Fundamental and applied research relating to chemistry and the application of natural polysaccharides in nature is expected to generate achievements that will play an important role in environmental feasibility technology = "green technology."
On January 25, 2017, the Institute for Fiber Engineering, Shinshu Univ = IFES held an international workshop on Shinshu University's Ueda Campus. As part of this, Distinguished Visiting Professor Thomas Rosenau of the Division of Biological and Medical Fibers and Professor Yoshihiko Amano of the Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University gave keynote addresses.
6 researchers from Shinshu University were asked to provide topics for discussion, and the workshop served as a venue for experts to discuss and exchange information concerning basic technologies and needs for when forming sustainable societies, along with the latest achievements that they have made in their own research.
We would like to thank everyone for what was an unexpectedly high turnout. We hope you were able to gain an idea of the kinds of green research that are being undertaken at Shinshu University along with the potential for a network in this field. We would also like to extend our gratitude to all the researchers who provided the event with such extensive topics for discussion.

Keynote address1: Thomas Rosenau, Prof. Dr.
Division of Chemistry of Renewable Resources, University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna (BOKU), Austria : Distinguished Visiting Professor, IFES, Shinshu Univ.
Topics: Celluloses I and II-Some news of an old polymer

Keynote address2: Yoshihiko Amano, Prof. Dr.
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Material Engineering, Shinshu Univ., Japan
Topics: Structural characterization of hemicellulose released from corncob in continuous hydrothermal reactor

Providing topics for discussion "The Green Addresses"

Jun Araki, Prof. Dr.
Division of Biological and Medical Fibers, IFES, Shinshu Univ., Japan
Topics: Our recent trials on surface modification of cellulose nanowhiskers-Surface carboxylation and PEGylation-

Masahiro Mizuno, Prof. Dr.
Division of Biological and Medical Fibers, IFES, Shinshu Univ., Japan
Topic: Degradation of plant cell wall by lignocellulolytic enzymes from fungi

Mitsumasa Osada, Prof. Dr.
Department of Chemistry and Materials, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu Univ, Japan
Topic: High-temperature water treatment of chitin and water jet disintegration into chitin nanofiber

Yasuo Gotoh, Prof. Dr.
Division of Frontier Fibers, IFES, Shinshu Univ., Japan
Topic: Fibrillation tendency of cellulose fibers spun from ionic liquid solution

Masaki Kakiage, Prof. Dr.
Division of Frontier Fibers, IFES, Shinshu Univ., Japan
Topic: Low-temperature synthesis of boron carbide powder using polyol

Kousaku Ohkawa, Prof. Dr.
Division of Biological and Medical Fibers, IFES, Shinshu Univ., Japan
Topic: Computational analysis on chemical modification of cellulose