This issue of Molecular Simulation contains contributions from participants to the 3rd International Conference on Molecular Simulation: ICMS2013. The Conference was held at Kobe International Conference Center in the City of Kobe, Japan, from 18 to 20 November 2013.
The organisers were Shiaki HYODO (University of Hyogo; Chair), Katsuyuki KAWAMURA (Okayama University), Akinori KIDERA (Yokohama City University), Akio KITAO (University of Tokyo), Ken-Ichiro KOGA (Okayama University), Mitsuhiro MATSUMOTO (Kyoto University), Nobuyuki MATUBAYASI (Kyoto University then, and Osaka University now), Masuhiro MIKAMI (Keio University), Shin-ichi MIURA (Kanazawa University), Akihiro MORITA (Tohoku University), Yuko OKAMOTO (Nagoya University), Susumu OKAZAKI (Nagoya University), Shinji SAITO (Institute for Molecular Science), Wataru SHINODA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology then, and Nagoya University now), Yuji SUGITA (RIKEN) and Kenji YASUOKA (Keio University). The local organising committee consisted of Shiaki HYODO (Chair), Haruhisa HAYASHI (University of Hyogo), Mitsuhiro MATSUMOTO, Nobuyuki MATUBAYASI, Yuji SUGITA and Shugo YASUDA (University of Hyogo).
This is the third international conference organised by The Molecular Simulation Society of Japan. The first one was held at Fukui Prefectural University from 24 to 26 November 1994 (Chair: Akira UEDA) and the second one was held at Tsukuba International Congress Center from 13 to 15 January 2004 (Chair: Masuhiro MIKAMI). Each time the domestic annual meeting of The Molecular Simulation Society of Japan was turned into an international conference by inviting internationally distinguished scientists from abroad as well as from Japan.
About 6 months after the Conference, Shiaki HYODO, the Chair of the organising committee, passed away. I would like to dedicate this special issue to him.