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International Joint Workshop

2 December 2016

Tokyo, Japan

Introduction

An International Workshop on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection took place on 2nd December 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. ICNIRP technically co-sponsors the workshop, which was organized and financially supported by the Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).

The main topics of the workshop were the revision of the ICNIRP HF guidelines and NIR protection related to 5G system. Presentations given there are available here, under "Program". Note that the presentations relating to the revision of the ICNIRP HF guidelines are at the stage of work in progress.   

 

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Opening remarks

M. Hosokawa (Vice President, NICT), E. van Rongen (Chair, ICNIRP), Y. Sakanaka (Director, Electromagnetic Environment Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)


Keynote session

Chair: C. Ohkubo (Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Director, Japan EMF Information Center (JEIC))

1. Keynote speech from ICNIRP (M. Feychting (Vice-Chair, ICNIRP; Karolinska Institutet, Sweden))

2. Keynote speech from WHO (E. van Deventer (WHO))

 

ICNIRP session

Co-chairs: A. Green (ICNIRP; QIMR Berghofer Medical Rersearch Institute, Australia) & C. Marino (ICNIRP; Casaccia Research Center of Italian Agency for New Technologies)

1. Biological rationale for HF guidelines - Z. Sienkiewicz (ICNIRP; Public Health England)

2. Dosimetry for HF guidelines - A. Hirata (ICNIRP; Nagoya Institute of Technology) & S. Watanabe (ICNIRP; NICT)

3. Scientific discussion for HF guidelines - R. Croft (ICNIRP; University of Wollongong, Australia)

 

NICT & JP study session

Co-chairs: G. D'Inzeo (ICNIRP; University of Rome) & K. Jokela (ICNIRP SEG; formerly STUK)

1. Dosimetry of children and pregnant women - T. Nagaoka (NICT)

2. Electrical properties of biological tissues and MMW dosimetry - K. Sasaki (NICT)

3. Dosimetry of intermediate frequency region - K. Wake & J. Chakarothai (NICT)

4. Thermal sensation due to MMW exposure - Y. Ugawa (Fukushima Medical University), A. Nisikata (Tokyo Institute of Technology), K. Wake (NICT)

5. Dosimetry of the biological studies on MMW thermal effects in Japan - Y. Suzuki (Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Tokyo Metropolitan University), M. Mizuno & K. Sasaki (NICT)

 

Panel discussion on NIR protection of 5G system - Gap between MMW and optical radiation.

Introduction by M. Taki, Moderator (Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Rapporteur: G. Oftedal (ICNIRP; Norwegian University of Technology)

Panelists: Z. Sienkiewicz (ICNIRP; Public Health England), A. Hirata (ICNIRP; Nagoya Institute of Technology), S. Watanabe (ICNIRP; NICT), R. Croft (ICNIRP; University of Wollongong, Australia), T. Okuno (ICNIRP; Tokyo Metropolitan University), M. Kojima (ICNIRP SEG; Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Kanazawa Medical University), M. Asmuss (ICNIRP; German Federal Office for Radiation Protection - BfS), D. Sliney (ICNIRP former member; Johns Hopkins University), P. Soderberg (ICNIRP former member; Uppsala University, Sweden)

Panelists slides contributions: contribution by T. Okuno (ICNIRP; Tokyo Metropolitan University), contribution by M. Kojima (ICNIRP SEG; Cooperative Visiting Researcher, NICT; Kanazawa Medical University), contribution by D. Sliney (ICNIRP former member; Johns Hopkins University) and contribution by K. Foster.

Closing remarks

M. Taira (Director General, AER Institute of NICT)