Conference Report

Report on the 68th Autumn Meeting (2007)
of The Japan society of Applied Physics
Hiroshi Fujiyama*
Chairman, Committee on Annual Meeting

The 68th Annual the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
Meeting (Autumn 2007) was held over five days, from September 4(Tuesday) to September 8 (Saturday) at the Hokkaido Institute of Technology (in Teine-ku, Sapporo). To accommodate conditions at this venue,
the Meeting was one day longer than last year’s, which was held at
Ritsumeikan University. The weather was cool and refreshing, as is typicalof Hokkaido, and the meeting was brought to a successful conclusion,
with no major incidents. There was a typhoon that hit the Kanto region
and cut a path across Tohoku before passing through Hokkaido late
at night on the fourth day of the Meeting, but thanks to the lessons
learned from the typhoon that hit the University of Tokushima two years
ago, and the risk management manual that was prepared after thatevent, this typhoon did not interfere with the Meeting’s proceedings.
The Local Steering Committee, comprised mainly of instructors fromthe Hokkaido Institute of Technology and Hokkaido University, dedicated themselves to making preparations for the meeting. We would

2. The Special Panel Exhibit “Applied Physics Academic Roadmap” andpanels displayed at an event commemorating the 75th anniversary ofthe “Oyo Buturi” Journal
3. 41st JSAP School: “Developments in Science and Technology using
outer space environments”
4. 41st JSAP School (planned by the Spin Electronics Professional
Group): “The fundamentals of spin electronics: Toward further developments and innovations in next-generation electronic devices”
5. 9th Meeting hosted by the Manpower Training / Gender Equality
Committee: “Thinking about careers after doctorate studies (2)”
6. JJAP Friendship Meeting Lecture: “Aiming for high citation counts!
How to write papers in English, and new letters; the first edition of
the APEX Journal”
Event 1) included discussions based on experiences of starting up
new venture companies originating from universities (or academic societies) based on industry-government-academia collaborations, as welllike to take this opportunity to thank Prof. Kazuaki Imai, the Local
Steering Committee Chairman, Prof. Naoshi Baba, the Vice Chairmen,
Prof. Masafumi Yamamoto, and all of the other members of the Local
Steering Committee for their efforts. Thanks to the support and consideration of the Hokkaido Institute of Technology, we were able to use
several spacious classrooms and various other facilities. We would also
like to express our deep appreciation to Yasunobu Nishi, President of theHokkaido Institute of Technology, Mitsuhiro Sugita Secretary-General,and all of the many individuals whose great efforts made this Meetingsuch a success.
At this Meeting, there were a total of 4,384 presentations ofresearch results, including 3,794 regular lectures and 590 topical sessions(including 29 symposiums; calculated in 15-minute segments, representing the same time allocated to regular lectures). Active discussions
took place at a total of 35 oral lecture and poster session venues.  
The number of applications for regular lectures increased by 416
compared to last year’s Meeting at Ritsumeikan University, and thenumber of prior registrations for participation has also increased steadily,reaching 3,583 this year (reservation rate: 55%). The total number ofregistered participants this year was 6,533 (full members and seniors:
3,646; students: 2,291; non-members: 596), an increase of more than
1,000 participants compared to the 2000 meeting, which was also heldat the Hokkaido Institute of Technology (5,449 participants). As the headof planning for the Meeting, I was very happy to see the strong trend
toward active participation continuing since last year’s Meetings. I also
believe that the following special events contributed dramatically to theincrease in the number of participants.
1. The Special Symposium “Applied Physics and Venture Business: The
Establishment of Venture Companies originating from JSAP” (hostedby the Task Force Committee and the Meeting Planning OperationsCommittee)

as lectures on venture startup support measures and venture company
support measures undertaken by the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and the New
Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
In Event 2), an interim report on the academic road map in the fieldof applied physics, with a view to the coming 30 years, was presented
through poster panels for each cluster displayed in the main hallways ofthe Meeting venue. A large number of participants took time to view
the posters, indicating the high level of interest in the cluster activities.
In response to requests, a special symposium on the academic roadmap
will be held as part of next spring’s JSAP Meeting at the Nihon UniversityFunabashi Campus.
Dramatic differences have begun to arise in the number of presentations in each classification, as a result of new trends in the areasof research covered by JSAP. In preparation for the Spring 2008 JSAP
Meeting, calls for lectures have already begun in two new Main Classifications: “Plasma Electronics,” which has been separated from “Radiation and Plasma Electronics” as an independent Division, and “Spintronicsand Nanomagnetics,” which expanded into a new Division from Joint
Session E. (Please refer to the November Issue for details on this call forlectures.)  
We plan to conduct studies regarding ways of increasing the appealand vitality of these Meetings, for example by initiating new classifications such as the ones noted above, which anticipate the needs of theera. We will continue our efforts to make these JSAP Meetings evenmore meaningful and valuable for all members in the years to come, andwe ask you for your understanding and support.

* Nagasaki University; Graduate School of Science and TechnologyJSAP International   No.17 (January 2008)        37