The 6th Steering Committee was held at Saint-Gobain HQ in Paris.

On 27th March 2013 , The 6th Steering Committee was held in Saint-Gobain headquarter office in Paris, after the previous 5th one held in October 2012 at NIMS, Namiki site. Dr. Dideir Roux, Dr. Bernadette Charleux, Dr. Mathiu Joanicot attended from Saint-Gobain French side, while Mr. Brian Minahan, Dr. Mari Kono attended from Saint-Gobain Tokyo Office. From the NIMS side, Dr.Junichi Sone (NIMS Vice-President), Dr. Yoshio Aoki (Division director of the External Collaboration Division), Dr. Naoki Ohashi (Managing Director of NIMS Saint-Gobain Project), Dr. Kiyoshi Shimamura (Group Leader of Opto-Electronics Materials Group), and Yoshio Matsui (Collaboration Coordinator) attended. The committee summarized the management of the center for the last year, includind progress in COE research programs,and had quite active discussion about future direction and new research project.