Forum F-1: "Materials Education and Research"

Scope
Materials education is quite important for the future of the field and countries and districts. Actual educational systems are different from countries and districts to countries and district. Education and research on materials from many countries and districts by experts are presented, compared and discussed. The Forum includes materials network and virtual laboratories. The Forum starts in the afternoon of October 9 and ends in the afternoon of October 11. Some part of the Forum is joined with Forum F-2 (United Approaches to Materials Science). All talks are invited talks. The Proceedings will be published and the manuscripts are due on the first day of the Conference. If you have any questions and suggestions please contact to the Organizer.

Organizer
Masao Doyama^1,2), Teikyo University of Science and Technology, Uenohara, Yamanashi 409-0193 Japan, Tel: +81-554-63-4411, Fax:+81-554-63-4431, E-mail:doyama@ntu.ac.jp

Invited Speakers include
Prof. B. V. R. Chowdari (President of MRS-Singapore)
Prof. T. M. Wang ( Beijing, China)
Prof. Lih J. Chen (President of MRS-Taiwan)
Dr. M. K. Wu (Director of the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica )
Dr. de Graaf (NSF) Materials Network
Prof. R. P. H. Chang (Northwestern University) Virtual Materials Laboratories,
Prof. Dr. Hanns-Ulrich Habermeier (Germany)
Prof. P. Rama Rao ( India)
Prof. Zhou Lian (President, C-MRS)
Prof. Hengde Li (C-MRS)
Prof. Linda Vanasupa (California Polytechnic State University, USA)
Prof. Jun Akimitsu (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Prof. Yasuhiro Awakura (Kyoto University)
Prof. Toyonobu Yoshida (The University of Tokyo)
Kazuo Miyajima (Director, Research Programme Department, JSPS)
Prof. Keiichi Ogawa (President, Yokohama City University)
Prof. Kotaro Kuroda (Nagoya University)
Prof. Akihisa Inoue (Director, Materials Research Institute, Tohoku University)
Prof. Teruo Kishi (Director, the National Institute for Materials Science)
Prof. Hiroyuki Mizuno (Vice President, Kochi Institute of Technology)
Dr. Toru Matsumiya (Nippon Steel Co.)
Dr. Hiroshi Fujiwara ( MITI and Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Dr. Junichiro Takano (NISTEP, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT))
Prof. Ryoichi Yamamoto (The University of Tokyo)