The Asia-PacificInterdisciplinary Research
Conference 2011
Organized by Toyohashi University of Technology

Green Science andTechnology
Innovative MechanoMagneto-Electronic Systems
Life Sciences

http://www.apirc.jp

アジア太平洋異分野融合研究国際会議
Toyohashi Tech Main Building

Invited Speakers• M. Buss (Technishce Universität München, Germany)

TOYOHASHI

Tempaku
Campus“Towards cognition-enabled technical systems”“Firsthand experience of the Tohoku earthquake on
11 March 2011”• H. J. Gross (Würzburg University, Germany)“The magical number four: A neurological, historical andmythical enigma”• J.-S. Jang (LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center,AICHI

Traditional Firework“Tezutsu Hanabi”• M. Esashi (WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Japan)

Yeungnam University, Korea)“High-performance GaN-based light-emitting diodes andlighting applications using convergence technologies”• Q. Pankhurst (The Royal Institution of Great Britain, UK)“Mobilizing academic R&D in a rapidly changing marketplace: Experiences gained and lessons learned in the
medical technology sector”• M. Sagawa (Intermetallics Co., Ltd., Japan)"NdFeB magnet, from invention to thenecessity of the sustainable society"• V. M. Shalaev (Purdue University, USA)
“Transforming light with metamaterials”• Y. Tozawa (Ehime University, Japan)“Cell-free translation system: a tool for
functional proteomics of solutetransporters and ion channels”

Ocean View at “Omotehama-Beach”

NOV
17-18th 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology,
Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
Deadline for abstract submission: Aug 31st 2011
Organized by the following groups at Toyohashi University of Technology
Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS)
Tenure Track Program to Foster Young Researchers in Cutting-Edge Interdisciplinary Research
Global COE Program “Frontiers of Intelligent Sensing”
Head Office for “Tailor-Made and Baton-Zone” Graduate CourseAP-IRC 2011

The Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research Conference 2011
Organized by Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute(EIIRIS), Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

2nd Call for Papers
Objective
The world is at a major turning point. Recent changes in global economics and industrial priorities, environmental and energy policies, food production and population
movements have produced formidable challenges that must be addressed for sustaining life on earth.
This conference provides an ‘interdisciplinary-platform’ to enhance mutual understanding between scientists, engineers, policy makers, and experts from a wide
spectrum of pure and applied sciences in order to resolve the daunting global issues facing mankind. In particular, the organizers would like to encourage graduate
school students to participate and talk directly with internationally renowned academics, industrialists, and opinion leaders for a firsthand insight into the major issues
facing scientists and engineers of the 21st century.

Areas covered by the conference

Schedule and important deadlines

The conference will cover the following three areas of research.

Conference

Thursday 17th andFriday 18th November 2011

Place

Toyohashi University of Technology(Toyohashi Tech), Aichi, Japan

Green Science and Technology- Plant science- Agriculture- Waste management - Pollution- Environment- Oceanography- Climate change- Natural disaster management

Deadline for abstract submission

Innovative Mechano-Magneto-Electronic Systems- Electronic materials- Optoelectronics- Robotics- Devices- Integrated circuits- Magnetic materials and related devices- Piezoelectric actuators- Spintronics

Wednesday 31st August 2011

- MEMS and NEMS
- Man-machine interface

Manuscript of paper for publication in JPCS
10th October 2011

Life Sciences- Neuroscience- Genetics- Drug delivery- RNA Technology- Biomimetic materials and protocols- Molecular biology- Nanosurgery

Registration fee- Health care
- Microorganisms

1000 JPY (students) / 5000 JPY (others)

The conference will mainly consist of poster presentations, with oral presentations by invited speakers and a selection ofcontributed papers.

