ICC 2012 - 3rd International Cellulose Conference (ICC 2012)

3rd International Cellulose Conference (ICC 2012)
October 10-12, 2012, Sapporo, Japan
Call for papers
The Cellulose Society of Japan will hold the 3rd International Cellulose Conference (ICC) in Sapporo Japan, Oct. 10-12, 2012. Researchers from all over the world are invited to contribute to the technical program of this conference, and report on both fundamental and applied research related to cellulose, renewable resources, biomaterials, pulping and papermaking.
Shin-ichiro Shoda
Conference Chair,
Professor of Tohoku University
Committees
Conference Chair
Shin-ichiro Shoda (Tohoku Univ.)
Conference Vice Chair
Yasumitsu Uraki (Hokkaido Univ.)
Organizing Committee
Yoshihiko Amano (Shinshu Univ.)
Yoshitaka Aranishi (Toray Ind., Inc.)
Takashi Date (Nippon Paper Ind., Ltd.)
Takashi Endo (AIST)
Kazuyoshi Hayakawa (Shin-Etsu Co., Ltd.)
Noriko Hayashi (FFPRI)
Akira Isogai (Univ. of Tokyo)
Jun-ichi Kadokawa (Kagoshima Univ.)
Shinobu Koda (Nagoya Univ.)
Tetsuo Kondo (Kyushu Univ.)
Shigenori Kuga (Univ. of Tokyo)
Yoshiyuki Nishio (Kyoto Univ.)
Kunihiko Okajima (Tokushima Bunri Univ.)
Hirofumi Ono (Asahi Kasei Fibers Corp.)
Tohru Shibata (Daicel Chemical Ind.)
Koju Sugiyama (Rengo Co., Ltd.)
Junji Sugiyama (Kyoto Univ.)
Mitsuhiko Tanahashi (Gifu Univ.)
Yoshinobu Tsujii (Kyoto Univ.)
Yosuke Uchida (Oji Paper Co., Ltd.)
Tadashi Uragami (Kansai Univ.)
Chihiro Yamane (Kobe Women’s Univ.)
Tomokazu Yasuda (Fujifilm Corp.)
Local Committee
Tomoki Erata (Hokkaido Univ.)
Kiyohiko Igarashi (Univ. of Tokyo)
Tadahisa Iwata (Univ. of Tokyo)
Akira Kakugo (Hokkaido Univ.)
Atsushi Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.)
Keiichi Koda (Hokkaido Univ.)
Masato Noguchi (Tohoku Univ.)
Kenji Tajima (Hokkaido Univ.)
Ryouhei Tanaka (FFPRI)
Naoto Saito (FPRI)
Masahisa Wada (Univ. of Tokyo)
International Advisory Board for the 3rd ICC
L. A. Berglund (Sweden)
J. Colodette (Brazil)
K. J. Edgar (USA)
A. D. French (USA)
D. G. Gray (Canada)
T. Heinze (Germany)
N.-H. Kim (Korea)
P. Navard (France)
T. Rosenau (Austria)
H. Sixta (Finland)
L. Zhang (China)
Conference Topics
Biogenesis and biodegradation
Structure and physical properties
Functional materials and composites
Nanotechnology and industrial applications
Biomass conversion to fuel and platform compounds
Paper and pulp/composite materials
Chemistry and biology of related polysaccharides
Time Table (Dates & Deadline)
Title and abstract submission: July 10, 2012
Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2012
Extended abstract submission: Aug. 31, 2012
Early bird registration by: Aug. 31, 2012
Conference: Oct. 10-12, 2012
Registration Fees
Early-bird registration for regular participants: 38,000Yen/person
After Aug. 31, 2012, registration for regular participants: 48,000Yen/person
Early-bird registration for full time students 12,000Yen/student
After Aug. 31, 2011, registration for full time students: 15,000Yen/student
Registration for accompanying persons: 12,000Yen/person
Abstract Submission
You are welcome to submit titles and short abstracts (approximately 200 words) before June, 15th 2012. The submissions will be reviewed and you will be notified of the result by July 15th 2012. A “Guide for the preparation of extended abstracts (A-4, 1 page)” will be sent out with acceptance notification. All speakers should submit extended abstracts by the end of August 2012.
Contacts
Homepage: http://www.knt.co.jp/ec/2012/icc2012/
E-mail:
Tel & Fax: +81-(0)11-706-3197
Secretary General: Dr. Keiichi Koda