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Schedule

Time 12 (Sat) 13 (Sun) 14 (Mon)
7:00-8:30   Breakfast(Buffet)
& Hot Spring
(Recommended)


Breakfast(Buffet) 7:00-9:00
&
Hot Spring
(Recommended)
8:30-9:10 Invited Talk

   Prof. Stephen Hsu


9:10-9:50 Invited Talk

    Dr. Tze-Chi Jao


 
9:30-11:00 
9:50-10:30 Invited Talk

  Prof.
    Tomoko Hirayama


Sightseeing
in Matsushima
10:30-10:50
Break

10:50-11:30 Invited Talk

 Prof.
   Jean-Michel Martin

 
11:00-12:00 
 
11:30-12:00

  Prof. Akira Miyamoto


Bay Cruise 
12:00-13:00
Lunch

12:00-13:30


Lunch at Bayside


13:00-13:40 Registration

(Hot Spring
is available)
Invited Talk

  Prof. Malcolm F. Fox



Return to Hotel 
13:40-14:20 Invited Talk

   Dr. Atsushi Suzuki


Departure
 
 
 
14:20-15:00 Invited Talk

 Prof. Sujeet K. Sinha


15:00-15:40 Invited Talk

   Prof. Mitjan Kalin


15:40-16:00
Break

16:00-16:40 Invited Talk

   Prof. Denis Mazuyer


16:40-17:20 Invited Talk

   Prof. Dae-Eun Kim


17:20-17:50

  Prof. Kazue Kurihara


17:50-18:00 Opening Hot Spring
(Recommended)
 
 18:00-19:00  Plenary Lecture      


      Prof. Koji Kato
 


19:00-21:00

Welcome
Party


Banquet
 21:00-        Hot Spring
(Recommended) 
Hot Spring
(Recommended)


Program

September 12 (Sat)
17:50-18:00 Opening
18:00-19:00 Plenary Lecture
  Prof. Koji Kato ( Nihon University, Japan ) 
  "Stiction, Friction and Wear of Ceramics and Polymers in Gases and Water"
19:00-21:00 Welcome Party
 
September 13 (Sun)
8:30-9:10 Invited Talk
  Prof. Stephen Hsu ( George Washington University, USA )
  "Tribological Challenges in the 21st Century" 
9:10-9:50 Invited Talk
  Dr. Tze-Chi Jao ( Afton Chemical Corporation, USA )
  "Microstructural Transformations in Micropitted Gears"
9:50-10:30 Invited Talk
  Prof. Tomoko Hirayama ( Doshisha University, Japan )
  "Tribology Phenomena Analyzed by Synchrotron X-Ray and Neutron Scatterings" 
10:30-10:50 Break
10:50-11:30 Invited Talk
  Prof. Jean-Michel Martin ( Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France ) 
  "The many facets of the lubrication properties of carbon" 
11:30-12:00 Prof. Akira Miyamoto ( Tohoku University, Japan )
  "Introductions and Applications of Novel Tribology Simulators"
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:40 Invited Talk
  Prof. Malcolm F. Fox ( University of Leeds, UK )
  "A Proposal for a Predictive Map of Tribofilm Formation"
13:40-14:20 Invited Talk
  Dr. Atsushi Suzuki ( Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan ) 
  "Toyota's Tribological Technologies"
14:20-15:00 Invited Talk
  Prof. Sujeet K. Sinha ( National University of Singapore, Singapore )
  "Ultra-thin polymer films for lubricating MEMS devices"
15:00-15:40 Invited Talk
  Prof. Mitjan Kalin ( University of Ljubljana, Slovenia )
  "The slip at the solid-liquid interface of non-fully wetted surfaces and it's consequences on lubrication design"
15:40-16:00 Break
16:00-16:40 Invited Talk
  Prof. Denis Mazuyer ( Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France )
  "Lubricant film dynamics in stationary and transient regimes" 
16:40-17:20 Invited Talk
  Prof. Dae-Eun Kim ( Yonsei University, Korea )
  "Application of Biotribology in Next Generation Endoscope Development" 
17:20-17:50 Prof. Kazue Kurihara ( Tohoku University, Japan )
  "Molecular packing and interactions in confined liquids: how crystalline-like? "
19:00-21:00 Banquet
 
September 14 (Mon)
9:30-11:00 Sightseeing in Matsushima 
11:00-12:00 Bay Cruise 
12:00-13:30 Lunch at Bayside