Plenary Speakers

• John Tse, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
  Stories behind Theoretical Structural Predictions
• David J. Singh , Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
  Discovery of New and Old Thermoelectrics using First Principles Methods
• E.K.U. Gross, Max Planck Institute (Germany)
  Towards the ab-initio description of photo-induced processes
• Dario Alfe, University College London (UK)
  Thermal and electrical conductivity of the Earth's core from first principles calculations

Invited Speakers

• Ikutaro Hamada, National Institute for Materials Science
  van der Waals density functional for solids and surfaces
• Yuko Okamoto, Nagoya University
  Generalized-ensemble algorithms for first-principles electronic structure calculations
• Tomoya Ono, Osaka University
  First-principles study on transport property of defects at surface and interface
• Yoshitaka Tateyama, National Institute for Materials Science
  DFT-MD sampling analysis of redox reactions at solid-liquid interfaces in catalysts and batteries
• Atsushi Togo, Kyoto University
  Progress in first-principles phonon calculations and phonon-phonon interactions
• Satoshi Watanabe, University of Tokyo
  Theoretical study on AC electronic transport properties of nanostructures
• Feng-Chuan Chuang, National Sun Yat-sen University
  Nontrivial topological electronic structures in a single Bi(111) bilayer on different substrates
• Chao-Cheng Kaun, Academia Sinica
  Single-Molecule Conductance through Chiral Gold Nanotubes
• Hung-Chung Hsueh, Tamkang University
  Probing Excitonic Effects in Low-Dimensional Semiconducting Nanomaterials by ab-initio calculations
• Hyoung Joon Choi, Yonsei University
  First-principles study of effects of magnetic impurities on topological surface states
• Young-Woo Son, Korea Institute for Advanced Study
  Effects of electron-phonon interactions on physical properties of mechanically modified graphene systems
• Myung Joon Han, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  Electronic Structure, Superconductivity, and Ferromagnetism in Nickelate Superlattices
• Byung Chan Han, DGIST
  First Principles DFT Computational Design of High Functional Energy Materials for Fuel Cells, Li-ion Batteries and Nuclear Power Applications
• Hosub Jin, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul National University
  Spin-orbital entangled jeff states in 4d and 5d transition metal systems
• Zhong Fang, Institute of Physics
  Correlated Topological Insulators Studied by LDA+Gutzwiller Method
• Hongjun Xiang, Fudan University
  Unified Model for the Spin-Order Induced Polarization in Multiferroics
• Ji Feng, Peking University
  Computational Studies of Dirac Materials
• Limin Liu, Beijing Computational Science Research Center
  Ab initio molecular dynamics study of the Green energy materials
• Xiangang Wan, Nanjing University
  Topological properties in 5d transition metal oxide