Speakers
Prof Dr M Zahid Hasan [Details Biography]
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University
Visiting Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
Plenary Lectures
Emeritus Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury
Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Dr Emiko Usui
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
Dr Tahmeed Ahmed
Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Keynote and Invited Speakers
Prof Dr M Shamsher Ali
Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhury
International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
Prof Dr Mark Tester
Dept of Plant Genetics, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and CEO, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia
Prof Dr Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta
SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India
Prof Dr Haseena Khan
Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Dr Mirjana Radović-Marković
University Business Academy, Serbia; Foreign Fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
Dr Kohei Nakano
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Japan
Prof Dr Yuji Kishima
Plant Breeding, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof Dr Atsushi Yokota
Executive Vice President, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Prof Dipl-Des Ellen Bendt
Head of Study TP/Design, University of Hamburg, Germany
Prof Dr M Feroze Ahmed
Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Emeritus Prof Shahjahan Khan
University of Southern Queensland, Australia; and Asian University of Bangladesh
Dr Syed Arshad Hussain
Department of Physics, Tripura University. Suryamaninagar, Tripura, India
Prof Dr AKM Azharul Islam
Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Yuichi Sakumura
Data Science Center, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
Prof Dr Mohammad A Rashid
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Kazushi Ikeda
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
Prof Dr Avinash Dadhich
School of Law, Dhirubhai Ambani University, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India
Prof Dr Zeba Islam Seraj
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Akbar
Visiting Researcher, Oita University, Japan
Professor Dr Liu Jun
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Dr Munirul Alam
Molecular Ecology and Metagenomic Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,
Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Pulasthi Gunawardhana
Department of Information and Communication Technology, Faculty of Technology,
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, SriLanka
Prof Dr M Tofazzal Islam
Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (IBGE), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Dr Sameer Dixit
Centre for Molecular Dynamics Nepal (CMDN), Kathmandu, Nepal
Prof Dr Md Shajahan Kabir
Department of Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Prof Dr Yoichi Ohiro
Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Prof Dr Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed
Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof MA Basith
Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Seeprata Parajuli
Quest International College, Pokhara University, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal
Eric Kerr
Science, Technology and Society Cluster, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
Prof Tan Wee Hoe
International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA-Asia), International Science Council
Dr Shamim Ahmed Dewan
Chairman, Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Kakon Nag
Globe Biotech, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Mohammaed Shameem
Drug Products Development & Delivery Tech, Regeneron Pharma, New York, USA
Prof Dr Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Shawkat Hossain
Biotech Plant, Incepta Pharmaceutical Ltd
Prof Dr Md Atiar Rahman
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Dr Bijoy Krishna Debnath
Department of Applied Sciences, School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Assam, India
Prof Dr Shaikh Jamal Uddin
Pharmacy Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Prof M Khaled Hossain
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
Prof M Manjurul Karim
Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Dr Mustak Ahmed
Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Prof Dr Mohammad Tofazzal Hossain Howlader
Former Head, Insect Biotechnology and Biopesticide Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Bangladesh
Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Dr Khurshida Pervin
Department of Business Administration, Prime University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Symposium on Unlocking the scope of a Meta Network System in advancing SDGs in Asia
Co-organized by Future Earth
Dr Anik Bhaduri
Director, Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future), Future Earth
Emeritus Prof Dr Kazuo Nadaoka
Tokyo Institute of Technology; and Sustainability Initiative in the Marginal Seas of South and East Asia (SIMSEA)
Dr Lourdes J Cruz
Future Earth Phillippines
Dr Siwatt Pongpiachan
Future Earth Thailand
Dr Raj K Singh
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Dr Sruthi Subbanna
Science Policy Analyst, South Asia Hub, Future Earth
Symposium on Food Security
Prof Dr Michiko Ohkura
Professor Emerita, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Oshitate-Cho, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Prof Dr Zahurul Karim
Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Prof Dr Mohammad Jahangir Alam
Dept of Agribusiness and Marketing, Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Young Researchers’ Session: Expectation from 4th IR from the perspective of Young Researchers
Introduction: Dr Yuki Monden
Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Japan
Open Discussion
Panel Discussion: Role of the Scientists to meet the Global Challenges through 4th
Industrial Revolution
Moderator: Prof Dr Shibusawa Sakae, Science Council of Asia
Panelists: Prof Dr Muhammad Aslam Baig, President, Science Council of Asia
Emeritus Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury, Vice-President, Science Council of Asia
Prof Dr Mitsuishi Mamoru, President, Science Council of Japan
Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhury, Former Coordinator General, COMSTECH, OIC
Distinguished Prof Datuk Dr Looi Lai Meng, Academy of Sciences Malaysia
Dr Aimee Lynn A Barrion-Dup, National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), Philippines
Prof Park Seung-Woo, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea
Prof Dr Choudhury Mahmood Hasan, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences
