2オレオサイエンス

第 18 巻第 1 号（2018）

New Year’s Greeting
President of Japan Oil Chemists’SocietyProf. Takeshi KAWAI

Happy New Year! This year efforts will be made tofurther expand the activities of the Japan Oil Chemists’Society, and we ask all members for your continuing
support.
Looking back on the Society’s activities and thedecisions of the board of directors over the lastacademic year, what first comes to mind is the increasein the annual membership fee starting this academic
year. This was a very difficult decision, but we asked
for your understanding of this increase as a means toimprove the Society’s precarious financial state, as alsomentioned earlier in the foreword to this volume.
Another thing that springs to mind is the establishmentof the Annual Meeting Reform Promotion Committee
to enhance the annual meeting, which is the Society’s
most important endeavor. Chairman Kouichi Asakura(Prof., Keio University) is displaying leadership andrunning the committee with great energy. An outline
for proposed reforms will be settled on during thecurrent academic year, and we look forward to theimplementation of these reforms starting with next
academic year’s annual meeting.
The jointly held 2nd ACOS & 56th JOCS Meeting (TheAsian Conference on Oleo Science 2017 and The 56th
Annual Meeting of the Japan Oil Chemists’ Society) lastyear also left a strong impression. Despite the higher
than usual registration fee, we had a greater number ofparticipants than expected from both Japan and abroad,which both pleased me tremendously as a member ofthe executive committee and was also a great relief.
We were happy to be able to present this as a means
to hold an international conference with a smaller
financial burden.
Turning to key activities for the coming year,
heading the list is the 57th JOCS Meeting. Preparations
are underway with Prof. Nagao Totani of Kobe Gakuin
University taking the central role. We hope to see themeeting conclude successfully with the participation ofmany JOCS members. In the first part this year we
will redesign the Society’s website with the strong
efforts of the General Affairs Committee. This will
improve our ability to disseminate information
externally, and further enhance the information we
provide to members. Planning for the 60 th JOCS
Meeting in 2021 and the Society’s 70th anniversary in
2022 are also major tasks. Please contact a member ofthe Board of Directors with any ideas or proposals you―have for these commemorative events.
In discussions of the Steering Committee and Boardof Directors, aside from the fixed content eachacademic year, much time has been consumed by theSociety’s financial status and ways to improve it. Thesediscussions were unavoidable because coming up witha strategy for the survival of the Society was apressing task. Since this is New Year’s, however, I
would like to indulge in a few words about future
dreams. With the execution of reform proposals of theAnnual Meeting Reform Promotion Committee, I see
the annual meeting becoming a place for more active
academic discussion, with scholarly contact byuniversity and corporate researchers and students. I
picture strengthening of the secretariat support system
for the annual meeting, which we are requesting of Mr.
Kuwata, head of the secretariat, and the creation of asystem in which the executive committee canconcentrate solely on planning the annual meeting. In
my dream the problems of the Society’s financial
situation and declining membership also disappear.
Time is spent during discussions by the Board of
Directors on academic activities and planning public
relations activities, returning the JOCS as soon as
possible to its previous position of focusing solely on
the advancement of oleo science.
Last autumn I visited Kathmandu for attending aninternational conference. On an excursion we visitedthe ancient city of Bhaktapur 12 km away by bus fromthe meeting site. There was terrible traffic congestion
because of the lack of signals, and it took us about anhour to arrive. The streets of the ancient city were
thick with the smell of moist soil. This reminded me ofthe smells (not pleasant odors) of the narrow alley on
the north side of our house when I was a child,something that I had completely forgotten living inTokyo. I felt a sense of time like that from mychildhood, when time moved slowly and I could playseemingly forever. Experiencing this space made me
want to try and slow down and be a little more relaxedand deliberate in both my research and university
work and society activities this year. I also intend tolike to take a more solid, measured approach in theadministration of the JOCS. I look forward to a goodyear with you all.
(Prof. of Tokyo University of Science)2―オレオサイエンス

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日本油化学会発行図書のご紹介

日本油化学会基準油脂分析試験法 2013 年版＜正誤表＞
http://www.jocs.jp/
shikenhou2013seigo.pdf

The JOCS Standard
Methods for the Analysis
of Fats, Oils and RelatedMaterials＜目 次＞
http://www.jocs-office.or.jp/
kijunyushi.pdf

油脂・脂質の基礎と応用

界面と界面活性剤＜改訂第 2 版目次＞
http://www.jocs-office.or.jp/
yushicontents.pdf＜改訂第 2 版目次＞
http://www.jocs-office.or.jp/
kaimencontents.pdf

界面活性剤評価・試験法－第二版－＜目次＞
http://www.jocs-office.or.jp/
kaimenshiken.pdf

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