International Workshop on Digital Scent Technology

supported by JST (Japan science and technology agency)

Digital scent technology is now evolving. The scents can be handled by digital technology, leading to odor reproduction, scent creation, scent presentation, odor sensing and their applications. In addition to oral and poster presentations, our demos proivde the experience on the cutting-edge technologies of digital scents you have never encountered. Everyone, who is interested in scent technologies, is welcome to join the workshop.

Overview

Date: 9:50-17:45, September 1st, 2026

Venue: Room Royal Blue, Science Tokyo Front, Ookayama campus, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

会場:東京科学大学 蔵前会館ロイヤルブルー(大岡山駅から徒歩1分 駅前ロータリーの反対側)

Access: English

Event type: hybrid except demos and posters

Registration: Registration is required by August 27th (Thr.). Click here.

Workshop URL will be provided later upon your registration.

Registration fee: No fee is required.

Time table

Times below are displayed in JST

Opening

9:50-9:55 Opening

Session I (Chair: Takefumi Kobayashi)

9:55-10:45 (Invited) Charles Spence, Oxford University, UK

(Sc)entertainment

10:45-11:10 Takamichi Nakamoto, Institute of Science Tokyo

Building platform for digital scent technology

11:10-11:20 Break

Session II (Chair: Takamichi Nakamoto)

11:20-12:10 (Invited) Marianna Obrist, University College London, UK

Smelling by Design: A Human-Centred Approach to Digital Scent Technology

12:10-12:35 Takefumi Kobayashi, Bunkyo Gakuin University

Orchestrating Sensory Harmony: The Distinctive Role of Olfaction in Cross-Modal VR Cognitive Training

12:35-13:35 Lunch

Demos & Posters

13:35-15:25 Demos & posters (Venue: Conference room L at 2nd floor of Science Tokyo Front)

Demo & poster program

Session III (Chair: Hiroshi Ishida)

15:25-16:15 (Invited) Joel Mainland, Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA

Predicting Mixture Character From Molecular Structure

16:15-16:40 Manabu Okumura, Institute of Science Tokyo

Generating Odor Descriptors with LLMs

16:40-16:50 Break

Session IV (Chair: Haruka Matsukura)

16:50-17:15 Hiroshi Ishida, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Subtractive Mixing from Olfactory White: Challenges toward Versatile Odor Creation

17:15-17:40 Mina Okochi, Institute of Science Tokyo

Screening of olfactory receptor-derived peptides for detecting odors

17:40-17:45 Closing remark

Inquiry

jst-mirai@nt.pi.titech.ac.jp