Agenda at Galance 2026

 

9th  DOS Annual Meeting
December 9-10, 2026 – Tokyo, Japan

Day 1 – December 9, 2026
Digital Olfaction: Science, Sensing & Meaning

09h00Welcome Note & Introduction Remarks
 Session 1:  From Olfaction to Digital Olfaction
 
  • Foundations and scientific frontiers
  • Advances in chemical sensing and electronic noses
  • Biomimetic and bio-inspired olfactory systems
  • Odor capture, encoding and restitution
  • Current limits and open challenges
10h30
Coffee Break
 Session 2: Odor, Perception & Representation
 
  • From molecules to human perception
  • Chemical space vs perceptual space
  • Odor mixtures and complexity
  • Inter-individual variability
  • Toward shared odor languages and standards
12h30Lunch Break
 Session 3 – Digital Olfaction in the Real World
 
  • Applications and use cases
  • Health and medicine
  • Food, agriculture and environment
  • Industry, safety and smart spaces
  • Robotics and mobile olfaction
15:00Coffee break
 

Short Oral Presentations & Emerging Concepts

  • New sensors and devices
  • Hybrid approaches across chemistry, biology, physics and computation
  • Exploratory and early-stage ideas
17h30General discussion
18h00End of Day 1
Day 2  – December 10, 2026
Demonstration, Interaction & Impact
09h00Opening of the second day
09h05Session 4 – Digital Olfaction Demonstration Showcase
 
  • Live demonstrations & hands-on interactions
  • Electronic noses and hybrid sensing systems
  • Odor generation, encoding and restitution technologies
  • Wearables and mobile olfaction devices
  • Robotics, drones and autonomous olfactory systems
  • Human–machine olfactory interfaces
  • AI-assisted systems when relevant
10h45Coffee break within the demonstration area
11h15
Live Demonstrations
 
  • Extended hands-on session
  • Interactive testing and comparisons
  • User experience and perception feedback
  • Technical exchanges with demonstrators
  • Short informal pitches by developers
12h45

Lunch break & networking in the demo area

 Session 5 – From Demonstration to Society
 
  • Human experience, translation and impact
  • Olfaction, cognition and emotion
  • Clinical and rehabilitation perspectives
  • Education, culture and creative applications
  • From laboratory to real-world deployment
  • Standards, ethics and societal implications
15h00Coffee break
18h00

Round Table – What Comes After Demonstration?

  • What truly works today?
  • What remains experimental?
  • Human limits vs machine limits
  • Responsible deployment of digital olfaction
16h45

DOS Awards 2026

  • Best Demonstration
  • Best Scientific Contribution
  • Best Translational Innovation
17h15DOS Roadmap & Closing Remarks
17h30End of the Congress
 
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