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The 6th International Fuel Cell Workshop 2012

"The 6th International Fuel Cell Workshop 2012 – PEFCs: from Basic Science to Application – "
will be held in Kofu, Yamanashi, August 2 and 3.

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The Workshop gathers invited oral presentations by top scientists in the PEFC field from the United States, Europe and Asia, including Japan, and contributed posters.
An exhibition, FCEVs (including driving demo) and FC related equipments, is also scheduled.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Hosted by University of Yamanashi
Supported by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization(NEDO), International Society of Electrochemistry(ISE), The Electrochemical Society of Japan(ECSJ), The Chemical Society of Japan(CSJ), The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan(CATSJ)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry（METI）, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT）, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST), National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST), The Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilization Technology(HySUT), Japan Automobile Research Institute(JARI), The Kofu Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Fuel Cell Cutting-Edge Center Technology Research Association(FC-Cubic), Fuel Cell Commercialization Conference of Japan(FCCJ), Fuel Cell Development Information Center(FCDIC), The Yamanashi Academy of Scienses
Co-organized by M.Watanabe, U.Stimming, H.Kim, H.Gasteiger, D.Jones, M.Hickner, and H.Nishide

Registration

The participants should register using the following online registration.
Those who wish to present a poster should also submit a registration form and an abstract for a poster presentation to our office by email to (ifcw@yamanashi.ac.jp).

* The size of the poster panel is 90 cm (width) x 120 cm (height).
* The MS-Word file is version 2007 (Windows).
* The PDF file can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free software).

Deadlines

Early registration (33,000 JPY): Jul. 3
Regular registration (38,000 JPY): Jul. 19 (The registration closes after the maximum of 200 person is reached)
Poster registration and abstract submission: Jun. 29
Hotel reservation via JTB: Jul. 19

Access

Access to the Kofu Fujiya Hotel, where the workshop will be held, can be found at the hotel web site http://www.kofufujiya.jp/english/

Date, Location, and Program

  
1 Date August 2 (Thur.) -  3 (Fri.), 2012
2 Location Kofu Fujiya Hotel: Kofu, Yamanashi
（ca. 2hours by train from downtown Tokyo, Japan)
3 Registration desk Aug. 1 (Wed.) 15:00 - 18:00, Aug.2 (Thur.) 8:00 - 18:00
4 Program


Detailed program »

Aug. 2 (Thur.)
AM

（Address from the Chairman of the Organizing Committee)
M. Watanabe (University of Yamanashi)
(Address from the Host of the Workshop)
S. Maeda (President of the University of Yamanashi)
(Congratulatory speeches)
S. Yokouchi (Governer of Yamanashi Prefecture)
(New catalysts)
K. Sasaki (Brookhaven NL)
(New catalysts)
A. Kucernak (Imperial College)
Aug. 2 (Thur.)
PM		 (Theoretical analysis)
S. Chen(Wuhan University)
(Proton exchange membrane)
S. Holdcroft (Simon Fraser Univ.)
(Proton exchange membrane)
N. Miyake(Asahi Kasei Corp.)
（MEA ）
M. Debe (3M)
（MEA analysis）
T. Schmidt (Paul Scherrer Inst.)
Banquet
Aug. 3 (Fri.)
AM		 （FCV）
S. Miura (Toyota Motor Corp.)
（FCV）
S. Campbell（Automotive Fuel Cell Corp.）
(Residential PEFC)
H. Ohara (Panasonic Corp.)
Aug. 3 (Fri.)
P M		 Poster Presentation , FCEVs Exhibition and Test Driving
(Anion Exchange Membrane)
K. Fukuda (Tokuyama Corp.)
(AFC catalyst)
S. Mukerjee (Northeastern Univ.)
Closing Remarks

Contact

Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, University of Yamanashi
6-43 Miyamae-cho, Kofu 400-0021, Japan
IFCW Organizer, Tomio Omata
FAX: +81-55-254-7104
TEL: +81-55-254-7092
E-mail: ifcw@yamanashi.ac.jp