The fifteenth international symposium, ISMB15, will take place at Mojiko hotel in Kitakyushu from August 3 to 6, 2016. The primary aims of ISMB15 are to promote scientific and technological exchange between Asia and other parts of the world, and to enhance the understanding and the dissemination of magnetic bearing technology worldwide.
The ISMB is the major meeting for academic and industrial researchers from all over the world. Find out more on the history of ISMB and the past symposia at The Web Portal on Magnetic Bearings.
Download the ISMB15 Call for Papers (PDF)
We are looking forward to your participation!
The USB-Proceedings are sold at prices of
25,000 yen (domestic shipping) or
30,000 yen (shipping overseas) including postage
only from August 2016 to February 2017.
Please contact "ismb15@ismb15.org".
All papers in the USB-Proceedings will be published at the web portal "magneticbearings.org"
on August 3, 2017, just a year after ISMB15.
Full Paper Submission | Before submission, your registration must be finished. |
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Registration Here | By July 24, only credit cards (Visa, Master, and Amex) are accepted for payment. On August 3-6, only cash is accepted for the payment. |
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The first International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB) was held in 1988 in Zurich, Switzerland and the ISMB has been held every two years thereafter. After the last ISMB14 held in Linz, Austria, the 15th ISMB will be held in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the premier forum for the presentation and discussion of new research results and advances in the field of Magnetic Bearings. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world.
The main topics of the conference cover amongst others :
Program is available to download.
Download Program (PDF)Wednesday, Aug. 3 | |||||
9:30 | 16:30 | City Tour | |||
17:30 | 20:00 | Registration@Mojiko Hotel | |||
18:00 | 20:00 | Welcome Reception@Mojiko Hotel | |||
Thursday, Aug. 4 | |||||
8:00 | 18:00 | Registration | |||
Room A (2F) | Room B (4F) | Room C (4F) | Room D (4F) | ||
8:30 | 8:40 | Opening | Exhibition | ||
8:40 | 8:50 | Break 10 min | |||
8:50 | 10:10 | Applications I | Devices | SBMs I | |
10:10 | 10:40 | Coffee Break 30 min | |||
10:40 | 12:00 | Applications II | Control I | SBMs II | |
12:00 | 13:00 | Lunchtime Presentation (12:30 - 12:50) 1) Tianjin Emaging Technology 2) SINKAWA Electric | Lunch 60 min | ||
13:00 | 13:40 | Keynote I | |||
13:40 | 14:00 | Take Photo & Break 20 min | |||
14:00 | 15:40 | Applications III | Control II | SBMs III | |
15:40 | 16:10 | Coffee Break 30 min | |||
16:10 | 17:50 | Design & Modling I | Control III | SBMs IV | |
17:30 | 22:00 | Dinner for All in Mojiko Area | |||
18:30 | Meeting for International Advisory Committee Members (by Bus) | ||||
Friday, Aug. 5 | |||||
8:00 | 12:00 | Registration | |||
Room A (2F) | Room B (4F) | Room C (4F) | Room D (4F) | ||
8:30 | 9:30 | Desgin & Modeling II | Self-sensing I | SBMs V | Exhibition |
9:30 | 9:40 | Break 10 min | |||
9:40 | 10:40 | Design & Modeling III | Self-sensing II | SBMs VI | |
10:40 | 11:10 | Coffee Break 30 min | |||
11:10 | 11:50 | Keynote II | |||
12:05 | 17:15 | Technical Tour | |||
18:00 | 20:00 | Banquet@Mojiko Hotel (2F) | |||
Saturday, Aug. 6 | |||||
8:00 | 12:00 | Registration | |||
Room A (2F) | Room B (4F) | Room C (4F) | Room D (4F) | ||
8:30 | 9:50 | Design & Modling IV | Control IV | SBMs VII | Exhibition |
9:50 | 10:20 | Coffee Break 30 min | |||
10:20 | 12:00 | Design & Modeling V | Control V | SBMs VIII, PMBs I | |
12:00 | 13:00 | Lunch 60 min | |||
13:00 | 13:40 | Keynote III | |||
13:40 | 13:50 | Break 10 min | |||
13:50 | 15:10 | Backup Bearings I | Control VI | PMBs II | |
15:10 | 15:40 | Coffee Break 30 min | |||
15:40 | 17:20 | Backup Bearings II | Control VII | PMBs III | |
17:20 | 18:30 | Farewell Party@Mojiko Hotel | |||
18:30 | 21:00 | Summer Festival@Nishikokura (by JR Train) |
The technical tour for "YASKAWA Robot Village" and "TOTO Museum" is planned in the afternoon on August 5, 2016. The head offices of YASKAWA and TOTO are located in Kitakyushu-city. The tour fee is about ¥1,000 yen as a bus fare. Pre-registration of the technical tour is necessary. For the reasons such as tour capacity and company security, you might be not allowed to attend the tour.
Please visit
YASKAWA Robot Village | http://www.yaskawa.co.jp/en/centenary/robot |
TOTO Museum | http://www.toto.co.jp/museum/en/ |
We are now planning the Kitakyushu city-tour, “A stroll through Kitakyushu's History”. It will cost ¥3,000 yen. We hope that many persons will attend the city-tour. If the number of participants is less than 20 persons, the tour might be canceled because of the bus payment. Pre-registration of the city tour is necessary.
