Big Data and Science: Relevance of Computational Sciences for Data Collection, Data Storage and Data Management in Basic and Applied Scientific Investigations

Rafael Vicuña and Takashi Gojobori

President Werner Arber

Chancellor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo

John Archer (Principal Research Scientist, KAUST, KSA)

Giorgio Bernardi (Professor at Rome 3 University in Rome, Italy)

William F. Martin (Professor at Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf, Germany)

Tomihiro Taniguchi (Former Vice Director-General of IAEA, and Visiting Professor, TIT, Tokyo, Japan)

Simon Hodson (CODATA Executive Director, CODATA/ICSU, Paris)

Shuichi Iwata (Professor-Emeritus at Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan)

Naruya Saitou (National Institute of Genetics, Japan)

President Werner Arber

Shozo Yokoyama (Professor, Emory University, US)

Partha P. Majumder (Director, NIBB, India)

Chung-I Wu (Director, GIB, China)

Vladimir B. Bajic (Director, KAUST, KSA)

Data-Centric Science [presentation not available online]

Genshiro Kitagawa (President of Research Organization of Information & System in Tokyo, Japan)

Shuji Hashimoto (Vice President of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan)

Wen-Hsiung Li (Director, Institute of Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Rolf Apweiler (Director of EBI, UK)

Ron Appel (Director, SIB, Switzerland)