20th International Colloquium
on Scanning Probe Microscopy (ICSPM20)

Conference Program

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17-Dec (Mon) 18-Dec (Tue) 19-Dec (Wed)
Registration (12:00-14:00)
Wellcome address (14:00-14:10)
Session 1
14:10 S1-1s Y. Kuk
14:50 S1-2s R. Proksch
15:30 S1-3 A. Berquand
15:45 S1-4 Y. Kim
16:00 S1-5 J. Onoda
Session 2
Exhibitor's presentation
Break (17:05-17:15)
Session 3
Poster session (17:15-19:15)
Free time for dinner (19:15-)
Breakfast (06:30-08:00)
Session 4
08:00 S4-1s A. Raman
08:40 S4-2 T. Okajima
08:55 S4-3 T. Uchihashi
09:10 S4-4 R.-F. Ding
09:25 S4-5 B.-J. Juang
Coffee break (09:40-10:00)
Session 5
10:00 S5-1 H. Liu
10:15 S5-2 F. Ito
10:30 S5-3 T. Ichii
10:45 S5-4 H. Hara
11:00 S5-5 T. Hiasa
11:15 S5-6 H. Asakawa
Conference Photo (11:30-11:45)
Free time for lunch (11:45-13:15)
Session 6
13:15 S6-1i K. Watanabe
13:45 S6-2i M. Ashino
14:15 S6-3 Y. Sugimoto
14:30 S6-4 D. Mizuno
Coffee break (14:45-15:05)
Session 7
15:05 S7-1 S. Yamazaki
15:20 S7-2 E. Inami
15:35 S7-3 T. Kondo
15:50 S7-4 S. Yasuda
16:05 S7-5i N. Takagi
Coffee break (16:35-16:55)
Session 8
16:55 S8-1 H. Tanaka
17:10 S8-2 Y. Fujikawa
17:25 S8-3 S. Yoshida
17:40 S8-4 K. Iwaya
17:55 S8-5 Y.P. Chiu
Break (18:10-18:30)
20th Anniversary Celebration (18:30-21:00)
Breakfast (06:30-08:00)
Session 9
08:00 S9-1i Y. Miyahara
08:30 S9-2 H. Guo
08:45 S9-3 T. Komeda
09:00 S9-4 E. Arima
Session 10
09:15 S10-1 H. Yong
09:30 S10-2 M.C. Shih
09:45 S10-3 K. Nakano
10:00 S10-4 A. Ando
Closing remark (10:15-10:20)
Excursion (10:30-)

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All attendee stay at the conference site hotel.

Oral presentations including invited talks are given in a single session.

Exhibition by sponsers is made from Dec 17 afternoon to Dec 18 evening. Short presentation by exhibitors are given in the oral session on Dec 17.

The poster session is held in the evening on Dec 17. Drinks are provided by some exhibitors for the poster presentation.

After the closing on Dec 19, conference excursion brings you for some sightseeing in the beautiful island Okinawa. For the details, see below.

Oral Presentation Guideline

PRESENTATION TIME (tentative)

Type Presentation Discussion
Invited-S   35 min 5 min
Invited   25 min 5 min
Generic   10 min 5 min

EQUIPMENT

Speakers can use a digital projector for PC as described below. A laser pointer and a lapel microphone are also provided.
Overhead projectors for transparencies, slides and video tapes ARE NOT be provided.

Digital projector for oral presentation.

Your PC should have a mini D-sub 15-pin output (female), a standard RGB monitor terminal, to be connect to the projector. The power supply is AC100V, 50Hz, with the plug type A, which has two flat blades without GND.

In case of a connection problem, you should bring a copy of your presentation in a CD-R or a USB memory stick, which can be used with our backup computers that have the PowerPoint on Windows and MacOSX. But please do NOT rely too much on our computers since they may not work properly for various reasons, such as the version inconsistency of PowerPoint.

Poster Presentation Guideline

Poster sessions are scheduled in the evening on Dec 17. Each poster board is 120 cm in width and 180 cm in height.

Your poster should be mounted immediate after registration on the first day, Dec 17 and removed at the end of the session. Pushpins are provided for mounting posters.
We are not responsible for the posters left on the board after the session.

Invited speakers

Invited speakers will be announced here.
Makoto Ashino (University of Hamburg)
"Unusual Elastic and Inelastic Behaviors of Carbon Nanotubes due to Molecular Encapsulations: Dynamic Force Microscopy and Spectroscopy Studies"
Young Kuk (Seoul National University, Korea)
"STM, from a surface science tool to a general condensed matter physics tool"
Yoichi Miyahara (Mcgill University)
"Energy Level Spectroscopy of Quantum Dots by Force Detection"
Roger Proksch (Asylum Research)
"Extracting Quantitative Nanomechanical Properties from Tapping Mode: AM-FM and Loss Tangent Imaging"
Noriaki Takagi (Tokyo University)
"Silicene on Ag(111), New Two-Dimensional Honeycomb Material"
Arvind Raman (Purdue University)
"Multi-harmonic AFM methods for in-vitro quantitative material property mapping of living cells and viruses"
Kazuo Watanabe (Tokyo University of Science)
"Laser-Induced Photochemical Processes on Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles"

Excursion

The conference excursion is held after closing on Dec 19. It brings you to the popular sightseeing spots in Okinawa and go back to the airport in the evening.

It costs 2,000 yen. You are requested to reserve a seat when you register yourself for conference attendance.

Schedule (Dec 19)

10:30 amDeparture from the conference site.
Visit Okinawa World, Shurijo Castle and some other popular sightseeing places.
16 pmArrival at Naha Airport.
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