Real-Time Digital Twin Platforms for a Super Smart Society
The ASPIRE Program and the Academy for Super Smart Society (WISE-SSS) at Science Tokyo will jointly host the ASPIRE × SSS Global Forum 2026, bringing together researchers from overseas partner institutions, industry members, students, and early-career researchers.
The forum combines keynote speeches by leading international researchers, an interactive poster session, field-specific Special Sessions with site visits, and a cross-disciplinary networking session, with the aim of fostering international joint research and new collaborations.
Key Information
| Dates | Monday, October 26 – Thursday, October 29, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Institute of Science Tokyo (Ookayama, Yokohama, and Yushima campuses) |
| Main Event | Wednesday, October 28, Ookayama Campus |
| Language | English |
| Registration | Please register via the [registration form] by September 30, 2026. Registration will close early if capacity is reached. |
| Contact | gf2026_staff@sss.e.titech.ac.jp |
This page is updated as details are finalized. Times marked as tentative are subject to change.
Program at a Glance
| Date | Sessions | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Oct 26 (PM) | (A) SS on Food & Agriculture (optional) (B) SS on Manufacturing (optional) |
Yokohama |
| Tue, Oct 27 (PM) | (C) SS on Healthcare (optional) | Yushima |
| Wed, Oct 28 | Main Event: (D) Keynote Speeches (E) Interactive Session (F) Networking Session |
Ookayama |
| Thu, Oct 29 (AM) | (G) SS on Mobility, Digital Twin and AI (optional) | Ookayama |
Monday, October 26
— Special Sessions (Yokohama Campus) (optional) (A) SS on Food & Agriculture / (B) SS on Manufacturing
| Time (tentative) | Session |
|---|---|
| 13:00 | Meet-up — meeting point: [TBA] |
| 13:30–14:00 | Field tour of the smart agriculture field, with a live demonstration of the ASPIRE digital twin |
| 14:00–14:45 | Tour of the TSUBAME 4.0 supercomputer (Building G4A) |
| 15:00–16:30 | (A) SS on Food & Agriculture |
| 16:45–18:15 | (B) SS on Manufacturing |
Tuesday, October 27
— Special Session (Yushima Campus) (optional) (C) SS on Healthcare
The session includes guided tours of the medical robotics center and hospital facilities (approximately two to three hours in total), followed by a discussion session. The detailed schedule will be announced on this page. [TBA]
Wednesday, October 28
— Main Event (Ookayama Campus, West Building 9)
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00–9:15 | Opening — welcome remarks and introduction to the ASPIRE Program and WISE-SSS |
| 9:20–10:50 | (E) Interactive Session — digital poster presentations by students and early-career researchers, in two 45-minute rotations |
| 11:00–12:30 | (D) Keynote Speeches I — three keynote talks (30 minutes each, including Q&A) |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30–16:45 | (D) Keynote Speeches II — six keynote talks (30 minutes each, including Q&A) |
| 16:45–17:00 | Closing remarks and group photo |
| 17:00–19:00 | (F) Networking Session |
Thursday, October 29
— Special Session (Ookayama) (optional) (G) SS on Mobility, Digital Twin and AI
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:00–12:00 | Tour of the driving simulator laboratory (Ishikawadai area), an overview of digital-twin platforms and their applications, and a joint discussion session — detailed schedule [TBA] |
Keynote Speakers
Listed in no particular order; the speaking order will be announced on this page.
| Speaker | Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Antonio Capone | Politecnico di Milano | Digital Twins for Wireless Networks Management: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Dr. Thomas Haustein | Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) | [TBA] |
| Prof. Jeung-Im Kim | Soonchunhyang University | From a Preterm Birth Risk App to a Maternal Digital Twin: A Closed-Loop Framework for Prediction, Prevention, and Collaborative Validation |
| Prof. Walid Saad | Virginia Tech | Physical Artificial Intelligence (AI) over Wireless Systems: A Confluence of Networking, AI, and Neuroscience |
| Dr. Emilio Calvanese Strinati | CEA-Leti | Semantic Communications: Visions, Secrets, Experimental Evidence and the Road toward (Pre)Standardization |
| Prof. Seong-Lyun Kim | Yonsei University | [TBA] |
| Dr. Firooz Bashashi Saghezchi | RWTH Aachen University | AI-Native Wireless Systems for 6G: From PHY Signal Processing to Radio Resource Management and Experimental Research |
| Prof. Tomonari Furukawa | The University of Virginia | Assistive Harvesting for Smart Hillslope Agriculture |
| Prof. Yonghui Li | The University of Sydney | Semantic Error Control Coding: When Foundation AI Models Meet Channel Coding |
Presentations
WISE-SSS students are required to attend all sessions on October 28. Students who have not presented at a past Global Forum are requested to present at the Interactive Session (E).
ASPIRE students and early-career researchers are requested to give a pitch presentation at one of the Special Sessions (A), (B), (C), or (G).
Instructions for submitting presentation materials will be sent to registered presenters.
Registration
Please register via the [registration form] by September 30, 2026. Registration will close early if capacity is reached. When registering, please select the sessions you plan to present at and the sessions you plan to attend.
Organized by the ASPIRE Program, Science Tokyo
Co-organized by the Academy for Super Smart Society (WISE-SSS)
Contact: gf2026_staff@sss.e.titech.ac.jp