Prof. Teruo Kanki, Prof. Hidekazu Tanaka, Dr. Luca Pellegrino, Dr. Nicola Manca, Mr.Yoshiyuki Higuchi, Mr. Fumiya Endo visited Murata Manufacturing Company in Yasu (Japan). Prof. Tanaka introduced research activities of his laboratory with the talk “Controlling correlated electrons in Nanomaterials towards phase change electronics.” Dr. Luca Pellegrino gave a talk on “Perspectives of VO₂ for new applications in micro/nano actuators”. We acknowledge Dr. Ryuichi Kubo and Dr.  Osamu Nakagawara  from Murata Company for the invitation and all the members attending the meeting for stimulating discussions !