The 31st Conference of Infrastructure Planning
(Spring Meeting 2005)


Date: June 4 (Saturday) - June 5 (Sunday), 2005
Venue: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University

Outline

※Importance Notice
  • Calling for papers has been limited since 2004 to those on the topics that have been proposed in advance for the scheduled sessions.
  • In the Young Researchers Session, single-authored dissertations on discretional topics in the preparatory stage are expected to be intensively discussed, and presenters will be able to appoint commentators.
  • Papers applied for the Planning Session and the Young Researchers Session are required to be submitted in advance by the due date. Overdue papers might be rejected.
  • When contents of a paper applied for the Planning Session do not match the proposed topic, it might be rejected.


1. Date: June 4 (Saturday) ? June 5 (Sunday), 2005

2. Venue: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University
　　　　　　　　　　(Address: 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan)

3. Sessions

　(1) Planning Session：
This Planning Session features intensive discussion on specific topics; forward-looking focus on practical and technical issues; and introduction of flash and fledging topics. Those who wish to present their papers in the Planning Session, please make an entry following the procedure below. Papers presented in this session will be allowed to apply for the Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management which will be published in fall 2006.
　(2) Young Researchers Session ：
In this session, mainly single-authored dissertations on discretional topics in the preparatory stage are expected to be intensively discussed, and presenters will be able to appoint commentators. Those who wish to present their papers in the Planning Session, please make an entry following the procedure below. Papers presented in this session will be allowed to apply for the Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management which will be published in fall 2006.
　(3) Special Session (SS). (III) ：
The Special Session is to be organized with the aim of broad view exchanges on on-going efforts for any topics and on flash and fledging topics. It will consist of meetings in the form of round-table discussion, panel discussion, and mini-symposium. Papers presented in this session are not eligible for applying for the Journal of Infrastructure Planning and Management which will be published in fall 2006.

4. Entry procedures for the Sessions４．
　To make an entry of paper presentation in a Session, online or post application is required. There may be a case that part of paper presentations are turned down depending on no. of applications.

1) Deadline (for both online and post application) :
March 25, 2005 (for post application, as indicated by the postmark on the envelope.)
Mailing address: Paper Publication Sub-Committee for the Conference of Infrastructure Planning, Japan Society for Civil Engineers, Yotsuya 1cho-me, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-0004, Japan
2) Required information (for post application, the format is free and A4 size paper should be used.)
　(I) Planning Session (I)
　　　　　　　　　　　　a)Choose one Sub-Session among those on Table 1 and specify its topic.
　　　　　　　　b)b) Names of the presenter/co-authors and the affiliations,
　　　　　　　　　　　　c)Contact address (name, zip code, address, tel. and fax. no., e-mail address (a must))
　　　　　　　　d)Paper title and the abstract (within about 400 Japanese characters or 200 English words)
　　　　　　　　　　　　e)There might be a case that sub-session program cannot include all applied paper presentations.
　　　　　　　　　　※ If your paper presentation could be moved to another sub-session, please note it identifying the session title.
　(II) Young Researchers Session：
　　　　　　　　　　　　a)Identify as your Session title as “Young Researchers Session”　
　　　　　　　　　　　　b)Names of the presenter/co-authors and their affiliations,
　　　　　　　　　　　　c)Contact address (name, zip code, address, tel./fax. no., e-mail address (a must))
　　　　　　　　d)Paper title and the abstract (within about 400 Japanese characters or 200 English words)
　　　　　　　　　　　　e)Names of commentators (maximum three in order of priority)
※ If your paper presentation could be moved to another sub-session, please note it identifying the session title.
　(III)Special Session (SS)：
　　　　　　　　　　　　a)Special Session
　　　　　　　　　　　　b)Name and affiliation of the session organizer
　　　　　　　　c)Organizer’s contact address (name, zip code, address, tel./fax. no., e-mail address (a must))
　　　　　　　　　　　　d)When the organizer prepares a paper, paper title and the abstract
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(within about 400 Japanese characters or 200 English words)
　　　　　　　　e)Expected presenters and their presentation titles
3) The deadline for paper submission and a request of preparation of paper copies to be distributed at the presentation site

■Papers should be submitted in PDF format by 7 a.m., May 7 (Saturday) 2005. The PDF file will be used to create the Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM. Each presenter is asked to bring 60 copies of the presenting paper for the audience. Guidelines for a paper are available on the web site. As for the Special Sessions, advance paper submission is optional. Organizers could prepare only on-site materials (free format).

　The Conference program will be finalized in mid May. A 6,000 yen (tentative) entry fee per presentation will be charged later. Please note that the entry fee would not be refunded even if a paper manuscript was not submitted (including the case of overdue submission).

