Conference Report

 

Third Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium

 

The 3rd Asia-Pacific  EPR/ESR Symposium (APES'01) was held, under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society (APES), at the Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, from October 28 through November 1, 2001.  The Symposium was attended by 210 participants from 18 different countries, among whom 69 were from Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America, whereas 141 were from Japan. At the Opening Ceremony, Prof. Seigo YAMAUCHI has been presented the 2001 IES Silver Medal in Chemistry by Prof. John R. PilbroW, President of the International EPR/ESR Society.

 

The meeting featured the following plenary lectures : Prof. C. RUDOWICZ, Electron Magnetic Resonance (EMR) of the Spin S³1 Systems: An Overview of Major Pitfalls Awaiting Unwary Spectroscopists; Prof. J. H. FREED, Modern ESR Methods in the Study of Proteins and Membranes; Prof. R. GRgN, ESR Dating Applications in Archaeology and Earth Sciences; Prof. L. KEVAN, Pulsed Electron Magnetic Resonance of Transition Metal Ions in Microporous and Mesoporous Oxide Materials; Prof. S. I.  KURODA, ESR and ENDOR Spectroscopy of Solitons and Polarons in Conjugated Polymers; Prof. N. HIROTA, Time-resolved EPR Studies of Excited States: Some old and some new stories; Prof. L. J. BERLINER, Advances in the Spin Labeling Method; Prof. M. OSHIKAWA, Recent Developments in Low-Temperature ESR in Quantum Antiferromagnetic Chains; Prof. Z. L. LIU (Z. H. Chen, B. Zhou, H. H.  Zhu, L. M. Wu, L. Yang), Kinetic EPR Study on Vitamin E Radical in Membranes; Prof. T. YOSHIMURA, In Vivo and Ex-Vivo EPR Spectroscopy and Imaging of Endogenously Synthesized Nitric Oxide under Physiological and Pathophysiological Conditions.   A number of invited talks were also presented.

 

The interdisciplinary character of the EPR/ESR spectroscopy was reflected in the Scientific Programme, which following the tradition of the previous Symposia, consisted of the plenary sessions and several parallel sessions focusing on: (1) biology, life and medical sciences, (2) chemistry, earth (including geology and EPR dosimetry) and environmental sciences, (3) physics (including magnetism) and materials science, (4) new developments (including high frequency EPR) and cross-disciplinary areas.  The refereed Proceedings containing the selected papers will be published by  Elsevier Science as a Proceedings book with Profs A. Kawamori, H. Ohta, and J. Yamauchi as the Guest Editors.

 

For the first time two Satellite Meetings: Symposium A:   2001 ESR Dosimetry and Dating and Symposium B: International Workshop on Advanced EPR Applied to Biosciences,  have also been arranged.  This is a very positive development, which shows that the idea of the APE Symposia is expanding and attracting other specialized areas of applications of EMR (encompassing EPR and ESR).  Thanks are due to Prof. M. Ikeya and Prof. A. J. Hoff for their effort in organizing, in coordination with Prof. A. Kawamori, the Symposium A and B, respectively.

 

During the Symposium the 3rd Meeting of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society was held.  We were privileged to have with us Prof. John R. PilbroW, President of the International EPR/ESR Society, who delivered an Address to the participants of the Meeting. The 26 APES members were present.  The new APES Council has been elected as follows: President: Prof. C. Rudowicz (Hong Kong); Vice-President: Prof. S. V. Bhat (India); Vice-President: Prof. H. Ohta (Japan); Secretary: Dr Y. Y. Yeung (Hong Kong); Representatives from: Australia/New Zealand: Dr. G. Hanson; Japan: Prof. J. Yamauchi; P. R. China: Prof. Y. Li; India: Prof. K.P. Mishra;  Rep. of Korea: Prof. S.O. Kang; Vietnam: Prof. T. T. Nguyen; Russia - Far East: Prof. A. Ziadtinov.

 

It was decided at the APES Meeting that the fourth Symposium (APES'03) will be held at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore in November 2003, with Prof. S. V. Bhat as the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for APES'03.  An International School on EPR/ESR Spectroscopy with tutorial sessions for students and researchers will be held at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai prior to the APES'03, with Prof. K.P. Mishra as the Chairman of the OC for the School. All materials related to the APES'01 as well as the APES Meeting will be available on the APES Web site at http://www.ied.edu.hk/has/phys/apepr. The tentative schedule (to be confirmed) of the future Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposia is: APES'05 in Korea, APES'07 in Russia(Vladivostok), and APES'09 in Australia.  Please visit the APES Web site for updated information on the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposia and the Society.

 

On behalf of the APES Council I would like to thank all hard working Members of the APES'01 Local Organising Committee for their dedicated effort as well as the sponsoring organisations who financially supported the Symposium.  Under the skilful leadership of Prof. A. Kawamori and Prof. H. Ohta, the APES'01 has been a very successful Symposium.  In the appreciation of the commitment and hard work, Prof. A. Kawamori and each member of her team has been awarded the APES Distinguished Service Award, which were presented by the President of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society during the Symposium Banquet.  Special thanks are due to Prof. A. Kawamori for her dedicated two-terms service as the Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society.  We all wish Prof. A. Kawamori an enjoyable and fruitful retirement.

 

Czeslaw Rudowicz

President

The Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Society

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