First 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 to be covered (tentative)(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, Laser Plasma Interaction(4) Fusion Engineering and Fusion Reactor Concepts
Materials, Reactor Design, Fusion Technologies(5) Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
Sun, Jets, Accretion Disks, Magnetosphere, Reconnection, Space Weather(6) Basic Plasma Research and Plasma Applications
Waves and Instabilities, Atomic Processes, Molecular Dynamics, Plasma Processing(7) Imaging Science
Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality, Diagnostic Imaging
Meeting format
The meeting will consist of invited and contributed oral presentations, and poster sessions. The
abstracts will be selected by the Program Committee as either oral or poster presentations. A projectorwith a laptop personal computer (PC) will be available for oral 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 August 2,
2013. Detailed instructions on abstract submission will appear at the conference website
at http://itc.nifs.ac.jp. A printed book of abstracts of invited and contributed papers will bedistributed to participants at the conference.
Conference proceedings and paper submission
Original or review articles, related to the conference topics, are encouraged to be submitted to an
academic journal, which will be announced later. Each submitted paper will be put through apeer-review process, and those accepted will be published as regular articles in the journal.
Important dates
Start of on-line abstract submission: July 5, 2013
Deadline for abstract submission: August 2, 2013
Notification of abstract acceptance: August 31, 2013
Deadline for request of official documents required for visa: September 11, 2013
Deadline for registration: October 4, 2013
Deadline for paper submission: November 18, 2013
Conference: November 18-21, 2013
VISAS
In case you need a visa to enter Japan, required official documents will be provided
through the Local Organizing Committee (itc23-visa@nifs.ac.jp) after acceptance of yourabstract, upon request.
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 (tentative)
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