IS-EMD2008

(8th International Session on Electro-Mechanical Devices)

Call for Presentation and Participation

    As the Executive Chairs, we invite you to participate and present your work in the IS-EMD2008, the 8^th International Session on Electromechanical Devices which will be held on 15th-16th November, 2008 in Sendai, Japan.   We would like to ask you to register your presentation and participation for IS-EMD2008 at the IS-EMD2008 Office.

I look forward to seeing you at the IS-EMD2008.

Noboru Wakatsuki, Executive Chair IS-EMD2008
Masanari Taniguchi, Executive Co-Chair IS-EMD2008

Conference site:   Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University, Sendai, Japan

Conference date:  November 15 (Sat.) - 16 (Sun.), 2008

IS-EMD web site: www.ieice.org/es/emd/

Sponsorship:

    The Technical Group on EMD of IEICE (Institute of Electronic, Information and Communication Engineers)

Co-sponsored by:

    Research and Engineering Society for Electromechanical Components and Contact Technology in Japan

CONTENTS

   Basic Contact Phenomena, Theoretical Analysis, Arc Discharge and Related Phenomena, Sliding contacts, Relays, Connectors, Contactors and Circuit Breakers, Optical Interconnection, Sensing Devices, Automotive Applications, Signal Transmission, Lead Free Soldering, Reduce-Reuse-and-Recycle Techniques, Testing and Evaluation, Others

LANGUAGE

The official language is English only.

REGISTRATION FEE

There is no registration fee for IS-EMD 2008.

IMPORTANT SUBMISSION DEADLINES

August 31, 2008:  Submission deadline for Title and Author(s)

October 1, 2008:  Submission deadline for Completed Manuscript

October 14, 2008: Registration deadline for visa application

November 15-16, 2008: Presentation at IS-EMD2008

SUBMISSION OF TITLE AND AUTHOR(S)

If you intend a presentation at IS-EMD2008, please send the following information by E-mail before August 31, 2008

Title of the presentation, author(s)(Mark an * for the speaker), and affiliation of each author

Domestic speakers:

Submit your registration for presentation at IEICE web site.

(http://www.ieice.org/ken/program/index.php?tgid=EMD&lang=eng)

REGISTRATION AND VISA APPLICATION

If you wish to attend the IS-EMD2008 as an international attendee, please send the following information by E-mail to the IS-EMD2008 Office before October 14.

Name, Title / position, Affiliation, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail:

IS-EMD2008 office for international attendees:

E-Mail: emd-is-2008@mail.ieice.org

Prof. Hideaki Sone, Tohoku University Cyberscience Center

Address: Aramaki Aoba 6-3, Aobaku Sendai, 980-8578 Japan

Tel. +81-22-795-6091, Fax. +81-22-795-6096

Special Issue of the IEICE Transactions via IS-EMD2008

       Call For Papers for the forthcoming Special Issue on "Recent Development of Electro-Mechanical Devices- Selected Papers from IS-EMD2008" will be announced later.

IS-EMD2008 Steering Committee ("Jikkou Iinkai")

    Executive Chair: Noboru Wakatsuki, Ishinomaki Senshu University

    Executive Co-Chair: Masanari Taniguchi, Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University

    Secretary (Office): Hideaki Sone, Tohoku University

    Secretary (Local): Hiroyuki Ishida, Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University

    Secretaries (Liaison): Terutaka Tamai (RES-ESCCT), Mie University

                                         Takeshi Aoki, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo

    Committee Members: Ryo Nagase, Kiyoshi Yoshida, Junya Sekikawa, Makoto Hasegawa, Mitsuo Ichiya (IEICE TG-EMD Executive Group),
Astuo Takahashi, Takeshi Aoki, Koichiro Sawa, Noboru Wakatsuki, Takayoshi Kubono, Teruo Tamai, Yasuhiro Ando, Hiroshi Inoue, Isao Minowa, Masanari Taniguchi, Hideaki Sone (EMD Past-Chairs)

IS-EMD Committee ("Kaigi Iinkai")

    Advisory: Tasuku Takagi

    General Chair: Hiroshi Inoue, Akita University

    General Vice-Chair: Ryo Nagase (IEICE TG-EMD Chair), NTT

IS-EMD2008 Organizing Committee ("Soshiki Iinkai", IEICE TG-EMD Committee)

    Chair: Ryo Nagase

    Vice-Chair: Kiyoshi Yoshida

    Secretaries: Junya Sekikawa, Makoto Hasegawa, Mitsuo Ichiya

    Committee Members: S. Asai, H. Ishida, H. Inoue, Y. Iwasaki, S. Umemura, S. Onoda, N. Kubo, T. Kubuno, K. Kojima, M. Kobayashi. Sakaguchi, K. Sasakura, K. Sato, Hideaki Sone, Y. Torazawa, Y. Hattori, I. Minowa, M. Mochizuki, M. Morii, Y. Watanabe