Message from the Technical Program Committee Chairs
Yohei ISHIKAWA Yoshiyuki FUJINO
Technical Program Committee Co-Chair Technical Program Committee Co-Chair
On behalf of the IMWS-IWPT2011 Technical Program Committee, it is an honor to welcome you to the
IMWS-IWPT 2011 in Uji, Kyoto at the best season in Japan.
The TPC committee has prepared an advanced, exciting program that covered the whole from the system to
the component technologies concerning the wireless power transmission technology.
So far, we have received a great number of papers from many countries, which is unusual and remarkable for
an international conference in this field.
However, we are terribly sorry that we had to choose 46 oral presentations for regular sessions and 20 poster
presentations out of all papers as a result of considering the program timelines and also placing the first
priority on the mutual understanding among related specialized fields.
The plenary session is scheduled on May 12, Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. with the opening keynote speech entitled
"Wireless Power Transmission Technologies for Solar Power Satellite" by Professor Susumu Sasaki from
JAXA, Japan, Then, Professor Joungho Kim from KAIST, Korea will be presenting the second keynote
speech entitled "Resonant Magnetic Field Technology for High Power and Enhanced Efficiency Wireless
Power Transfer". The third keynote speech entitled "Cytogenetic Studies in Mammalian Somatic Cells
Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields: A Meta-Analysis" will be given by Dr. Vijayalaxmi from the Texas
Health Science University. We are confident that these speeches are outstanding study results on the most
essential technology for practical use of the wireless power transmission systems. In addition, we invited
five outstanding excellent researchers in each field.
The tragic catastrophe that had hit East Japan on March 11 made us realized again that the electric power
networks and the communication network are the most important lifeline. Now we face the necessity of
R&D for the technology that guarantees the high reliability and the fast restoration of the lifelines. Moreover,
the inconvenience of the rolling blackout in big cities urges the people for the electric power saving and the
further use of natural energy. We are certain the wireless power transmission technology has a great potential
as a strong and flexible system against disasters.
The program for this year is intentionally designed with the serial sessions in which we hope there would be
the effective interaction between sessions. Because we believed that R&D activities which technologies of
each session are systematically organized are very important for the early practical use of each WPT system.
We are looking forward to seeing you soon in Uji, Kyoto, and wish you an enjoyable and creative stay.
Yohei ISHIKAWA
Yoshiyuki FUJINO
Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs
IMWS-IWPT2011
