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. The cutting-edge technologies are presented as well as demos. Everyone, who is interested in scent technologies, is welcome to join the workshop.

Event Information

Date: 9:30–17:30, September 1st, 2026

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

Event type: hybrid except demos and posters

Registration: Registration is required. Workshop URL will be provided upon your registration.

Registration site will be open later.

Registration fee: Complementary

Invited Speakers

Charles Spence, Oxford University, UK — (Sc)entertainment
Joel Mainland, Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA — Predicting Mixture Character From Molecular Structure
Marianna Obrist, University College London, UK — Smelling by Design: A Human-Centred Approach to Digital Scent Technology

Speakers

Takamichi Nakamoto, Institute of Science Tokyo — Building platform for digital scent technology
Takefumi Kobayashi, Bunkyo Gakuin University — Orchestrating Sensory Harmony: The Distinctive Role of Olfaction in Cross-Modal VR Cognitive Training
Manabu Okumura, Institute of Science Tokyo — Generating Odor Descriptors with LLMs
Hiroshi Ishida, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology — Subtractive Mixing from Olfactory White: Challenges toward Versatile Odor Creation
Mina Okochi, Institute of Science Tokyo — Screening of olfactory receptor-derived peptides for detecting odors

Demos & Posters

TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
The University of Electro-Communications
Institute of Science Tokyo

The workshop program in detail will be announced later.

Inquiry

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