Presentation Entry for the 33rd Conference of Infrastructure Planning (Spring Meeting 2006) has started. The entry deadline is March 24 (Friday) 2006. You are kindly advised to read carefully the conference information below and proceed to entry procedures clicking the button of Entry Form.　(Ｅｎｔｒｙ form is only Japanese.)

The 33rd Conference of Infrastructure Planning
(Spring Meeting 2006)

Date: June 10 (Saturday) - June 11 (Sunday), 2005
Venue: Aobayama Campus, Tohoku University

Schedule

Important information

  • The Spring Meeting 2006 will consist of the three sections: (I) Planning Session, (II) Young Researchers Session, and (III) Special Session (SS).
  • After completion of paper entry, the paper title and presenter/coauthor names cannot be changed.
  • Papers applied to be presented in the Planning Session or the Young Researchers Session are required to be submitted in advance by the due date. Otherwise, their presentations may not be granted.
  • Papers that do not suit objectives of the individual sessions may be turned down.
  • A Public Policy Design Competition-Community Planning and Design will be concurrently held with the Spring Meeting 2006. (Registration has been closed on January 31.) For further information, please visit the website (in Japanese only) at http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/ip/design-compe/compe.html

Outline of the Spring Meeting 2006

1. Date: June 10 (Saturday) - June 11 (Sunday), 2006

2. Venue: Aobayama Campus, Tohoku University (Aramaki Aza Aoba Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan)

3. Sessions

(I) Planning Session

The 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 are asked to make an entry following the procedure below. Papers presented in this session will be allowed to apply for the Journal, Infrastructure Planning Review which will be published in fall 2007.

(II) 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, Infrastructure Planning Review which will be published in fall 2007.

(III) Special Session (SS)

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. Those who wish to present their papers in the Special Session, please make an entry following the procedure below. Papers presented in this session are not eligible for applying for the Journal, Infrastructure Planning Review which will be published in fall 2007.

4. Entry procedures for the Sessions

To make an entry of paper presentation in a Session, online or post application is required. Please note that the paper title and presenter/coauthor names cannot be changed after completion of paper entry. 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 24, 2006 (for post application, as indicated by the postmark on the envelope.)

Mailing address: Paper Publication Sub-Committee, Infrastructure Planning Committee, 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
  1. Identify your Session title as the “Planning Session”
  2. Choose one Sub-Session among those listed on the table below and specify its topic.
  3. Names of the presenter/co-authors and the affiliations,
  4. Contact address (name, zip code, address, tel. and fax. no., e-mail address (a must))
  5. Paper title and the abstract (within about 400 Japanese characters or 200 English words)
  6. 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 sub-session topic.
(II) Young Researchers Session
  1. Identify your Session title as the “Young Researchers Session”
  2. Names of the presenter/co-authors and their affiliations,
  3. Contact address (name, zip code, address, tel./fax. no., e-mail address (a must))
  4. Paper title and the abstract (within about 400 Japanese characters or 200 English words)
  5. Names of commentators (maximum three in order of priority)
  6. There might be a case that Young Researchers Session program cannot include all applied paper presentations. If your paper presentation could be moved to the Planning Session, please note it identifying the sub-session topic.
(III) Special Session (SS)
  1. Identify your Session title as the “Special Session”
  2. Specify a sub-session topic.
  3. Name and affiliation of the session organizer
  4. Organizer’s contact address (name, zip code, address, tel./fax. no., e-mail address (a must))
  5. Outline of the planned session (within about 400 Japanese characters or 200 English words)
  6. Expected presenters and their presentation topic.

3) The deadline for paper submission and a request of preparation of paper copies to be distributed at the presentation site

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).

5. Conference registration

All those who will participate in the Conference are required to make on-line registration on the conference web site during the period from 12:00 May 8 (Monday) to 17:00 May 19 (Friday), 2006. The invoice of the registration fee will be sent to registrants later. An ID code will be issued upon registration. Registrants will be able to download hopefully from around mid May paper manuscripts using the ID code prior to the Conference.

On-site registration will also be possible. The registration fee 6,000 yen (tentative) is to include the Conference Proceedings on CD-ROM.

6. Notes

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, Research & Studies Division, JSCE at hashimoto@jsce.or.jp.

