Opening address: Minister for Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Austria, Mr Peter Storerem. President of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Professor Kenichi Iga, inventor of VCSELGerhard Fasol (left), em. President of Tokyo Institute of Technology, Professor Kenichi Iga (right)Gerhard FasolGerhard FasolGerhard FasolProfessor Kiyoshi KurokawaProfessor Kiyoshi KurokawaHaruo Kawahara, Chairman of JVCKenwoodHaruo Kawahara, Chairman of JVCKenwoodProfessor Yoshinao Mishima, President of Tokyo Institute of TechnologyProfessor Yoshinao Mishima, President of Tokyo Institute of Technology7th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium7th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium. Left to right: Kenichi Iga, Yoshinao Mishima, Peter Storer, Robert Geller, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Tetsuhiko Ikegami, Gerhard Fasol, Haruo Kawahara, Masaaki Tanaka, Ivo Koutsaroff7th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium. Left to right: Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Gerhard Fasol, Hiroshi Kukimoto, Tetsuhiko Ikegami, Ivo Koutsaroff, Masanori Nagashima, Kenichi Iga, Haruo Kawahara7th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium7th Ludwig Boltzmann Symposium