The Scope of MatISS 2025
  As societal challenges grow more complex and urgent, expectations for materials science are increasing. The government strategy “Materials Innovation Strategy” emphasizes transforming materials research into a data-driven approach to accelerate innovation. To address this need, MEXT is implementing the Materials DX Platform initiative. This initiative is composed of three key projects: the Advanced Research Infrastructure for Materials and Nanotechnology in Japan (ARIM), which promotes the shared use of cutting-edge facilities and data; the NIMS Materials Data Platform (MDPF), which provides the infrastructure for managing and utilizing data; and the Data Generation and Utilization Materials Research and Development Projects (DxMT), which pioneers new data-driven research methodologies in various important fields.
  This symposium will provide an overview of the activities within these three projects and examine the role of enhanced materials innovation strategy capabilities in achieving key societal goals such as Society 5.0, carbon neutrality, national resilience, and well-being.

Plenary Lecture 1
Hiroko Takuma (Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
“Government initiatives under the "Materials Innovation Strategy"”

Plenary Lecture 2
Ryo Yoshida (Director, Research Center for Materials Informatics, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
“The Role of Data Infrastructure in Data-Driven Materials Research: Perspectives on AI Utilization”

Special Lecture
John A. Schlueter (Program Director, DMREF, NSF)
“The Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future (DMREF) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF)”

• Kentaro Totsu (Tohoku University)
• Yoshinobu Baba (Nagoya University)
• Satoshi Minamoto (National Institute for Materials Science)
• Taro Hitosugi (The University of Tokyo)
• Kyosuke Yoshimi (Tohoku University)
• Shingo Akao (Ball Wave Inc.)
• Yuichi Ikuhara (The University of Tokyo)
• Yoshishige Okuno (Resonac Corporation)
• Toru Ujihara (UJ-Crystal Inc., Nagoya University)
• Mikiya Fujii (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)

Inquiry:
MatISS Secretariat   matiss=nims.go.jp (Please change "=" to "@")