6th International Head-Out Water Immersion Symposium:

From Bathing to Space

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September 20-21, 2005

Aichi Medical University, Tachibana Hall
Yazako Karimata 21, Nagakute 480-1195
Japan

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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

     We are pleased to invite you to participate in The 6th International Head-Out Water Immersion Symposium which will be held at Aichi Medical University on September 20 and 21, 2005. Various topics concerning water immersion, including bathing, simulation of microgravity, space medicine will be presented and discussed. Researchers and others to be concerned with the fields above are welcome. After the scientific events on September 21 (Wednesday), we are planning to make an optional twilight tour to "World Expo Aichi 2005", which has been held in the vicinity of the symposium venue.

VENUE

    The symposium will be held at Tachibana Hall, Aichi Medical University, Yazako Nagakute-cho, which is located on the outskirt of Nagoya and surrounded with green hills and rice paddy.
Royal Park Inn

HOTEL INFORMATION

Royal Park Inn Nagoya
3-27-5 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 450-0002
TEL: +81-52-581-4411   FAX: +81-52-581-4427
*from JR Nagoya Station, 3 min. walk
*from Meitetsu Nagoya Station, 5 min. walk
*from "Centrair" Airport to Meitetsu Nagoya Station, 30min. by Ltd. Exp.

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.

International Flight Network

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

September 9

Deadline for electronic abstract submission.

September 12

Deadline for Symposium registration.

September 12

Deadline for hotel reservation at Symposium rate.

September 15

Preliminary program and abstracts are posted online.

September 19 evening

Welcome Reception.

September 20-21

6th International Head-Out Water Immersion Symposium.

September 20 evening

Buffet Party at Royal Park Inn Nagoya

September 21 evening

Optional Twilight Tour to World Expo Aichi 2005

SECRETARY GENERAL

Satoshi Iwase M.D. & Ph.D.
E-mail:wis@aichi-med-u.ac.jp
Department of Physiology, Aichi Medical University
Tel: +81-52-264-4811 (ext.2212)
Fax: +81-561-63-9809