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DRFIC 2008
DRF International Conference 2008
Open Access and Institutional Repository in Asia-Pacific
30th and 31st January
Osaka, JAPAN |
 
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Venue
Osaka is a booming center in the western Japan with rich resources of commerce, education and culture. Osaka University, one such symbolic institution in Osaka, is one of the most acclaimed universities in Japan. A Nobel Prize laureate, Professor Hideki Yukawa, once had a position in physics there. More than 24,000 students strive for excellence on three campuses, Suita, Toyonaka, and Minoh.
Its research and educational facilities include 11 schools, 15 graduate schools, and 5 research institutes.
Conference site
DRF International Conference 2008 will be held in Icho Kaikan, Suita Campus of Osaka University. Registration desk will open in the lobby on the 3rd floor during the conference period. The whole event including a keynote speech, a panel discussion, three sessions, and a reception will take place in Hankyu-Sanwa Hall on the 3rd floor. Posters will be displayed in the foyer. Lunch and coffee/tea are available on the same floor.
Links
Access
- Directions to the Suita Campus: http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/accessmap.html
- (Also useful: http://lasie.ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/INPS2/access.pdf)
- Campus map: http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/student/campus/suita.html
- (Icho Kaikan is #57 on the campus map.)
- Icho Kaikan: http://www.med.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/sisetu/e_ityo.html
Accommodations:
- [Near Suita Campus]
- Senri Hankyu Hotel
- Hotel Hankyu Expo Park
- Hotel Mare Minami Senri (in Japanese)
- [Further information]
- Accommodations, Osaka Tourist Guide
Tourist guide:
Others:
- Osaka University
- Osaka University Library
- Osaka City
- Essential information at Yokoso! Japan (Japan National Tourist Organization)