IEEE MTT-S Japan Chapter Report

（June 2002-May 2003)

I. News
(1) Change of Chapter Chairs
Chapter chairs were renewed in January 2003. New chairs will serve until the end of 2004.
(New Officers 2001-2002)
Chairperson: Prof. Jui-Pang Hsu (Zui-Hou Kyo) (Kanagawa Univ.)
Vice Chairperson: Dr. Takashi Ohira (ATR Adaptive Communications Research Labs.)
Secretary: Prof. Yoshio Nikawa (Kokushikan Univ.)
Dr. Kazukiyo Joshin (Fujitsu Labs.)
Treasurer: Dr. Moriyasu Miyazaki (Mitubishi Electric.)

II. Technical Meetings

A. Sponsor
(1) October 7-8, 2002: 71 attendants.
“2002 Korea-Japan Microwave Workshop (KJMW 2002)”
(2) December 19, 2002: 21 attendants.
“Commemorative Address of IEEE MTT-S New Fellow”
Osami Ishida (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)
(3) December 20, 2002: 27 attendants.
“Report on 2002 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium”
Shigeo Kawasaki (Tokai Univ.), and 5 other members

B. Cooperatively Sponsor
(1) July 24, 2002: 41attendants.
“Microwave Photonics (MWP) Meeting”
(2) October 8, 2002
“Topical Symposium on Millimeter-Waves (TSMMW)”
(3) October 25, 2002
“Advance in Active Antenna Arrays for Millimeter Wave Communications
and Measurement Technologies”
(4) November 19-22, 2002: 839 attendants.
“2002 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2002)”
(5) November 20-22, 2002: 3320 attendants.
“Microwave Exhibition 2002”
(6) November 21-23, 2002: 302 attendants.
“International Symposium on Microwave Science and Its Application to Related Fields”
(7) December 18-19, 2002: 39 attendants.
“Advances in Imaging Technology”
(8) Jun.19-20, Jul 24-26, Sep.19-20, Oct 24-25, Nov.18 and Dec.19-20, 2002.
Jan.16-17, Mar. 5-7, Apr. 23, May 22-23, 2003.
“Technical Group on Microwaves in Electronics Society, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers”

III. Educational
(1) Nov. 6, 2002: 18 attendants.
“English Clinic for 2002 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2002)”
Hiroshi Kondo (Hitachi Co. Ltd.), Shizuo Mizushina (TAO)
(2) May 16, 2003: 12 attendants.
“English Clinic for 2003 IEEE MEE-S International Microwave Symposium”(Tokyo)
Hiroshi Kondo (Hitachi Co. Ltd.), Shizuo Mizushina (TAO)
(3) May 20, 2003: 10 attendants.
“English Clinic for 2003 IEEE MEE-S International Microwave Symposium”(Kyoto)
Hiroshi Kondo (Hitachi Co. Ltd.), Shizuo Mizushina (TAO)

IV. Administrative
(1) June 3, 2002:
“IEEE MTT-S Chapter Chairpersons Meeting”
(2) July 24, 2002: 7 attendants.
“Executive committee”
(3) September 12, 2002: 4 attendants.
“Executive committee”
(4) October 5-6, 2002: 25 attendants.
“IEEE MTT-S Ad-COM Meeting”
(5) October 7, 2002: 26 attendants.
“KJMW Committee Meeting”
(6) October 7, 2002: 5 attendants
“Executive committee”
(7) November 20, 2002: 14 attendants.
“APMC International Steering Committee”
(8) November 21, 2002: 14 attendants.
“Region10 Chapter Chair’s Meeting”
(9) December 21, 2002: 7 attendants.
“Executive committee”
(10) January 29, 2003: 8 attendants
“Executive committee”
(11) May 10, 2003: 6 attendants.
“Executive committee”

V. Social
(1) October 6, 2002: 51 attendants.
“Welcome Reception of IEEE MTT-S Ad-COM Meeting”