Speakers

Plenary Speakers (Tentative title)

Chihaya Adachi Kyushu Univ., Japan Development of Exciton Processes Aimed at High-Performance TADF and Hyperfluorescence OLEDs
 
Marcella Bonchio Univ. of Padova, Italy Supramolecular Architectures for Artificial Photosynthesis: The Quantasome Vision
 
Thomas W. Ebbesen Univ. of Strasbourg, France Hybrid Light - Matter States and their Impact on Material and Chemical Properties
 
Yuan-Pern Lee National Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan Spectra and Reactions of Criegee Intermediates
 
Tim Lian Emory Univ., USA Plasmon Induced Hot Electron Transfer to Semiconductor and Molecular Acceptors
 
Stephan Link Rice Univ., USA Photophysics and Photochemistry of Individual Plasmonic Nanostructures
 
Tsutomu Miyasaka Toin Univ. of Yokohama, Japan Materials Design for Implementing High Voltage Perovskite Solar Cells
 
Massimo Olivucci Univ. of Sienna, Italy & Bowling Green State Univ., USA Comparative Quantum-Classical Dynamics of Natural and Synthetic Molecular Rotors Reveals the Determinants of Photoisomerization Quantum Efficiency
 
Jian-Ren Shen Okayama Univ., Japan Mechanism of Light-Induced Water-Splitting in Natural Photosynthesis
 
Eric Vauthey Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland Symmetry, disorder and the excited-state dynamics of multipolar conjugated molecules
 
Oliver Wenger Univ. of Basel, Switzerland Photoredox Mechanisms and Photocatalyst Development
 
Kaoru Yamanouchi Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Bridge between Ultrafast Dynamics and Ultrahigh-Resolution Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules
 

Keynote Speakers and Invited Speakers (Confirmed)

1Fundamental Photochemistry and Photophysics
  Keynote   Ana Bettencourt-Dias (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)   Invited   Naoya Aizawa (Osaka University, Japan) Miguel Garcia-Garibay (UCLA, USA) Hiroshi Ikeda (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan) Yasuhiro Kobori (Kobe University, Japan) Dimitra Markovitsi (Université Paris Saclay, France) Linda Peteanu (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Jayaraman Sivaguru (Bowling Green State University, USA) Youngmin You (Yonsei University, Korea) Joshua Vura-Weis (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
2New Frontier in Ultrafast Photochemistry (Ultrafast Electronic and Structural Dynamics using atto- and/or femto-second lasers, SR beam, XFEL etc.)
  Keynote   Abderrazzak Douhal (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) Sang Kyu Kim (KAIST, Korea)   Invited   Akihiro Furube (Tokushima University, Japan) Mahesh Hariharan (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India) Dong-Ho Kim (Yonsei University, Korea) Atsushi Kubo (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Anunay Samanta (University of Hyderabad, India) Michel Sliwa (Lille University (CNRS), France) Trevor Smith (The University of Melbourne, Australia) Siva Umapathy (Indian Institute of Science, India) Julia Weinstein (The University of Sheffield, UK)
3Photochemistry Using Nano- or Micro-structures (Plasmon, Metasurface, Microcavity etc.)
  Keynote   Paul Mulvaney (University of Melbourne, Australia)   Invited   Jino George (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India) Daniel Gomez (RMIT University, Australia) James Hutchison (The University of Melbourne, Australia) Kohei Imura (Waseda University, Japan) Christy Landes (Rice University, USA) Xing Yi Ling (Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore) Hiromi Okamoto (Institute for Molecular Science, Japan) Toshiharu Teranishi (Kyoto University, Japan)
4Photochemistry for Biology and Medicine (Natural Photosynthesis, Photoimmunotherapy etc.)
  Keynote   Mikako Ogawa (Hokkaido University, Japan)   Invited   Takashi Hirano (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan) Yuriko Higuchi (Kyoto University, Japan) Nobuhiro Ohta (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) Teruki Sugiyama (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) Keiko Tawa (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan) Toshitada Yoshihara (Gunma University, Japan) Massimo Trotta (Italian National Research Council | CNR / Institute for Chemical and Physical Processes IPCF, Italy)
5Photochemistry towards Carbon Neutral (Solar Fuel, Solar Cell, Artificial Photosynthesis etc.)
  Keynote   Ryu Abe (Kyoto University, Japan) Haruo Inoue (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Akihiko Kudo (Tokyo University of Science, Japan)   Invited   Vincent Artero (CEA-Grenoble, France) Won-Sik Han (Seoul Women's Uiversity, Korea) Shigeyuki Masaoka (Osaka University, Japan) Yun Hau NG (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Hiromi Yamashita (Osaka University, Japan)
6Photocatalytic Reaction (Photocatalysis for Environment and/or Organic Synthesis, Photoredox Catalyst etc.)
  Keynote   Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy (University of Miami, USA) Kirk Schanze (University of Texas, USA)   Invited   Manabu Abe (Hiroshima University, Japan) Taku Hasobe (Keio University, Japan) Shinsuke Takagi (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Kyung-Ryang Wee (Daegu University, Korea)
7Spectroscopy of Single Molecules, and Nanostructures, and Small Domains
  Keynote   Albert M. Brouwer (Universiteit van Amsterdam, Nederland)   Invited   Thomas Basche (Mainz University, Germany) Johan Hofkens (KU Leuven, Bergeum) Hiroshi Masuhara (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) Martin Vacha (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) Dominik Wöll (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
8New Concepts and Methods in Theoretical Photochemistry
  Keynote   Todd Martinez (Stanford University, USA)   Invited   Miho Hatanaka (Keio University, Japan) Ryohei Kishi (Osaka University, Japan) Tetsuya Taketsugu (Hokkaido University, Japan)
9Photochemistry for Photonic Devices and Biophotonics (OLED, Photonic Materials for Display, Advanced Luminescent Materials, Photochromic Materials, Bioimaging and Its Methodology, etc.)
  Keynote   Hiroshi Imahori (Kyoto University, Japan)   Invited   Jiro Abe (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan) Yasuchika Hasegawa (Hokkaido University, Japan) Tsukasa Torimoto (Nagoya University, Japan) Guoqiang Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)