ICY 14September 11(Sun)-15 (Thu), 2016

June 19, 2013

Hiroshi Takagi, Ph.D.Nara Institute of Science and Technology,

Nara, Japan

Awaji, Japan

From senior

To junior !!

for Global Happiness

From Japan

To the world !!

Date

September 11 (Sun) – 15 (Thu), 2016

Aug. 5-21, 2016: Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mark your

calendar !!

VenueAwaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Awaji, Hyogo, Japan

LocationTo KIX:From America San Francisco Seattle New York

From Europe Rome Amsterdam Frankfurt Istanbul Helsinki Paris

From Oceania Cairns Gold Coast Sydney Oakland

To NRT:From America Atlanta Chicago Dallas Detroit Houston Portland Boston Minneapolis Los Angeles Washington Toronto Vancouver Mexico City

From Europe Milan Vienna Zurich Copenhagen Dusseldorf Munich Moscow

From NRT To ITM: 1 hr To Osaka: 3.5 hr To Kobe: 4 hr

TransportationBus services from Kansai International Airport also offer easy access.

From KIX: 2 hr

From ITM: 1.5 hr

From Osaka: 1 hr

From Kobe: 1 hr

Lodging

The Westin Awaji Island (next to the Conference Center)

　$130 (€100) per night for single use (incl. tax/breakfast)

　$ 90 (€ 70) per night for double use (incl. tax/breakfast)

reserved 150 deluxe twin rooms (42 m2) for five nights

Other local hotels are also available on the island, but you can stay at a cosmopolitan city, Kobe (The capital of Hyogo Pref. and the 5th-largest in Japan).

Conference Details

Organizers: Hiroshi Takagi (Nara Inst. Sci. Tech.), Akihiko Kondo (Kobe Univ.)

Participants: approx. 300 Early Registration Fee: General $350 (€270),

Postdoc Fellow $270 (€200), Graduate Student $200 (€150) (incl. program materials, all meals)

Keynote and Plenary Session: approx. 10 Session: approx. 10 (150 Oral presentations +

150 Poster presentations)

Session Topics Taxonomy, Systematics and Ecology Sensing and Signaling Transcription and Translation Protein Quality Control Genome and Chromatin (Sporulation, Cell Cycle)

Stress Response (Adaptation and Tolerance)

Membrane, Organelle and Traffic (Autophagy)

Industrial applications (Food, Beverage, Fuel, Biorefinery)

Infection and Disease (Drug, Diagnostics, Therapy)

New Technology (Multi-Omics, Systems & Synthetic Biology)

Tours

Naruto whirlpools

Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge (Pearl Bridge)

Himeji Castle(White Heron Castle)

Kobe city

Sake Museum

Budget

Income: ￥ 19,000,000 ($190,000) (€146,000)Registration fees: $80,000 $200~350 x 300 persons (€61,500)

Grants from governments/foundations: $50,000 (€38,500)

Donations from society/company: $50,000 (€38,500)

Donations from ICY13 Committee: $10,000 (€7,500)

Expenditure: ￥ 19,000,000 ($190,000) (€14,6000)Awaji Yumebutai Intl. Conf. Center: $130,000 (€100,000)

Travel expenses for invited speakers: $40,000 (€31,000)

Misc. expenses (personnel, office, website, tour): $20,000 (€15,000)