Dear JSME iDECON/MS2019 participants:

On behalf of the organizing committee of JSME iDECON/MS2019, I would like to thank all of the participants for contributing to the success of JSME iDECON/MS2019.

The conference iDECON was established in Malaysia, Melaka in 2010 as a biannual conference hosted by Malaysia. Now it became an annual conference hosted by both Japan and Malaysia. As stated in the objective of the conference, iDECON is expading under the collaboration between Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) and Japan. As a result, not only the participants from Japan and Malaysia, but also those from Thailand and Indonesia have submitted/presented papers with the total number of 43 at the conference this year. In addition to these technical papers, two keynotes from Japan/Malaysia, and one workshop were organized so that all of the participants could join and share ideas in each session. I hope that all of the participants have enjoyed the benefit of JSME iDECON/MS2019 and obtained something irreplaceable from the conference.

Malaysia and Japan hold an excellent partnership not only in terms of industry but also in terms of academia. As a unique international conference hosted by Japan and Malaysia, iDECON offers a wonderful opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and students from both countries to get together, to know each other, to share ideas and to find a chance towards the potential academic partnership for future collaboration.

In the end, I would like to acknowledge Institute of Fluid Science of Tohoku University which offered the venue for the conference, the keynote speakers who gave interesting lectures, and the workshop panelist who initiated fruitful discussion. I would also like to acknowledge the program committee members of JSME iDECON/MS2019 to host this conference.

Thank you again for your contribution and participation to JSME iDECON/MS2019, and hope to see you all at iDECON2020 in Malaysia.

Sincerely yours,

Teruaki ITO, general chair of JSME iDECON/MS2019