9:30 | depart Mojiko Hotel |
Kokura Castle | |
Kokura Castle Japanese Garden | |
11:10 | depart |
11:40 | Lunch (on your own) (not provided) |
AEON Shopping Center | |
12:50 | depart |
12:53 | Eco House |
(view the inside of a typical Japanese house) | |
13:00 | Environment Museum |
(view Kitakyushu's achievements in environmental development) | |
13:30 | depart |
13:33 | Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History |
(One of the most popular museums in Japan) | |
14:30 | depart |
15:15 | Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel |
(the only tunnel beneath a strait in the world) | |
16:30 | arrive at Mojiko Hotel |
The summer festival will be held at Kokura, Kitakyushu on August 6-7, 2016. We have a plan to attend the festival together on August 6 just after the farewell party. There, you can see many portable shrines coming and going along the main street, and you will enjoy a lot of food stalls.
Since the summer season in Kitakyushu is very hot! and very humid!, you must be prepared for the hot! and humid! evening.
In order to prevent a duplicate submission and copyright infringement, the ISMB15 organizing committee adopts the following policies.
ISMB15 Extended Abstract: 1~2 pages
ISMB15 Full Paper: 4~8 pages
Special Issue of the JSME Journal: 8~12 pages
Please prepare your extended abstract using the template format. The length of the extended abstract is limited to two A4 (21 x 29.7 cm) pages (no exceptions).
The template file is used for the extended abstract only and available for MS word and LaTeX.
When preparing the extended abstract for your paper, please make sure that the main idea of your publication is clearly described. If there are still some parts missing, point them out in an outlook so your reviewers can grasp the full extent or your investigations. Extended abstracts should not include a separate abstract.
For the Microsoft Word template, click here.
For the LaTeX style files, click here.
(In case of MikTeX, use “XeLaTeX” command.)
After you complete your paper, convert it to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The PDF file size should not exceed 6 MByte. Your abstract can be uploaded on the abstract page of the ISMB15 site:
http:// www.ismb15.org/
The deadline for the extended abstracts is December 25, 2015. The notifications of acceptance will be sent on March 11, 2016.
All authors of accepted abstracts are kindly requested to submit a full-length paper. Please prepare your final paper in the PDF format using the Word or LaTeX templates. The number of pages per paper is 4~8 pages. The template is almost the same as the JSME Journal format, so you can easily submit your paper to the JSME Journal after the symposium.
For the Microsoft Word template, click here.
For the LaTeX style files, click here.
(In case of MikTeX, use “XeLaTeX” command.)
For the Copyright transfer form files, click here.
For the Biography files, click here.
The deadline for the full papers is May 27, 2016.
Full Paper Submission | Before submission, your registration must be finished. |
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Submitted papers will be published according to the following process.
The symposium will be accompanied by an exhibition. Magnetic bearing manufactures as well as research laboratories are encouraged to present their magnetic bearing systems, products and components to the international community.
Registration and information about space, utility requirements and advertising should be submitted by e-mail. (ismb15-ex(at)ismb15.org) [Please replace "(at)" with "@".]
We also welcome other proposals for exhibition and advertizing.
For Further Information, Please contact
Tadahiko SHINSHI, Exhibition Chair in ISMB15(ismb15-ex(at)ismb15.org)
[Please replace "(at)" with "@".]
The ISMB15 will be held at Mojiko HOTEL in Kitakyushu (city), Fukuoka (prefecture), Japan. The hotel is located in the best area, Mojiko Retro District, where you can see a beautiful night view. It is easy to access commercial areas (Kokura, Shimonoseki) and interesting tourist attractions. It takes about 2 minutes on foot from Mojiko station to the hotel.
Address: 9-11, Moji, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, JapanView Mojiko HOTEL in a lager map |
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Kitakyushu is a big city located in the northeast of Fukuoka, Kyushu (region), Japan. Kitakyushu is the second largest city in population (970,000 people, 2012) and economy in Kyushu. The city is a traffic doorway of Kyushu, i.e. the important point for highway, railway and ocean line.
The symposium will be held in summer season in Japan. It will be very hot and humid, and the temperature exceeds 30 °C. Average high and low temperatures in August are as follows:
Average high temperature: 31 °C / 87.8 °F
Average low temperature: 24 °C /75.2 °F
Electrical outlets are 100V, 60Hz.
By July 24, only credit cards (Visa, Master, and Amex) are accepted for payment.
On August 3-6, only cash is accepted for the payment.
Registration fees (1 paper upload) | Prior to and on June 3 | After June 3 and on-site |
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Full Registration | ¥65,000 Yen | ¥75,000 Yen |
Student Registration (except banquet) | ¥40,000 Yen | ¥45,000 Yen |
Extra Items | |
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Extra paper upload (only one extra paper can be uploaded by one author) | ¥25,000 Yen |
Additional banquet reception ticket | ¥3,000 Yen per person |
The nearest airports for the ISMB conference (Mojiko Hotel) are “Fukuoka International Airport” and “Kitakyushu Airport”. Fukuoka International Airport is more convenient than Kitakyushu Airport. But the transportations from Fukuoka International Airport to the ISMB conference (Mojiko Hotel) are a little more complicated than Kitakyushu Airport. Anyway, you can easily go to Kokura Station from Fukuoka International Airport or Kitakyushu Airport.
The nearest station of ISMB conference (Mojiko Hotel) is Mojiko Station. Be careful that Mojiko Station is different from Moji Station. You can easily go to Mojiko Station from Kokura Station by trains. Please check the time table ( http://www.hyperdia.com/en/ ) from Kokura Station to Mojiko Station.