CALL FOR PAPERS
Phot o； Akita coastline from Mount Kanpu

The 10th International Conference on Materials Engineering for Resources

Date: October 24Fri ― 25Sat, 2025
Venue: Akita Community-based Center 'ALVE',4-1, Akita Station.
Organized: The Society of Materials Engineering for Resources of Japan
Co-Organized: Akita Univ ersity, Akita Prefectural University

The 10th International Conference on Materials Engineering for Resources(ICMR2025 AKITA) will be held at the building ‘ALVE’ connected to Akita
Station for two days from October 24th (Friday) to 25th (Saturday), 2025.
Since the first international conference was held in 1991, it has been a place todiscuss the latest research results for materials engineering for resources related
to chemistry, materials, electricity, machinery research and design, and life
sciences. By dealing with these wide-ranging fields, we believe that there isacademic significance in trying to clarify the engineering role that futurematerials and their properties will play.
At the 10th conference, while following the principles of this international
conference so far, in view of the situation where society is undergoing majorchanges toward the formation of a sustainable society, prominent domestic andforeign researchers will be invited to present under the themes below. In addition
to the invited lectures, we will have oral presentations and poster presentations
from a wide range of researchers, including graduate students.
We will call for presentations on the following five themes related to materials.
After the conference, full papers adapted from full abstracts can be submitted asoriginal papers for a special issue of the “International Journal of the Society ofMaterials Engineering for Resources”
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Strategies for Environment, Resources, Recycling, and Energy
Materials and Intelligent Technologies in Super-Smart Society
Biomaterials and Nanotechnology
Processing and Characterization of Functional Materials
Engineering Materials for Sustainable Development

1MODE OF PRESENTATION

The technical program consists of three kinds of sessions：◆ Invited lectures： 40-min lecture including 5 min discussion.
◆ Oral presentation： 20-min lecture including 5 min discussion.
◆ Poster presentation with short speech： 3-min lectures followed by posterdiscussions
The official language of the conference is English.

AWARD

Two awards for outstanding contributions will be awarded by the awards committee.
・ Materials Engineering for Resources International Award・ Excellent Poster Award for presentations

SUBMISSION TIMETABLE

Oral presentation and Poster presentation applicant◆ February 28, 2025： submission of abstract
Submit abstract (around 200 words) including title, name(s) of author(s),affiliation (with full address, telephone/facsimile number, and e-mail address),
the theme area, and three keywords.
Please fill out the application form.
Application form (Excel, PDF) from URL; https://www.gipc.akita-u.ac.jp/~smerj/◆ March 31, 2025： notification of acceptance for presentation◆ June 30, 2025： submission of full abstract(2 pages A4)
Format of a full abstract (Word) from URL; https://www.gipc.akita-u.ac.jp/~smerj/

Application form（ incl. a bstract(200 words)）and Full abstract(2pages A4) should
be sent by E-mail to：
P rof. Seiji Kumagai
Chairperson of Program Committee ICMR2025
E-mail: icmr@gipc.akita-u.ac.jp※Full abstract collection can be downloaded from the homepage during theconference (password distributed separately).

FEES◆Registration Fee◆Registration Fee◆Banquet Fee◆Banquet Fee

RegularStudent¥ 25,000¥ 10,000

RegularStudent¥ 8,000¥ 5,000

Payment method
Please transfer the registration fee to the following banks.
Payment must be completed in Japanese Yen (￥ )◆ Bank transfer： All transfer fees are borne by the transfer person◆ Bank Name： Akita Bank, Tegata Branch◆ Account Name： ICMR
◆ Account Number： 730991

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◆ Bank Address： Tegata-Yamazaki-Cho, Akita, 010-0854 Japan
If you would like to pay by credit card, please use PayPal.
When you want to use PayPal, please apply by e-mailto the secretariat icmr@gipc.akita-u.ac.jp.
We will send you an invoice of PayPal, so please pay based on it.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Honorary Chairpersons：N. Yoshimura (Prof. Emeritus of Akita Univ.)
F. Hamada (Prof. Emeritus of Akita Univ.)
General Chairperson：
A. Shibayama (Chairman of SMER JAPAN, Akita Univ.)
Executive Committee
Chairperson： M. Jikei (Akita Univ.)
Finance Committee
Chairperson： M. Jikei (Akita Univ.)
Program Committee
Chairperson： S. Kumagai (Akita Univ.)
Steering Committee
Chairperson： S. Yoshimura (Akita Univ.)
Awards Committee
Chairperson： S. Shibayama (Akita Univ.)
Committee Members：
Gjergj Dodbiba (Tokyo Univ. ) , A. Andrea (Akita Univ.), JeonSanghee (AkitaUniv.), Labone L. Godirilwe (Akita Univ.), Y. Enokido (TDK), M. Hosaka (AkitaPref. Univ.), E. Sakai (Akita Pref. Univ.), N. Sugimoto (Akita Pref. Univ.),
H. Iizuka (Yamagata Univ.), N. Iki (Tohoku Univ.), A. Sugawara (DOWA Holdings),
H. Fujii (Akita Univ.), T. Fujita (Tokyo Univ. ) , H. Yamaguchi (Osaka Univ.), H.
Takahashi (Tohoku Univ.), T. Wajima (Chiba Univ.), K. Murata (Toda), K. Nishinaka(Mitsubishi Materials Electronic Chemicals), M. Kitayama (Fukuoka Inst. of Tech.),K. Oto (Saga Univ.), T. Goto (Akita Univ.), K. Haga (Akita Univ.), Y. Kageyama(Akita Univ.), S. Kato (Akita Univ.), K. Mitobe (Akita Univ.), M. Muraoka (AkitaUniv.), K. Ichiya (Akita Zinc), H. Saito (Akita Univ.), K. Tajima (Akita Univ.),
Y. Watanabe (Akita. Univ.), T. Ishizawa (Akita Univ.), N. Kikuchi (Akita Univ.), K.
Matsumoto (Akita Univ.)3

AccessLong. 140E

○ Vladivostok○ Sapporo

55min

Akita

Lat. 40N

1Hr10min
1Hr25min 1Hr30min

Osaka ○○Tokyo○Nagoya

Akita Shinkansen “Super Komachi”
To Tokyo approx. 4 Hrs（3Hrs 45 min. at the fastest)

Akita is linked to Haneda by nine domestic flights from Haneda per day. AllNippon Airways has five flights, Japan Air Lines has four - each takes about an hourto Akita. Osaka, Nagoya, and Sapporo are also connected to Akita Airport by several
flights per day. An enjoyable train connection is also available using the "SuperKomachi" bullet train from Tokyo Station, which takes four hours.

Inquiries should be addressed toICMR2025 AKITA Program Committee
The Society of Materials Engineering for Resources of Japan
c/o Akita University, Akita,010-8502 Japan
Tel・ Fax : +81-18-889-2439
E–mail: icmr@gipc.akita-u.ac.jp
URL: https://www.gipc.akita-u.ac.jp/~smerj/

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