WECC2015 Newsletter No.4
WECC2015 Program Concept:“The Most Exciting InternationalConference Possible”

Prof. Ken Okazaki
Chair,Program Committee

The World Engineering Conference and Convention(WECC2015) will take place in Kyoto from lateNovember to early December this year. At the outsetof our preparations we decided on “Engineering:
Innovation and Society” as the overall theme for theevent, but it has been no easy task to devise a
program that will stimulate discussion on therelationship between engineering and society while
covering a broad range of engineering fields andencompassing
everythingfrom
cutting-edge
technologies in developed countries to the realistic
resolution of issues facing developed countries.
Moreover, our definition of the word “innovation”
must include not only the idea of technicalinnovation, but also the creation of new value and thegeneration of major changes in society.
To meet all of these requirements to the greatest
possible extent, the Program and Papers Committee
first set the following three key themes:
I.
Innovation for Sustainable Growth andSocioeconomic Development
II.
Engineering Research and Development for
Innovation
III.
Engineering for Society and Engineering inSocietyMembers of the Program Committee were drawn
from major research institutes in Japan and societies

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belonging to the Japan Federation of Engineering
Societies, and we worked tirelessly for two years tocreateawell-balanced
program.
Relatedpresentations were grouped together to create nine
tracks each comprising up to six sessions, with amoderator assigned to summarize discussion in eachtrack. All sessions feature invited speakers, and thecontent of each session aligns with the overall theme
while respecting the ideas of the session organizer.
Details of tracks and session content are available on
the conference website. As a rule, general
presentations will be in poster format, and we havereceived more than 300 submissions forpresentations in a wide range of fields. The program
also incorporates plenary lectures by renowned
business and academic leaders and a technicalexhibition staged in parallel with the main program,promising an exciting event.
As well as providing a chance to communicate
Japan’s technical innovations to the world andexposing participants to the very latest technologies
from around the globe, WECC2015 will offer an
unrivalled opportunity to gather for face-to-face
discussion on topics including issues facing
humanity and cooperative efforts by the world’sengineers to resolve them, enhancing the status ofengineers, increasing the number of women in theprofession, and human resource development
initiatives. I hope you will make use of thisopportunity and enjoy the conference. Japan has not
hosted an international conference of this type since
the Japanese government held the World Engineering
Congress in Tokyo in 1929. Japan is a country built
on science and technology, and to encourage further
development I look forward to a lively international
conference attended by large numbers of engineers,including the young practitioners and researchers
who will be responsible for the future of engineering.

WECC2015 Registration is now available online!
Registration and accommodation reservation is available from our official website:
https://www.congre.co.jp/wecc2015/index.html
We are looking forward to welcoming you all at the venue!

Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center
Date:
WECC2015: November 29 - December 2
WFEO General Assembly, Executive Council andCommittee Meetings: November 28 - December 4
Technical Visits: December 3

Deadline for WECC2015 Technical Exhibition is coming soon!!
Deadline: April 30 (Thu.), 2015
We welcome variety of fields for our Technical Exhibition. Please don’t miss our deadline!
For details, please visit: https://www.congre.co.jp/wecc2015/index.html