General Information Call for Abstracts Workshop Program Registration Accommodation 7th HOWI Symposium

Final Announcement

Revised September 15, 2005

Honorary Chair:
Genyo Mitarai, Japan

Chairs:
Tadaaki Mano, Japan
Helmut Hinghofer-Szalkay, Austria
Satoshi Iwase (Secretary General), Japan

Organizing Committee
Marc-Antoine Custaud, France
Claude Gharib, France
Helmut Hinghofer-Szalkay, Austria
Satoshi Iwase, Japan
Karl Kirsch, Germany
Inessa Kozlovskaya, Russia
Claire Lathers, USA
Tadaaki Mano, Japan
Chiaki Mukai, Japan
Peter Norsk, Denmark
Jun-ichi Sugenoya, Japan

INVITATION

VENUE

HOTEL INFORMATION

TRANSPORTATION FROM HOTEL TO MEETING VENUE

    Free bus service from the Hotel to the meeting venue (Tachibana Hall, Aichi Medical University) will be available during the symposium.

    Another way is the use of subway. From Nagoya Station, you should take Higashiyama (Yellow) Line to Fujigaoka (the end of the line), with the fare of 290JPY, and from Fujigaoka to the University, there is free bus service every 15 minutes.

AIR TRAVEL FROM ABROAD

    Central Japan International (New Nagoya) Airport "Centrair" opened on March 17, 2005 for a new gate of Central Area of Japan, including Nagoya. You can use Meitetsu Railroad from Centrair. The "Central Japan International Airport Station" is located on the 2nd floor of Access Plaza and connected to the Passenger Terminal Bldg. by the connection passage. Please use the connection passage to come to the 2nd floor of Access Plaza from the Arrival Lobby (2nd Floor, Passenger Terminal Bldg.). On the Access Plaza, you can find the platform for Meitetsu Nagoya Station of Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) Company. It takes you only 28 minutes from the Airport to Meitetsu Nagoya Station by Ltd Exp. Train, where you could walk to the Hotel approximately 5 min.

     You can also come to Nagoya by bullet train (shinkansen) from Narita International Airport (NRT) or Kansai International Airport (KIX), however the shortest and economical way is to land at "Centair" Airport.

To North America, Europe, and Asia. 302 flights per week to 29 cities overseas (Schedule for summer 2005).

Airport access

For details, please look the web:

http://www.centrair.jp/en/access/index.html

Aichi Medical University Access

SCHEDULE

SECRETARY GENERAL