Second 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 ConceptsMaterials, 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
Meeting format
The meeting will consist of invited and contributed oral presentations, and poster sessions. Theabstracts 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.

A tentative timetable of the conference program is as follows:

Nov.18 (Mon)Nov.19 (Tue)8:45 Registration

9:00

Nov.20 (Wed)
9:00

Nov.21 (Thu)
9:00

9:15 Opening
9:45 Group Photo

Oral #5

Oral #7

Oral #9

10:10
Oral #1
10:50 Coffee Break

10:40 Coffee Break

11:10

11:00

10:50

10:40 Coffee Break
11:00

Poster #1
Oral #2

Oral #6

Oral #10
Coffee Service atPoster

12:30 Lunch Break

12:40 Lunch Break

12:20 Lunch Break

12:10 Lunch Break

13:50

13:30

13:40

13:30

Oral #3

Technical Tour

Poster #2

Oral #11

Coffee Service at
Poster
15:40 Coffee Break

15:10 – 17:30

15:00 Closing

16:00 – 17:40
Oral #8
Oral #4(Time is tentative.)
18:30 Mayor’s

18:30 Open Lecture

Reception for

18:30 Banquet

for Citizens

Foreign Participants

Abstract submission
Individuals who intend to contribute a paper should select the topical category andsubmit

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website(https://itc-office.nifs.ac.jp/itc23) by August 16, 2013 (The deadline of abstract waspostponed). Abstracts should be sufficiently detailed in describing the aim of the workand the obtained results. The Program Committee will select the papers on the basis ofthe submitted abstracts.
Abstracts should be prepared by using Microsoft Word or TeX editor. Template andsample files (PDF, Word and LaTeX) can be downloaded from http://itc.nifs.ac.jp. Afteryou write a document, please create a PDF file of your abstract. The submission web site
can upload only PDF files.
Authors will be notified of acceptance of abstracts and assignment of their papers into
sessions by August 31, 2013 September 7, 2013. The accepted abstracts will be bound as abooklet and distributed to participants at the conference. They will be posted on theconference web site as well.
Note: Each person can submit only one paper as a first author. The first author isexpected to present the paper at the conference.
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 original
and 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.
Registration
The principal author must be a conference registrant. All registrations (other thanabstract submission) will be made on-line via the conference web site (http://itc.nifs.ac.jp/).
Registration fee must be paid by credit card or bank transfer. For more information, login(by creating first an account if you haven't created one yet) and go to “Registration” linkon the conference web site. All attendees are requested to register by October 4, 2013.
The registration fee is 20,000 JPY (15,000 JPY for students). The registration fee covers:(1) Access to all sessions of the scientific program(2) An abstract booklet(3) Coffee break refreshments(4) Conference banquet*Note: Payment of the banquet fee is mandatory regardless of attendance, however a separate receipt
for the registration fee excluding the banquet fee can be obtained on request.
Technical TourThe host institute, the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), is happy to invite allparticipants and their accompanying persons to a technical tour of the Large Helical
Device (LHD) facility and the other sightseeing places, nearby.
Conference Banquet
A conference banquet will be held. 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 and rates for various hotels in Toki and Tajimi cities are listed in the web site.
Specific information such as directions can be obtained at the link for each hotel.
Participants must make their reservations with the hotels directly by Internet, telephoneor FAX.
Visa
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.
Important dates
Start of on-line abstract submission: July 5, 2013
Deadline for abstract submission: August 16, 2013
Notification of abstract acceptance: September 7, 2013
Deadline for request of official documents required for visa: September 18, 2013
Deadline for registration: October 4, 2013
Deadline for paper submission: November 18, 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