ICUC-7

<BODY> <P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.85pt;text-align : center;" align="center"><SPAN style="mso-ignore:vglayout;position: absolute;z-index:-2;left:0px;margin-left:-7px;margin-top:0px;width:636px; height:189px"><IMG width="864" height="220" src="clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"></SPAN><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA'><BR> The 7th International Conference on Urban Climate</span></b><BR> <BR> <b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size: 18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>ICUC-7</span></b> Yokohama, Japan 2009 <BR> <BR> <B><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:red;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA'>June 29 (Monday) - July 3 (Friday), 2009</SPAN></B><BR> </P> <P><BR> <IMG width="109" height="85" src="clip_image004.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></P> <P><BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>Invitation </span></u></i></b></P> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) warmly invite you to the Seventh International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC-7) to be held in Yokohama, Japan from June 29 to July 3, 2009. ICUC-7 is the continuation of a series of similar conferences starting in Kyoto, Japan in 1989, followed by those in Dakha, Bangladesh in 1993, Essen, Germany in 1996, Sydney, Australia in 1999, Lodz, Poland in 2003, and Göteborg, Sweden in 2006. The success of this series helped to create a cohesive international community of urban climatologists.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The aims of the conference remain as before, to provide an international forum where the world's urban climatologists can meet to showcase and discuss modern developments in research, and the application of climatic knowledge to the design of better cities. ICUC-7 wishes to cater to the interests of a diverse community of meteorologists, climatologists, hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, architects and planners and others interested in these topics. On behalf of the organisers we are honoured to invite you to attend the Seventh International Conference on Urban Climate in Yokohama, Japan in 2009.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Dr. Matthias Roth, President of IAUC</span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Dr. Manabu Kanda, ICUC-7 Local Organizer</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'></span></p> <P><BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>Scientific Programme</span></u></i></b></P> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The focus can be original research into the physical, biological and chemical atmospheric processes operating in built areas, the weather, climates and surface hydrology experienced in built areas, the design and testing of scale, statistical and numerical models of urban climates or reports on the application of climatic understanding in architectural design or urban planning. Papers may relate to new concepts, methods, instruments, observations, applications, forecasting operations, scenario testing, projections of future climates, etc. Sessions that focus on major field or other projects may be proposed. Hence appropriate topics include, but are not restricted to:</span></p> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Building climates (interior and exterior) and the climatic performance of built features </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Urban bioclimates relevant to the functioning of plants, wildlife and humans </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Climates of paved surfaces such as roads, streets, highways, runways and parking lots </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Climatic performance of urban trees, lawns, gardens, parks, irrigation, rivers, lakes and reservoirs <BR> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Topoclimatology of cities including the effects of coasts, valleys and other landforms </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Airflow over cities including turbulence, urban roughness and drag, changes of wind speed and direction, urban circulation systems, wind engineering </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Urban impacts on surface moisture, dew, evaporation, humidity, fog, cloud and precipitation </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Exchanges of heat, mass and momentum between the urban surface and its boundary layer </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Short- and long-wave radiation in polluted air, urban visibility </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Urban heat islands, their nature, genesis and mitigation </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Remote sensing of cities and urban climate </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Interactions between urban climate and the emission, dispersion, transport, transformation and removal of air pollutants </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Models of the urban atmosphere at all scales </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Climate sensitive urban design and planning </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Forecasting urban weather, comfort, hazards, air quality </span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>-Cities and global change </span><BR> <b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA'></span></b></BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR> <BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>Deadlines</span></u></i></b></P> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:12.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:1.0'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>*Pre-registration: <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>        </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>October<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>25,<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>2008 <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(eight months before)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:1.8gd; text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:12.0pt;mso-char-indent-count: 1.0'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The pre-registration form is attached to this Announcement. Participants can also submit</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>their applications via the Internet </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:12.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:1.0'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>*Abstract <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>submission: <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>        </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span>October <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span>25, <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span>2008</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:12.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:1.0'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Short abstract (maximum 200 words) <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>can be sent by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat.<span style='color:red'></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:12.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:1.0'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>*Notification of Acceptance: <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span>December 10, 2008<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(six months before)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:12.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:1.0'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>*Extended abstracts of papers:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span>February <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>25, 2009 <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>(four months before)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify: inter-ideograph;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:-3.0'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span>Details of the format for extended abstracts will be provided in the Second Announcement</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><BR> <BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>M</span></u></i></b><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>eeting venue</span></u></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The conference will be held at </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>PACIFICO </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>YOKOHAMA</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>- PACIFIC CONVENTION PLAZA YOKOHAMA</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>-. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This wonderful location has been enjoying a renaissance in recent years. Refer to <A href="http://www.pacifico.co.jp/english/index.html">http://www.pacifico.co.jp/english/index.html</A> <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>for the detail of the symposium site.</span></p> <P><BR> <BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>International Scientific Committee</span></u></i></b><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'></span></i></b></P> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The committee would be composed of all the board members of the International Association for Urban Climate ( IAUC<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><A href="http://www.urban-climate.org/">http://www.urban-climate.org/</A> ).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><BR> <BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>Local Arrangements Committee</span></u></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Manabu Kanda (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Chairman</span></p> <P><BR> <BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>Second Announcement</span></u></i></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'></span></P> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>        </span>The Second Announcement</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ＭＳ明朝","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>（</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:red;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>January <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'></span>2009</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"ＭＳ明朝","serif";mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>）</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>will be sent only to people who respond to the first. It will contain a preliminary program, details about accommodation and conference fees.</span></p> <P><BR> <BR> <BR> <b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>Conference Website</span></u></i></b></P> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>http://www.cv.titech.ac.jp/~kandalab/icuc7/</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:30.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.5'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Please browse above <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>site frequently because it will be updated regularly.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><BR> <BR> <BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size: 12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph; text-indent:69.15pt;mso-char-indent-count:4.92'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";background:#D9D9D9; mso-shading:white;mso-pattern:gray-15 auto;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA'>Contact Information</span></b></p> <BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Secretariat of ICUC-7</span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Department of International and Development Engineering</span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Tokyo Institute of Technology</span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>2-12-1</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan</span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Phone /Fax :+81- 3- 5734- 2768</span><BR> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>e-mail: <A href="mailto:icuc7@ide.titech.ac.jp">icuc7@ide.titech.ac.jp</A></span><BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'></span></BLOCKQUOTE> <P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-7.1pt;mso-para-margin-left:-.71gd; text-align : center;text-indent:20.0pt;mso-char-indent-count: 2.0}" align="center"><BR> <BR> <span lang=SV><IMG border="0" width="585" height="152" src="clip_image007.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"></span><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language:JA'></span></P> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:-7.1pt;mso-para-margin-left: -.71gd;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;mso-char-indent-count:2.0'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span lang=SV style='mso-fareast-language: JA'>PACIFICO<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>YOKOHAMA</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language: JA;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'></span></i></p> </BODY>