The 37th Symposium on Engineering in Astronomy

Meeting Information

1. Date

December 21, 2017 - December 22, 2017
  • Thursday, December 21:
    • AM/PM Presentation/Group Discussion
    • The dinner party will be held on the evening.
  • Friday, December 22:
    • AM/PM Invited Lecture/Group Discussion
    • An excursion program will be scheduled from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

2. Venue

Kurashiki Geibunkan (Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture)
1-18-1 Chuou Kurashiki, OKAYAMA, 710-0046 JAPAN

* Conference room 202 and 203, which are meeting place, are in the extension. Please pay attention to the entrance.

3. Language

Mainly Japanese

4. Invited Speakers

  • Dr. Hideyuki Izumiura (Director of Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, NAOJ)
  • Prof. Kazunari Shibata (Director of Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)

5. For Author and Presenters

The presentation style will be the following three types:

Oral presentation (15min. 12min., Q&A 3min.)
Oral presentation (15min. 12min., Q&A 3min.) with Poster presentation
Poster presentation with short introduction (3min.)
* There is a laptop available for presenters; OS:Windows10, Microsoft Power Point 2013.

Conference Proceedings

  • Conference Proceedings will be uploaded on the web.
  • two - four A4(portrait) papers. Detailed format and an example is here(Sorry, only Japanese)
  • File format: PDF file
  • A copy of your presentation(e.g. power point file) is not accept.
  • Format of File name: tecsym17_(YOUR-FAMILY-NAME)_(YOUR-PERSONAL-NAME).pdf (e.g. tecsym17_Tenmondai_Taro.pdf)
  • Deadline: Tuesday January 9, 2018(24:00 JST[15:00 UT])

6. Fees

Registration fee: (free).
We will have a dinner party on December 21st (scheduled from 18:30) at Banya, one of bars in Kurashiki. The expenses will be approximately 4,500 YEN/person.
NAOJ will provide travel support for speakers, but the total cost can not be paid because of the limited budget.

7. Excursion Program

We will have an excursion program on the evening of Dec. 22nd (scheduled for 14:30 - 18:00). The excursion will be a facility tour in Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, NAOJ and Kyoto University 3.8m Telescope.

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, NAOJ
Kyoto University 3.8m Telescope (in the site of Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, NAOJ)

8. Registration

Please fill in the necessary items on the online registration page.
REGISTRATION

Registration Deadlines

  • Application for Presentation: November 7, 2017 (JST)
  • Registration to Participate: November 14, 2017 (JST)
  • Proceedings Submission: January 9, 2018 (JST)

9. Accommodation

Please book a hotel by yourself.

10. Sponsor

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

11. Contact

Local Organizing Committee
Yuji Ueno, Shin-ichiro Okumura, Tatsuhiro Sato, Hironori Tsutsui, Toshihiro Tsuzuki, Hiroyuki Nishitani, Yasunori Fujii
E-mail:gijyutsu-sympo2017 at_mark nao.ac.jp