The 11th International Colloquium on Scanning Probe microscopy (ICSPM 11) will be held at Hotel Atagawa Haitsu, Shizuoka prefecture in Japan from 11th - 13th December, 2003.
ICSPM has been held under the sponsorship of Japan Society of Applided Physics, and was originally a series of the conference on SPM organized in 1985 first to stimulate the SPM related science and technology which were growing in Japan. In 1993, the conference was reorganized as an international colloquium and has been held annually.
In 2000, ICSPM 8 and Asian SPM 3 were held in conjunction to make a progressive development of this field. The Asian SPM is the conference organized to encourage interactions and exchange of participants from Asian and Pacific rim countries. Last year, in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the colloquium, the ICSPM 10 was successfully held in Hawaii. Pogram is still shown in the home page.
This year, in consideration of the recent development of nano-science and technology, we are planning to invite several distinguished scientists of this field to reconsider the potential of SPM works for the future. You are cordially invited to participate in the conference. Active participation of young researchers, especially students, is strongly encouraged