　　　　Table 1 Topics for the Planning Session

Topic (tentative) Organizer Classification
- Practical/technical
- Flash /fledging
- Intensive discussion		 Paper recruitment status
1 Study on Behavior/Activity Change for Infrastructure Planning Satoshi Fujii, Tokyo Institute of Technology ） - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
2 Evaluation and Issues on Consensus Creation with the Residents-A Case Study for Landscape Development Shunji Ueno, Oriental Consultants Ltd. - Practical/technical Calling for papers
3 Education of Public Policy
Designers		 Toru Hagiwara, Hokkaido University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
4 Issues and Prospects for Infrastructure Project Evaluation Hitoshi Honda, Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc. - Practical/technica Calling for papers
5 Coordination Issues in a Thin Market Kakuya Matsushima, Kyoto University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
6 Governance of
Infrastructure Development 		Junya Fukumoto, the University of Tokyo - Practical/technical Calling for papers
7 Two-Layer Structured Wide Area
and Comprehensive
Transport Policies 		Toshimichi Satoh, Japan Institute of Construction Engineering - Practical/technical Calling for papers
8 Historical Evaluation on
Large Scale Infrastructure
Planning 		Keiichi Satoh, Hokkaido University - Practical/technica Calling for papers
9 Data-Based Administrative
Operations and Its Efficiency ]
Improvement by Using New
Technology		 Yshihide Sekimoto, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management - Practical/technica Calling for papers
10 School Education and Infrastructure Planning Nobuhiko Matsumura, Osaka University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
11 Reevaluation of a Land Use Model Nao Sugiki, Docon Co.,Ltd. - Practical/technical Calling for papers
12 Railway Stations and Community
Development		 Tsutomu Doi, Kobe International University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
13 Regional Quantitative Analysis in
Asia 		Takaaki Okuda, Nagoya University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
14 Lessons learned from Disasters Toshitaka Katada ,Gunma University; Hirokazu Tatano, Kyoto University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
15 Measures of Evaluating Global
Environment Loads Considering
the Applicability to Infrastructure
Planning		 Hirokazu Kato, Nagoya University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
16 Landscape Development in
Practices		 Eiji Yonezawa, Oriental Consultants Ltd. - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
17 New Deployment of Transport
Data Organization in Developing
Countries 		Tetsuro Hyodo, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology - Practical/technica Calling for papers
18 Analysis of Group of People’s
Traffic Behavior		 Junyi ZHANG, Hiroshima University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
19 Development of Probe
Technology		 Noboru Harada, the University of Tokyo - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
20 Road Planning and Design
Suitable for Flexible Transport
Operation 		Hideki Nakamura (Nagoya University), Takashi Oguchi (Tokyo Metropolitan University) - Practical/technical Calling for papers
21 Forefront of Intercity Transport
Research 		Hironori Kato, the University of Tokyo - Practical/technical Calling for papers
22 Air Policies and Airport
Operation in the Age of
Busy and Mass Transport		 Mikio Takebayashi, Kobe University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
23 Feasibility of LRT Construction
and Operation in Japan		 Shoji Matsumto (Nagaoka University of Technology), Hiroshi Furuike (Utsunomiya University) - Practical/technica Calling for papers
24 Abolishment of Railway and
Alternative Bus Transport
Service 		Narihito Hashimoto, Toyota Transport Research Institute - Practical/technical Calling for papers
25 Current Status and Prospects of
DRT as an Alternative for
Regular Bust Transport Service 		Yoshitaka Motoda, Iwate Prefectural University - Practical/technica Calling for papers
26 Potentials and Limits of ST
Service and DRT 		Fumihiro Hara, Hokkaido Development Engineering Center; Tetsuo Akiyama, Tokyo Metropolitan University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
27 New Technologies
Supporting Bus Transport
Service 		Hideyuki Kita, Tottori University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
28 International Marine Container
Service, and Port and Harbor
Policies 		Kazuhiko Ishiguro, Kobe University; Ryuichi Shibazaki, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management - Practical/technical Calling for papers
29 Study on Modeling of and
Evaluation on Urban Logistics
Systems 		Eiichi Taniguchi, Kyoto University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
30 Pedestrian and Biker Traffic
- Planning and Evaluation
Measures 		Hiroshi Tsukaguchi, Ritsumeikan University; Hideo Yamanaka, Tokushima University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
31 Evaluation of the Results of the
Barrier-Free Transportation Law
and Issues toward
“Community Development
through Participatory Welfare
Transport”		 Yasutsugu Nitta, Osaka University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
32 Practical Deployment of
Equilibrium Traffic Flow
Distribution by Time Zone 		Motohiro Fujita, Nagoya Institute of Technology - Practical/technica Calling for papers
33 Toward New Transport Planning
on Basis of Dynamic Analysis 		Ryota Horiguti, i Transport Lab, Ltd. - Practical/technica Calling for papers
34 Evaluation and Analysis of
Traffic Safety at Intersections 		Hidekatsu Hamaoka (Akita University) - Practical/technical Calling for papers
35 Road Signs for ITS Society Takuji Wakabayashi, Meijo University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
36 Regional ITS Yasuhiko Kumagai, Kochi Institute of Technology - Practical/technica Calling for papers


5. Conference registration５．
　 All those who will participate in the Conference are required to make on-line registration on the conference web site during the period from May 9 (Monday) to 17:00 May 20 (Friday). The invoice of the registration fee will be sent to you later. An ID code will be issued upon registration. You will be able to download paper manuscripts using the ID code prior to the Conference hopefully from around mid May.
On-site registration will also be possible. The registration fee 6,000 yen (tentative) is to include the Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM.


6. Notes６．
　Pre-Conference Proceedings will not be published. Paper manuscripts will be available on site as presenters’ handouts or they will be able to be downloaded on the Conference Web site.


7. For further information, contact Takeshi Hashimoto of Research & Studies Division, JSCE at hashimoto@jsce.or.jp.
Tel: 03-3355-3559 Fax: 03-5369-0125