ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
Professor Hideo Nishiumi (Hosei Univ., Tokyo)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Emeritus Professor Takashi Katayama (Osaka Univ., Osaka);
Professor Kazuo Kojima (Nihon Univ., Tokyo);
Professor Koichiro Nakanishi (Kurashiki Univ. of Science and the Arts,
Okayama);
Emeritus Professor Shozaburo Saito (Tohoku Univ., Sendai)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Prof. Y. Arai (Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka);
Prof. M. Hongo (Nihon Univ., Chiba);
Prof. Y. Kataoka (Hosei Univ., Tokyo);
Prof. H. Katayama (Hosei Univ., Tokyo);
Prof. H. Kubota (Kobe Univ., Kobe);
Prof. H. Masuoka (Hiroshima Univ., Hiroshima);
Prof. K. Nagahama (Tokyo Metro. Univ., Tokyo);
Prof. U. Nagashima (Ochanomizu Univ., Tokyo);
Prof. T. Nitta (Osaka Univ., Osaka);
Dr. S. Sato (Natl. Inst. Mat. & Chem. Res., Tsukuba);
Dr. H. Shibuya(JGC, Yokohama);
Prof. R. L. Smith Jr. (Tohoku Univ., Sendai);
Dr. K. Takeuchi (Toyo Eng. Corp., Chiba);
Prof. K. Tochigi (Nihon Univ., Tokyo);
Prof. M. Uematsu (Keio Univ., Yokohama);
Prof. C. Yokoyama (Tohoku Univ., Sendai)
ACCESS TO HACHIOJI
AT NARITA AIRPORT (NEW TOKYO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT)
Please take JR (Japan Railway) Narita Express N'EX. You have to make reservation
at the ticket office. Please buy a ticket to Hachioji and an express fare
to Tokyo of Narita Express, totally \3,790 per person (tourist class/ one-way).
The ticket window for N'EX is on the lower level. If you can't find the
ticket window, please ask any Japanese persons or consult the (English)
information desk. The path way is a little complicated. From Narita to
Tokyo it will take about 60 minutes to Tokyo Station.
AT TOKYO STATION
After exiting Narita Express, enter JR train lines and take the CHUO line
at Platform No. 1 and 2 (orange colored sign and train). Tokyo Station
is the terminal for CHUO line so that all CHUO line trains will go in the
direction of HOSEI university. Please take any train bound for Takao [not
for other destination !], either Special Rapid or Rapid. The transit time
is between 55-65 minutes.
AT HACHIOJI STATION
Exit the station, and go towards the bus terminal (under construction).
Follow the map to arrive at your hotel.
SYMPOSIUM INFORMATON DESK
e-mail nishi@nishi.mc.hosei.ac.jp
before January 11
Telephone +81-(0)423-87-6142 Recordable
Facsimile +81-(0)423-87-6142
Office of MTMS'97 (Prof. Nishiumi) at Koganei Campus
January 12
Telephone +81-(0)426-56-3111
Facsimile +81-(0)426-56-6737
Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji
after January 13
Telephone +81-(0)427-83-2688
Facsimile +81-(0)426-56-2508
Hosei Centennial Memorial Hall at Tama Campus
Hachioji Tokyo Narita
(JR Chuo Line) (JR Narita Express)
To Hotels in Hachioji
LOCATION
The Symposium will be held at Hosei University Tama campus in Hachioji,
40 km west from down town Tokyo. Many universities and colleges moved to
Hachioji from the crowded down town. This is the case also in Hosei University;
two colleges of economics and sociology and a part of college of engineering
moved to the new campus 10 yeas ago. As Hachioji is an old town beside
Mt. Takao, there are many traditional spots like Takahata Fudo temple which
will be presented in "Cultural Session". Hosei Centennial Memorial
Hall will be available for the Symposium.
POSTER SESSION INSTRUCTIONS
Poster Session will be held 14:50-16:20 January 14 at Kenshu-room, 3F of
the symposium building.
The size of a board is 180cmx180cm. You may set up your poster in the morning
of January 14. The poster boards are marked like P01. You should place
your poster on the board that corresponds with your given number in the
program.
You should take down your poster by the morning of January 15.
SHUTTLE BUS
Every morning and every evening during the symposium, we have shuttle bus
service between Hachioji (Hachioji Plaza Hotel, and Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji)
and the Hosei Centennial Memorial Hall at Tama Campus. This is the fastest
and economical (free of charge) method to reach the symposium hall. Time
schedule will be announced at registration.
When you have to use a taxi, please show the bottom section of last page
of the final circular to a taxi driver. I t will cost about 2,600 yen from
Hachioji station.
You can take a bus from the next JR station Nishi-Hachioji to Hosei University,
280 yen per person /one way. Please show the bottom section of last page
of the final circular to a bus driver. I
YOUNG WORKERS
At 16:30 January 12 after registration, a free shuttle bus will leave Keio
Plaza Hotel Hachioji for Hosei Centennial Memorial Hall for lodging. If
you don't use the bus, please take a taxi (about 2,600 yen) or a bus(280
yen plus JR 160yen) for Hosei University from JR Nishi-Hachioji which is
next to JR Hachioji Station.
PROCEEDINGS
All presentations are to be submitted in full manuscript form and will
be distributed to Symposium participants at the meeting. If you have manuscript
for submission, hand it at the registration desk.
All manuscripts will be refereed for publication and acceptable papers
will be published in a special edition of the journal Fluid Phase Equilibria.
SUMMARY OF DEADLINES
January 12-15, 1997
* Symposium
March 31, 1997
* Receipt of revised manuscript
December 1997
* Publication of Fluid Phase Equilibria Special Issue
HOME PAGE
The following home page is prepared, where general information is also
given on traveling in Japan.
http://www.qcyk.mc.hosei.ac.jp/
Please watch the latest information on this home page.
GENERAL INFORMATION
CLIMATE AND CLOTHING
The weather is normally nice and cold in Tokyo during the symposium period.
The average temperature in January is 0-10 .
Appropriate clothing includes topcoats, wool suits, and extra-warm sweaters
and jackets. Dress for all events will be informal.
CURRENCY EXCHANGE
The current exchange rate at the end of November, 1996 was 1 USD=111
yen.
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
Japan operates 100-110 volts for electrical appliances. The frequency is
60 cycles in Tokyo.
PROGRAM
Sunday, January 12
14:00-16:30 Registration
Welcome Party
Ohgi-room 4F, Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji.
Everybody is requested to register here including Young Workers
Monday, January 13
10:00 10:20 Welcome Address
10:20 12:00 Plenary Session
13:00 14:50 Session 1
15:10 17:00 Session 2
Tuesday, January 14
9:00 10:30 Session 3
10:50 12:10 Session 4
13:10 14:00 Session 5
14:00 14:40 Cultural Session
14:50 16:20 Poster Session,
Tea Ceremony
Data Base Demonstration
17:00 19:00 Banquet at Ukai-Toriyama, Okutakao
Wednesday, January 15
9:00 10:30 Session 6
10:50 12:20 Session 7
13:20 14:50 Session 8
15:10 17:00 Final Session
17:00 17:10 Closing Address
MTMS'97 January 12 - 15, 1997 Hosei Univ., Tokyo, Japan