Final Announcement
The 23rd International Toki Conference (ITC-23) on“Large-scale Simulation and Fusion Science”
November 18-21, 2013, Ceratopia Toki, Toki-City, Gifu, Japan
http://itc.nifs.ac.jp
Scope
Nowadays, Petascale supercomputers are being developed towards Exascale systems.
Moreover, modeling and simulation techniques which are suitable for exascale computing
are also developed energetically. On this background of supercomputer capability, thedesign of a Demo nuclear fusion reactor and the related numerical simulation researchare being promoted intensively. On this occasion, the 23rd International Toki Conference(ITC-23) will focus on Large-scale Simulation and Fusion Science research. The frontiersof simulation science in plasma and fusion research will be the main scope.
Topics(1) The Leading Edge of Large-scale Numerical Simulation
High Performance Computing, Exascale Computing, Simulation Techniques,
Multi-Scale and Integrated Simulation(2) Magnetically-Confined Fusion Plasmas
Confinement, Stability, Transport, Heating, Modeling of Core and Edge Plasmas(3) Inertially-Confined Fusion Plasmas
Central and Fast Ignition, High Energy Density Physics, and Laser Plasma
Interaction(4) Fusion Engineering and Fusion Reactor Concepts
Materials, Reactor Design, and Fusion Technologies(5) Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
Sun, Jets, Accretion Disks, Magnetosphere, Reconnection, and Space Weather(6) Basic Plasma Research and Plasma Applications
Waves and Instabilities, Atomic Processes, Molecular Dynamics, and Plasma
Processing(7) Imaging Science
Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality, and Diagnostic Imaging
Program
A timetable of the conference program is as follows:ITC23 Program
Nov.18 (Mon)8:45Registration
9:15 Opening(chair: Horiuchi)
9:45 Group Photo
Oral #1(chair: Horiuchi)

Nov.19 (Tue)Nov.20 (Wed)Nov.21 (Thu)

Oral #5

Oral #7

Oral #9(chair: Sugama)(chair: Yagi)(chair: Ascasibar)

9:00 I-7

9:00 I-9

Barnes9:40 O-4

9:00 I-12
Chang

9:40 I-10

Nikolic
10:10 O-5

9:40 O-11

Hoshino10:20 O-8

Gotoh

10:10 I-1

SnyderNishimura
10:10 O-12

Li

Bolzonella

Waelbroeck
10:50 Coffee Break

10:40 Coffee BreakOral #2

Oral #6

Coffee Service atOral #10(chair: Spong)(chair: Okamura)

Poster(chair: Skoric)

11:10 I-2

10:50 Poster #1

11:00 I-8
Lin

11:50 I-3

11:00 I-13

Yokoyama

Hinkel

11:40 O-6
Todo10:40 Coffee Break

11:40 O-13

RomaneliMima

12:10 O-7
Lee
12:30 Lunch
Oral #3(chair: Peng)

12:40 Lunch

12:40 Lunch

14:00 Excursion &14:00 Poster #2

NIFS Tour

13:50 I-4

Coffee Service at
PosterBhattacharjee

12:10 Lunch
Oral #11(chair: Ishiguro)
13:30 I-14
Tanaka14:30 I-5

14:10 O-14

IdomuraCheng

15:10 O-1

14:40 Closing

Usami
15:40 Coffee BreakOral #8

Oral #4(chair: Blackwell)
15:50 I-11

(chair: Ohsawa)

Corr

16:00 I-6

16:30 O-9

ScottIto

16:40 O-2

17:00 O-10

Toida

Kobayashi

17:10 O-3Ohno
18:30 Mayor’s
Reception for Foreign
Participants

18:30 Open Lecture
for Citizens

18:30 Banquet

Invited talk: 40 min.
Oral talk: 30 min.

Instructions for Oral Presenters
A laptop computer connected to a projector will be prepared for speakers. The operating system used
for oral presentations is Windows 7. Microsoft Power Point and Adobe Acrobat Reader are installed inthe computer. Speakers are cordially asked to transfer their presentation files to the computer by USB
flash memory sticks before their session will start. Otherwise, speakers can bring and use their own
laptop for the presentation. In the presentation, pleaseleave time for discussion, which is 8 min for Invited talks
and 6 min for Contributed Oral talks. The official languageof the meeting is English.
Instructions for Poster Presenters
The poster sessions will utilize standard poster
boards. The poster size is limited to 180 cm inwidth and 120 cm in height. The title and authors
should be printed in large characters (greater than
3 cm high) at the top of the poster. Posters should
be removed immediately following the conclusion ofthe session.
Booklet of Abstracts
A printed booklet of abstracts of invited and contributed presentations will be distributed
to participants at the meeting desk.
Journal publication
Original articles related to the conference topics, are encouraged to be submitted toPlasma and Fusion Research (http://www.jspf.or.jp/PFR/) which is an electronic journal
published by the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research. The
papers will go through a complete peer-review process. Only the papers reporting originaland previously unpublished work will be accepted and published as regular articles in theacademic journal, PFR. Invited speakers who present a talk reviewing previous works at
the conference may be suggested by the editorial board to submit a paper in the categoryof “Overview articles”. The maximum length of the manuscript is 8 pages for Invited talks,
and 4 pages for Contributed papers in the PFR format. A submission fee (Article charge:
3,000 JPY + Page charge: 5,000 JPY/page) is required for publication. The submission fee
and reprint fee are NOT included in the registration fee.
Note: The first author of the proceedings paper is expected to be the same as the one on
the presentation at the conference.
Paper SubmissionTo submit your manuscript, visit the submission page of PFR for ITC-23 papers, complete
the online author submission form and upload your manuscript. The PERAS online
submission site will open from Nov. 6th till 21st. The URL link to the site will appear on

