Program

November 10th, 2026, 10:00-18:00

TSUKUBA International Congress Center, Hall 300 *This event will be conducted in English.

9:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Opening Remarks and Overview of NIMS by President Kazuhiro Hono
10:15 - 10:20 Greetings from Guest of Honor
NIMS Award Session Chair: Executive Vice President Takashi Taniguchi
10:20 - 10:35 NIMS Award Ceremony
10:35 - 11:15 NIMS Award Winning-lecture NA-01
Ryoji Kanno
Institute Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
“Between Electrochemistry and Materials Science
—The Road from Ionic Conductor to Solid-State Batteries—”
11:15 - 11:55 NIMS Award Winning-lecture NA-02
Masahiro Tatsumisago
Executive Advisor, Osaka Metropolitan University
"Development of Glass-Based Inorganic Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries"
11:55 - 12:00 Group photo
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break & Poster Session　Poster Core Time is 13:00-14:00
Session 1
14:00 - 14:30 Invited Talk IT-01
Linda Nazar
Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada
“The Role of Anion Dynamics in Solid State Electrolytes for Solid State Batteries”
14:30 - 15:00 Invited Talk IT-02
Yasutoshi Iriyama
Professor, Nagoya University
“Fundamental Research and Development of All-Solid-State Batteries in JST-GteXProject”
15:00 - 15:30 Invited Talk IT-03
Jürgen Janek
Professor, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
“The Rise of Sulfide-Based Solid-State Batteries and Remaining Challenges”
15:30 - 16:00 NIMS Talk NT-01
Naoaki Kuwata
Group Leader, Solid State Battery Ionics Group, GREEN*
“Analysis of Lithium-Ion Transport in Solid-State Batteries by NMR and SIMS”
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee Break, Poster Session
Session 2
16:20 - 16:50 Invited Talk IT-04
Stefan Adams
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
“Finding Strength in Softness — On the Path to Durable Solid-State Batteries”
16:50 - 17:20 Invited Talk IT-05
Yosuke Fukuyama
Division Manager, Consortium for Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Research Center, LIBTEC
“Development of Next-Generation All-Solid-State Battery Assessment and Enabling Technology in SOLiD-Next Project”
17:20 - 17:50 NIMS Award Special Lecture NT-02
Kazunori Takada
Distinguished Research Fellow / Group Leader, Solid-State Battery Group, GREEN*
“Connecting Material Properties with Battery Performance”
17:50 - 17:55 Closing Remarks　(Director of GREEN Takuya Masuda)
18:15 - 20:00 NIMS Award Reception　1F Multi-purpose Hall
* GREEN : Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials