|
MEETING SERVICES
Registration
All attendees must register and wear their badge while attending all
IUGG2003 General Assembly functions. The registration desk will be located
on the 1st floor of Site A (Royton Sapporo) and will be open during the
following hours.
| JUNE 29 (SUN) |
13:00-19:00 |
| JUNE 30 (MON) |
7:30-18:00 |
| JULY 1 (TUE) - JULY 4 (FRI) |
8:00-18:00 |
| JULY 5 (SAT) |
8:00-17:00 |
| JULY 6 (SUN) |
13:00-17:00 |
| JULY 7 (MON) |
7:30-18:00 |
| JULY 8 (TUE) - JULY 11 (FRI) |
8:00-18:00 |
General Information and Travel Information
There will be a General Information Desk located in the lobby on the
2nd floor of Site A (Royton Sapporo) for any general inquiries concerning
the General Assembly. A Travel Information Desk will also be located next
to the General Information Desk to answer any inquiries related to accommodations
and transportation. Both desks will be open during the same hours as the
Registration Desk.
Association Dinner Ticket
Tickets for Association Dinners can be reserved at the Association Dinner
Ticket Desk located in the lobby on the 2nd floor of Site A (Royton Sapporo).
Detailed information concerning each Association Dinner will be announced
on the message board. The open hours for the Desk will vary depending
on the day, so please check with the Desk or the message board for further
information.
|
Special notice for IAHS members
On-site Purchase of IAHS Banquet Ticket
A large room has been reserved for IAHS Banquet in Sapporo Beer
Garden on July 8 (TUE) rseponding to requests of many IAHS participants.
You will be able to purchase the ticket when you receive IAHS Proceedings
in Sapporo Educational and Cultural Hall, where IAHS sesssions will
be held. The tickets are JPY 3,000 for normal and JPY 2,000 for
student. Only cash can be accepted for the on-site ticket. The time
and place are: JULY 6 (SUN) 18:30-19:30 4th floor, Room 402
JULY 7 (MON) 7:45-11:00 Lobby on the 1st floor in front of Room
24 (Main Hall)
11:00-16:30 4th floor, Room 402
Note the lobby may be crowded on Monday morning, so Sunday evening
will be better for
your visit to IAHS Publications.
|
Message Board
A message board is available for mutual communication among participants.
Changes in the session schedule, announcements from the Local Organizing
Committee and information on the Association Dinners will also be placed
on the message board. The message board will be located on the 3rd floor
of Site A (Royton Sapporo) during the General Assembly period (except
for July 2, when it will be moved to the 2nd floor).
top
IUGG2003 Local Organizing Committee
Site A (Royton Sapporo), located on 2nd floor
top
Offices of IUGG and the Associations
Offices of IUGG and the Associations are located on the 6th floor of
Site A (Royton Sapporo).
top
IAHS Publications Room
Located at Site C (Sapporo Education and Culture Hall)
| JULY 6 (SUN) |
18:30-19:30 |
4th floor, Room 402 |
| JULY 7 (MON) |
7:45-11:00
11:00-16:30 |
1st floor,
in front of Room 24 (Main Hall)
4th floor, Room 402
|
| JULY 8 (TUE) - JULY 10 (THU) |
8:00-16:30 |
4th floor, Room 402 |
| JULY 11 (FRI) |
8:00-9:00
12:30-14:00 |
4th floor, Room 402 |
top
IAVCEI Desk
Scientific field trip guidebook is on sale at the IAVCEI Desk, Site A
(Royton Sapporo), 2nd floor
top
Internet Room
Internet facilities are available. Please note that there is a time limit
of 15 minutes per session, to enable the maximum number of participants
to benefit from this facility. Located at Site A (Royton Sapporo), 3rd
floor.
| JUNE 30 (MON) |
7:30-19:00 |
| JULY 1 (TUE) - JULY 4 (FRI) |
8:00-19:00 |
| JULY 5 (SAT) |
8:00-17:00 |
| JULY 7 (MON) |
7:30-19:00 |
| JULY 8 (TUE) - JULY 10 (THU) |
8:00-19:00 |
| JULY 11 (FRI) |
8:00-16:00 |
top
Business Center
At the Business Center, you can make copies, send or receive faxes or
work on a computer. A certain fee will be required for all services. The
business Center will be open 24 hours a day during the period of IUGG2003.
