CALL FOR PAPERS and PARTICIPANTS
The 25th Jc-IFToMM Symposium 2019(2nd International Jc-IFToMM Symposium)
October 25-26, 2019, Kanagawa, Japan
http://www.jc-iftomm.org/english/index.html
Plan:
October 25, Friday: Technical Tour
October 26, Saturday: Symposium and Technical Networking Event

1. Symposium (October 26, Saturday)
Venue: Room A416&A417, Area 2 Building - A, Ikuta Campus, Meiji University(Direction to Ikuta Campus: https://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/about/campus/ikuta.html)(Ikuta Campus Map: https://www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/about/campus/ik_campus.html)
Topics: Topics of interests include, but are not limited to●
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Theoretical kinematics
Computational kinematics
Machine elements
Actuators
Gearing and transmissions
Linkage and cam
Mechanism design
Dynamics of machinery
Tribology
Vehicle mechanism, dynamics and design
Reliability
Experimental method in mechanism
Robotics and mechatronics
Biomechanics
Micro/nano mechanism and machine
Medical/welfare devices
Nature and machines
Design methodology
History of mechanism and machine science
Education in mechanism and machine scienceYoung Investigator Fund Best Paper Award:
Since 2005, Jc-IFToMM has awarded young investigators to encourage the activity of young scientists in the area ofmechanism and machine science. Award ceremony is done at the general assembly which will be held following thesymposium at the same day. Regulations of the selection are summarized as follows:•potential awardee: first author of a paper presented at the symposium•age of the awardee: less than 36 years old at the application of the paper•paper review: all the papers are reviewed by the award committee, and three finalists are selected.
•final review: presentation is qualified at the symposium and the final awardee is determined.

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Application deadline: July 26, 2019
Notification acceptance: August 2, 2019
Submission of the final paper: August 16, 2019

PAPER SUBMISSION
1. Application
For paper submission, please fill in the following information at the application page(https://forms.gle/su1aHJSuFg48cFXdA).
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Name(s) of the Author(s)Information of the Presenting author (name, date of birth (if you apply to the Young Investigator Fund Best
Paper Award), nationality, affiliation, position/title, email address)
Title of the paper
Abstract (approximately 50 words)

2. Paper submission
Please submit the paper (PDF file) following the letter of notification acceptance. The details will be
informed to the authors later.
3. Journal Special Issue
A journal special issue will be published. The details will be informed soon.

2. Technical Tour (October 25, Friday)
A tour of the newly opened AIST research facility for human and robot cooperation in Odaiba isscheduled. The tour will take you to the new building where dozens of robots can operate in areconstructed factory environment equipped with all the necessary sensing equipment: motion capture…
A convenient store for research purpose is also available in order to have a testbed for retail relatedrobots.
Preliminary registration is needed. Only the registered and approved persons can join this tour. The
details will be sent to them later.
REGISTRATION
1. Fees (including the printed proceedings, technical networking event, technical tour)
JC IFToMM Member
5,000 JPY
Student
2,000 JPY
Other IFToMM MOs member
10,000 JPY
Non member
15,000 JPY
Please pay the fees at the registration desk.
2. Registration
For registration, please fill in the required information at the registration page (it will open soon.).
Contact information:
Secretary general: Gentiane Venture
Local organizing chair: Kenji Hashimoto
Program chair: Yukio Takeda
Email:jciftomm@gmail.com
Instructions for preparing the paper and template: available soon