We're excited to announce the AiPT 2024 Workshop will feature an array of keynote presentations delivered by distinguished experts from academia and industry. Below, you'll find the confirmed speakers and the titles of their talks.
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Stay tuned, as we'll be updating this page with more invited speakers in the near future. More information about each speaker, their presentations, and the schedule will be available at a later date.

Dr Hideya Nakamura

Associate Professor at Osaka Metropolitan University

 Talk title: ​Prediction of Powder Mixing by DEM Surrogate Model based on Machine Learning coupled with Stochastic Model

Professor ​Tatsushi Matsuyama

Soka University

Talk Title: ​Bootstrap Method as a Non-Parametric Analysis

Professor Jun 
​Oshitani

Okayama University of Science

Talk Title: ​Similarity and difference in floating and sinking of large objects in a liquid and a gas-solid fluidized bed

Professor Takuya Tsuji

Osaka University

Talk Title: A new DEM-CFD solver for reactive dense gas-solid flows

Dr Kimiaki Washino

Osaka University

Talk Title: ​Discrete Particle Simulation of Loose Packing Behaviour for Fine and Cohesive Granular Materials

Professor ​Yoshihide Mawatari

Kyushu Institute of Technology

Talk Title: Transition of Fluidization Behaviour Induced by External Mechanical Vibration

Professor Chuan-Yu Wu

​University of Surrey

Talk Title: ​Bridging Microscale Modelling to Macroscopic Prediction: Advances in Analysis of Sintering in Particle Systems

Dr Alberto Di Renzo

Associate Professor at Università della Calabria

Talk Title: Advances in particle tribocharging and electrostatic interaction models for DEM simulations of fluid-particle systems

Professor ​Massimo Poletto

University of Salerno

Talk Title: The study of flow properties of particulates at high temperatures or under the effect of other process conditions

Dr ​Wei Pin Goh

​UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

Talk Title: Charge Mitigating Effect of ATMER 163 on Functionalised Glass Surfaces​​

Professor Shuji Ohsaki

Osaka Metropolitan University

Talk Title: Experimental and numerical analysis of compression processes for batteries and pharmaceutics​

Professor Mikio Sakai

University of Tokyo ​

Talk Title: Recent Breakthroughs in the Discrete Element Method for Industrial Applications

Professor Mikio 
​Yoshida 

Doshisha University

Talk Title: Experimental and numerical analyses of overtaking and cooperative
behaviors in disks falling in a low-density particle bed

Professor Arno Kwade

​Technical University of Braunschweig

Talk Title: Universal Stress Model for Predicting and Optimizing Comminution and Mixing Processes

Professor ​Koichiro Ogata

National Institute of Technology, Oita College​

Talk Title: Evaluation of stable/unstable flow on powder discharge using pressurized fluidization

Dr Ali Hassanpour

University of Leeds

Talk Title: Synthesis and Application of Multifunctional Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment

Professor Raffaella Ocone

Heriot-Watt University

Talk Title: Dynamic Behaviour of Wet Fluidization

Professor Mojtaba Ghadiri

University of Leeds

Talk Title: Attrition of Particulate Solids