AI3 & SOI ASIA MEETING @ Yokohama, Japan- SPRING 2014

SOI & AI3 Meeting Spring 2014, Yokohama, Japan

This Spring, from May 21 to 23, the joint bi-annual meeting with will be hosted by Keio University at Hiyoshi Campus, located at the city of Yokohama, Japan. Representatives from all partners will gather for 3 days to share information and discuss the directions for both projects. More details will be updated in this page.

We kindly ask all participants to fill in the registration form (or access the URL:http://www.soi.asia/soi-asia-meeting-2014/registration).

PROGRAM

This meeting will be held in 3 days in different venues in Hiyoshi Campus, in Yokohama. The last day will be held in Mita Campus, in the heart of Tokyo. Please check the schedule below (tentative).

DAY 1 – May 21 (Wed)
Venue: HIYOSHI Campus
Room: Raiousha 2F (Middle Meeting Room)

12:30 Meet at Collaboration Complex, 2F (elevator hall)

12:30 – 13:00 Registration

13:00 – 14:30 Operation Task Force

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:30 Site Update

16:30 – 17:30 HIYOSHI Campus tour

18:00 – Optional Dinner (Sushi)

DAY 2 – May 22 (Thu)
Venue: HIYOSHI Campus
Room: Collaboration Complex, 5F (KBS Large Meeting Room)

09:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 12:00 Research Presentation

　　　　　▶︎ 10:00 – 10:30 Rizal Muhammad Nur (Institut Teknologi Bandung)

　▶︎ 10:30 – 11:00 Kotaro Kataoka (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)

　▶︎ 11:00 – 11:30 Myunes Shareef (Keio University)

　　　　　▶︎ 11:30 – 12:00 Hiromi Uwabo (Keio University)

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 13:30 Welcome Speech (Prof. Keiko Okawa)

Opening Speech (Prof. Jun Murai)

13:30 – 13:45 Photo Session (Collaboration Complex entrance)

13:45 – 15:30 SOI-Asia Academic Steering Meeting

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 – 18:00 Partners Presentation

　　　　　▶︎16:00 – 16:30 NTT Data

　　　　　▶︎ 16:30 – 17:00 Weathernews

　　　　　▶︎ 17:00 – 17:30 YAMAHA

　　　　　▶︎ 17:30 – 18:00 JSAT

18:30 – Welcome Dinner at Raiousha

DAY 3- May 23 (Fri)
Venue: MITA Campus
Room: Higashi-kan, 4F (Seminar Room)

09:00 Meet at Collaboration Complex, 2F (elevator hall)

09:00 – 10:00 Move to Mita Campus

10:00 – 11:30 AI3 and SOI Asia Directors meeting

11:30 – 13:30 Lunch (12:30-13:00 Prayer Time)

13:30 – 15:00 AI3 and SOI Asia Directors meeting

15:00 – Optional Tour (TBD)

ABOUT VISA

Japan requires visa for many countries in Asia. We strongly reccomend you to confirm with the closest Consulate of Japan and check which are the required documents for single short-term stay visa.

We will be able to provide invitation letter for any of the registered participants.

You can also find information in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website.

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html

Some countries have been exempted of visa for short-term stay

http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html#list

ACCESS & MAPS

Keio University’s Hiyoshi Campus is located in the city of Yokohama, in the south of Tokyo. The closest train station is Hiyoshi station and it is served by two train lines (Toyoko Line and Meguro Line) and one subway line (Yokohama Municipal Subway – Green Line). It is less than 20-min distant from some major stations in the Tokyo metropolitan Area:

Yokohama station: about 12 minutes

Shibuya station: about 19 minutes

Meguro station: about 20 minutes

(from Tokyo station: about 40 minutes, from Shinjuku station: about 35 minutes)

HIYOSHI CAMPUS (MAP http://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/hiyoshi.html)
Address: 4-1-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8521 – Japan
Hiyoshi station (Toyoko Line/Meguro Line/Green Line)

MITA CAMPUS (MAP http://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/mita.html)
Address: 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 – Japan
Mita station (Subway Mita line, Asakusa line)
Tamachi station (JR Yamanote line, JR Keihin Tohoku Line)

STAY

We would recommend all participants to stay at Keio’s Seminar Guest Rooms, located in the Collaboration Complex (Kyoseikan), in Hiyoshi Campus. This facility is located inside the campus, 1-min from Hiyoshi station.

ROOM RATES AND AMMENITIES

Single room: 4,000 yens/night

Twin room: 7,000 yens/night

Each room is equipped with: Internet (LAN port only, please bring a cable), bathrobe, refrigerato, glass, mug, electric kettle, flash light, soap, shampoo, rinse, toothbrush and toothpaste, toothbrush cup, bath towel, face towel, and dust box.

For more details about Keio’s Seminar Guest Rooms, please access the website:

http://www.ic.keio.ac.jp/keio_student/short_prog/leadership/kyoseikan.html

BOOKING A ROOM

The committee will be in charge of the reservations. If you have any questions, please contact us. Payments must be handled directly to the organizing committee (Dr. Husni).