Located at Site A (Royton Sapporo), 1st floor next to the front desk.
top
Complimentary Refreshments
JUNE 30 (MON) - JULY 4 (FRI)
JULY 7 (MON) - JULY 11 (FRI)
10:00-11:00, 15:30-16:30
Site A (Royton Sapporo), 3rd floor
Site B (Hokkaido Koseinenkin Kaikan), 3rd floor
Site C (Sapporo Education and Culture Hall), 1st floor
top
Exhibition
Located at Site A (Royton Sapporo), 3rd floor.
| JULY 1 (TUE) - JULY 4 (FRI) |
9:00-18:00 |
| JULY 7 (MON) - JULY 10 (THU) |
9:00-18:00 |
top
Outreach
There will be a number of outreach programs during the Assembly period.
"IUGG Citizens' College", a series of public seminars for citizens
by distinguished participants of each specific field, will be held in
Site A (Royton Sapporo). In cooperation with local municipal governments
and science museums, "Science Lectures" will be spread all around
the Hokkaido area. A round-table discussion on global environment by junior
high school students with IUGG participants as their advisors will be
held in the Sapporo Convention Center Special Conference Hall. Moreover,
participants will go to local elementary schools to hold "Special
Science Classes" for students respectively. There will also be a
"Junior Poster Session" presented by local junior and senior
high school students at Site A (Royton Sapporo), and IUGG participants
are kindly requested to vote for the best presentation.
top
Accompanying Persons
The Accompanying Persons Lounge is situated in the Lobby on the 1st floor
of the Site C (Sapporo Education and Culture Hall) and can be used freely
between 9:00 and 18:00 each day to meet friends, relax and arrange trips
around Sapporo.
Volunteers will be there at those times to provide information on the
Accompanying Persons Program, and to advise and assist you on how to book
seats on the excursions we have organized. Please note that the assembly
point for all our trips/events will be in the Accompanying Persons Lounge.
We offer many various excursions, including : Welcome Tea Party with a
short koto (Japanese musical instrument) performance, guided tour of Sapporo,
Japanese Culture and Ainu Culture introductions, hot spring experience,
Japanese cooking and tasting, one-day picnic with BBQ lunch, etc.
top
Accommodations
Reserve hotel on-line NOW!!!
Assistance related to accommodation matters is available at the Travel
Information Desk located in the lobby on the 2nd floor of Site A (Royton
Sapporo). The Travel Information Desk will be open during the same hours
as the Registration Desk.
top
Press Room
JUNE 30 (MON) - JULY 4 (FRI)
JULY 7 (MON) - JULY 11 (FRI)
8:00-18:00
Located at Site C (Sapporo Education and Culture Hall ), 3rd floor
Press Conferences will be held from 17:00 every day that the Press Room
is open.
Major papers (talk) will be highlighted from each Association and the
author of the paper will introduce the essence of his/her findings, which
serve to promote public understanding of geodesy and geophysics. News
releases and copies of journal articles about research being presented
at the meeting will be made available to reporters.
top
Childcare
We would like to arrange childcare facilities to be made available for
the duration of the IUGG 2003, under the authority of the executive committee.
We anticipate that some prospective attendees will be unable to attend
unless their children can be looked after.
May we recommend the following details regarding childcare facilities,
based on a similar service provided annually at the AGU Fall Meeting in
San Francisco:
- Dates:
June 30 (Mon) through July 4 (Fri), and July 7 (Mon) through 11 (Fri)
Time:
8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- Recommended service provider:
Coty. Co. Inc. (Ltd.) offers professional child care services for
children from 3 months up to 12 years old.
http://www.coty.co.jp/index2.html
(Only Japanese)
- Insurance:
Registration of children must be required to take out accident insurance.
Comprehensive Insurance System for Baby-sitter Agent is applied to the
above service.
- Meals:
Parents feed their children at lunchtime.
- Cost to parents:
Parents would be required to pay 700JPY (approx. $6.00) per hour for
childcare services, provided that the cost of room fee is officially
supported. Cash payment should be made directly at the childcare room.
- Liability:
IUGG_LOC is expected to assume no responsibility for the childcare services
rendered.
We are preparing a quite comfortable room (Japanese style, wide and calm)
as a nursery room at the Kouseinenkin-kaikan Hotel and find good baby
sitters who can take English communication. It would be sure that you
and your children have a relax time there.
*** Please return the application form with your
child name, age, sex, and special request (if you have any) to iugg_service
no later than June 16.***
Confirmation e-mail will be sent upon receipt of your request. We look
forward to your prompt reply.
----Application form----
- Nursing date and time
- Parent's name
- Telephone number
- Child's name
- Nickname
- date of birth
- boy/girl
- Favorite plays
- Personal constitution (e.g. allergy, asthma, ...)
- Any request for sitters
top
Convenience & Souvenir Shop
A convenience & souvenir shop, managed by Hokkaido University COOP,
will be available on the first floor of the Royton Sapporo. The shop will
offer lunchboxes, drinks, everyday items, original gifts of Hokkaido University.
Prices of lunch boxes range from 400JPY to 600JPY. Sandwiches will also
be sold from beginning at 120JPY. You will be able to choose from a variety
of items such as t-shirts, wine sake, sensu, etc.
Open hours: JUNE 30 (MON) - JULY 11 (FRI) (except JULY 5 and 6) 11:00-15:00
The Hokkaido University COOP
The Hokkaido University COOP has shops and restaurants in the Hokkaido
University main campus. Its headquarters is about 15 minutes walk from
the Royton Sapporo. You are free to use services provided by the Hokkaido
University COOP (Hokudai Seikyou) which is supported by the University
students, teachers and staff members. Open hours: 10:00-19:00 on MON
thru FRI, 10:00-14:00 on SAT.
|
The IUGG2003 Original Sake
Sake (Rice wine) has bee brewed for many centuries in Japan.
This original Sake is brewed by Nihon Seishu Co., Ltd. (Local
Brewer company) in Sapporo. It is made from local rice "Ginpu"
are brewed in Hokkaido with high quality local groundwater. The
water has iron and manganese contents of less than 0.001ppm making
it exceptionally pure and ideal for brewing traditional sake. This
IUGG2003 Original Sake is mild tasting with a delicate scent and
sold special price at 3,000JPY for a 720ml bottle. Only 500 of these
bottles of Sake have been produced.
Original Sake
label design
|
|
|
The IUGG2003 Original T-Shirt
The original T-shirt designed by the IUGG2003 Local
Organizing Committee, printed on traditional Japanese dye deep indigo
blue, can be purchased for 4,000JPY (including 25% contribution).
Your purchase of T-Shirt would be a part of fund-raising campaign,
so that all of your cooperation would be highly appreciated.
SIZE: S, M, L, XL
|
|
|
Order
NOW and receive 200JPY
discount!
(Please send e-mail to IUGG_SERVICE@jamstec.go.jp
including your NAME/SIZE/QUANTITY)
|
top
Planetarium
Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd. will prepare a digital planetarium, MEDIAGLOBE,
during the Assembly. MEDIAGLOBE will create a digital image to express
the motion of fixed stars or celestial objects to create an enjoyable
planetarium environment.
JULY 1 (TUE) - JULY 13 (SUN)
10:00-18:00
Located at Site A (Royton Sapporo), 1st basement floor
top
Sapporo Beer Terrace
Participants can enjoy the world-famous "Sapporo Beer" at Sapporo
media park's Spica Garden (Site D). The Beer Terrace will be open between
17:00 and 19:30 each day to allow delegates to drink fresh beer and relax
over snacks during the Assembly period. 1 drink 400JPY-
(Note: Closed during the Welcome Ceremony & Reception on Wednesday,
JULY 2)
top
Pacific Music Festival
The pacific Music Festival (PMF) is an international music festival established
in 1990 by one of the premier conductors, composers and educations of
the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein. The major event of PMF, which is
held from JULY 5 to JULY 25, is the educational program (PMF Academy),
where world-renowned artists act as faculty and guide young musicians
selected from auditions held through the world. There are various other
programs including performances by artists, auditors and educational programs.
For further information, please contact:
PMF Organizing Committee
c/o Sapporo Concert Hall
1-15, nakajima-koen, Chuo-ku
Sapporo 064-0931 JAPAN
E-mail: pmfoc@hi-ho.ne.jp
TEL: (011) 520-2222 / FAX: (011) 520-1687
http://www.pmf.or.jp/
|
