QGP International Research Center Kick-off Symposium

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - 8:00 AM
University Hall (Special Conference Room)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Nov 25, 2025
AM
8:30 AM
Registration (until 9:00 AM)
9:00 AM Opening address and photo session - Kyosuke Nagata (President, University of Tsukuba)  
9:15 AM --- Short break ---
9:25 AM
Session I - Tatsuya Chujo (University of Tsukuba (JP)) (until 11:00 AM)
9:25 AM QGP International Research Center - Tatsuya Chujo (University of Tsukuba (JP))  
9:40 AM Exploring the 
quark-gluon plasma at the LHC with ALICE - Marco Van Leeuwen (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
10:20 AM ALICE FoCal upgrade project - Prof. Motoi Inaba (University of Tsukuba (JP))  
10:40 AM Exploring the Quark–Gluon Plasma with Hard Probes - Shingo Sakai (University of Tsukuba (JP))  
11:00 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:20 AM
Session II -Dr Hiroshi Ohno (Center for Computational Sciences, University of Tsukuba) (until 12:50 PM)
11:20 AM QGP and dynamics of high-energy nuclear collisions - Tetsufumi Hirano  
11:50 AM Tensor renormalization group approach to cold and dense QCD - Yoshinobu Kuramashi (University of Tsukuba)  
12:10 PM Heavy-Ion Physics at High Baryon Density - Takafumi Niida Dr Takafumi Niida (University of Tsukuba)  
12:30 PM PHENIX and sPHENIX overview - Takashi Hachiya Takashi Hachiya (Nara Women's University (JP))  
PM
12:50 PM --- Lunch ---
1:50 PM
Session III - Ken Oyama (Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science (JP)) (until 3:10 PM)
1:50 PM Advanced Cancer Treatment Using Particle Beams - The Latest Developments in Proton Therapy and BNCT at the University of Tsukuba - - Hiroaki Kumada (University of Tsukuba)  
2:20 PM Radiation Transport Simulation for Radio-biology: Current and Prospective Challenges with Geant4-DNA - Dousatsu Sakata (AIST)  
2:40 PM Quantum and Information Life Science - Yasuteru Shigeta (University of Tsukuba)  
3:10 PM --- Coffee Break ---
3:30 PM
Session IV -Prof. Motoi Inaba (University of Tsukuba (JP)) (until 4:50 PM)
3:30 PM ALICE3 project overview - Yorito Yamaguchi (Hiroshima University (JP))  
3:50 PM Silicon detector R&D at KEK ITDC - Yuta Okazaki Yuta Okazaki (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP)) Yuta Okazaki (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)  
4:10 PM Radiation tolerance and particle detectors of Gallium Nitride - Hironori Okumura (University of Tsukuba)  
4:30 PM Material characterization by positron annihilation - Akira Uedono (University of Tsukuba)  
4:50 PM --- Coffee Break ---
5:10 PM
Session V - Shinichi Esumi (University of Tsukuba (JP)) (until 6:10 PM)
5:10 PM Electron-Ion Collider and related activities - Taku Gunji (University of Tokyo (JP), QNSI/CNS)  
5:30 PM Nuclear physics at RIBF - Tetsuaki Moriguchi (University of Tsukuba)  
5:50 PM NA60+/DiCE (remote) - Daiki Sekihata (University of Tsukuba (JP))  
6:10 PM Closing - Tatsuya Chujo (University of Tsukuba (JP))  
6:30 PM Networking reception with light dinner and drinks   (“Tsukuba Demi” Restaurant)