Second Circular
Sakata Memorial KMI Workshop on
"Origin of Mass and Strong Coupling
Gauge Theories (SCGT15)"
March 3 (Tuesday) – March 6 (Friday),
2015
Kobayashi-Maskawa
Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI)
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Second Circular
1. Sponsorship
Sponsor:
Kobayashi-Maskawa
Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University
Financial Supported also from:
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
(S) No.22224003:
Daiko Foundation
Nagoya University
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
(C): No.23540300
2. Organization
President: T. Maskawa (KMI)
International Advisory Committee:
T.W. Appelquist
(Yale), W.A. Bardeen (FNAL),
R.S. Chivukula
(Michigan State), H. Georgi (Harvard),
A. Hasenfratz
(Colorado), J. Kogut (DOE/Maryland),
Y. Iwasaki (KEK/Tsukuba), M. Kobayashi
(KEK/JSPS/Nagoya),
J. Kuti (UC San
Diego), T. Kugo (Kyoto Sangyo), V.A. Miransky (Western),
M. Rho (Saclay),
E.H. Simmons (Michigan State), G. 't Hooft (Utrecht)
Organizing Committee:
K. Yamawaki (KMI,
Chair),
Y. Aoki (KMI, Co-Chair), S. Nojiri (KMI/Nagoya, Co-Chair),
M. Tanabashi
(KMI/Nagoya,Co-Chair),
K-I. Aoki (Kanazawa), M. Harada (Nagoya),
Y. Kikukawa (Tokyo-Komaba),
R. Kitano (KEK), K.I. Kondo (Chiba), T. Onogi (Osaka),
T. Sakai (Nagoya/KMI), A. Shibata (KEK), T.
Yamazaki (Tsukuba)
Local Organizing Committee:
Y. Akamatsu, Y.
Aoki, T. Aoyama, H.S. Fukano, M. Harada, M. Kurachi,
N. Maekawa, S. Matsuzaki, K. Miura, K. Nagai, S. Nojiri,
C. Nonaka, H. Ohki, T. Sakai, M. Tanabashi,
K. Tobe, K. Yamawaki
3. Workshop Site
The workshop sessions will be held at:
Sakata-Hirata Hall, Science South Building,
Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Japan
The building is indicated at
http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT15/information.html
4. Workshop Information
Scientific Program:
http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT15/program/timetable.html
List of Participants:
http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT15/participants.html
5. Reception
Participants will be requested to contact
the reception desk at the Workshop time.
The Registration Fee 10,000 JPY
should be paid
in cash
at the Reception desk.
The Reception desk will be open at the
Workshop site between 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. on
March 3 (Tues.) and March 4 (Wed.). For other irregular time reception please
contact members of LOC.
6. Accommodations
Accommodations will be available at hotels
located in Sakae, downtown Nagoya. For the reservation, please visit our
webpage:
http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT15/information.html#accommodations.
If you have not sent the Hotel Reservation
Form, please do it immediately.
7. Access
An access guide to the conference venue
from the airport and the train stations will be found at
https://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT15/access.pdf
Shuttle bus service will be available on March 3,4,5,6
leaving
Nagoya Tokyu
Hotel at 8:10,
and bus after the session
returning to Nagoya Tokyu Hotel on March 3 and 5 will
leave Nagoya University at 20:10, and on March 4 at 18:15 (for
Banquet).
Getting on/off the shuttle bus in the campus will be in front
of Toyoda Auditorium, see http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT15/information.html 8. Information for Speakers/Poster
presenters For Speakers For your presentation, Mac (OSX 10.6) and
Windows (Windows7) laptops will be available in the conference room. The
preferred format is PDF, but PowerPoint and Keynote are also available. It would be nice to send your slide file
beforehand via email to by the day before your talk,
or transfer the file by a USB flash drive by the coffee or lunch break before
your session. If the slide file is too large for an email (more than 10MB), we
will receive it at the conference room. If you prefer to use your own laptop for
your presentation, please check the connection between your laptop and the
projector by the break before your session. We plan to upload your slide on the
conference web page. If you would not like to upload it, please let us know. For Poster Presenters
(Speakers are allowed to make Poster presentation in addition to
their talks) A poster should be prepared with maximum
size 1150mm(width) x 1520mm(height). The JIS A0 [841mm x 1189mm] is the best
fitted size. The conference secretariat will provide pieces of tape to fix the
poster to the poster board at the conference site. (please
do not use the tape other than that the secretariat will provide.) The poster session will be held from 18:00
on the first and third day. Posters can be displayed until 17:30 on the last
day of the conference. After that the presenters are requested to remove their
own posters. Best poster award: Selected from posters
excluding those by speakers. 9. Proceedings The proceedings will be
published by the World Scientific Publishing Co. and all participants
will receive a copy of the Proceedings. The speakers and Poster presenters are
requested to submit their typescript to us Not later than July 31, 2015. Detailed instruction for the typescript
will be given to the speakers at the conference. 10. Network service The campus-wide wireless network (NUWNET)
is available at the conference site. The participants will be provided an ID and
password at the Reception Desk. 11. General Information Reception Party Participants and the accompanying persons
are invited to the Reception Party on March 2 (Mon.), from 19:00 to 21:00 at
Sakae-no-ma on the 4th floor of Nagoya Tokyu Hotel. Welcome/Group Dinner Welcome party and Group dinner
(buffet-style) at Poster Sessions on March 3 (Tues.) and March 5 (Thurs.),
respectively, will be served for free for the participants at Lounge of the
Workshop site during the poster session (18:00-20:00) on March 3 and March 5.
(The same poster presentation for both days) Refreshments will also be available during
the après-workshop free discussions (17:30-19:30) on March 6 (Fri.). Banquet The participants and the accompanying
persons are invited to the Banquet to be held at Room "Baroque" on the 3rd floor of
Nagoya Tokyu
Hotel in the evening 19:00-21:00 on March 4 (Wed.). Shuttle Bus will leave Nagoya University at
18:15. Morning Coffee/Juice Morning Coffee/Juice service during
8:30-9:00, just before starting the morning session: Coffee, and other beverage
will be provided with some bread/fruit, besides the coffee service at the
coffee break. Foreign Currency Exchange or Banking
Service Foreign currency exchange services will be
available at the Post Office in the Nagoya University campus (see the access
guide). We recommend you to exchange your currencies to Japanese Yen before you
leave your country or upon arrival at international airports in Japan. Cash is
still the most popular way of payment in Japan. Credit cards such as VISA,
Master Card, Diners Club and American Express are widely accepted at hotels,
major stores and restaurants. Traveler's checks in Japanese Yen or U.S. Dollars
must be exchanged for cash at authorized banks or major hotels. Personal Checks
are Not common in Japan. 12. Correspondence For further correspondence and information
please contact SCGT 15 Secretariat,
KMI,
Nagoya University
Email:
URL: http://www.kmi.nagoya-u.ac.jp/workshop/SCGT15/