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First of all, we would like to convey our deepest condolences to all of those who are affected by Tohoku Earthquake and subsequent tsunami. The 24th International Symposium on Superconductivity ISS2011 will be held at Tower Hall Funabori in Tokyo. This symposium is sponsored by the International Superconductivity Technology Center, ISTEC. It is also supported by seven major organizations including the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and approved by nineteen other academic associations and institutions. We hope the superconductivity will be useful for rebuilding in disaster area in the near future. We celebrate the 100th anniversary since the discovery of superconductivity and 25th from the discovery of high Tc superconductivity. During these years, the basic and fundamental technologies of superconductivity have been remarkably progressed in the filed of high quality superconducting bulks, high current density and high performance superconducting wires, high speed and low power superconducting devices. It is expected a new superconductivity industry will spring up in the near future in various industrial fields. Meanwhile, using superconducting technology, electric power storage system, magnetic separator for water purification, large current high voltage power cable, magnet for maglev type railway vehicles, rotating machine, fault current limiter, transformer, circuit for superconducting electronics, and so forth are also progressing. The world situation is complicated recently. Developing countries including BRIC's nations have been steadily growing at the high rate. The construction of a new society that reduces energy consumption as well as the amount of the greenhouse gas emission is an urgent necessity. In order to realize this society, we should develop following technologies. (1) next generation power grid for energy transport, (2) optical fiber cable network including a new router for information transmission, (3) rapid railway system for the transportation of people,and (4) new power energy source that supplies energy for all of those. The international collaboration is indispensable in order to overcome these difficulties. And it must be superconducting technologies that play a leading role. Since the first ISS in 1988, we have gotten the 600-700 participants from all over the world each year, and more than five hundred papers, oral and poster presentations are presented in the five technical fields, i.e., Physics and Chemistry, Bulks / Characterization, Wires and Tapes / Characterization, Films, Junctions and Electronic Devices, and Large Scale System Applications. We expect that this symposium accelerates commercialization of superconductivity technology in various application fields through the global cooperation in the academic, governmental and industrial communities. The members of the ISS2011 committees hope that the symposium will serve as a forum where the scientists, engineers, business administrators and entrepreneurs in the world can meet in the spirit of international cooperation, exchange and discuss their views and findings on superconductivity and its future applications.
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