The MANA International Symposium 2016 was held at Epochal Tsukuba in Tsukuba City, Japan over a 3-day period from March 9 (Wednesday) to March 11 (Friday), 2016. The MANA International Symposium is held each year to present research achievements at MANA to Japan and the international scientific community. This year's event was the 9th in the series.

This 2016 Symposium featured Greetings from Prof. Toshio Kuroki, Program Director of World Premier International Research Center Initiative program (WPI), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Special Lectures by Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1987, France, Prof. Pedro Miguel Echenique, the President of Landiribar, Donostia International Physics Center, Spain, and Prof. Rainer Waser, Professor of Electronic Materials Research Center, Germany. Besides Invited Talks by 18 distinguished scientists from Japan and other countries, Research results at MANA were also announced in a total of 15 oral presentations and 102 poster presentations. The Symposium attracted 411 participants over the 3-day period, with lively question-and-answer sessions and exchanges of ideas.