Opening Ceremony
The "Opening Ceremony" of PIERS 2018 Toyama is scheduled to be held on August 1, 2018.
Date and Time: 16:00-16:40, Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Place: Main Hall, 3rd Floor, Toyama International Conference Center, Toyama, Japan
(Download PDF version of the Opening Ceremony Program)
Program
Master of Ceremony: Satoshi Yagitani (Member, Science Council of Japan / Secretary, PIERS 2018 Toyama)
1. Introduction of Organizers and Invited Guests
Makoto Ando
President, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
Kazuya Kobayashi
General Chair, PIERS 2018 Toyama
Weng Cho Chew
General Co-Chair, PIERS 2018 Toyama / Editor-in-Chief, PIER Journals
Sailing He
General Co-Chair, PIERS 2018 Toyama / Co-Editor in Chief, PIER Journals
Mitsuo Tateiba
Chair, PIERS 2018 Toyama Local Organizing Committee
Takakazu Ishii
Governor of Toyama Prefecture
Miyoko Watanabe
Vice President, Science Council of Japan
Leung Tsang
President, The Electromagnetics Academy / PIERS Chair
Shigeo Takagi
President, Toyama Convention Bureau
Masaru Ishizuka
President, Toyama Prefectural University
2. Opening Address
Kazuya Kobayashi
General Chair, PIERS 2018 Toyama
3. Welcome Address
Miyoko Watanabe
Vice President, Science Council of Japan
Makoto Ando
President, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
Leung Tsang
President, The Electromagnetics Academy / PIERS Chair
4. Congratulatory Address
Takakazu Ishii
Governor of Toyama Prefecture
5. Message from Prime Minister of Japan
Delivered by Satoshi Yagitani, Member, Science Council of Japan / Secretary, PIERS 2018 Toyama