The 8th International Symposium for Sustainable Humanosphere (The 8th ISSH 2018)

Editorial The 8 th International Symposium for Sustainable Humanosphere (The 8 th ISSH 2018) was held at Hotel Grandika, Medan (Indonesia) on 18-19 October, 2018. The forum was organized by Research Center for Biomaterials – Indonesian Institute of Sciences (RC Biomaterials – LIPI), and co-organized by University of Sumatera Utara (USU), Indonesia, and co-hosted by Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) – Kyoto University, Japan. The symposium was also hugely supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) through Japan-ASEAN Science, Technology, and Innovation Platform (JASTIP) program; JST – JICA (The Japan International Cooperation Agency) collaborative program through SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development); and also National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia. The Symposium was held in conjunction with Humanosphere Science School (HSS) 2018, an important and prestigious scientific forum organized by RC Biomaterials – LIPI and RISH – Kyoto University, since its first initiation in 2006. HSS provides learning experience by sharing knowledge, science, and technology delivered by prominent scientists and experts specializing in the field of humanosphere. The forum was also marked as The 384 th Symposium on Sustainable Humanosphere for RISH – Kyoto University, Japan. The present symposium captured a tagline of “ Sustainable Humanosphere: On the Verge of Global Challenges and Human Security ”. Humanosphere has always been an important field of interdisciplinary science, as we are facing many issues threatening humanity and our very survival such as global warming, resources depletion, energy and environmental issue, etc. Humanosphere is a concept describing the human living environment and the sphere that covers us, including the forest sphere and atmosphere. List of Chief Editor, Guest Editor, Section Editor, Secretariat and Processing, General Coordinator, Advisory Board, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretariat, Treasury, Programme Coordinator, Conference Program, Proceeding Processing, Documentation, Accomodation and Transportation, Logistic, Sponsorship are available in this pdf.