First Announcement
The 24th International Toki Conference (ITC-24) on“Expanding Horizons of Plasma and Fusion Sciencethrough Cross-Fertilization”
November 4-7, 2014
Ceratopia Toki, Toki-city, Gifu, Japan
http://itc/nifs.ac.jp
Scope
The International Toki Conference is a topical meeting dedicated to a specific subject
related to plasma and fusion science. The series began in 1989 with the founding of theNational Institute for Fusion Science and has been held on an annual basis ever since.
The last 10 years have seen great advances in the basic sciences of plasmas as well asfusion science over a broad spectrum of subjects. These fundamental topics have the ability
to cut across disciplinary boundaries to provide a common understanding of basic plasma
science that serves as a foundation for various applications of plasmas ranging frombiomedical to industrial to fusion. With this background we are planning the 24th
International Toki Conference to explore new aspects and promote the cross-fertilization ofdiverse fields of science through advances in basic plasma and fusion science.

Topics to be covered(1)(2)

Frontiers in Basic Plasma ScienceInterdisciplinary Applications of Plasmas- Industrial/Chemical/Medical and Agricultural Applications (3) New Insights into Space and Astrophysical Plasmas(4) Fusion Plasmas and Engineering to the future

Meeting format
The meeting will consist of invited and contributed oral presentations, and poster
sessions. The abstracts will be selected by the International Program Committee as either oral
or poster presentations. A projector with a laptop personal computer (PC) will be available fororal speakers to present their papers. Power Point or PDF formats are recommended. The
official language of the meeting is English.

Abstract submission
Authors are invited to submit one-page abstracts of their contributed papers on-line
before July 16, 2014. Detailed instructions on abstract submission will appear at theconference website at http://itc.nifs.ac.jp. A printed book of abstracts of invited andcontributed papers will be distributed to participants at the conference.

Conference proceedings and paper submission
Original or review articles, related to the conference topics, are encouraged to besubmitted to Plasma and Fusion Research ( http://www.jspf.or.jp/PFR/ ). Each submitted
paper will be put through a peer-review process, and those accepted will be published as
regular articles in the journal.

Important dates
Start of on-line abstract submission: June 13, 2014
Deadline for abstract submission:
July 16, 2014
Notification of abstract acceptance: August 13, 2014
Deadline for request of official documents required for visa: August 27, 2014
Deadline for registration:
September 17, 2014
Deadline for paper submission:
November 7, 2014
Conference:
November 4-7, 2014

VISAS
In case you need a visa to enter Japan, required official documents will be provided
through the Local Organizing Committee (itc24-visa@nifs.ac.jp) after acceptance of yourabstract, upon request.

International Advisory Committee
A. Komori (Japan, Chair), A. Ando (Japan), H. Azechi (Japan), A. Fukuyama (Japan),
R. Horiuchi (Japan), M. Ichimura (Japan), K. Ida (Japan), S. Imagawa (Japan),
S. Ishiguro (Japan), O. Kaneko (Japan), T. Klinger (Germany), G.S. Lee (Korea),O. Mitarai (Japan), T. Mito (Japan), M. Mori (Japan), T. Muroga (Japan), T. Mutoh(Japan), K. Nishimura (Japan), Y. Ogawa (Japan), N. Ohno (Japan), A. Sagara (Japan),
F. Sano (Japan), H. Sugama (Japan), Y. Takeiri (Japan), M. Tendler (Sweden), H. Yamada(Japan), M. Zarnstorff(USA), H. Zushi (Japan)

International Program Committee
A. Ando (Japan, Chair), S. Cowley (UK), R. Horiuchi (Japan), M. Kikuchi (Japan),
T. Klinger (Germany), T. Morisaki (Japan), N. Ohno (Japan), J. Sanchez (Spain),M. Shiratani (Japan), M. Tendler (Sweden), H. Yamada (Japan), H. Yoneda (Japan),
M. Zarnstorff (USA)

Local Organizing Committee
H.Yamada (Chair), T.Morisaki (Scientific Secretary), M.Funato, M.Goto, H.Iguchi,
A.Iwamoto, S.Kato, M.Kisaki, M.Kobayashi, J.Miyazawa, S.Moriuchi, S.Morita,
Y.Morita, G.Motojima, Y.Nagayama, Y.Narushima, S.Nishimura, S.Ohdachi, S.Oi,T.Oishi, H.Sakagami, R.Sakamoto, M.Shoji, Y.Takemura H.Tanaka, T.Tokuzawa,
H.Tsuchiya, M.Sato, K.Y.Watanabe

General Contact Address
itc24@nifs.ac.jp