Abstract :
The 21st Annual Symposium on Micro-Nano Mechatronics and Human Science (MHS) is held jointly with the following two symposia: Symposium on “COE for Education and Research of Micro-Nano Mechatronics (Micro-Nano GCOE)” organized by the Global COE Program, Nagoya University, Symposium on “System Cell Engineering by Multi-scale Manipulation (Bio-Manipulation)” organized by the Scientific Research of Priority Areas of MEXT. Thus two symposia are truly the joint conferences organized by industrial, academic and governmental organization in Japan, in particular, in the Chubu Region, which is home to the mechatronics industry and related academic facilities.