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THERE WERE NO MAJOR INCIDENTS AND THE MEETING AS A WHOLE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS 7E FEELTHAT THIS SUCCESS IS DUE ENTIRELY TO THE SELFLESSEFFORTS OF -ITSUO 4ASUMI 0RESIDENT OF 3AITAMA5NIVERSITY 3USUMU 4AKADA THE #HAIRMAN OFTHE ,OCAL %XECUTIVE #OMMITTEE AND THE 6ICE#HAIRMAN 3ATORU 4OYOOKA ALONG WITH THEOTHER MEMBERS OF THE 2IKEN ,OCAL %XECUTIVE#OMMITTEE AND THE STAFF OF 3AITAMA 5NIVERSITY 7E WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED FOR THEIR VALUEDASSISTANCE!T THIS YEARS MEETING THERE WERE A TOTAL OF   RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED WITH  REGULAR LECTURES AND  SYMPOSIUMSCALCULATED AT  MINUTES EACH WHICH IS THETIME ALLOWED FOR REGULAR LECTURES  ,IVELY DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE AT THE  LECTURE VENUESAS WELL AS AT THE TWO POSTER SESSION VENUES)NCIDENTALLY THERE WERE A TOTAL OF   PAPERS   REGULAR LECTURES AND  SYMPOSIUMS AT THE MEETING HELD LAST SPRING AT THE4OKYO 5NIVERSITY OF 4ECHNOLOGY THIS MEANSTHAT ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF REGULAR LECTURESDROPPED BY MORE THAN  THERE WERE MORESYMPOSIUMS SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAPERSPRESENTED WAS ABOUT THE SAME &IGURE SHOWS DATA FOR MEETINGS HELD SINCE 4HE NUMBER OF LECTURES AT SPRING MEETINGSINCREASED BY ABOUT  PER YEAR FROM UNTIL LAST YEAR BUT RECENTLY WE SEEM TO HAVEREACHED A SATURATION POINT
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TICIPANTS BY  COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WAS
THAT THIS MEETING COINCIDED WITH THIS YEARSMEETING OF THE !MERICAN -ATERIALS 2ESEARCH
3OCIETY !NOTHER FACTOR IS THAT THE MEETINGWENT UNTIL !PRIL  WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OFTHE FISCAL YEAR FOR *APANESE COMPANIES SOTHIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENT FOR SOMEMEMBERS4HIS YEAR THE NUMBER OF PAPERS FELL ORREMAINED LEVEL IN MANY OF THE MAJOR SESSIONCATEGORIES BUT THERE WERE  PAPERS IN THE))) 6 .ITRIDE #RYSTAL CLASSIFICATION OF #RYSTAL%NGINEERING WHICH IS MORE THAN AN  INCREASE OVER THE MEETING LAST SPRING   !TTHE *OINT 3ESSIONS THERE WERE LIVELY DISCUSSIONS ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS INCLUDING CARBONNANOTUBES SPIN ELECTRONICS AND ZINC OXIDEFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS7HEN WE RECEIVED PAPERS IN ELECTRONICFORMAT WE REQUESTED THAT THE PRESENTERS IN
DICATE WHICH OF FOUR KEY FIELDS THAT PAPER WAS
MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO 4HE RESULTS BY KEY
FIELD WERE .ANOTECHNOLOGY   4ELECOM
MUNICATIONS  ,IFE 3CIENCES  AND
THE %NVIRONMENT  /NE OF THE MOST NO
TABLE FEATURES OF *3!0 IS THAT PAPERS RELATED
TO .ANOTECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN
