January 28, 2026
TI-FRIS/FRIS Symposium 2026
TI-FRIS Fellows, FRIS faculty members, and principal investigators of FRIS's research programs will gather to present this fiscal year's achievements. In addition, an introduction to TI-FRIS by the TI-FRIS Program Manager and invited lectures (TI-FRIS Transferable Skills Training Program) by prominent researchers from Japan and abroad will be given. This year will also include poster presentations the awardees of Tohoku University's "HABATAKU Young Researchers Support Program".
Symposium Outline
Date & Time:
・Monday, February 16 , 2026, from 9:25 a.m.
・Monday, February 16 , 2026, from 9:25 a.m.
・Tuesday, February 17, 2026, from 9:30 a.m.
Address: 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
Parking is not available.
Invited Lecturers:
・Prof. YOSHIDA Kumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)
・Prof. JOVINE Luca (Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm)
・Prof. HAYASE Gen, Senior Researcher (Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Alumni of Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences)
・Prof. YOSHIDA Kumi (Aichi Shukutoku University)
・Prof. JOVINE Luca (Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm)
・Prof. HAYASE Gen, Senior Researcher (Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Alumni of Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences)
Program Overview:
・Lecture Course by Top Researchers (Invited Lectures)
・Lecture Course on Interdisciplinary Research (Invited Lectures)
・Special Lecture : DEI Session
・Introduction to TI-FRIS
・Presentation by TI-FRIS Fellows and FRIS Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division Members
・Presentation by FRIS Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Division Members
・Presentation by PIs of FRIS's Research Programs
・Poster Session（February 16 - 17）
・Social Gathering (Evening, February 16)
・Lecture Course by Top Researchers (Invited Lectures)
・Lecture Course on Interdisciplinary Research (Invited Lectures)
・Special Lecture : DEI Session
・Introduction to TI-FRIS
・Presentation by TI-FRIS Fellows and FRIS Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division Members
・Presentation by FRIS Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Division Members
・Presentation by PIs of FRIS's Research Programs
・Poster Session（February 16 - 17）
・Social Gathering (Evening, February 16)
Language:
・English or a mixture of Japanese and English (some presentations only in Japanese).
・English or a mixture of Japanese and English (some presentations only in Japanese).
Registration
Expected Participants:
・TI-FRIS Fellows and related persons, FRIS members and related persons, faculty and staff members and students of TI-FRIS participating universities and universities in the Tohoku region, and other persons interested in the symposium
・Tohoku University's "HABATAKU Young Researchers Support Program" awardees and related persons
・TI-FRIS Fellows and related persons, FRIS members and related persons, faculty and staff members and students of TI-FRIS participating universities and universities in the Tohoku region, and other persons interested in the symposium
・Tohoku University's "HABATAKU Young Researchers Support Program" awardees and related persons
Registration Form:
- w/o presentation: Registration Form
- Registration Deadlines: On-site participation (w/o presentation):12:00 (Noon) on Thursday 5, 2026
- Registration Deadlines: Online Streaming Viewing (w/o presentation):12:00 (Noon) on Wednesday11, 2026
Contact / TI-FRIS Secretariat ti-fris【】fris.tohoku.ac.jp
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