Conference Report

Report on the 65th Fall Meeting (2004) ofThe Japan Society of Applied Physics
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The 65th Annual JSAP Meeting was held
over four days, from September 1 (Wednesday) to 4 (Saturday), at Izumi Campus of Tohoku Gakuin University (Sendai City). Before
the Meeting began, there were concerns thata typhoon might hit, but most of the fourday Meeting was favored by good weather;
there were no major incidents, and the Meeting as a whole was a great success. Wewould like to offer our sincere thanks for thedevoted efforts of all members of the Local
Executive Committee, and particularly Prof.
Masaki Yamamoto (Local Executive Committee Chairman; Tohoku University), Prof.
Tsutomu Hoshimiya (Vice Chairman; Tohoku
Gakuin University), Prof. Naoshi Uesugi (ViceChairman; Tohoku Institute of Technology),
and Prof. Mihiro Yanagihara (in charge of administration; Tohoku University). I would also
like to thank President Nozomu Hoshimiya of
Tohoku Gakuin University and all the University’s administrative staff for their invaluable
support and assistance in the operation ofthis Meeting.
At this Meeting, there were at total of
3,756 research papers presented, with 3,372
regular lectures and 384 symposiums (calculated at 15 minutes each, which is the timeallowed for regular lectures). Throughout
the Meeting, lively discussions took place atthe 38 lecture venues as well as at the poster
sessions. Incidentally, there were a total of
3,950 papers (3,590 regular lectures and 360symposiums) at the Meeting held last autumn
at Fukuoka University (Kyushu Chapter); thismeans that there was a year-on-year decreaseof 200 papers presented. Figure 1 shows
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Conference Reportsearch meetings and other academic conferences are with comparatively high frequency.
The number of registered participants,on the other hand, reached 6,539, which isabout the same as the number of participants
last year at Fukuoka University (6,542). It is
likely that the increase in the number of participants who only attended lectures was a
result of an attractive program schedule, andthis is a great relief to those who were responsible for the planning and operation ofthe Meeting.
This year, the number of papers fell orremained level in many of the major classifications, but there were 401 papers in the Organic molecular electronics and bioelectronics classification, which is more than a 10%
increase over last autumn’s Meeting (358).
This has been the most active field over thepast few years. At the Joint Sessions, there
were lively discussions on a number of topics,
including carbon nanotubes, spin electronics, and zinc oxide functional materials, which
was a new theme at the JSAP Meeting.
When we received papers in electronic
format, we requested that the presenters indicate which of four key fields that paper was

Othermost closely related to. The results, by key
field, were: Nanotechnology: 1,380; Information and Telecommunications: 464; Life Sciences: 82; and the Environment: 110. Thus,
one of the most notable features of JSAP isthat papers were related to Nanotechnology accounted for more than 40% of all, andwere distributed across a wide range of classifications. (Fig. 2)
During this Meeting the “16th Scientist
Awards for the Presentation of an Excellent
Paper” were presented to 43 individuals selected through a careful screening processfrom among 627 of the 4,275 regular lectures presented at the Spring 2004 Meetingby young researchers aged 33 years and under, for which applications had been received
in advance. Professor Hiroyuki Sakaki, Chairman of JSAP, presented the awards alongwith a commemorative gift, praising theseyoung researchers for their achievements andoffering words of encouragement for theirfuture endeavors.
At this Meeting, as was the case at thespring Meeting, PC projectors were used onan experimental basis in regular lectures at15 sessions. Many of the presenters were ex-Nanotechnology

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Fig. 2:Papers related to 4 key fields

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tremely familiar with giving PC presentations,so there were very few problems with equipment setup and connections. These presentations received an excellent response fromthe participants, who were very impressedwith the clarity of the slides and the use ofmoving video elements. We will carefully analyze the results of this experiment, and work
toward full-scale introduction of this equipment at future Meetings.
Advance participant registrations and reservations for the Digest are currently being
received by postal transfer or by fax, but wehope to introduce an Internet-based reception system as quickly as possible, in order tofurther improve services for members.
For many members, the JSAP Meetinghas acted as a gateway to JSAP; in fact, many
researchers have become members in orderto present the results of their research. We
will continue our efforts to offer even more
rewarding Meetings in the future, and at thesame time, with the assistance of all JSAP
members, to ensure that these Meetings feature even richer and more attractive programs
than ever before.