In order to realize the development of a sustainable and prosperous society, it is essential to create a society that is in harmony with our global environment. This type of ideal society, or EcoTopia, is what we must strive to achieve in the 21st century. In creating such a society, interdisciplinary research that integrates the natural sciences with the humanities and the social sciences is of ever-increasing importance, beginning with the cyclical use and regeneration of goods, energy, and information, and consideration of their balance with humankind.
The EcoTopia Science Institute was launched in April 2004 as a research center at Nagoya University to realize these ideals. It was approved as an official institute and became part of the university in April 2006. This institute is the largest research institute at Nagoya University and comprises the Division of Integrated Research Projects and four Core Research Divisions: Nano-Materials Science, Energy Science, Environmental Research, and Information and Communication Sciences. This institute is expected to play a principal role in promoting the interdisciplinary and integrated research needed to address various issues associated with developing a sustainable society.
The EcoTopia Science Institute at Nagoya University will organize the International Symposium on EcoTopia Science 2013 (ISETS '13) for three days from December 13 to 15. The symposium will be held at Nagoya University. This symposium is the fifth of its kind, with the first being held in 2005. As a forum of discussion and information exchange, we aim to weave together the most recent interdisciplinary developments in sciences, with the natural sciences, the humanities and the social sciences as the weft, and nano-materials, energy, environment, information and communication as the warp. The three days of ISETS '13 will include several invited lectures from world-renowned scientists and engineers. Organized sessions will include contributed papers, as well as general and poster sessions. Furthermore, as we experienced the disastrous Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, we must solve many problems such as radioactive contamination and unstable energy supply and demand in the near future. Additionally, this symposium should seek to contribute to developing human resources among the younger generation.
We appreciate you for your kind support and encouragement very much.
ISETS '13 Executive Committee Chair
Professor Ichiro NARUSE
EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University
SESSIONS (tentative)
- Innovative Biomaterials and Biomedical Materials
- Frontier of Nanotechnology for Energy Saving and Environment
- Green Technology for Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage
- Intelligent Network for Energy Transmission and Distribution
- Green Production, Recycling, Emission Management and Bioremediation
- Recovery from Great East Japan Earthquake and Radioactive Substances
- Green Vehicle Technology
- Innovative Measurement Methodology
- Policy, Economics and Assessment for Green Environment and Biodiversity
- Advanced Materials Development and Integration of Novel Structured Metallic and Inorganic Materials (AMDI4)
CALL FOR PAPERS
All aspects of EcoTopia Science from basic researches to applications will be of interest in the conference. Scientists and engineers from any discipline, who are engaged in research, development and technology areas related to EcoTopia science, are invited to contribute papers. All submitted papers will be presented for the publication and presentation in oral or poster sessions. Younger scientists and students are particularly welcome to ISETS '13. Best poster prizes will be awarded to outstanding authors of oral and poster sessions.
Those who intend to contribute papers are requested to submit an abstract of not more than 200 words through the web. After acceptance of the abstract, the authors should submit the full paper. The length of the full paper should fit on one A4 page including all references, tables and figures.
The CALL FOR PAPERS is ready for download in PDF file.
Download CALL FOR PAPERS (Updated: June 26, 2013)