The 9th International Workshop on Far-Infrared Technologies (IW-FIRT 2024)
and Symposium on Frontier of Terahertz Science XI (S-FTS 2024)

The International Workshop on Far-Infrared Technologies (IW-FIRT) has been held eight times in the past from 1999 to 2021. In these workshops, we aimed to discuss the recent development and future directions of far-infrared and terahertz (THz) science and technologies with a special emphasis on high power radiation sources in this frequency region and their applications.

Symposium on Frontier of Terahertz Science (S-FTS) has been held ten times in the past every year from 2014 to 2023 by (i) Division of Terahertz Spectroscopy, Spectroscopical Society of Japan, (ii) Professional Group of Terahertz technology, The Japan Society of Applied Physics; (iii) Technical Committee on Microwave Photonics and Terahertz Photonic-Electronics Technologies, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan, (iv) Terahertz Technology Forum. This Symposium aims to provide a place for researchers from different fields to interact with each other regarding terahertz technology and related technologies, which have been rapidly developing in recent years, and to generate new research that transcends disciplinary boundaries. The S-FTS 2024 will be conducted in Japanese.

We think it is good for our THz and Far-infrared science community to jointly hold the workshop and the symposium with similar missions this year. In the part of IW-FIRT 2024, we pay special attention to “The progress of far-infrared technologies in Asia”.

The workshop and symposium consist of invited talks, oral presentations and a poster session with the following scope of topics:

• 1) Development of sources, detectors and instrumentations in the THz and far-infrared region;
• 2) Application of terahertz technologies especially on the following topics:
  • 2-1) THz spectroscopy, sensing and imaging;
  • 2-2) Magnetic and spintronic phenomena in the THz and far-infrared region;
  • 2-3) Material development with high-power THz/FIR sources; and
• 3) Other subjects related to the THz and far-infrared region.

Important dates

Registration

• Regarding the Registration and Banquet fees, please note that they are common for both IW-FIRT and S-FTS participants, thus there is no need to pay these fees twice.
• Registration is required for participants to IW-FIRT 2024 and S-FTS 2024, including the invited speakers, the oral and the poster presenters.
• Invited speakers are exempted from both the registration fee and the banquet fee (complimentary invitation), so you do not need to complete the registration process.
• For early registrations before September 8, 2024, discounted registration fees are applied.

Please follow instructions in the conference webpage.

Registration fees

[1] "Members" are non-student members of academic associations of the organizer (i)~(v).

[2] "Member students" are student members of academic associations of the organizer (i)~(iii),(v).

(i) Division of Terahertz Spectroscopy, Spectroscopical Society of Japan,
(ii) Professional Group of Terahertz technology, The Japan Society of Applied Physics,
(iii) Technical Committee on Microwave Photonics and Terahertz Photonic-Electronics Technologies, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers of Japan,
(iv) Terahertz Technology Forum,
(v) Researchers and students affiliated to the University of Fukui, and officially registered collaborators and visiting researchers of Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui

Banquet fee

The poster session and the banquet will be held jointly by IW-FIRT and S-FTS on the afternoon to evening of October 17th. Please check the banquet details.

• Deadline for banquet registration : October 2nd

Program

Passport and Visa

All foreign visitors entering Japan must possess a valid passport.
Participants from countries requiring a visa to enter Japan should obtain one from the nearest Japanese embassy or consulate ahead of time.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html

Regarding the procedures and issuance of documents required for visa applications, we will proceed after the acceptance notification on August 1st. This applies to those whose presentations have been accepted and who have completed their registration (including payment).

Sponsors & Exhibitors

Access

• Tokyo - Komatsu (1 hour by air) & Komatsu - Fukui (1 hour by shuttle bus)
• Tokyo - Fukui (3 hours by train)
• Nagoya - Fukui (1 hour and 40 minutes by train)
• Osaka - Fukui (1 hour and 50 minutes by train)

Access to University of Fukui from JR Fukui Station