Articles of Incorporation, Regulations, and Rules of Association
History
April 13, 1973: Establishment of the “Laser Conference
Jun. 30, 1973 First issue of the journal “The Review of Laser Engineering
May 20, 1977 The first awards (Best Paper Award and Best Progress Award)
May 10, 1979 The Laser Society of Japan was established.
May 10, 1979 The Laser Society of Japan was established. ・May 31, 1979 The Encouragement Award was added to the Award Rules.
The first annual meeting of the Laser Society of Japan was held on February 12-13, 1981, and has been held annually since then.
The first edition of the Laser Handbook was published on December 15, 1982.
May 31, 1983 Commemorative Ceremony of the 10th Anniversary
May 31, 1990 Tokyo Section was established.
May 31, 1993 The 20th Anniversary Ceremony was held.
May 31, 1993 Kyushu Chapter and Tohoku/Hokkaido Chapter were established.
May 31, 1993 Kyushu Section and Tohoku/Hokkaido Section were established. ・January 20-21, 1994 Laser Expo was held at Makuhari Messe.
May 31, 1997 Inauguration of the Chugoku and Shikoku Chapters.
May 31, 1997 Chugoku-Shikoku Section was established. ・May 29, 1998 25th Anniversary Ceremony was held.
January 28, 1999 The Best Paper Presentation Award was established for presentations at the 19th Annual Meeting.
March 5, 1999 Inauguration of the Chubu Section
January 20-21, 2000 Organized Laser Solutioms, a corporate exhibition, at ACROS Fukuoka (held at the same time as the Annual Meeting every year since then).
April 19-20, 2000 Organized Laser Expo, a corporate exhibition at Pacifico Yokohama (held annually thereafter).
September 17, 2002 Organized Asia Pacific Laser Symposium (APLS) (Held every other year in Japan, Korea and China since then)
May 30, 2003: 30th anniversary celebration.
April 25, 2005 Publication of Laser Handbook (2nd Edition)
April 22, 2009 The Industrial Award was established in the prize rules, and the first Laser Society of Japan Industrial Award was given.
November 16, 2011 Kansai Section was established.
April 1, 2012 Reorganized as the Laser Society of Japan.
April 25, 2012 Organized OPIC as a member of the OPI Council, held concurrently with OPIE (held annually thereafter).
April 25, 2012 Organized ALPS at OPIC (and annually thereafter)
May 31, 2013: 40th Anniversary Celebration
January 20, 2014 The paper presentation encouragement award was added to the awards for presentations at the 34th annual conference.
May 29, 2015: First Fellow and Senior Member recognition
Past Presidents
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