General Information

Date
June 22 (Sun) – 27 (Fri), 2008
Venue
Hotel Moon Beach http://www.moonbeach.co.jp/ (in Japanese)
Bilingual Guide here
1203, Maeganeku, Onnason, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0414, Japan
Phone; +81-098-965-1020 Fax; +81-098-965-0555
The climate in Okinawa at the moment will be hot like Hawaii around 26°C (76°F). Let’s get casual clothes all the time!
About Okinawa here
Language
The official language of the Conference is English
Deadline
Pre-registration – November 30, 2007
Registration – February 29, 2008
Accomodation – January 31, 2008
Abstract – March 31, 2008
Visas
Should a visa be needed, participants should contact Symposium Secretariat.
hassy@sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp
A guide to Japanese Visas here
Visa support cannot begin until meeting registration. Members of Organizing Committee

Members of Organizing Committee

Symposium Chair
Wataru Miki (Yamagata University/M&K Ltd.)
Symposium Editor & General Secretary
Hideki Hashimoto (Osaka City University)
International Advisory Board
Masayoshi Ito (Kobe Pharmaceutical University)
Yasushi Koyama (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Richard Cogdell (President of ICS, University of Glasgow, UK)
Frederick Khachik (President-elect of ICS, University of Maryland, USA)
Harry Frank (Immediate Past-President of ICS, University of Connecticut, USA)
John Landrum (Treasurer of ICS, Florida International University, USA)
Hideki Hashimoto (Secretary of ICS, Osaka City University, Japan)
George Britton (University of Liverpool, UK)
Hansgeorg Ernst (BASF, Germany)
Wieslaw Gruszecki (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland)
Paola Palozza (Catholic University, Italy)
Robert Russell(USDA-HNRC at Tufts University, USA)
Helmut Sies (University of Dusseldorf, Germany)
Wilhelm Stahl (Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf, Germany)
Local Organizing Committee
Michiaki Murakoshi (Head, Lion Corporation)
Eiji Yamashita (Assistant Secretary, Fuji Chemical Industry Co., Ld.)
Yoshifumi Tomita (Kyushu Kyoritsu University)
Norihiko Misawa (Marine Biotechnology Institute)
Masayuki Yoshizawa (Tohoku University)
Mitsuru Sugisaki (Osaka City University)
Ritsuko Fujii (Osaka City University)
Akimori Wada (Kobe Pharmaceutical University)
Takashi Maoka (Research Institute for Production Development)
Teruo Miyazawa (Tohoku University)
Kazuo Miyashita (Hokkaido University)
Member of Fund-Raising Committee
Hoyoku Nishino (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Sadao Komemushi (Kinki University)