Keisuke Ide received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2012 and 2017, respectively. He joined Sharp Corporation in 2012, where he worked on the research and development of amorphous oxide semiconductors for flat-panel displays. He joined Tokyo Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2015. Since October 2024,  he has been an Assistant Professor at the MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo. His research focuses on oxide semiconductors, electronic defects, thin-film transistors, and AI-assisted semiconductor characterization.

Dr. NGUYEN received his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan, in 2017, and his Ph.D. in Information Science from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) in 2022, where he spent the following year as a Postdoctoral Researcher. From 2023 to 2026, he was an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Science, JAIST. Since April 2026, he has been a Senior Lecturer and he established the Soft Robotics & Embodied Intelligence (SoREI) Laboratory.

His research interests include soft robotics, tactile sensing technologies, multimodal sensing systems, embodied intelligence, and physical intelligence. His goal is to answer one question: how much of a robot’s “thinking” can be handed to its body instead of its controller? To this end, he studies how a compliant body can sense, adapt, and act with less computation than a rigid machine would need, extending the work toward robot learning.

In 2024, Dr. NGUYEN received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII2024) and the IEEE RAS Japan Joint Chapter Young Award, in 2025. He has served on the organizing committees of SII2024 and the 2026 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft).

Phan Xuan Tan is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan. His research spans artificial intelligence (AI) safety and computer vision, with a current focus on understanding, evaluating, and controlling the behavior of advanced AI systems. His research interests include AI alignment, mechanistic interpretability, multi-agent systems, AI evaluation, and the emergence of collective behaviors among interacting AI agents. His recent work investigates how AI systems make decisions, influence one another, and develop unexpected behaviors, as well as methods for improving their interpretability, reliability, and controllability. His research on AI safety has been presented and published at major international AI venues, including AAAI, ICML, etc. He is also the founder of Shiba AI, a Tokyo-based research community focused on AI safety and international research collaboration. In addition to research, he is actively involved in AI safety education, including the development and teaching of graduate-level courses on AI safety and security. His broader goal is to contribute to AI systems that are not only increasingly capable, but also safe, understandable, and aligned with human intentions.

Dr. Doan‘s research has centered on the development of functional inorganic nanomaterials for biomedical applications, beginning with the synthesis and characterization of rare earth doped nanoparticles for medical imaging. This work included the design of nanomaterial-based contrast agents capable of integrating complementary imaging modalities within a single platform, together with approaches to surface functionalization and bioconjugation that enhance the specificity and performance of these systems. Dr. Doan subsequently advanced research on organic nanomaterials for bioimaging in biological systems, while continuing to strengthen this work through collaborations with academic and clinical institutions. More recent work has focused on the development of targeted nanoplatforms for cancer imaging and image-guided applications, extending advanced imaging approaches toward preclinical and clinical relevance. Taken together, Dr. Doan aims to foster an interdisciplinary research program spanning nanomaterials chemistry, bioimaging, and nanomedicine, driven by a sustained interest in translating fundamental nanotechnology into practical biomedical solutions.

Tomoyuki Hirano is an Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University. He received his Ph.D. (Engineering) in chemical engineering from Hiroshima University in 2022. His research concerns functional nanostructured materials synthesized by aerosol and flame processes, with applications in fuel cells, water electrolysis, heterogeneous catalysis, and thermal management. He is particularly interested in particle morphology, porous structure, and interface engineering for improving material performance and durability. In 2025, he received the Young Researcher Award from the Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology and the SCEJ Award for Outstanding Young Researcher from the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan.

Dr. Nguyen Van Thinh received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Science from Kyushu University (KU), Japan. Following his doctoral studies, he served as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow and subsequently as a Research Associate at the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I²CNER), KU.

In April 2024, Dr. Thinh joined Hiroshima University (HU) as an Assistant Professor at the Center for Planetary Health and Innovation Science (PHIS), IDEC Institute. Since April 2026, he has led the Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory (EBG-Lab). His research centers on advanced functional materials, with an emphasis on 1. high-performance adsorbents for hazardous contaminants, and 2.biodegradable polymers. He currently leads a project funded by a JSPS KAKENHI (B), investigating the degradation dynamics of plastic debris and microplastics in Asian marine ecosystems. Beyond his laboratory research, Dr. Thinh actively fosters academic exchange between Japan and Vietnam with the support of KU, HU, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Fukuoka and the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Japan.

