Organization

General Chair:

Dr. Toshihiko Kanayama
Special Emeritus Advisor, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Local Organizing Committee:

Secretary-General:
Michiya Okada, TIA Central Office, AIST

Members:
Haruhiko Obara (Deputy Director-General, Planning Headquarters, AIST)
Fumio Takemura, Teruhisa Horita, Mitsuho Furuse (Department of Energy and Environment, AIST)
Tetsuji Yasuda, Masataka Ohkubo, Mutsuo Hidaka, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Akira Iyo (Advisor), Shigeyuki Ishida (Department of Electronics and Manufacturing, AIST)
Susumu Ogawa, Hirofumi Yamasaki, Mitsuyasu Yokosuka, Haruko Okazaki (TIA Central Office, AIST)

Supported by:

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
The City of Tsukuba
Tsukuba Tourism and Convention Association
Cryogenics and Superconductivity Society of Japan (CSSJ)
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ)
The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
Applied Superconductivity Constellations of Tsukuba (ASCOT)
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