International Workshop on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (2016 NICT/ICNIRP WS)
Greeting
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) will hold an International Workshop on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection on 2nd December 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. The main topics of the workshop are the revision of the ICNIRP HF guidelines and NIR protection related to 5G system. Scientific experts attending to the GLORE meeting are welcome to the WS.
*Link to GLORE meeting(in Japanese only)
- There is no charge for attendance, but registration in advance is necessary.Please send the registration form to nict-nir-ws@stage.ac for if you consider attending the workshop.
- English only(A simultaneous interpretation is not available.)
- sponsored by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- cosponsored by International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)
- supported by Japanese Society for Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
- backed up by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Venue
- Date:
- 2nd December 2016 (Friday) 10:00～17:00
- Venue:
- Next-3 (4F), Akihabara UDX, Japan →route map
Program (tentative)
- 9:30-10:00
- Reception
- 10:00-10:10
- Opening remarks, M. Hosokawa (Vice President, NICT),E. van Rongen (Chair, ICNIRP),Y. Sakanaka (Director, Electromagnetic Environment Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)
- 10:10-10:40
- Keynote session (15min x 2)Chair:C. Ohkubo (Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Director, Japan EMF Information Center (JEIC))
- 1. Keynote speech from ICNIRP (M. Feychting (Vice-Chair, ICNIRP; Karolinska Institutet, Sweden))
- 2. Keynote speech from WHO (E. van Deventer (WHO))
- 10:40-11:00
- Break
- 11:00-12:30
- ICNIRP session (30min x 3)
Co-chairs: A. Green (ICNIRP; QIMR Berghofer Medical Rersearch Institute, Australia) & C. Marino (ICNIRP; Casaccia Research Center of Italian Agency for New Technologies)
- 1. Biological rationale for HF guidelines (Z. Sienkiewicz (ICNIRP; Public Health England))
- 2. Dosimetry for HF guidelines (A. Hirata (ICNIRP; Nagoya Institute of Technology) & S. Watanabe (ICNIRP; NICT))
- 3. Scientific discussion for HF guidelines (R. Croft (ICNIRP; University of Wollongong, Australia))
- 12:30-13:30
- Lunch
- 13:30-15:10
- NICT & JP study session (20min x 5)
Co-chairs: G. D'Inzeo (ICNIRP; University of Rome) & K. Jokela (ICNIRP; Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Finland)(STUCK (retired)))
- 1. Dosimetry of children and pregnant women (T. Nagaoka (NICT))
- 2. Electrical properties of biological tissues and MMW dosimetry (K. Sasaki (NICT))
- 3. Dosimetry of intermediate frequency region (K. Wake & J. Chakarothai (NICT))
- 4. Thermal sensation due to MMW exposure(Y. Ugawa (Fukushima Medical University), A. Nisikata (Tokyo Institute of Technology), K. Wake (NICT))
- 5. Dosimetry of the biological studies on MMW thermal effects in Japan (Y. Suzuki (Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Tokyo Metropolitan University), M. Mizuno & K. Sasaki (NICT))
- 15:10-15:30
- Break
- 15:30-17:00
- Panel discussion on NIR protection of 5G system--Gap between MMW and optical radiation-- Moderator:M. Taki (Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Tokyo Metropolitan University) Rapporteur:G. Oftedal (ICNIRP; Norwegian University of Technology (NTNU)) Panelist:Z. Sienkiewicz (ICNIRP; Public Health England), A. Hirata (ICNIRP; Nagoya Institute of Technology), S. Watanabe (ICNIRP; NICT), R. Croft(ICNIRP; University of Wollongong, Australia), T. Okuno(ICNIRP; Tokyo Metropolitan University), M. Kojima (ICNIRP; Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Kanazawa Medical University), M. Asmuss (ICNIRP; German Federal Office for Radiation Protection(BfS)), D. Sliney (ICNIRP (former member); Johns Hopkins University), P. Soderburg (ICNIRP (former member); Uppsala University Sweden, Sweden)
- 17:00
- Closing remarks, M. Taira (Director General, AER Institute of NICT)
*Please attend the banquet after the workshop at the venue.