ILTS International Symposium on Low Temperature Science
30 November – 2 December 2015
Auditorium, Institute of Low Temperature Science (ILTS), Hokkaido University~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Information for Participants
Venue
Institute of Low Temperature Science (ILTS)
Hokkaido University
Kita-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku
Sapporo 060-0819, JapanThe auditorium is located on the 3rd floor, room number N302.
AccessPlease see http://www.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/en/access.html
Map:1

Campus busEnter the university through the Main Gate in the south-east of the campus near the JR Sapporo station(http://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/maps/?p=sapporo) …

… turn right immediately …

… go to the bus stop and board the bus (might be a different type):2

The bus departs 8:20 – 9:30 every 10 minutes, and then 9:45 – 16:15 every 15 minutes. After about fiveminutes, it will pass a bar, followed by a roundabout:

After the roundabout, press one of the orange buttons in the bus or, if not available (depends on the bustype), say to the driver “Tsugi onegai-shimas” (next, please). He will then stop at the stop next to ILTS
indicated on the map on page 1. From there, it is only about 50 m to the entrance of ILTS.
Return service from ILTS to the Main Gate is available 8:33 – 9:43 (every 10 minutes), 9:58 – 17:13(every 15 minutes) and 17:23 – 20:43 (every 10 minutes). Note that, after 16:15, the terminal stop near
the Main Gate is located a bit further inside the campus, on the back side of the administration building.
The campus bus is free of charge; however, its use is limited to university staff etc. Normally the drivers
don’t check this, but if so, please say that you are attending a symposium at the university.
Weather
For a climate diagram of Sapporo please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapporo#Climate
Weather forecast: http://www.jma.go.jp/en/yoho/306.html (“Ishikari Chiho” is relevant for Sapporo).
In late November/early December it can be anything from nice and sunny late-autumn weather to roughand snowy early-winter weather. Slight frost is likely (at least at night), blizzards are a possibility, while
severe cold is highly unlikely.
A particular danger of Sapporo is that the streets can become very icy and slippery. Under suchconditions, please walk carefully and concentrated. The website http://tsurutsuru.jp has good tips forwalking safely on icy roads.

3Oral presentations
If possible, please bring your own laptop computer for running your presentation. However, we will also
provide a laptop computer with Windows 7, PowerPoint 2013, LibreOffice Impress 4.4 and Adobe
Acrobat XI Pro.
Poster presentations
The poster boards are 87 cm wide x 173 cm high, so that they can accommodate posters in portrait A0size. The boards will be in place by Monday (30 November) afternoon, so that you can put your posters
up on Monday after the sessions or on Tuesday morning. Please remove the posters no later than
Wednesday afternoon (after the conference).
Wireless internet
Wifi is available in the auditorium and the lobby in front of it via the eduroam system. We will provide
guest accounts for participants who do not have their own eduroam account.
Symposium reception
The symposium reception will be held in the ILTS Lecture Room 215 on Tuesday (1 December) evening
18:00-20:00, right after the poster session. It will be an informal social with drinks and snacks (sushietc.). The event is open for all registered participants of the symposium (with or without presentation)and free of charge.

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