Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Tadachika Nakayama
Vice President for Special Missions at Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Biography: Professor Tadachika Nakayama is a Professor at Nagaoka University of Technology, affiliated with the Department of Science and Technology Innovation and the Extreme Energy-Density Research Institute. He also serves as a Senior Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Osaka University in 2000. His research is remarkably interdisciplinary, spanning inorganic materials science, pulsed power technology, robot control engineering, environmental purification, transportation engineering, and science and technology policy. He contributed to the development of tactile sensors used in AIBO and currently explores applications ranging from nanosecond pulsed electric field processing of ceramics to pyroelectric energy harvesting and metal 3D printing. Active and humorous, he maintains a broad network across academia, industry, government, and international communities, and actively supports students pursuing study abroad and entrepreneurship. He is currently expanding his activities to South Asia and Africa, advocating for social impact through technology and “re-startup” ventures.

Prof. Van-Duong Dao
PHENIKAA University, Hanoi, Vietnam

Biography: Assoc. Prof. Van-Duong Dao is Vice Rector of the Phenikaa School of Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Biological, Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Phenikaa University, Vietnam. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Chungnam National University, Korea, in 2013, following a B.S. from Hanoi University of Technology. Before returning to Vietnam, he held research positions at Chungnam National University and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.

His research spans renewable energy conversion and storage, with particular focus on next-generation solar cells, solar-driven steam generation, photocatalysis, lithium-ion/lithium-metal batteries, and solid-state electrolytes. He has an extensive publication record, including over 185 main-author papers, with total citations exceeding 7,500 and an h-index of 46. He has been recognized among the Stanford/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists since 2019 and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including Desalination and Energy Materials.