President of the IEICE Electronics Society
Makoto Nagata (Kobe University)

Electronics society (ES) has been active in research fields associated with electronics, with 20 technical groups (as of June 2024)[1]. We have provided the opportunities to learn state-of-the-art trends of research and development (R&D) over academia, industry and research institutions, as well as to gain cutting-edge knowledge about emerging and cross-discipline research topics. The society also functions to disseminate cross points among young talents, professional engineers and students.
We have accomplished some new initiatives in the last two years. They include the fully open-access publication of English journal (IEICE Trans. Electronics) [2], the direct submission of unreviewed technical reports to Japanese journal with full review [3], and the reactivation of international partnerships at the society level particularly among Asian nations [4]. These activities facilitate young talents and students to publicly present research results as well as to officially establish academic records, all through our ES channels.
Further developments will be pursued for ES to become more value-added to young researchers. We are thankful to sponsors, stakeholders as well as volunteers.

[1]” Electronics society and associated technical groups,” Makoto Nagata,
Electronics society newsletter, vol. 191, pp. 1-2, Oct. 2023. (In Japanese)
[2] “Electronics society and journal publications,” Makoto Nagata, Electronics society
newsletter, vol. 185, pp. 1-2, Apr. 2022. (In Japanese)
[3] “Electronics society and journal publications (2)”, Makoto Nagata, Electronics
society newsletter, vol. 189, pp. 1-2, Apr. 2023. (In Japanese)
[4] “Electronics society recent activities,” Makoto Nagata, Electronics society
newsletter, vol. 194, pp. 1-3, July 2024. (In Japanese)