JSCE Magazine,“Civil Engineering”

OrganizedbyTheInternational Activities Committee (JSCE)
The International Symposium provides a platform for international students and engineers to present, discuss and exchange their research interest in English. International students and engineers are strongly encouraged to participate in the Symposium. From this time, full papers will be reviewed.
(Note: International students and engineers include Japanese, overseas students and engineers who are interested in international activities.)

September 18th (Thursday), 2008

Head Quarter of JSCE (Tokyo)

Participants are charged 2,000 yen for registration. The registration fee must be paid prior to the event day just after participants receive the acceptance letter for submitted papers.
The detailed information on registration fee payment will be provided in the acceptance letter. Without paying the registration fee by the deadline, the corresponding papers will not be accepted. One proceeding will be provided to authors of one paper.
Proceedings will also be provided to theparticipants by payingthe registration fee at the registration desk on the event day. A Drinking & Uniting Party will also be provided free of charge for all participants.

The topics cover 7 technical categories and their subcategories of civil engineering:

A-1) Applied Mechanics, A-2) Structural Engineering, A-3) Earthquake Engineering,A-4)Wind Engineering, A-5) Others relatedto Structural Engineering, B-1) Hydraulic Engineering, B-2) River Engineering, B-3) Coastal Engineering,

B-4) Water Resource Engineering, B-5) Environmental Hydraulics, B-6) Others related to Hydraulics,

C-1) Soil Mechanics, C-2) Rock Engineering, C-3) Foundation Engineering, C-4) Environmental Geotechnics, C-5) Others related to Geotechnical Engineering,

D-1) Urban and Regional Planning, D-2) Transportation, D-3) Landscape Engineering and Design, D-4) Historical studies in Civil Engineering, D-5) Others related to Planning,

E-1) Civil Engineering Materials, E-2) Pavement Engineering, E-3) Concrete Engineering, E-4) Others related to Materials,

F-1) Construction Management, F-2) Construction Technology, F-3) Others related to Management and Construction Technology,

G-1) Environmental Planning and Management, G-2) Environmental System, G-3) Water and Wastewater System, G-4) Environmental Conservation, G-5) Others related to Environment.

1) Papers must be submitted with a Registration Form. Papers and Registration Forms should be typed in English.

2) Papers must be submitted by June 8th, 2008 to the International Affairs Section, JSCE. The allowable maximum number of papers by the same author(s) is limited to two.
*Please download "Registration Form" and "Instructions for preparation of papers" from JSCE English Website (http://www.jsce-int.org), fill the form and send to Symposium Secretariat
by FAX：03-5379-2769
    E-mail：yanagawa@jsce.or.jp

3) The submitted papers will be revewed by the In ternational Activities Committee. The decision of the Committee will be informed by e-mail or fax to the presenting authors by the middle of July. An acceptance letter, comments from reviewers, and the information on the registration fee will be sent to the authors.

4) Modified Papers must be submitted and registration fee must be paid by the middle of August to the International Affairs Section, JSCE.

Note that details may be subject to change. The updated information will be notified. Please see our website (http://www.jsce-int.org).

Schedule of International Summer Symposium 2008
June 8, 2008: Deadline of Papers, submitted with "Registration Form" Middle of July: Send "Acceptance Letter", Comments from Reviewers, Information on Registration Fee Payment
Middle of August: Submission of Modified Papers
September 18: Symposium