The Astrobiology Center (ABC) and the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB), both institutes of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), will co-host an international conference this November in Okazaki, Japan.
This symposium brings together leading international and domestic researchers across a wide range of fields, from astronomy to biology, to engage in in-depth discussions on the potential existence and detectability of life, particularly photosynthetic organisms, on the Earth and exo-Earths.
We aim to create an active platform for interdisciplinary discussions and look forward to your participation.
Conference Overview
Title: ABC International Symposium / The 70th NIBB Conference — Bridging Astronomy and Biology: Spectral Footprints of Life Beyond Earth
Dates: November 9 (Mon) – 11 (Wed), 2026
Venue: NINS Okazaki Conference Center (Okazaki, Aichi, Japan)
Language: English
Invited Speakers (in no particular order):
Nancy Y. Kiang (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, USA)
Wonkook Kim (Pusan National University, Korea)
David M. Kramer (Jan IngenHousz Institute, The Netherlands)
Sascha Quanz (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Shang-Min Tsai (Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Tsuyoshi Komiya (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Akihiko Yamagishi (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Japan)
Yusuke Tsukatani (JAMSTEC, Japan)
…and others.
Registration & Details
For more details, please visit our official website: https://nibb-abc-conf70.nibb.
Contact
For any inquiries regarding this conference, please contact the Organizing Committee Secretariat.
Email: nibbconf@nibb.ac.jp
Organizing Committee
Kenji Takizawa (ABC/NIBB)
Kiyoshi Tatematsu (NIBB)
Teruyuki Hirano (ABC)
Takayuki Kotani (ABC)
Masahiro Ikoma (ABC)
