The Conference

"Global Nanophotonics 2022" (GNP2022) is an international symposium, organized in hybrid mode under the "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science" (JSPS) Core-to-Core program of Osaka University, which is based on the collaborative research on nanophotonics, involving 11 different countries in Asia and across the world. This is the fifth conference in its series, after GNP2016 held in Japan, GNP2017 held in the Philippines, GNP2018 held in India and GNP2019 held in Taiwan. The main purpose of GNP symposia is to promote research in the vast field of nanophotonics on a global platform.

Recently, scientific activities have been hit by the pandemic, however, even in these challanging times, the nanophotonics community has grown remarkably and many groups have achieved impressive results. It will be the right time to discuss these new and interesting achievements during the GNP2022, which will bring together academicians and scientists interested in the latest developments in the field of nanophotonics.

The symposium will address the fundamentals and applications of multidimensional fields of photonics and nanophotonics, ranging from materials to biological applications. The scientific program will include invited talks and a poster session. The symposium will also emphasize on active participations of students and young researchers.
 

The Topics

Invited Speakers

• Prof. Yasushi Inouye, Osaka University, Japan
• Prof. Junichi Takahara, Osaka University, Japan
• Prof. Masayoshi Tonouchi, Osaka University, Japan
• Dr. Nicholas I. Smith, Osaka University, Japan
• Dr. Hidekazu Ishitobi, Osaka University, Japan
• Dr. Akihiko Fujii, Osaka University, Japan
• Dr. Yasuaki Kumamoto, Osaka University, Japan
• Prof. Takuo Tanaka, RIKEN, Japan
• Dr. Wakana Kubo, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
• Dr. Taka-aki Yano, Tokushima University, Japan
• Prof. Junichiro Kono, Rice University, USA
• Prof. Achanta Venugopal, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
• Prof. Shriganesh S. Prabhu, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
• Prof. Prof. Ying Gu, Peking University, China
• Prof. Prof. Zheyu Fang, Peking University, China
• Prof. Prof. Yunan Gao, Peking University, China
• Prof. Shi-Wei Chu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Prof. Yu-Jung Ju, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Prof. Ranjan Singh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Dr. Vincent Daria, Australian National University, Australia
• Prof. Dangyuan Lei, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Dr. Yulong Fan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

The Program

The Venue And The Neighborhood

The Symposium will be held at the Osaka International Convention Center, also known as the Grand Cube Osaka, located in the Nakanoshima area, right in the middle of the downtown. The Grand Cube Osaka provides excellent facilities for holding meetings and conferences.

Grand Cube Osaka	>>See Google map

Hotels In The Neighborhood

The Osaka International Convention Center (Grand Cube, Osaka) is located in the downtown of Osaka. There are plenty of nice hotels in this locality. One can easily reserve a hotel in "Nakanoshima" or "JR Osaka Station" areas via popular booking sites such as expedia.com, hotels.com, booking.com, agoda.com, etc.

Our recommendation, however, is Rihga Royal Hotel, which is located right in front of the Nakanoshima Station of Keihan-Subway Line, and is directly connected to the Conference site.

For more details about the area, please refer to the Google map above in the "Location" section.

Tourist Information

Located on the main island of Honshu, roughly in the center of Japan, Osaka is Japan's second most important city with a population of about 2.5 million serving as a major economic hub in the Kansai region. Throughout the centuries, Osaka has been known as the "water city" because rivers, big and small, flow through the central part of the city, and it is also known as the "nation's kitchen" serving as a center of trade during the Edo period. Today, Osaka is a modern Asian city combining a rich cultural past with a sophisticated high-tech future that provides countless attractions for visitors and residents alike. The following is a recommended list of activities and places of interests for guests of GNP2022.

A modern facility with three floors below ground, the museum stores and displays a wide range of contemporary art.
Access: 12-min walk from conference venue (Google map directions).

Osaka Science Museum

The museum consists of an exhibition space where people can "see, touch and play" and a planetarium where you can learn of the wonders of space and energy.
Access: 12-min walk from conference venue (Google map directions).

Osaka Castle

The 55 meter-tall castle tower is built on a 260-acre ground including the park. A famous warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who aimed to unify Japan as a nation, founded the castle in 1583. If you are interested in Japanese history, you could see all displays related to Hideyoshi and his battles from first to eighth floor and get a fine view of the city from the observation deck on the top floor.
Access: 18-min walk from Osakajo Koen station (Google map directions).

Dotonbori

With its restaurants, eye-catching billboards and trademark crab and blowfish signs, Dotonbori is a lively place that is typical of many areas of Osaka. In addition to the Dotonbori Gokuraku Shotengai, the food and performing arts theme park, there is the Dotonbori Walkway, the Ebisu Tower Ferris wheel, and Yabafo, Japan’s first building-mounted free-fall amusement ride.
Access: short walk from Namba station (Google map directions).

Shitennoji Temple

Shitennoji is one of the oldest temples in Japan and the first ever to be built by the state in 593 by Prince Shotoku.
Access: 9-min walk from Shitennojimae Yuhigaoka station (Google map directions).

Abeno HARUKAS

At 300 meters, Abeno HARUKAS is Japan's tallest building. It is a commercial complex featuring state-of-the-art offices, department store, the Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel, an art museum and a top-floor observatory.
Access: directly above Osaka-Abenobashi station (Google map).

More information about other tourist attractions in Osaka can be found in the official website of Osaka, www.osaka-info.jp/en.

If you have time, you may also like to explore Kyoto and Nara. Both these places can be accessed within an hour of train ride from Osaka.

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