University Research Institute of Environmental Medicine)
- Yuhei Takado(National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology)
- Takashi Saito(Nagoya University Research Institute of Environmental Medicine)
- Yukiko Hori(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
3S02a
Multi-scale understanding of mental disorders
- Date：
- July 2 (Sat) 14:00-16:00
- Venue：
- Room 2 （Conference Building A1）
- Chair：
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- Tadafumi Kato（Juntendo University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science）
- Speakers：
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- Gustavo Turecki（McGill University）
- Gemma Modinos（King’s College London）
- Matthew J Girgenti（Yale University）
- Kanzo Suzuki（Vanderbilt University）
- Akiko Hayashi-Takagi（RIKEN Center for Brain Scienc）
4S03m
Advances in Computational Neuroscience
- Date：
- July 3 (Sun) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 3 (Conference Building B1)
- Chair：
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- Taro Toyoizumi（RIKEN Center for Brain Science）
- Speakers：
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- Carina Curto（The Pennsylvania State University）
- Srdjan Ostojic（Ecole Normale Superieure Paris）
- Chung-Chuan Lo（National Tsing Hua University）
- Ho Ka Chan（RIKEN Center for Brain Science）
4S03a
Cutting-edge research led by clinical psychiatrists
- Date：
- July 3 (Sun) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 3 (Conference Building B1)
- Chair：
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- Manabu Makinodan（Department of Psychiatry Nara Medical University）
- Kenji Tanaka（Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine）
- Speakers：
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- Yamamuro Kazuhiko（Department of Psychiatry Nara Medical University）
- Kouji Mori（Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine）
- Mariko Tada（Center for Research on Counselling and Support Services）
- Masashi Ikeda（Fujita Health University）
- Hiroyuki Uchida（Keio University School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry）
２．Elsevier/NSR Symposium
3S10m
Mechanisms for Subjective Experience
- Date：
- July 2 (Sat) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 10（Large Banquet Hall (Hagoromo) West, Laguna Garden Hotel）
- Chair：
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- Hakwan Lau（RIKEN Center for Brain Science）
- Rebecca Keogh（Macquarie University）
- Speakers：
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- Hakwan Lau（RIKEN Center for Brain Science）
- Tadashi Isa（Graduate School of Medicine, ASHBi, Kyoto University）
- Rebecca Keogh（Macquarie University）
- Zhaoping Li（University of Tuebingen and Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics）
- Kentaro Miyamoto（RIKEN Center for Brain Science）
- Mitsuo Kawato（ATR Computational Neuroscience Labs）
3．JSN Symposium
4S01m
Exosomes and Neurochemistry ~from Cancer to Neuron~
- Date：
- July 3 (Sun) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 1 (Theater)
- Chair：
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- Nariko Arimura（Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science,Tohoku University）
- Ikenaka Kensuke（Graduate School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University）
- Speakers：
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- Takahiro Ochiya（Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University）
- Ayuko Hoshino（Dept. of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology）
- Akiko Eguchi（Mie University Graduate School / Faculty of Medicine）
- Takashi Kudo（Health and Counseling Center, Osaka University）
- Tsuneya Ikezu（Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science）
4．JNS/JSN Joint Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Collaboration Symposium
1S02m
Connections between the societies of basic research and clinicalresearch in Neuro 2022
- Date：
- June 30 (Thu) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 2 （Conference Building A1）
- Chair：
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- Norio Ozaki（Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine）
- Kenjiro Ono（Graduate School of Medical Sciences,and College of Medical, Kanazawa University）
- Speakers：
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- Kenji Tanaka（Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine）
- Tatsushi Toda（Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo）
- Shigeo Murayama（United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University）
- Assigned Speaker：Tadashi Isa（Graduate School of Medicine, ASHBi, Kyoto University）
5．Symposium Organized by the Recipient of the 7th JSN Distinguished Investigator Award
2S03a
Neurodegenerative/neuropsychiatric diseases caused by nucleic acidrepeat expansion
-from disease mechanism to future therapy-
- Date：
- July 1 (Fri) 14:00-16:00
- Venue：
- Room 3 (Conference Building B1)
- Chair：
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- Kouji Mori（Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine）
- Speakers：
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- Yuzo Fujino（Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine/Kindai University）
- Tomonori Shibata（SANKEN, Osaka University）
- Yoshihiro Nihei（Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine）
- Kohsuke Kanekura（Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo Medical University）
- Norifumi Shioda（Kumamoto University Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics）
6．JSN Interdisciplinary Organized Symposium
3S01e
Molecular Neurochemistry: Chemical Technology for Neuroscience Research
- Chair：
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- Itsuki Ajioka（Tokyo Medical and Dental University/Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology）
- Speakers：
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- Motonari Uesugi（Kyoto University）
- Takahiro Muraoka（Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology）
7．Industry-Academia Collaboration
2S02m
Metaverse and Neuroscience
- Date：
- July 1 (Fri) 9:00-11:00
- Venue：
- Room 2 (Conference Building A1)
- Co-sponsored：
- Moonshot R&D Project “Maximizing well-being and agency on the basis of interpersonal comparison of brain indicators”(Moonshot Goal #9)
- Chair：
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- Kenji Matsumoto（Tamagawa University Brain Science Institute）
- Takuya Ibaraki（NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting）
- Speakers：
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- Maki Sugimoto（Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University）
- Yoichi Miyawaki（The University of Electro-Communications）
- Nanase Kobayashi（Tokyo Medical and Dental University）
- Naotaka Fujii（Hacosco Inc）
- Language:
- Japanese
Appropriate presentations are marked with the industry-academia logo.
8． Junior Investigator Poster Award
Especially superior titles will be selected from the poster presentations prepared by the undergraduate students. The awardees will be celebrated on the meeting website as well.
9．Luncheon Discussion
- Date：
- July 3 (Sun) 12:00-14:00
- Venue：
- Room 2 （Conference Building A1）
Details will be announced on this website when decided.
10．Public Open Lecture
*in Japanese
This Year’s open lecture will be delivered by outstanding researchers in neuroscience. The presentations will convey the excitement of cutting-edge brain science research. The program welcome everyone, especially students who are interested in the field.
- Date：
- Part1：July 3 (Sun) 15:00-16:00
Part2：July 3 (Sun) 16:15-17:00
No prior application required.
Venue： Room 2 （Conference Building A1）
Details will be announced on this website when decided.
