Welcome Message
It is around 200 years since Thomas Seebeck discovered the Seebeck effect. The field of thermoelectrics
is now at an
exciting time in history, with new high performance materials, novel enhancement principles being
discovered, innovative
module development, and the long held dream of wide-spread power generation applications appearing to be
closer to
realization then it has ever been before. With the urgent necessity of energy saving to approach the
carbon neutral/zero
emission goals for the environment, and also energy harvesting to dynamically power the trillion sensors
for the IoT
society, for example, thermoelectric technology is expected to play a large and critical role.
Initially this conference was planned to be held in 2022 but had to be cancelled and rescheduled to 2025
because of the
worldwide pandemic. Online conferences can never replace the dynamical and myriad exchanges and
discussions organically
blossoming at onsite conferences. It is our great pleasure and honor to invite the worldwide
thermoelectric community
and any interested members of the whole scientific or industrial or even political community to join us
for the 41st
International Conference on Thermoelectrics (& 7th Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics) ICT/ACT2025 to be
held in the
vibrant and attractive Sendai City in northern Japan from June 15-19, 2025.
Japan has held the conference before in Nagoya in 1998 and Kobe in 2013, and has had a long history of
active research
and development on thermoelectrics. By hosting ICT in Japan for the first time in 12 years, it will be a
good chance to
transmit the academic and industrial level of Japan to thermoelectric conversion technology experts around
the world and
to make a significant contribution to the development of this field.
Hopefully all participants can make new history on thermoelectrics at this conference, and we can recover
our in-person
vital and dynamic exchanges which are critical for science advancement and innovation.
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Takao Mori
Chairs of ICT/ACT2025

Yuzuru Miyazaki
Chairs of ICT/ACT2025