The organizers would like to express our sincere gratitude to the following organizations (in alphabetical order) for supporting this symposium:

• Havas Worldwide Japan K.K
• KANEKA CORPORATION
• Lasertec Corporation
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
• NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
• Oxford Instruments
• Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Company
• Quantum Design Japan, Inc.
• Suntory Global Innovation Center Limited
• TDK Corporation