CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
26–28 August 2026 | Eastin Grand Hotel Phayathai, Bangkok
Programme details reconciled on 24 July 2026. Items marked “To be arranged” are pending confirmation.
Day 1: Wednesday, 26 August 2026 Welcome to the Future
| Time | Programme / Activity |
|---|---|
| Morning 08:20–12:30 |
Opening and Plenary Programme Plenary
08:20–09:00 Registration
09:00–09:10 Welcoming remarks — Pol. Lt. Gen. Pornchai Suteerakune
09:10–09:30 Opening and keynote — Prof. Yodchanan Wongsawat
09:30–10:00 Quantum-Enabled Measurement Systems for Future Metrology — Barbara Goldstein (Chair: Sivinee Sawatdiaree)
10:00–10:30 Development in the Digital Metrological Quality Infrastructure — Frank Härtig
10:30–11:00 Exhibition and refreshment
11:00–11:30 Efforts to Realise a Decarbonised Society and Transitions to New Energy Sources — Sho Tatsuno
11:30–12:00 Innovating Health Products and Sensor Technologies for Effective Health Programs and Management — Senri Tanida
12:00–12:30 Open quantum reference system based on superconducting qubits — Pat Gumann
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| Special Talk 12:30–12:45 |
Topic to be arrangedTalk
Speaker: To be arranged. |
| Lunch 12:45–13:30 | Lunch |
| Afternoon 13:30–16:20 |
Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Food & Health / Communication & Sensing
Room B: Energy Technology & Energy Transition
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Day 2: Thursday, 27 August 2026 Future of Disruption
| Time | Programme / Activity |
|---|---|
| Morning 09:00–12:30 |
Concurrent Sessions
Room A: AI & Robotics
Room B: Communication & Sensing
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| Lunch 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| Afternoon 13:30–16:45 |
Plenary, Posters and ExhibitionPlenary
13:30–13:35 Welcoming remarks — Anusorn Tonmueanwai (Chair: Worawat Meevasana)
13:35–14:05 Digitalisation of Scientific and Legal Metrology: Towards a Future-Ready Quality Infrastructure — Sascha Eichstädt, PTB & OIML
14:05–14:35 Measuring the Microbiome: Enabling Food, Nutrition and Precision Health — Germaine Yong, A*STAR
14:35–15:05 Accelerating Quantum Innovation — Nicolas Spethmann, PTB
15:05–15:45 Posters and exhibition
15:45–16:15 The role of measurement science and technology in supporting researchers and entrepreneurs in the quantum technology era — Nobu-Hisa Kaneko, G-QUAT & NMIJ
16:15–16:45 Evidence-based Functional Safety of Automated Driving — Thorsten Schrader, PTB
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Day 3: Friday, 28 August 2026 Future of Economy
| Time | Programme / Activity |
|---|---|
| Morning 09:00–12:30 |
Plenary, Posters and ExhibitionPlenary
09:00–09:05 Welcoming remarks — Charun Yafa (Chair: Kanokporn Boonsirichai)
09:05–09:35 ASEAN Path towards Circular Economy and Sustainability — Kanchana Wanichkorn, ASEAN
09:35–10:05 QI for Digital Trade — Ekniti Romyanon, TISI
10:05–11:00 Posters and exhibition
11:00–11:30 Measurement for Advanced Materials and Semiconductor Innovation — Fernando Castro, NPL
11:30–12:00 Metrology for Particle Characterisation: Nanomaterials, Biological Particles and Microplastics — Heidi Goenaga-Infante, LGC
12:00–12:30 Fusion energy research in Thailand — Thawatchai Onjun, TINT
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| Lunch 12:30–13:30 | Lunch |
| Afternoon 13:30–16:40 |
Concurrent Sessions
Room A: Advanced Materials
Room B: Natural Disaster & Environmental Crisis
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| Evening 18:00–20:30 | Award Presentation and Conference Banquet |

