ISETS 2013 - International Symposium on EcoTopia Science'13(ISETS'13)

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)