FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

 

 

 Dear Colleague,

 

The 8th IUMRS (International Union of Materials Research Societies) International Conference on Advanced Materials, IUMRS-ICAM2003, will be held at Pacifico Yokohama (Yokohama International Conference Center), Yokohama, Japan, from 8 to 13, October, 2003.

 

IUMRS-ICAM2003 will cover progress in the recent achievements and innovations in the fields of advanced materials research and technology in the world. The main objectives and scopes of the conference is to promote interest in the application of various kinds of materials, especially related with the nano-, the information-, the bio- and the environment conscious-materials & technologies.

 

The conference will consist of several plenary lectures and about 40 different symposia on advanced materials perspectives, future research directions and materials education. The Conference Proceeding will be published soon after the conference in Trans. MRS-J (Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan).

 

The working language of the conference will be English.  

 

It is our great pleasure if you could consider  attending IUMRS-ICAM2003 in Yokohama.

 

Sincerely yours,  

 

 

Chairpersons

Teruo KISHI (President of MRS-J, National Institute for Materials Science,  Japan)

Masahiro YOSHIMURA (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Tisato KAJIYAMA (Kyushu University, Japan)

Ryoichi YAMAMOTO (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

 

General Secretary

Atsushi Suzuki (Yokohama National University, Japan)

 

 

 

Important Dates
First Circular: September, 2002
2nd Circular and Call for Paper February , 2003
Pre-registration and Abstracts April 15, 2003
3rd Circular and Final Program September , 2003
IUMRS-ICAM2003 October 8-13, 2003
List of Topics
Category A: Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Materials Processing
Category B: Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices
Category C: Advanced Materials for Environment and Society
Category D: Modeling, Fabrication and Processing of Advanced Materials withNovel Performance
 
Organizing Committee:
Chairpersons
Teruo KISHI (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan) President of MRS-J (2002-)
Masahiro YOSHIMURA (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) President of MRS-J (1997, 2001)
Tisato KAJIYAMA (Kyushu University, Japan) President of MRS-J (2000)
Ryoichi YAMAMOTO (The University of Tokyo, Japan) President of MRS-J (1998-1999)
Executive Committee (tentative):
Yoshitaka AGATA
Koji ARAKI (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Seishi GOTO (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Tadayoshi HAYASHI (Honda Motor Co., Ltd. , Japan)
Akihisa INOUE (Tohoku University, Japan)
Takehisa MATSUDA (Kyushu University, Japan)
Masato MURAKAMI (International Superconductivity Technology Center, Japan)
Shigeyoshi MURATA (NOF Corporation, Japan)
Tsutomu NAKAGAWA (Meiji University, Japan)
Kenichi OKAMOTO (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Yoshihito OSADA (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Tatsuya SHIMODA (Seiko Epson Corporation, Japan)
Michio SUGI (Toin University of Yokohama, Japan)
Hitoshi WADA (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
Hiroyuki WATANABE (Zeon Corporation, Japan)
Yoshiaki YAMANO (KSP Incorporated, Japan)
Program Committee:
Representative Chairs of Symposia
Technical and Planning Committee:
Yasuro IKUMA (Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan)
Muneyuki IMAFUKU (Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan)
Takashi KATO (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Naoki KISHIMOTO (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan)
Yoshio NAKAMURA (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Tatsuo NOMA (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
Katsuro ODA (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Toshikazu SUDA (Polytechnic University, Japan)
Atsushi TAKAHARA (Kyushu University, Japan)
Osamu TAKAI (Nagoya University, Japan)
Takaaki TSURUMI (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hiroshi YAMAMOTO (Nihon University, Japan)
General Secretary:
Atsushi SUZUKI (Yokohama National University, Japan)
Correspondence

IUMRS-ICAM2003

Please address further correspondence to the General Secretary:(Office)

Prof. Atsushi SUZUKI, and also

Ms. Kyoko YOSHIMI, C/O Prof. A. SUZUKI's Laboratory

Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences

& Materials Science Department

Yokohama National University

79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501 Japan

phone & fax:  +81-45-339-4305

e-mail: icam2003@ ynu.ac.jp

Internet: in MRS-J Homepage http://www.mrs-j.org

 

Please pass a copy of this announcement to any prospective attendees you know of who did not receive a copy from us.

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