Dr. Hideyuki Kanematsu, Ph.D. FASM (a Fellow of ASM International, the USA), FIMF (a Fellow of IMF, the United Kingdom) is a Specially Appointed Professor in the Collaborative Research Promotion Center at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) (KOSEN), Suzuka College in Japan. After holding many administrative positions in the college (Dean of the Department of MS and E, 2010–2014, Deputy President, 2014–2018, etc.), he is currently the leader of the Materials Science Unit of a national project called GEAR 5.0, which is promoted by NIT KOSEN and aims at industry-academia collaboration and social implementation. Dr. Kanematsu has more than 40 years of experience as an academic researcher on interfacial phenomena between materials and environments from the viewpoint of Physical Chemistry. He is now particularly interested in biofilms and the interfacial phenomena between metallic surfaces and organisms from an environmental science point of view. He holds a B.Eng. (1981), an M.Eng. (1983), and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (1989) all from Nagoya University. He is a member of the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF, the USA), as well as the Institute of Metal Finishing (IMF, the UK), the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS, the USA), ASM International (the USA), Electrochemical Society (ECS, the USA), American Chemical Society (ACS, the USA), the Japan Institute of Metals (JIM) and the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ), Surface Finishing Society of Japan (SFSJ, Japan), the Electrochemical Society of Japan (ECSJ), the Japan Society for Heat Treatment (JSHT), Japan Thermal Spray Society (JTSS), etc. He is still very active as a member and board member of these organizations. He also has many honors and publications to his name. He was awarded a Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement award for his Outstanding Career, Scientific Achievement Award Winner, and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

Title of Talk : Industrial Evaluation Methods for Biofilms Formed by Bacteria on Various Materials