The 20th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition (IBS2026)

SESSION INFORMATION

SESSION①

Title
ASBA
Date
29 Jun-2 July,2026
Venue
Main Hall
Session Organization
Asian Synthetic Biology Association(ASBA)
Session Convener
Akihiko Kondo

SESSION②

Title
AFOB & EFB
Date
29 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room2
Session Organizations
Asian Federation of Biotechnology(AFOB), European Federation of Biotechnology(EFB)
Session Conveners
Takeshi Omasa, Masamichi Kamihira

SESSION③

Title
Fermentation Physiology/Technology
Date
2 July, 2026
Venue
Room2
Session Organization
TBD
Session Conveners
Jun Ogawa, Hiroshi Takagi
Session Chairs
Jun Ogawa, Shinsuke Fujiwara, (Hiroya Yurimoto?)

SESSION④

Title
Brewing, Fermentation and Food Technology
Date
30 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room2
Session Organization
Brewing Society of Japan
Session Conveners
Hiroshi Takagi, Hitoshi Shimoi, Jun-ichi Maruyama
Session Chairs
Hiroshi Takagi, Daisuke Watanabe, Jun-ichi Maruyama

SESSION⑤

Title
Genome Editing Technology and its Applications
Date
1 July, 2026
Venue
Room2
Session Organization
TBD
Session Conveners
Hiroshi Takagi, Yosihizumi Ishino, Yasunori Aizawa, Keiji Nishida
Session Chairs
Yosihizumi Ishino, Yasunori Aizawa, Keiji Nishida

SESSION⑥

Title
Enzyme Engineering/Enzymology
Date
29 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room3
Session Organization
Japanese Society for Enzyme Engineering(JSEE)
Session Conveners
Toshiaki Fukui, Eiji Sakuradani, Tadashi Morikawa, Jun Ogawa

SESSION⑦

Title
Biocatalysis Engineering for Sustainable Bioprocessing
Date
30 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room3
Session Organization
TBD
Session Conveners
Norihiro Kamiya, Hiroyasu Ogino

SESSION⑧

Title
Functional Molecules and Materials for Biological Systems
Date
1 July, 2026
Venue
Room3
Session Organization
TBD
Session Conveners
Satoshi Yamaguchi, Norihiro Kamiya, Hiroyasu Ogino

SESSION⑨

Title
GteX
Date
1 July, 2026
Venue
Room1
Session Organization
GteX
Session Conveners
Kosuke Honda, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Akihiko Kondo

SESSION⑩

Title
ASPIRE
Date
29-30 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room1
Session Organization
Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)
Session Convener
Jun Ishii

SESSION⑪

Title
The Society for Biotechnology
Date
1 July, 2026
Venue
Room4
Session Organization
The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
Session Conveners
Tomohisa Hasunuma, Hiroshi Takagi
Session Chairs
Tomohisa Hasunuma, Atsushi Okazawa, Daisuke Watanabe

SESSION⑫

Title
Environmental Microbiology and Technology
Date
30 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room5
Session Organization
Japan Society for Environmental Biotechnology (JSEB)
Session Conveners
Masaaki Morikawa, Hideaki Nojiri, Yuji Nagata, Souichiro Kato, Kohsuke Honda, Toshiaki Kimura, Masaki Shintani

SESSION⑬

Title
Microbial Engineering for Natural Products Synthesis
Date
29 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room5
Session Organization
The Society for Actinomycetes Japan (SAJ)
Session Conveners
Kenji Arakawa, Yoshimitsu Hamano, Hiroshi Takagi
Session Chairs
Kenji Arakawa, Yoshimitsu Hamano

SESSION⑭

Title
Chemical Biotechnology
Date
29 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room4
Session Organization
Division of Biotechnology, The Chemical Society of Japan
Chubu-branch, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
Session Conveners
Chikashi Nakamura, Katsutoshi Hori

SESSION⑮

Title
Advanced Cell and Cell Culture Engineering for Biopharmaceuticals and Functional Food
Date
29-30 Jun, 2026
Venue
Room6
Session Organization
Session Conveners
Takeshi Omasa, Masamichi Kamihira

SESSION⑯

Title
Cell and Tissue Engineering for Biomedical Process Innovation
Date
1 July, 2026
Venue
Room6
Session Organization
TBD
Session Conveners
Satoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroyasu Ogino

SESSION⑰

Title
Downstream processing
Date
2 July, 2026
Venue
Room6
Session Organization
TBD
Session Conveners
Noriko Yoshimoto, Hiroyasu Ogino

SESSION⑱

Title
Biorefinery and Bioproduction
Date
30 June, 2026
Venue
Room4
Session Organization
NA
Session Conveners
Hiroshi Takagi, Chiaki Ogino, Jun Ishii
Session Chairs
Hiroshi Takagi, Chiaki Ogino, Jun Ishii

SESSION⑲

Title
Marine Biotechology
Date
2 July, 2026
Venue
Room4
Session Organization
Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology
Session Conveners
Haruko Takeyama, Tsuyoshi Tanaka

SESSION⑳

Title
Plant Biotechnology
Date
1 July, 2026
Venue
Room5
Session Organization
TBD
Session Conveners
Atomi Haruyuki, Jun Ogawa