 OF THE TOTAL AND WERE DISTRIBUTED ACROSSA WIDE RANGE OF SESSION CATEGORIES &IG       &IG    ,ECTURES RELATED TO  KEY lELDS)N ADDITION TO THE REGULAR LECTURES SYMPOSIUMS WERE HELD ON  THEMES AND THEREWERE PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATIONS BYINVITED LECTURERS ON RECENT TOPICS
4HIS YEAR EVENTS WERE HELD IN VARIOUS REGIONS TO COMMEMORATE THE h7ORLD 9EAR OF0HYSICS v AND A SPECIAL LECTURE WAS HELD AT THESPRING MEETING AS WELL ON THE THEME OF h!PPLIED 0HYSICS 4RANSCENDING ,IMITSv $ISTINCTIVEAND MEANINGFUL PRESENTATIONS BY 0RESIDENT-ITSUO 4ASUMI OF 3AITAMA 5NIVERSITY (ITACHI&ELLOW !KIRA 4ONOMUA AND 4OKYO 5NIVERSITY0ROFESSOR -OTOICHI /TSU LEFT A DEEP IMPRESSION ON THE STANDING ROOM ONLY AUDIENCE OF LISTENERS 4HIS YEARS MEETING ALSO FEATURED COMMEMORATIVE LECTURES BY RECIPIENTSOF THE *3!0 !CHIEVEMENT !WARDS $ISCUSSIONSOF PIONEERING RESEARCH IN SILICON -/3 DE
VICES BY 4AKAO 3UGANO !DMINISTRATIVE $IREC
TOR 4OYO 5NIVERSITY AND (ONORARY 0ROFESSORAT 4OKYO 5NIVERSITY AND PIONEERING RESEARCHIN BEAM APPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES BY 3USUMU.AMBA (ONORARY 0ROFESSOR AT /SAKA 5NIVER
SITY AND (ONORARY 2ESEARCHER AT 2IKEN CARRIEDVERY STRONG MESSAGES FROM THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LED THE BOOM IN THE *APANESESEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY /THER EVENTS INCLUDED COMMEMORATIVE LECTURES BY RECIPIENTS OFTHE /PTICAL AND 1UANTUM %LECTRONICS !CHIEVEMENT !WARD AND THE %LECTRONIC )NTEGRATION
4ECHNOLOGY !CHIEVEMENT !WARD THE TH
*3!0 3CHOOL WHICH FOCUSED ON THE THEME OF
h4HE CURRENT STATE OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT ADVANCED MEDICINE AND DEVELOPMENTSFOR THE FUTURE v AND THE TH 3YMPOSIUM ON%QUAL 0ARTICIPATION BY -EN AND 7OMEN ONTHE THEME OF h3ERIOUS EFFORTS TARGETING *OINT0ARTICIPATION BY -EN AND 7OMEN 4HINKINGABOUT "ALANCE IN 7ORK AND ,IFE v WHICH WASFOLLOWED BY ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS -ICHIO )GUCHI!RGONNE .ATIONAL ,ABORATORY WHO FOR MANYYEARS HAS BEEN AN EDITOR FOR THE *OURNAL OF!PPLIED 0HYSICS PRESENTED A SPECIAL LECTURE
ENTITLED h%NGLISH 4HESIS #OURSE FOR 3TUDENTSGRADUATE STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS %XPRESSIONS EASILY MISTAKEN BY *APANESEv 3TUDENTSSPILLING OUT INTO THE HALLWAYS COULD BE SEENTAKING NOTES AS THEY LISTENED INTENTLY$URING THIS YEARS MEETING THE hTH3CIENTIST !WARDS FOR THE 0RESENTATION OF AN%XCELLENT 0APERv WERE PRESENTED TO  INDI
VIDUALS SELECTED THROUGH A CAREFUL SCREENINGPROCESS FROM AMONG  OF THE   REGULAR
LECTURES PRESENTED AT THE AUTUMN  MEET
ING BY YOUNG RESEARCHERS AGED  YEARS ANDUNDER FOR WHICH APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RE