the ITC-23 Web page later.
When you use the PERAS system for the first time, please create your new account. If you
have your own account on PFR and forget your password, go to “Forgotten password” toreset your password. The manuscript must start with a cover page, included in thetemplate, in order to assign your submission to the ITC-23 Proceedings. Sample format
for the manuscript with cover page (Microsoft Word or LaTeX) is available at( http://itc.nifs.ac.jp/#j12 ).
When submitting a manuscript, please select “Regular Article” for the type of paper,
unless you are suggested for another type of paper by the Editor. If you have multimedia
files to be accompanied, please contact the editorial board (itc23-edit@nifs.ac.jp).
Technical Tour (Excursion & NIFS Tour)The host institute, the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), is happy to invite
participants and their accompanying persons to a technical tour of the Large Helical
Device (LHD) facility and the other sightseeing places, nearby. The tour will depart fromthe Ceratopia Toki after lunch at 14:00 on Tuesday, November 19. The tour by coach willvisit Kokeizan Eihoji Temple and Kobei-gama, a historic pottery, for sightseeing. Then,the tour will visit NIFS. The world’s largest superconducting device, the Large Helical
Device (LHD) and other facilities will be introduced. After leaving NIFS, participants will
be brought to hotels in Toki and Tajimi.
- Time schedule Date

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

TimeDestination

14:00

Cerapotia Toki

14:30

Kokeizan Eihoji Temple

16:00

Kobei-gama

17:30

NIFS

19:00

Hotels in Toki and Tajimi

Please register for the tour at the reception desk in the conference site, if you have notdone online. The admission fee for the museum at Kobei-gama (240 yen) will be collected.
*Maximum 100 people.
Conference Banquet
A conference banquet will be held from 18:30, Nov. 20 (Wed) at 1st Floor of Ceratopia Toki..
Participants are invited to the banquet without additional payment. Accompanying
persons are welcome to join the banquet upon an additional payment (5,000 JPY).
Accommodation
Information for various hotels in Toki and Tajimi cities are listed on the web site. Specificinformation such as directions can be obtained at the link for each hotel. Participants
must make their reservations with the hotels directly by Internet, telephone or FAX.
*Note: The transportation between the hotels and the conference site will be theresponsibility of the participants.
Access
The conference site 'Ceratopia Toki' is located about 0.4 km from Toki-shi station on the Japan
Railway (JR) Chuo-line. From Tajimi, use the JR Chuo-line to Toki-shi station.
Important dates
Online paper submission: November 6 to 21, 2013
Conference: November 18-21, 2013
International Advisory Committee
A. Komori (Japan, Chair), A. Ando (Japan), H. Azechi (Japan), B. Blackwell (Australia), A.
Fukuyama (Japan), X. Garbet (France), R. Horiuchi (Japan), M. Ichimura (Japan), K. Ida(Japan), S. Imagawa (Japan), S. Ishiguro (Japan), O. Kaneko (Japan), T. Klinger(Germany), L.M. Kovrizhnykh (Russia), 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), F.L. Waelbroeck (USA.), H. Yamada (Japan), S.-P.
Zhu (China), H. Zushi (Japan)
International Program Committee
Y. Ohsawa (Japan, Chair), V.S. Chan (USA.), L. Chen (USA.), S. Cowley (UK), M. Den(Japan), J.Q. Dong (China), X. Garbet (France), M. Hole (Australia), K. Ida (Japan),
S. Ishiguro (Japan), A. Kageyama (Japan), Y. Kamada (Japan), L.M. Kovrizhnykh(Russia), K. Kusano (Japan), H.J. Lee (Korea), S. Masamune (Japan), T. Ozeki (Japan),
S. Saito (Japan), A. Sen (India), H. Sugama (Japan), W. Tang (USA.), K. Tomisaka(Japan), M. Yagi (Japan), H. Yamada (Japan), Z. Yoshida (Japan), S.-P. Zhu (China)
Local Organizing Committee
R. Horiuchi (Chair), H. Nakamura (Scientific Secretary), M. Asai, H. Hagiwara,
H. Hasegawa, K. Ichiguchi, S. Ishiguro, R. Ishizaki, A. Ishizawa, A. Ito, A.M. Ito, K. Itoh,
R. Kanno, D. Kato, G. Kawamura, K. Kuriki, H. Miura, N. Mizuguchi, S. Moriuchi,
N. Nakajima, H. Nakanishi, M. Nunami, H. Ohtani, H. Sakagami, S. Satake, M. Sato,
R. Seki, H. Sekiguchi, M.M. Skoric, H. Sugama, Y. Suzuki, A. Takayama, T. Taki, S. Toda,
Y. Todo, M. Ukai, S. Usami, K. Watanabe, T.-H. Watanabe, S. Yamada, T. Yamamoto,
M. Yokoyama
General Contact Address
itc23@nifs.ac.jp