The 15^th Meeting of Board of Trustees of MIF was held on February 16 and the resignation by Mr. Tatsuo SEKINO, Executive Director, was accepted. As Mr. SEKINO’s successor, Dr. Keiichi KATAYAMA has been appointed to be the new Executive Director. Dr. KATAYAMA is a former Professor at the Department of Engineering of Tokai University and is concurrently a member of MIF Screening Committee.