Organization

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Sponsored by

International Superconductivity Technology Center (ISTEC)

Supported by

Ministry of Economy, Trade and IndustryMinistry of Internal Affairs and CommunicationsMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismNew Energy and Industrial Technology Development OrganizationNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyNational Institute for Materials Science

Approved by

Cryogenics and Superconductivity Society of JapanJapan Chemical Industry AssociationJapan Electronics and Information Technology Industries AssociationJapan Fine Ceramics AssociationJapan Mining Industry AssociationThe Ceramic Society of JapanThe Chemical Society of JapanThe Federation of Electric Power Companies of JapanThe Institute of Electrical Engineers of JapanThe Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication EngineersThe Iron and Steel Institute of JapanThe Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ AssociationThe Japan Institute of MetalsThe Japan Iron and Steel FederationThe Japan Society of Applied PhysicsThe Japanese Electric Wire & Cable Makers’ AssociationThe Magnetic Society of JapanThe Physical Society of Japan

Organizing Committee

ChairpersonK. Kitazawa Japan Science and Technology Agency

MembersI. Sugawara Ministry of Economy, Trade and IndustryT. Miyagawa Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and IndustryT. Nomaguchi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Steering Committee

ChairpersonY. Kiyokawa ISTEC

MembersS. Isojima Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD.I. Inoue Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.K. Oyama NEC CorporationT. Kiyoshi National Institute for Materials ScienceT. Koizumi SWCC SHOWA CABLE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.S. Goto Hitachi, Ltd.T. Saitoh Fujikura Ltd.M. Tomita Railway Technical Research InstituteJ. Nakura Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.S. Noguchi Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and IndustryH. Hayashi Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.M. Hoshino Fujitsu LimitedJ. Murata Toshiba CorporationM. Morita Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Program Committee

ChairpersonsS. Uchida The University of TokyoH.C. Freyhardt Universitaet Goettingen

MembersN. Amemiya Kyoto UniversityS. Awaji Tohoku UniversityH. Ikuta Nagoya UniversityT. Ishida Osaka Prefecture UniversityT. Izumi ISTEC-SRLA. Iyo National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyM. Iwakuma Kyushu UniversityM. Urata The Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ AssociationM. Ohkubo National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyT. Ohkuma ISTEC-SRLK. Ohmatsu Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD.T. Kato Japan Fine Ceramics CenterH. Kayano Toshiba CorporationA. Kandori Hitachi, Ltd.T. Kiss Kyushu UniversityR. Kita Shizuoka UniversityH. Kumakura National Institute for Materials ScienceH. Kontani Nagoya UniversityN. Sakai ISTEC-SRLY. Shiohara ISTEC-SRLJ. Shimoyama The University of TokyoK. Tanabe ISTEC-SRLN. Chikumoto ISTEC-SRLH. Terai National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyM. Tomita Railway Technical Research Institute

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M. Naito Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyT. Nakamura Kyoto UniversityY. Hatsukade Toyohashi University of TechnologyT. Hanaguri RIKENT. Hamajima Hachinohe Institute of TechnologyN. Hayakawa Nagoya UniversityH. Hayashi Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.N. Hirano Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.Z. Hiroi The University of TokyoA. Maeda The University of TokyoK. Matsumoto Kyushu Institute of TechnologyY. Mizugaki The University of Electro-CommunicationsY. Yamada ISTEC-SRLM. Yoshizumi ISTEC-SRLS. Yorozu NEC Corporation

International Advisory Committee

MembersD.A. Cardwell University of CambridgeC.W. Chu University of HoustonT. Claeson Chalmers University of TechnologyJ. Clarke University of California, BerkeleyR. Flukiger University of GeneveH.C. Freyhardt Universitaet GoettingenZ. Han Tsinghua UniversityK. Kitazawa Japan Science and Technology AgencyD.C. Larbalestier Florida State UniversityA. Lauder Alan Lauder Inc.D.F. Lee Oak Ridge National LaboratoryA.P. Malozemoff American Superconductor CorporationE. Masada Railway Technical Research InstituteX. Obradors Institut de Ciencia de Materials de BarcelonaD.E. Peterson Los Alamos National LaboratoryB. Raveau Laboratoire de Cristallographie, CRISMATH. Rogalla University of TwenteK. Salama University of HoustonJ.W. Spargo Northrop Grumman Space TechnologyM. Tachiki The University of TokyoO. Tsukamoto Yokohama National UniversityS. Uchida The University of TokyoH.W. Weber TU Wien, Atomic InstituteL. Zhou Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research

Editorial Committee

Managing EditorsT. Morishita ISTECK. Nakao ISTEC-SRL

MembersS. Uchida The University of TokyoA. Iyo National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyA. Maeda The University of TokyoT. Izumi ISTEC-SRL

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T. Kiss Kyushu UniversityH. Kumakura National Institute for Materials ScienceK. Tanabe ISTEC-SRLM. Naito Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyN. Hayakawa Nagoya UniversityT. Hamajima Hachinohe Institute of Technology

Editorial AssistantA. Nakayama ISTEC

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