Tel: 03-3355-3559 Fax: 03-5369-0125

Topics for the Planning Session

  Topic (tentative) Organizer Classification
- Practical/technical
- Flash /fledging
- Intensive discussion
 Paper recruitment status
1 National Land Policy Planning for Wide Local Area Kenji ONO, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Practical/technical Calling for papers
2 Infrastructure Policies Management Shintaro TERABE, Kochi Institute of Technology - Practical/technical Calling for papers
3 PI & Community Member Involvement Hiromitsu YAJIMA, the Institute of Behavioral Sciences - Practical/technical Calling for papers
4 Mobility Management Ayako TANIGUCHI, University of Tsukuba - Practical/technical Calling for papers
5 Climatic Features of Civil Engineers’ Professional Awareness Naoto TANAKA, Gifu University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
6 School Education and Infrastructure Planning Nobuhiko MATSUMURA, Osaka University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
7 Infrastructure Development in a Mature Society and Evaluation Methods Denshi TAKEUCHI, Gifu University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
8 Urban Planning in the Age of Depopulation Mamoru TANIGUCHI, Okayama University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
9 Urban Planning Focusing on Night Activities Nobuaki OMORI, University of Tokyo; Masaki OYA , Kankyo Sozo Ltd. - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
10 Practical Measures for Revitalizing City Centers Shoshi MIZOKAMI, Kumamoto University; Kenji DOI, Kagawa University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
11 Stations of Public Transportation (Railway) and Community Development Tsutomu DOI, Kobe International University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
12 Toward Realization of Construction and Operation of LRT Shoji MATSUMOTO, Nagaoka University of Technology); Hiroshi KOIKE, Utsunomiya University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
13 Successes and Failures of Local Public Transportation Yoshitaka MOTODA, Iwate Prefectural University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
14 Transportation for Community Living Hideyuki KITA, Tottori University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
15 Human Mobility and Transport from the Viewpoint of Local Welfare Tomohiko ISOBE, Chubu University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
16 Universal Design for Sightseeing Tetsuo AKIYAMA, Tokyo Metropolitan University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
17 Review of Land Use Models Nao SUGIKI, Docon Ltd. - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
18 Applicability of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Masashi MORISUGI, Nagoya Institute of Technology - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
19 Residents’ Disaster Risk Awareness and Preparedness Toshitaka KATADA,Gunma University; Hirokazu TATANO, Kyoto University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
20 Disaster Prevention and Recovery Planning Akiyoshi TAKAGI, Gifu University; Muneta YOKOMATSU, Kyoto University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
21 Risk and Governance Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI, Kyoto University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
22 Global Environment Load Evaluation and Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) in Infrastructure Planning Hirokazu KATO, Nagoya University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
23 Urban Transport Strategy Toward Environmental Load Decrease Yoshitaka AOYAMA, Kyoto University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
24 Empirical Study on a Point System for Transportation Use and Eco Activities and Its Prospects Takayuki MORIKAWA, Nagoya University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
25 Management of Infrastructure as Regional Asset Eizo HIDESHIMA, Nagoya Institute of Technology - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
26 Community Landscape Development Through Residents’ Support Hisashi SHIBATA, Fukuoka University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
27 Scenic Byways-Touristic Booming and Regional Development by Landscaping Haruo ISHIDA, University of Tsukuba; Fumihiro HARA, Scenic Byway Support Center - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
28 Artery Railway Development as Infrastructure Dai NAKAGAWA, Kyoto University; Seiji IWAKURA, Shibaura Institute of Technology - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
29 Dead Zone for Intercity Public Transportation Planning-Matching of Planning/Implementation Issues and Research Resources Tomoki ISHIKURA, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management; Makoto TSUKAI, Ritsumeikan University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
30 Methodologies for Research, Modeling and Evaluation of Logistics Eiichi TANIGUCHI, Kyoto University; - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
31 International Logistics Policies in the Age of Economic Collaboration Kazuhiko ISHIGURO, Kobe University; Ryuichi SHIBAZAKI, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
32 Analysis of Developing Countries’ Urban Transportation Research Results Akimasa FUJIWARA, Hiroshima University - Practical/technical Calling for papers
33 Prospects for Probe Person Research and Future Urban Transport Research Eiji HATO, Ehime University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
34 Utilization of the Data of Probe Research for Models of Traffic Behavior and Traffic Flow Ryuichi KITAMURA, Kyoto University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
35 Front Line of Studies on Traffic Capacity and Service Quality Hideki NAKAMURA, (Nagoya University; Takashi OOGUCHI, Tokyo Metropolitan University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
36 Transport Planning for Pedestrians and Bikers ? Phenomenon Analysis and Methodologies for Planning and Evaluation Hiroshi TSUKAGUCHI, Ritsumeikan University; Hideo YAMANAKA, Tokushima University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
37 Complex Science and Transportation Phenomenon Takamasa AKIYAMA, Gifu University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
38 Probability Models for Transport Equilibrium Shoichiro NAKAYAMA, Kanazawa University - Flash /fledging Calling for papers
39 Toward New Utilization of Transport Simulation Ryota HORIGUCHI, i Transport Lab, Ltd. - Practical/technical Calling for papers
40 Transport Phenomenon Analysis by Using Image Analysis Nobuhiro UNO, Fumitaka KURAUCHI; Kyoto University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
41 Analysis of Traffic Safety at Intersections Hidekatsu Hamaoka, Akita University - Intensive discussion Calling for papers
42 Implementation of Regional ITS Yasuhiko KUMAGAI, Kochi Institute of Technology - Practical/technical Calling for papers
43 Issues and Research Prospects for Time Value Hironori KATO, the University of Tokyo - Intensive discussion -