It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the Twelfth Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic, Superconducting, Multifunctional and Nanomaterials (JAPMED’12) is continuing and extending the successful previous events: two Japanese-Greek Joint Workshops held in Athens, Greece (1999) and Oita,Japan (2001), followed by seven Japanese-Mediterranean Joint Workshops held in Athens, Greece (2003), Cairo, Egypt (2005), Larnaca, Cyprus (2007), Bucharest, Romania (2009), Budapest, Hungary (2011), Athens, Greece (2013), Sofia, Bulgaria (2015) and Izmir, Turkey (2017) and Batumi, Georgia (2019).

The aim of this Conference is to create a link for the participants to share knowledge and experience and for the cross-fertilization of new ideas and developments in applied electromagnetics, design, analysis, new material (magnetic, superconducting, multifunctional, nanomaterials) utilization, static- to shock-processing from macro-, micro-, to nanoscale and optimization techniques, including applications related to advanced manufacturing, ultraprecision engineering, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, transport, energy and environment. Topics related to practical applications, operation, maintenance are also highly encouraged.

The JAPMED'12 will be jointly organized by the: Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (JSAEM); Project Center for Nanotechnology and Advanced Engineering (PC-NAE), a joint initiative of the Greek National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece; Texas A&M University (TAMU), USA; University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), USA; Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), Turkey; Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), P.R. China; Batumi State University (BSU) and Georgian Technical University (GTU).

The JAPMED’12 is dedicated to LYDIA, the beloved Granddaughter of the Founder of the JAPMED conferences Academician Professor Dr-Ing. Dr.h.c. Prof.h.c. A.C. Mamalis.