Sessions at a Glance

Overall Conference Theme: "Engineering: Innovation and Society"

Track 1: Resilient Infrastructure for Society

1-1 Reconstruction innovation

1-2 Land/city conservation and disaster mitigation

1-3 Robot technology used at disaster sites and its operating system

1-4 Strengthening national interests and creating new industries using big data

1-5 Creating a resilient economy

1-6 Resilience in manufacturing and energy sectors

Track 2: Energy for a Sustainable Society

2-1 Wider applications for fossil resources: Conventional and non-conventional resources

2-2 Power generation technology

2-3 Renewable energy sources and energy storage technologies

2-4 Energy saving and efficient energy use

2-5 Energy management

2-6 Smart grid, smart community

Track 3: Natural Resources for a Sustainable Society

3-1 Satellite-based technology, land and marine survey, resource investigation, disaster monitoring

3-2  Supply chain of mineral resources and life cycle of human beings

3-3 Water resource and environmental management

3-4 Advanced recycling technology

3-5 Process technology for sustainability

3-6  Agricultural machinery and food engineering, agricultural mechanization, agricultural structures

Track 4: Urban Development and Infrastructure

4-1 Environmental friendly and sustainable cities & housing

4-2  Net zero energy building technology, new air-conditioning and sanitary technology, green building technology, water utilization technology

4-3 Measuring, control, security technology, robot technology

4-4 Next generation broadcasting systems

4-5 Construction technology and management

4-6 Innovation for maintenance and renovation of sustainable civil infrastructure

Track 5: Mobility and Communication Technology

5-1 Railway technology, high-speed train, urban transportation, maintenance technology

5-2 Automotive technology, society and mobility in 2030

5-3 Marine technology, ships, ocean energy utilization, marine resource developments

5-4 Aeronautical technology

5-5 Innovative telecommunications technologies

5-6 Information security and privacy

Track 6: Industry for Society

6-1 Creating value and solving social issues through the big data revolution

6-2 Trends in utilizing intellectual property for promoting innovation

6-3 Role of finance in industrial innovation

6-4 Value-added manufacturing for competitiveness

6-5 Innovation of cutting-edge technology and next generation devices

6-6 Advanced functional materials

Track 7: Life Innovation

7-1 Design of safe and secure communities, reflections on human and robot

7-2 Molecular imaging in early diagnosis/treatment

7-3 Recovery from disease: Part 1 (Nanomedicine)

7-4 Recovery from disease: Part 2 (minimally invasive therapy and personalized treatment)

7-5 Recovery from disease: Part 3 (Regenerative medicine, tissue engineering)

7-6 Sustaining good health (Medical and healthcare devices)

Track 8: Engineering for Society and Engineering in Society

8-1 Social missions of engineering and ethics for engineers

8-2  Science & technology based on the societal trust & communication
Part 1: Fukushima Daiichi--the lessons learned

8-3  Science & technology based on the societal trust & communication
Part 2: For the society of robust and secure infrastructure

8-4 Engineering qualification systems and ethics

Track 9: Engineering Education and Women in Engineering

9-1 Promoting female leaders in engineering

9-2 Promoting young women in engineering

9-3 World human resource development and engineering education

9-4  Development and contribution of the Japanese engineering education to the world

Track 10: Groundwork for the Future

Session Descriptions