A Message from the Program Leader Education Program Research Project Members Symposium / Work Shop Positions Available	Innovation in Coherent Optical Science What is this COE Program: Foreword Dr. Takashi MASUDA President of the University of Electro-Communications What we expect from the COE Professor Kojiro HAGINO Dean, Graduate School of Electro-Communications The University of Electro-Communications A Message from the Program Leader Professor Kohzo HAKUTA Program Leader of COE Program, Innovation in Coherent Optical Science Outline of the COE Program