Program

The conference program

The conference consists of one special lecture, four keynote lectures, 13 organized sessions, 5 general sessions and one poster session.
The organized sessions have 131 oral presentations and the general session has 26 oral presentations.
The poster session is organized additionally for Japanese students and it has 27 poster presentations.

Main schedule

Oct. 10
  • Beginning of registration
  • Welcome reception
Oct. 11
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Keynote Lectures 1*a : Prof. Chien-Ching Ma / National Taiwan University
  • Keynote Lectures 2*a : Prof. Yoji Shibutani / Osaka University
  • Keynote Lectures 3*a : Prof. Ji Wang / Ningbo University
  • Organized and general sessions*b
Oct. 12
  • Special lecture*c : Prof. Kaori Fujita / The University of Tokyo
  • Keynote Lecture 4*a : Prof. Santosh Kapuria / Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  • Poster session for Japanese students
  • Photo
  • Walking tour has been cancelled*d
  • Organized and general sessions*b
Oct. 13
  • Organized and general sessions*b
  • Closing ceremony

*a Keynote Lecture: 40 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion
*b Each presentation: 20 minutes, including 5 minutes for discussion
*c Special Lecture: 50 minutes, including 10 minutes for discussion

Although there is a laptop with Windows 7 operating system at each presentation room, please bring and use your laptops/electronic gadgets for presentation to avoid garbled slides, if possible.

*d We must cancel a walking tour on Oct. 12 because we had a lot of interesting presentations beyond our assumed number.
As alternated, we will provide a lunch box on Oct. 11, 12 and 13 for participants. We hope you will enjoy walking during lunch time in Nara Park.

Summary

Place & Venue

Nara Prefectural New Public Hall, Nara, Japan

Date

October 10-13, 2014

Chair

Sei Ueda
(Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)

Co-Chair

Tong-Yi Zhang
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)

Secretary

Yasutomo Uetsuji
(Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)

Important Dates

Submission of abstract:
April 30, 2014 (Extended!)

Notification of acceptance:
May 31, 2014

Submission of 4-page paper:
June 30, 2014