Plenary Speakers

Prof John A. Rogers
Northwestern University
Prof Takao Someya
The University of Tokyo


Overall Agenda
Programme

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Day 1 - 27 June 2025 (Friday)
TimeProgrammeModerators
4:00 PM - 6:00 PMForum Registration 
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Plenary Talk by Prof John A. Rogers (Northwestern University)
"Flexible Bioelectronic Systems as Epidermal and Organoid Interfaces"
Chair: 
Xiaodong Chen, NTU
7:00 PM - 8:00 PMReception Dinner
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Topic 1: Nanomaterials for Flexible Devices

  • Dae-Hyeong Kim (Seoul National University) 
    "Bio-inspired Electronic Eye"
  • Limei Tian (Texas A&M University)
    "Wearable Sensors for Continuous Biochemical Monitoring"
  • Wenlong Cheng (The University of Sydney)
    "Towards Deployable Nano-enabled Soft Wearable Sensors"
Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Osaka University
9:00 PMEnd


Day 2 - 28 June 2025 (Saturday)

TimeProgrammeModerators
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Plenary Talk by Prof Takao Someya (The University of Tokyo)
"Electronic skins for personalized healthcare"

Chair: 
Xue Feng, Tsinghua University
10:00 AM - 10:20 AMTea Break
10:20 AM - 11:10 AM
Topic 2: Organics and Liquid Metal for Flexible Devices

  • Tomoyuki Yokota (The University of Tokyo)
    "Organic Photonic Devices for Sensing"
  • Wei Lin Leong (Nanyang Technological University)
    "Augmenting the Functionality of Bioelectronics and Soft Robotics through Organic Mixed Conductors"
  • Hiroki Ota (Yokohama National University)
    "Liquid Metal Stretchable Devices Coupled with Machine Learning"
Dae-Hyeong Kim, Seoul National University
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Topic 3: 2D and 3D Architectures

  • Lei Wei (Nanyang Technological University)
    "Flexible Functional Fibers and Fabrics"
  • Yihui Zhang (Tsinghua University)
    "3D Architected Flexible Electronic Devices and Systems"
  • Seokwoo Jeon (Korea University)
    "3D Nanostructured PDMS for Flexible Applications"
Yonggang Huang, Northwestern University
12:00 PM - 1:10 PMLunch
1:10 PM - 2:10 PM
Topic 4: System Engineering: Power and Circuits for Wearables and Implantables

  • Kenjiro Fukuda (RIKEN)
    "Ultraflexible Solar Cells for Wearables"
  • Yamin Zhang (National University of Singapore)
    "From Biocompatible Batteries to Miniaturized Biomedical Devices"
  • Changsheng Wu (National University of Singapore)
    "Imperceptible Biomonitoring: Contact-Free and Battery-Free"
  • Youfan Hu (Peking University)
    "Flexible Integrated Circuits for Advanced Bioelectronics"
Vincent Dusastre, Université Côte d’Azur
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM
Topic 5: Implantable Tissue-Interfacing Bioelectronics

  • Xuanhe Zhao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    "Adhesive Nonfibrotic BioElectronic"
  • Sihong Wang (The University of Chicago)
    "Immune-Compatible Bioelectronics"
  • Tsuyoshi Sekitani (The University of Osaka)
    "Intravascular Neural Interfaces with Soft and Blood-Compatible Electronics"
  • Jang-Ung Park (Yonsei University)
    "3D Printed Neural Interfaces Using Liquid Metals"
Xiaodong Chen, Nanyang Technological University
3:10 PM - 3:30 PMTea Break
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM

Topic 6: Wearability of Epidermal Bioelectronics

  • Naoji Matsuhisa (The University of Tokyo) 
    "On-Skin Wearables: From Conformable to Unperceivable"
  • Zijian Zheng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
    "Enabling Permeability for Soft Electronics"
  • Fengwei Huo (Nanjing Tech University)
    "Design and Application of Leather Electronics"
  • Tae-il Kim (Sungkyunkwan University)
    "Minimizing Motion Artifact in Bioelectronics"
Nanshu Lu, The University of Texas at Austin
4:20 PM - 5:10 PM
Topic 7: Probing Deeply from the Skin Surface

  • Takafumi Uemura (The University of Osaka)
    "Low-Noise Wearable Sweat Sensing"
  • Yu Xin Liu (National University of Singapore)
    "Solid-State Epidermal Biomarker Sensing"
  • Xue Feng (Tsinghua University)
    "Flexible circuit-free system via passive modulated ultrasound for wireless sensing"
Reinhold Dauskardt, Stanford University
5:10 PM - 6:10 PM
Editors Dialogue on Challenges & Future Directions in Flexible Electronics

  • Dr Wei Fan, Senior Editor, Nature Materials
  • Dr Liqian Wang, Senior Editor, Nature
  • Dr Esther Levy, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials
  • Prof John Rogers, Editor-in-Chief, Soft Science
  • Prof Dae-Hyeong Kim, Senior Associate Editor, Science Advances
  • Prof Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Associate Editor, ACS Nano
  • Prof Yihui Zhang, Deputy Editor, Science Advances
  • Prof Wenlong Cheng, Scientific Editor, Nanoscale Horizon
Host: 
Nanshu Lu, 
The University of Texas at Austin

6:10 PM - 6:45 PMFree Time
6:45 PM - 8:45 PMBeachside BBQ Banquet
8:45 PMEnd


Day 3 - 29 Jun 2025 (Sunday)

TimeProgrammeModerators
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Topic 8: Conformal Human-Machine Interaction 

  • Nanshu Lu (The University of Texas at Austin)
    "E-Tattoos and E-Skins Bridging Humans and Robots"
  • Xinge Yu (City University of Hong Kong)
    "Soft Actuators and Sensors for Human-Machine Interaction"
  • Chuanfei Guo (Southern University of Science and Technology)
    "Flexible iontronic sensing and its applications in robotics and health care"
  • Kuniharu Takei (Hokkaido University)
    "Multimodal sensor patch powered by reservoir computing"
Yihui Zhang, Tsinghua University
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Topic 9: Intelligent Flexible Systems

  • Nripan Mathews (Nanyang Technological University)
    "Applying Neuromorphic Principles to Novel Electronics"
  • Young Min Song (Gwangju Institute of Science Technology)
    "Bioinspired Artificial Vision Systems"
  • Jia Liu (Harvard University)
    "Agentic AI for Flexible Electronics"
  • Zhiyuan Liu (Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology)
    "Living Electronic Devices"
Wenlong Cheng, The University of Sydney
11:00 AM - 11:10 AMClosing RemarkXiaodong Chen, NTU
11:10 AM - 12:20 PMLunch
12:20 PMForum Concludes