The event entitled "Towards IFES3.0 ‑‑ Interplays of Researches ‑‑" has been held as previously announced on the flyer and successfully concluded with participants as 85-90 peoples, attending from Shinshu Univ and co-hosting organizations, Soochow University (China), University of Natural Resource and Life Science, Vienna, Tulln (BOKU, Austria), and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH, Korea).

The director, IFES, Prof. Dr. Icksoo KIM, would like to express his sincere gratitude to all participants, as well as to the contributors, Prof. Dr. Ke-Qin ZHANG (Soochow Univ), Prof. Dr. Thomas ROSENAU (BOKU), and Prof. Dr. Hyung Joon CHA (POSTECH).

Special thanks to Prof. Dr. Kai WEI (Soochow Univ), Prof. Dr. Dong Soo HWANG (POSTECH), and Prof. Dr. Antje POTTHAST (BOKU) for institutional event announcements; Dr. Hiromitsu NAKANISHI (Faculty of Textile science and Technology, Shinshu Univ) for technical assistances; Dr. Kousaku OHKAWA (Chair, Division of Bibliometrics and Social Implementation, IFES) for planning and executing the event.