CEIVED IN ADVANCE #HAIRMAN (IROYUKI 3AKAKIPRESENTED THE AWARDS ALONG WITH A COMMEMORATIVE GIFT PRAISING THESE YOUNG RESEARCHERSFOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND OFFERING WORDSOF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS 3TARTING FROM THIS YEAR THE RECIPIENTS OFTHE 3CIENTIST !WARDS FOR THE 0RESENTATION OFAN %XCELLENT 0APER WERE ASKED TO GIVE A COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE ,IKE THE REGULAR LECTURESTHESE LECTURES WERE LIMITED TO  MINUTES IN
CLUDING A 1! SESSION BUT WE ARE CONFIDENTTHAT THE PRESENTATIONS BY THE INVITED LECTURERSAT THESE SESSIONS WILL PROVIDE EVEN FURTHER ENCOURAGEMENT TO OTHER YOUNG RESEARCHERS!T THE EXHIBITION  COMPANIES DISPLAYED NEW LABORATORY EQUIPMENT TEXTS ANDOTHER PRODUCTS AND THERE WAS A SPECIAL EXHIBIT BY THE *3!0 4ERAHERTZ %LECTROMAGNETIC7AVE 4ECHNOLOGY 2ESEARCH 'ROUP
3TARTING WITH THIS YEARS MEETING PRESENTATIONS AT ALL LECTURE VENUES ARE CONDUCTEDUSING 0#S !T THE SPRING AND AUTUMN MEETINGS LAST YEAR SOME SESSIONS WERE HANDLED INTHIS WAY ON A TRIAL BASIS AND WE CONDUCTED ASURVEY TO ANALYZE PROBLEMS THAT AROSE IN COMPUTER CONNECTIONS AND REASONS WHY SOME LECTURERS DID NOT USE 0#S FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS!S A REFLECTION OF THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEYAND ANALYSIS AT THIS YEARS MEETING WE SET UPPROJECTORS AND 0#S IN ALL LECTURE VENUES SOTHAT THE LECTURERS ONLY NEEDED TO BRING DATAON A 53" MEMORY DEVICE 7E PREPARED TWOBRANCH CONNECTORS AT LECTURE VENUES FOR SHORTLECTURES LASTING FIVE MINUTES AND PREPAREDTWO 0#S FOR SHORT LECTURES LASTING FOUR MINUTES -ANY OF THE PRESENTERS WERE EXTREMELYFAMILIAR WITH GIVING 0# PRESENTATIONS SO THEREWERE VERY FEW PROBLEMS WITH EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS /NLY  PRESENTATIONS USED /(0SREPRESENTING  OF THE TOTAL!DVANCE PARTICIPANT REGISTRATIONS AND RESERVATIONS FOR THE $IGEST ARE CURRENTLY BEINGRECEIVED BY POSTAL TRANSFER OR BY &!8 BUT WEHOPE TO INTRODUCE AN )NTERNET BASED RECEPTION SYSTEM FROM THE AUTUMN  MEETINGIN ORDER TO FURTHER IMPROVE SERVICES FOR MEMBERS! CHILD CARE ROOM WAS AVAILABLE THIS YEARAS IT WAS LAST YEAR THANKS TO ASSISTANCE PRO
VIDED BY THE #OMMITTEE FOR 0ROMOTING %QUAL0ARTICIPATION BY -EN AND 7OMEN IN 3CIENCEAND 4ECHNOLOGY 7E ARE EXTREMELY PLEASEDTO SEE THAT THESE EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN A
STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS
WHO ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 3OCIETYSACTIVITIES&OR MANY MEMBERS THE *3!0 -EETING
HAS ACTED AS A GATEWAY TO *3!0 -ANY RESEARCHERS HAVE BECOME MEMBERS IN ORDER TOPRESENT THE RESULTS OF THEIR RESEARCH 7E WILLCONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO OFFER EVEN MORE REWARDING MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE AND AT THESAME TIME WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ALL *3!0MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT THESE MEETINGS FEATURE EVEN RICHER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMS
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