Dr. Phung Duc Luc is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture at Yamagata University. His research focuses on sustainable circular agriculture through the safe use of sewage-derived resources, particularly composted sewage sludge and treated wastewater. Combining field, controlled-environment, and laboratory studies, he investigates crop productivity, nutrient-use efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, dissolved organic matter, and soil microbial functions. He also examines the occurrence, fate, and transfer of emerging contaminants across water –soil–plant systems and their potential ecological and human-health risks.

Dr. Luc received his Ph.D. from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University. He previously served as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow and a Project Assistant Professor. Through collaboration with municipalities, resource-recovery operators, farmers, and international researchers, he develops practical solutions for climate-smart, resource-efficient, and environmentally safe agriculture.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yong Jie Wong (Jacky) is an environmental engineer and researcher at Kyoto University of Advanced Science. He obtained his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Environmental Engineering from Kyoto University after completing a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering at Universiti Malaya.

His interdisciplinary research integrates artificial intelligence, Internet of Things technologies, geospatial analysis, remote sensing, hydrological modelling, and low-cost sensor development to address environmental challenges. 

Dr. Wong has led research projects involving AI-based wastewater-treatment innovation, 3D-printed IoT water-quality monitoring systems, and methane monitoring in Asia.

He has published more than 50 scientific papers and serves in editorial roles for several international environmental journals, including Water, Air, & Soil Pollution and Water Conservation Science and Engineering. Beyond research, he actively supports young environmental professionals through international education, scientific exchange, and water-related youth initiatives. 

Nguyen Thanh Sang’s research focuses on metabolomics and mass spectrometry-based investigation of bioactive natural products from plant, microbial, and food sources. His expertise includes LC-MS/MS data processing, feature based molecular networking, spectral similarity analysis, and compound annotation. His research involves the identification and prioritization of diverse bioactive metabolites, including saponins, flavonoids, ginsenosides, and antimicrobial peptides. He also works on functional food evaluation and fermentation derived bioactive compounds, integrating metabolomic profiling and R based statistical analysis and data visualization to interpret chemical and biological responses.

Assistant Professor Long Tam Pham, PhD in Business Administration (2024), is at the College of International Management, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU). As a Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT) scholar, he holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Osaka University. His research explores Sustainable Development, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability in Management. He is an early-career researcher with a record in comparative management research, including the EURAM Sustainability Paper Award (2025) for a transgenerational study of family firms in Japan and Austria, the Distinguished Impact Award of the College of International Management (AY2026), and a British Council RENKEI Early Career Researcher Grant (2023).

Dr. Forhad Hossain is an academician, entrepreneurship educator, and social entrepreneur whose work focuses on Empathy-Driven Entrepreneurship (EDE)—an approach that connects entrepreneurship, innovation, and human-centered problem solving to address complex social and economic challenges. With more than 10 years of experience across academia and industry, his interdisciplinary background spans Management and Information Science, with research and practice in entrepreneurship, social business, SDGs, digital health, health innovation, and sustainable development.

Through his teaching, research, and entrepreneurial engagement, Dr. Hossain promotes entrepreneurship not only as a means of venture creation, but also as a mechanism for understanding people’s needs, designing inclusive solutions, and generating meaningful social and economic value. His current work on Empathy-Driven Entrepreneurship emphasizes the importance of empathy, contextual understanding, collaboration, and responsible innovation in developing entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

He has worked across sectors to design entrepreneurship programs, support startups, mentor aspiring entrepreneurs, and advance sustainable solutions, particularly in Global South contexts. He is also actively engaged in building collaboration between developed and developing countries to promote knowledge exchange, capacity building, and resource mobilization for sustainable impact.

Through his academic and practical initiatives, Dr. Hossain seeks to bridge empathy with entrepreneurship, research with practice, and ideas with action, contributing to more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems.