• Date: Friday, December 12
• Place: Large Lecture Hall 2F, DENKOKU NO MORI (1-2-1 Marunouchi, Yonezawa-shi, Yamagata 
             Prefecture)
  
• Title: Advance Optical Technologies Revolving around Yamagata 
  
• Topic and Lecturer: 
  
  • Transport with Light - Current state and Future Trends in Photonic-Networks
    Dr. Kiyoshi Nakagawa (Yamagata University)
  
  
  • Produce Light - New Devices for Implementing Photonic-Networks
    Dr. Hitoshi Kawaguchi (Yamagata University)
  
  
  • Tranform into Light - Vision with Ultrasound and Computers 
    Dr. Yasutaka Tamura (Yamagata University)
  
  
  • Creations of Light- Present and Future of Organic Electro Luminescence  
    Mr. Jyoji Suzuki (Research Institute for Organic Electro Luminescence)
  
  
  • Examine Light - Measurement of Functions and Organization of Structure in Living Organisms
    Dr. Manabu Satoh (Yamagata University)
  
  
  • Draw with Light -Production Line of 300mm LSI
    Mr. Mamoru Maki (NEC Yamagata)
  
  
  • Present State of Advance Technologies in Yamagata and Expectations from Universities
    Mr. Hiroyuki Ono (Culture Environment Section Yamagata Prefecture) 
    
  
  
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE  
• Number of Participants: 90

• Date: Wendesday, December 1
• Place: Hotel Sendai Plaza 2F (Hagi Hall)
• Winners:Machiko Azuma (Tohoku University)
  Koh Fuchigami (Tohoku University)
  Takeshi Izumida (Tohoku University)
  Shunsuke Koshita (Tohoku University)
  Kaori Maruta (Tohoku University)
  Xin Yin (Iwate University)

  

• Date: Monday, November 22
• Place: Tohoku University, ECEI Bld. 1, Room 103
• Title: A Vision for B3G and FUTURE Program in China
• Lecturer: Prof. Zhang Ping, Director of Wireless Technology Innovation Lab(WTI), 
                    Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE    
• Number of Participants: 35

• Date: Tuesday, October 12
• Place: Yamagata University Room 7-401
• Title: Advancement of IP Telephone Technology and Communication Business 
• Lecturer: Mr. Toshikazu Koide (NTT East Co.)
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE    
• Number of Participants: 120

• Date: Monday, August 30 and Tuesday, August 31
• Place: Sendai International Center  (Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi)
• Title: Convention of The Fundamentals and Materials Society in the IEEJ
• Sponsorship:  The Fundamentals and Materials Society in the IEEJ 
• Number of Participants: 650

• Date: Thursday, August 26 and Friday, August 27
• Place: Tohoku Institute of Technology
• Number of Presentations: 39

• Date & Time: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 15:00-17:00
• Place: Informatics Department, Faculty of Engineering, Iwate University
• Lecturer: Mr. Akihiko Mizuhara (NTT East Co.)
• Title: Solution Business of Broadband Period
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE 
• Number of Participants: 120

• Date: Monday, July 5 - Thursday, July 8
• Place: Hotel Taikanso, Sendai-Matsushima, Miyagi
• Title: The 2004 International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC2004)
• Sponsorship: IEICE Engineering Sciences Society 
• Number of Participants: 440

• Date: Wednesday, June 30, 16:00-17:30
• Place: 5th floor, Large Conference Room, Aoba Memorial Hall, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
• Lecturers
  • Prof. Victor I. Ryzhii
    [For contributions to the development quantum well infrared photodetectors and quantum dot photodetectors]

  

  • Prof.  Ken-ichi YUKIMATSU
    [For contributions on photonic switching technologies and systems]

  

• Number of Participants: 50

• Date: Friday, June 25, 15:00-16:30
• Place: Room 214, 2nd floor, Building 2, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
• Lecturer: Dr. Ali Sheikholeslami (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Subject: Circuit Techniques for Low-Power Content-Addressable Memories
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE
• Number of Participants: 40

• Date: Friday, June 11
• Place: Room 512, 5th floor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
• Title: 24th Functional Information Accumulation Systems Conference 
• Sponsorship: IEICE Dependable Research Group
• Number of Participants: 25

• Date: Wednesday, May  12
• Place: Tohoku University
• Lecturer: Mr. Iizuka Hisao NTT Communications Co.
• Title: Views and Topics on Recent Information Communication
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE 
• Number of Participants: 250

Lecture Meeting (Co-Sponsorship)

• Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1:00-4:30 p.m.
• Place: Palace Miyagino 2F, 3-3-1, Kamisugi, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi; Phone: 022-265-2223
  
  
  • Keynote Lecture
    Yoshiro Nakamura, the former NHK vice president, the former chairman of Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers
    "How Has Broadcast Technology Been Progressed for 50 Years Since the First Television Broadcasting (tentative title)"
    
    
  • Individual Lecture 1
    Tatsuo Uchida, Professor at Tohoku University, the chairman of the Tohoku Chapter of Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers
    "The Front Line of Display Technology"
    
    
  • Individual Lecture 2
    Takumi Kajiwara (TBS Production Technical Center, Program Technology)
    "The Progress of Program Work Technology Including OEDM-FPU, Such As a Long-Distance Relay Race"
    
    
  • Individual Lecture 3
    Masanori Saito (NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratory, Digital Network)
    "Future Television: Ground Digital Broadcasting"
    
    
• Sponsorship: Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, Tohoku Branch
  
  
• Co-Sponsorship: The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, The Illuminating Engineering Institute, The Acoustical Society of Japan, Information Processing Society of Japan, The institute of Electrical Installation Engineers of Japan, IEEE Sendai Section
  
  
• Cooperation: NHK Sendai, Tohoku Broadcasting Co., Sendai Television Broadcasting Co., Miyagi Television Broadcasting Co., Higashi Nippon Broadcasting Co.
• Number of Participants: 100

• Date: Wednesday, April 14, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
• Place: Large Conference Room, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
• Lecturer: Aleksander P. Sek (Adam Mickiewicz University)
• Subject: "Modulation Filter Bank Concept: Some Recent Studies"
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE
• Co-Sponsorship: IEEE Sendai Section
• Number of Participants: 40

High-Tech Symposium (Cooperation)

• Date: Thursday, March 25, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
• Place: Akita View Hotel 4F, (2-6-1, Naka-dori, Akita-shi; Phone: 018-832- 1111)
• Title: "Next-Generation Super High Density Magnetism Record and Brain Medical Application"
• Subjects and Lecturers
  • [Approach to Super-High Density Magnetism Record]
    1. Kazuhiro Ohuchi and Naoki Honda (Akita Research Institute of Advanced Technology)
    "High Dense Magnetic Record"
    
    2. Shunji Ishio (Akita University)
    "Measurement Application of Magnetic Power Microscope"
    
    
  • [High-Technology in Brain Medical Application]
    3. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Akita Prefectural Brain Blood Vessel Research Center)
    "Next-Generation Brain Functional Analysis System by MRI"
    
    4. Kazuto Sato (Akita Prefectural Industrial Technology Center)
    "Object-Oriented Brain Picture Accumulation and Object-Oriented Use"
    
    
  • [Base Technology Supporting High Dense Record]
    5. Yotsugi Shibuya (Akita University), Shigeki Mori (Akita Research Institute of Advanced Technology)
    "Precision Positioning Mechanism of Record Evaluation Equipment and Development of Control System"
    
    6. Susumu Sato (Akita University)
    "Application of Precision Engineering Device"
    
    7. Hiroshi Inoue (Akita University)
    "High-Speed Transmission System Which Imitated Magnetic Head Record Reproduction System"
    
    
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE
• Co-Sponsorship: Akita Industrial Promotion Organization
• Cooperation: IEEE Sendai Section
• Number of Participants: 70

• Date: Thursday, March 18, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
• Place: Large Conference Room, 4th Floor, 2nd Building, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
• Subject: "The Trend of Communication Industry"
• Lecturer: Yohei Ishikawa, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
• Sponsorship: Terahertz Engineering Group, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
• Co-Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE
• Cooperation: IEEE Sendai Section
• Number of Participants: 20

• Date: Tuesday, February 24, 1:00-5:45 p.m.
• Place: Room No. 103, 1st Building , School of Engineering Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
• Title: "Next-Generation Ultra High-Speed Radio Technology"
• Subjects and Lecturers:
  1. Fumiyuki Adachi (Tohoku University)
     "A View of Next-Generation Radio Communications"
     
     
  2. Mamoru Sawabashi (NTT Do Co Mo)
     "Next Generation Broadband Packet Mobile Wireless Access"
     
     
  3. Masahiro Umehira (NTT)
     "Next Generation Wireless LAN"
     
     
  4. Mitsuru Uesugi (Panasonic Mobile Communications, Inc.)
     "Signal Processing in Next Generation Radio Communications"
     
     
  5. Yasutaka Ogawa (Hokkaido University)
     "The High Speed Transmission by the MIMO Antenna System"
     
     
  6. Panel Discussion
• Sponsorship: Tohoku Section, IEICE
• Cooperation: IEEE Sendai Section
• Number of Participants: 80