Publication
Manuscripts submitted for publication in the proceedings of the AP-IRC 2011 will be refereed and those
accepted will be published in the Institute of Physics Journal of Physics Conference Series (JPCS).
Organization (tentative)
Executive Committee
Yoshiyuki Sakaki (Chairman),President, Toyohashi University ofTechnology (Toyohashi Tech)

Special Advisory Committee
Shiro Hiruta

Senior Advisor, Asahi Kasei
Corporation, Japan

Takashi Mimura

Fellow, Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd.,Japan

Quentin Pankhurst

Director of Research, The RoyalInstitution of Great Britain, UK

Masato Sagawa

Representative, Intermetallics
Co., Ltd., Japan

Hiroyuki Sakaki

President, Toyota Technological
Institute, Japan

Takao Suzuki

Director of Center for Materials
for Information Technology,
University of Alabama, USA

Mathias Uhlén

Professor, Royal Institute ofTechnology, Sweden

Shiro Usui

Professor, Brain Science Institute,RIKEN, Japan

Further information and AP-IRC 2011 website
E-mailsecretariat@apirc.jp

Telephone

81-(0)-532-81-5117

URL

http : //www.apirc.jp

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Sudhir Chandra

Yamuna Krishnan

Steering Committee
Makoto Ishida (Chairman)
Editorial Committee
Adarsh Sandhu (Editor)

Masayoshi Esashi

D. Sakthi Kumar

Indian Institute of Technology
Senior Technical Executive,
Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan Delhi, India
Tohoku University, Japan

Chao-Ming Fu

National Taiwan University,
TaiwanElectronics Inspired Interdisciplin- Hiroyuki Fujita
ary Research Institute (EIIRIS),
University of Tokyo, Japan
Toyohashi Tech
Toshio Fukuda(Associate Editors)
Nagoya University, Japan

Hiroshi Okada
Toru MaekawaBio-Nano Electronics ResearchCentre, Toyo University, JapanKen Okano

Graduate School of NaturalScience, International Christian
University, Japan

Ching-Ray Chang

National Taiwan University,Taiwan

Ho Jung Chang

Dankook University, Korea

Miguel Levy

Michigan TechnologicalUniversity, USA

G.P.Li

Alexander B. Granovski

Tsinghua University, China

Jing-Feng Li

Moscow State University, Russia

Sang Ho Lim

Royal Institute of Technology,
SwedenLiwei Lin

Würzburg University, Germany

Mikhail F.LimonovTechnische Universität München,
Germany

Shuang-Jiang Liu

Alexander Grishin

Hiroshi Handa

IMEC, Belgium

Korea University, Korea

Indian Institute of Science, India

Jeyadevan BalachandranMatty Caymax

SangHoon Lee

University of California, Irvine,
USA

Hans J. Gross

The University of Shiga
Prefecture, Japan

Toyo University, Japan

Arindam GhoshInternational Advisory
Committee
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Rice University, USA

Tata Institute for Fundamental
Research, India

Dirk Grundler

Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Japan

Shin-won Kang

Korea University, Korea
University of California Berkeley,
USA
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute,
RussiaChinese Academy of Sciences,
China

Justin Llandro

University of Cambridge, UK

Kyungpook National University,
Korea

Masud Mansuripur

Gifu University, Japan

Sabanci University, Turkey

Haruhisa Kawasaki
Kwang Sun Kim

Korea University of Technologyand Education, KoreaThe University of Arizona, USA

Ahmet Oral

Caroline Ross

Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, USA

Vladimir M.Shalaev

Purdue University, USA

André Touboul

University of Bordeaux, FranceChen S. Tsai

University of California, USA

Program Comittee
Akira Hiraishi (Chair, GreenScience and Technology)
Mitsuteru Inoue (Chair,Innovative Mechano-MagnetoElectronic Systems)
Yo Kikuchi (Chair, Life Sciences)

Seiji Iwasa
Michiteru Kitazaki
Shigeki Nakauchi
Takashi Ohira
Masahiko Saigusa
Kazuaki Sawada
Ichiro Shibasaki
Takayuki Shibata
Kazuhiko Terashima
Akihiro Wakahara

Unless otherwise stated, themembers of the variouscommittees are from Toyohashi
University of Technology.

Organizer

Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS),
Toyohashi University ofTechnology
http://www.eiiris.tut.ac.jp