Plenary talkers

  • Mirko Kovac (Imperial College London / Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa))
  • Shizuko Hiryu (Doshisha University)
  • Takuya Umedachi (Shinshu University)
  • Eiichi Izawa (Keio University)

Invited talkers

  • Alexander Spröwitz (Max Planck Institute)
  • Akira Fukuhara (Tohoku University)
  • Yoichi Masuda (Osaka University)
  • Megu Gunji (Toyo University)
  • Tetsuya Kinugasa (Okayama University of Science)
  • Hiroyuki Nabae (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  • Nick Gravish (University of California San Diego)
  • Simon Sponberg (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Noriyasu Ando (Maebashi Institute of Technology)
  • Tanvi Deora (University of Washington)
  • Arion Pons (Chalmers University of Technology)
  • Jonathan Arreguit (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne)
  • Emily Standen (University of Ottawa)
  • Henry Astley (The University of Akron)
  • Dimitri Ryckzo (Université de Sherbrooke)
  • Hidemitsu Furukawa (Yamagata University)
  • Ryo Minegishi (The University of Queensland)
  • Amir Ayali (Tel Aviv University)
  • Poramate Manoonpong (Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Nguyen Huu Duoc (Nanyang Technological University)
  • Takeshi Sakurai (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
  • Malte Schilling (University of Münster)
  • Hiroshi Ito (Kyushu University)
  • Dario Floreano (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne)
  • Yusuke Tsunoda (Osaka University)
  • William Sellers (The University of Manchester)
  • Monica Daley (University of California Irvine)
  • Maziar Sharbafi (The Technical University of Darmstadt)

Organized Sessions

  • Beyond aerodynamics - the role of mechanics, materials, and morphing in flight
  • Comprehensive biomimetics - decoding functionality of animal body by collaboration between anatomy and robotics