• S1) Success examples of the innovation creation by the industry-government-academia collaboration
    　　Masaaki Sakaguchi (Suntory), Kazuhiko Matsui (Ajinomoto)
    　　Motohiro Hino (Astellas), Yasushi Kitagawa (Asahi Group HD)
     
  • S2) Innovative technologies for metabolic engineering
    　　Fumio Matsuda (Osaka Univ.), Tomokazu Shirai (RIKEN)
     
  • S3) Next generation of plant biotechnology–Challenge of future-oriented molecular breeding–
    　　Atsushi Okazawa (Osaka Pref. Univ.), Goro Taguchi (Shinshu Univ.)
     
  • S4) <International Symposium> ⇒HPexternal link
    　　New stages of phage biocontrol: Challenge of Red Queen
    　　Takashi Yamada (Hiroshima Univ.), Orawan Chatchawankanphanich（NSTDA, Thailand)
     
  • S5) Current advances in technologies of microbial fermentation and mammalian cell culture
    　　Shinji Iijima (Nagoya Univ.), Yoichi Ishikawa (Able),
    　　Hideo Sakuma (B.E. Marubishi), Kazuhiko Matsui (Ajinomoto)
     
  • S6) Designed biomass study and smart fermentation engineering:
    　　Collaboration of plant breeding and fermentation technology
    　　Kenji Sonomoto (Kyushu Univ.), Yukihiro Ito (Tohoku Univ.)
     
  • S7) Possible functional improvements of animals, plants and environments by using extremophiles
    　　Hirokuni Miyamoto  (Chiba Univ.), Kenji Sakai (Kyushu Univ.)
     
  • S8) New expansion of amino acid oxidase research
    　　　Kenji Inagaki (Okayama Univ.), Yoshihiro Sawa (Shimane Univ.)
     
  • S9) Up-to-date knowledge on the characteristics of fermentation microbes and their utilization
    　　Nami Goto (NRIB), Akira Nishimura (Hakutsuru)
    　　Hideharu Takashita (Sanwa Shurui), Masaaki Sakaguchi (Suntory)
  • S10) Extremophiles: A promising tool for exploring new frontiers in environmental biotechnology
    　　Kohsuke Honda (Osaka Univ.), Masaaki Konishi (Kitami Inst. Technol.)
     
  • S11) Development of the secondary metabolite production by manipulating the biosynthetic machinery in microbe
    　　　Kenji Arakawa (Hiroshima Univ.), Kazuhiro Iwashita (NRIB)
     
  • S12) Practical aspects in animal cell culture technology
    　　　–Enabling technologies for stem cell applications and bottleneck tasks–
    　　　Ryuji Kato (Nagoya Univ.), Yoshitaka Miyamoto (Tokyo Tech), Yoshitake Akiyama (Osaka Univ.)
     
  • 13) A brilliant future for young scientist
    　　　Yoichi Sakakibara (Miyazaki Univ.), Kengo Inoue (Miyazaki Univ.)
  • S14) New developments in bioluminescence and biosensing
    　　Akio Kuroda (Hiroshima Univ.), Eiichi Tamiya (Osaka Univ.), Hiroshi Ueda (Tokyo Tech)
  • S15) Recent advance and application of integrated-Omics studies in filamentous fungi
    　　　Kazuhiro Iwashita (NRIB), Naoki Takaya (Univ. Tsukuba)
     
  • S16) How yeasts develop their survival system?
    　　　Makoto Kawamukai (Shimane Univ.), Satoshi Yoshida (Kirin)
     
  • S17) Recent advances in aquatic biomass refinery
    　　Yutaka Nakashimada (Hiroshima Univ.), Hideo Nakano (Nagoya Univ.)
    　　Mitsuyoshi Ueda (Kyoto Univ.)
     
  • S18) The view from biomass refinery on Hiroshima
    　　　Tamotsu Hoshino (AIST), Kazuo Masaki (NRIB)
     
  • S19) Industrial innovations through fermentation researches in Kyusyu
    　　　Hiroshi Kitagaki (Saga Univ.), Soichi Furukawa (Nihon Univ.)
  • S20) Latest frontier of research on microbial conversion of inorganic compounds
    　　　Kazuo Kamimura (Okayama Univ.), Yoshihiro Sambongi (Hiroshima Univ.)
  • S21) Let’s find novel science and technology of the traditional Okinawan liquor Awamori by studying the past
    　　　Masatoshi Tsukahara (Biojet), Hiroshi Takagi (NAIST)