1.        Convener: Dr. Atsushi Sanada, Yamaguchi University

2.        Date/time: 13:00 -16:45, May 13, 2005

3.        Venue: Laboratory of Nanoelectronics and Spintronics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)

4.        Registration fee: Free

5.        Listed attendees: 36 persons

6.        Local arrangement: Prof. Koji Mizuno's Lab., Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

7.        Session title: “Radio Waves and Biology”

8.        Presentation: 60 min including Q&A for each speaker

(a) “Radio Waves and Human Bodies (communication and medical treatment)”                     Speaker: Prof. Koichi Itoh, Chiba University

(b) “Radio Waves and Non-Invasive Measurements”
       Speaker: Prof. Yoshio Nikawa, Kokushikan University

(c) “Radio Wave Absorption by Human bodies (Measurement Standardization and Numerical Techniques)”
       Speaker: Dr. Shinji Tanabe, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

(d) “Radio Waves and Fruits”
       Speaker: Prof. Koji Mizuno, Tohoku University

9.        Banquet

Venue: Iwanumaya, Sendai, Japan

Attendees: 16 persons

10.    The steering committee meeting took place from 8:50 to 9:50 on May 14, 2005.

11.    Concluding Remarks

This sixth scientific workshop was entitled "Radio Waves and Biology” and was the first cosponsored workshop with the URSI-K group. A diverse range of applications from medical issue and standardizations were presented by the front-line researchers in the field, and there was a fruitful gathering of participants both from the medical application and communication fields. The topics included technical issues of radio waves on ubiquitous communication and medical treatment, radio waves and non-invasive biological measurements, political issues on measurement standardization and numerical techniques, and botanical measurements of fruits by radio waves. Intensive discussions on this field of radio wave applications were held with discerning questions, and the meeting was a big success.