LEM21

The11th International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century

December 1 - 5, 2025 Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

LEM21

Plenary Speeches

Plenary Speeches

We are pleased to present Plenary Speeches delivered by world-renowned researchers and industrial leaders. These talks will provide valuable insights into the latest trends and future directions in the field. We encourage all participants to take advantage of this unique opportunity.


■ December 2, 2025 (Tue)


Prof. Berend Denkena

President of CIRP
Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools (IFW), Leibniz University Hannover, Germany


Speech title: TBA

Biography: TBA




Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn

President of KSPE
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

Prof. Shung-Hoon Ahn

EASIER: Appropriate Smart Manufacturing and Robotics

Biography:
Professor Sung-Hoon Ahn is a distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University and the 30th President of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering (KSPE). He specializes in smart materials, soft robotics, and smart manufacturing, and leads both the Innovative Design and Integrated Manufacturing Lab and the Institute of Advanced Machines and Design. Dr. Ahn received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1997 and has published over 320 journal papers with more than 28,000 citations (Google H-Index 80). He is recognized for his pioneering work on human-robot interaction and integrated manufacturing systems, is a Fellow of CIRP, Head of International Cooperation at the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Associate Member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea, and Fellow of the Academic Society for Appropriate Technology.




■ December 3, 2025 (Wed)


Dr. Yasusuke Iwashita

Executive Engineer, FANUC Corporation, Japan

Dr. Yasusuke Iwashita

High efficiency of design and process of machine tool using CNC Digital Twin

Biography:
Dr. Iwashita has been engaged in the research and commercialization of CNC control systems for general machine tools, as well as servo and spindle motor control at FANUC since graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1986. He has contributed to the development of high-speed, high-precision machining technologies through servo system design and machine tool feed axis control. He received his PhD in 2019 for research on machine characteristics measurement and servo control. Currently, he works on advanced CNC command generation for 5-axis and multi-tasking machines, and is developing CNC digital twin technologies integrating servo system models for realistic machine tool simulation.




Prof. Burak Sencer

Conference co-chair of the ASME MSEC 2027 (co-located with LEM&P 2027 at OSU)
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University (OSU), USA

Dr. Yasusuke Iwashita

Self-Optimizing Machine Tools: Advancing Speed, Stability, and Accuracy

Biography:
Dr. Sencer received his MS and PhD degrees from the University of British Columbia under Prof. Yusuf Altintas in 2009, followed by a JSPS post-doctoral fellowship at Nagoya University under Prof. Eiji Shamoto. He is currently Associate Professor at OSU, where his laboratory focuses on machine tool dynamics and control, machining, process control, and robotics. He has secured over $10M in research grants as PI/co-PI, published more than 100 refereed papers, and received awards including best paper prizes from JSPE and the ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award. He has held leadership positions at ASME and ASPE, and will co-chair the ASME MSEC 2027 conference at OSU.