MEMS FORUM
The MEMS Forum, the first public presentation of
information from the MEMS Industry Forum, was held in Hall Dof Tokyo International Forum on November 11, 2006. Due to thehigh expectations held for the expansion of MEMS applications
in a diversity of fields, attendance at the forum was far greaterthan venue capacity, with the hall packed with some 378
participants.

Under the theme of “Aiming for Expansion into MEMSrelated Industries”, the forum featured presentations on policies
for raising foundry capacity, regional clusters, and regional publicfacility testing activities – all from the standpoint ofstrengthening the MEMS industrial foundation, MEMS industrial
policies, and MEMS business perspectives – and presentations on
the future expansion of MEMS from the standpoint of building
and strengthening the MEMS technological base.

MEMS Forum Chairman Nomakuchi

Division Director Takahashi of METI

We were gratified to receive comments from participants
who said that they found the forum content very meaningful
because of the opportunity it presented to see all at once thecurrent situation and future outlook for MEMS policies,
business, and technology - thank you to all those who kindly
gave us feedback.

12th International Micromachine / Nanotech Symposium
The 12th International Micromachine/Nanotech Symposium
was held in Hall D7 of Tokyo International Forum on November
8 (Wednesday). This symposium was held as part of Micro/Nano
2006 and supported by METI and NEDO under the sponsorshipof the Japan Motorcycle Racing Organization. Under this year’s
subtitle, “Innovations on Nanotech/Integrated MEMS andForerunners of MEMS Business”, invited speakers from theUnited States (4), Germany (2), Belgium (1), and Japan (5)gave presentations on a wide range of topics, from the trends incutting-edge MEMS and micro/nano systems research to futurebusiness fields for which high expectations are held. The hall
was packed with 246 participants and the discussions werelively.

Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI), who spoke about thecurrent positioning of MEMS and expressed a hope that in thefuture MEMS would contribute to the strengthening of Japan’sinternational competitiveness as a “seed of industry”.

The symposium was also addressed by a distinguished guest,
Taizo Takahashi (Director of the Industrial Machinery Division,

12th International Micromachine / Nanotech Symposium in progress

Report on MEMS-ONE Project AchievementsThe Report on MemsONE Project Results was held onNovember 9 (Thurs.), 2006 at Tokyo International Forum aspart of Micro/Nano 2006. The meeting was attended by two
distinguished guests, Mr. Hiroshi Tsuchiya (Deputy Director ofthe Industrial Machinery Division, Manufacturing Industries
Bureau, METI), and Dr. Masami Takayasu (Executive Director,NEDO) and Professor Isao Shimoyama (Graduate School ofInformation Science and Technology, University of Tokyo) ,Project Leader for the “High-integration Composite MEMS
Production Technology Development Project” (Fine MEMS),
who spoke about MEMS development in a network withMemsONE at the center in a presentation entitled“Expectations from Fine MEMS to MemsONE”.

functions; Mr. Atsushi Sato, Promotion activity Committee
Chairman Atsushi Sato announced the  and  version releases;
and in conclusion, Micromachine Center Executive Director
Keiichi Aoyagi presented a report on the support center
framework. The meeting was attended by 250 participants,
vividly demonstrating the high expectations held for MemsONE.

Micro / Nano 2007 and 18th Micromachine /MEMS Exhibition
D a t e s : July 25 (Wed.) -27 (Fri.), 2007
Venue : East Hall, Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo, Ariake)
Times : 10:00-17:00
Concurrent Events : 13th Micromachine/Nanotechnology
Symposium; Introduction ofNational/NEDO Projects; MEMSForum, etc.

The MemsONE Project Leader, Professor Hiroyuki Fujita(Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo) presented
the welcoming address on behalf of the organizers; Project SubLeader Professor Hidetoshi Kodera (Department ofMicroengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto
University) gave an outline and demonstration of MemsONE3