• Keynote Speech / JVSS Society Award 2023 Winner
  Prof. Kazuhiko Mase (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)
  "Study of Surface Dynamics by Coincidence Spectroscopy and Development of Novel Non-Evaporative Getters Based on Surface Science"

• Keynote Speech / JVSS Society Award 2023 Winner
  Prof. Hiromi Yamashita (Osaka University)
  "Surface Design of Nanostructured Catalysts for Energy and Environmental Uses"

• Keynote Speech
  Prof. Guy Le Lay (Aix-Marseille University)
  "Group IV Xenes Quantum Designer"

• [Hybrid]  International Joint Symposium
  "Celebration of the New Inter-society Alliances in Asia and Pacific Rim"
  14:00–18:25, Nov. 1st, 2023  @Room 234 (3F)  (English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Katsuyuki Fukutani (JVSS), Ana Cristina Silva (AVS), Yuyang Zhang (CVS), Kyuwook Ihm (KVS), Ying-Hao Chu (TVS), Fu-Hsing Lu and Wan-Yu Wu (TACT), Airah Peraro Osonio (VSP), Lean Dasallas (SPP), Rahmat Hidayat (PSI), Sam Zhang (TFS)

AVS: American Vacuum Society (USA), CVS: Chinese Vacuum Society (China),
KVS: Korean Vacuum Society (Korea), PSI: Physical Society of Indonesia (Indonesia),
SPP: Physics Society of the Philippines (Philippines),
VSP: Vacuum Society of the Philippines (Philippines),
TFS: Thin Films Society (Singapore),
TACT: Taiwan Association for Coating and Thin Film Technology (Taiwan),
TVS: Taiwan Vacuum Society (Taiwan)

• [Hybrid]  International Online Session (late submission session)
  10:00–12:00, Oct. 31st, 2023 (English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Jeehoon Kim (POSTECH), Escaño Mary Clare Sison (Univ. Fukui)

• Two-dimensional (2D) materials
  09:30 - 12:15 (Thu.), Nov. 2nd @Room 233 (3F) (Partially English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Yukiko Yamada-Takamura (JAIST), Yuki Fukaya (JAEA), Osamu Kubo (Gifu Univ.), Hiroki Hibino (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.), Masaaki Araidai (Nagoya Univ.), Yuki Tsujikawa (Univ. Tokyo)

This session is organized by the local program committee.

• [Hybrid]  Soft Nanotechnology  (ソフトナノテクノロジー研究部会)
  "Soft-nanotechnology for brain science and biological systems"
  09:30 - 12:15 (Thu.), Nov. 2nd @Room 234 (3F)
  (English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Hirofumi Tanaka (Kyushu Tech), Yuya Morimoto (Waseda Univ.), Shutaro Katsurabayashi (Fukuoka Univ.), Kaneyasu Nishimura (Doshisha Univ.), Kaoru Hiramoto (Tohoku Univ.)

• [Hybrid]  Electrode Surface Science  (電極表面科学研究部会)
  "Surface Science and Energy Storage"
  13:30 - 16:30 (Thu.), Nov. 2nd @Room 222 (2F)
  (Japanese language session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Shuji Nakanashi (Osaka Univ.), Christina Aquino Binag (College of Science, University of Santo Tomas), Yuzu Kobayashi (JST-PRESTO, RIKEN)

• Synchrotron Radiation Surface Science  (放射光表面科学研究部会)
  "Advancement of experimental techniques for surface analysis using synchrotron radiation and its applications"
  14:00 - 17:00 (Wed.), Nov. 1st @Room 221 (2F)
  (Partially English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Kaoruho Sakata (KEK), Nozomu Ishiguro (Tohoku Univ.), Masashi Arita (Hiroshima Univ.), Tatsuo Kenayasu (Saga Light Source)

• Surface Analysis  (表面分析研究部会)
  "Development of Data Processing and Data Utilization in Surface Analysis"
  14:00 - 16:45 (Tue.), Oct. 31st @Room 222 (2F)
  (Japanese language session (日本語のみ))
  【Invited speakers】
  Hayaru Shouno (Univ. Electro-Communications), Satoka Aoyagi (Seikei Univ.), Shin Tajima (Toyota Central R&D Labs.), Hiroshi Shinotsuka (NIMS), Noriaki Sanada (ULVAC-PHI)

• [Hybrid]  Science of Friction  (摩擦の科学研究部会)
  "Toward Multiscale Tribology Bridging Nano- and Macro-scale"
  14:00 - 16:45 (Wed.), Nov. 1st @Room 222 (2F)
  (English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Hiroshi Matsukawa (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.), Shinji Yamada (Kao Corp.), Kenji Fukuzawa (Nagoya Univ.), Naruo Sasaki (Univ. Electro-Communications), Koji Miyake (AIST)

• [Hybrid]  Probe Microscopy  (プローブ顕微鏡研究部会)
  Symposium "Photo-related scanning probe microscopy: MHz to X-ray"
  09:30 - 12:30 (Thu), Nov. 2nd @Room 222 (2F)
  (English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Yusuke Arashida (Univ. Tsukuba), Yujeong Bae(Institute of Basic Science), Jun Nishida (IMS), Volker Rose (Argonne National Lab.), Miyabi Imai-Imada (RIKEN)

• Data-Driven Surface Science  (データ駆動表面科学研究部会)
  "Data-driven research and development focused on data generation/storage/analysis"
  09:30 - 12:15 (Tue.), Oct. 31st @Room 223 (2F)
  (Japanese langauge session (日本語のみ))
  【Invited speakers】
  Shingo Hirose (AIST), Kosuke Kawai (Waseda Univ.), Koji Shimizu (Univ. Tokyo), Mitsuhiro Okada (AIST), Shun Muroga (AIST)

• [Hybrid]  Sputtering and Plasma Processes
  (スパッタリングおよびプラズマプロセス技術部会 (SP部会))
  "ISSP2024 pre-session - A new dawn of sputtering and plasma processes toward sustainable development -"
  13:00 - 16:15 (Thu.), Nov. 2nd @Room 234 (3F)
  (Partially English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Kunio Okimura (Tokai Univ.), Grzegorz Greczynski (Linköping Univ), Ivan Fernandez (NANO4ENERGY SLNE)

• [Hybrid]  Microbeam Analysis (MBA)
  (マイクロビームアナリシス技術部会)
  "Micro analysis of new materials"
  09:30 - 12:30 (Tue.), Oct. 31st @Room 234 (3F)
  (Partially English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Hideo Morishita (Hitachi Ltd.), Peter Krueger (Chiba Univ.), Teruo Ono (Kyoto Univ.), Junji Yuhara (Nagoya Univ.), Masafumi Horio (Univ. Tokyo)

• Vacuum Technologies  (真空技術部会)
  "Latest trends of sealing inspections and leak testing"
  12:30 - 16:30 (Thu.), Nov. 2nd @Room 223 (2F)
  (Partially English session)
  【Invited speakers】
  Kazuki Matsumura (AIST), Akimitsu Tanabe (Fukuda Co., Ltd.), Masatake Shiromaru (MARUNAKA Corp.), Masahide Kuroiwa (Tokyo Electronics Co., Ltd.), Atsushi Uehigashi (MORESCO Corp.), Michito Hirayama (ULVAC Inc.), Edwin Kruniawan (Inficon Co., Ltd.), Agio Igawa (Shimadzu Industrial Systems Co., Ltd.) , Akiko Itakura (NIMS)