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4th International Workshop on

Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy withAccelerator Based Sources
Second Announcement

September 25 – 29, 2007
Awaji-Island, Hyogo, Japan
Organized by
Graduate School of Sci. & Tech., Kobe University
UVSOR Facility, Institute for Molecular Science
SPring-8, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
FIR Center, University of Fukui
SLLS Center, Ritsumeikan University
IR FEL Research Center, Tokyo University of Science
Sponsored by
The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research
The Japan Society of Infrared Science and Technology
Particle Accelerator Society of Japan
Financially supported by
The Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition ('70)
Inoue Foundation for Science.

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Scope
WIRMS2007 will be the 4th WIRMS meeting andfollows the highly successful workshops at
Porquerolles in 2001, Lake Tahoe in 2003 andRathen in 2005. The scope of the workshop is tobring together SR & FEL scientists andsynchrotron-IR & FEL-IR users to discuss the latest
developments and trends as well as the future
directions of the fields, and to promote even more
promising applications. Another important missionof this workshop is for the active experts to provide
young researchers and graduate students with agood introduction to this rapidly advancing field.

Topics
1. Infrared spectroscopy - from solid state to biological substances and gas phase.
2. IR-to-THz spectroscopy under extreme conditions.
a IR-to-THz spectroscopy under high pressures.
b IR-to-THz spectroscopy under high magnetic fields.
c IR-to-THz spectroscopy under multi-extreme conditions.
3. IR-to-THz microspectroscopy and imaging.
a Near field microscopy, spectroscopy and imaging.
b Application of IR-to-THz microspectroscopy and imaging.
4. Time-resolved spectroscopy.
5. Coherent synchrotron radiation as a powerful IR-to-THz source.
6. Advances in IR-to-THz radiation based on accelerators.
a Other new developments on FEL's and synchrotrons relevant for the IR-to-THz
region.
b Other accelerator based sources.
7. Facility news & updates.
a New facilities and updates.
b New beamlines and updates.
8. Others.

Committee
International Advisory Board
J. Allen (UCSB, USA), D. Basov (UCSD, USA), L. Carr (NSLS, USA), P. Dumas (SOLEIL,France), G. P. Gallerano (ENEA-Frascati, Italy), N. Guilhaumou (MNHN, France), M.
Helm (ELBE, Germany), H.-Y. Holman (ALS, USA), F. Keilmann (MPI-Biochemie,Germany), S. Kimura (UVSOR, Japan), Y.-C. Lee (NSRRC, Taiwan), Y.-L. Mathis (ANKA,Germany), M. Martin (ALS, USA), T. May (CLS, Canada), L. van der Meer (FOM-Plasma
Physics, Netherlands), L. Miller (NSLS, USA), U. Schade (BESSY, Germany), M. Tobin(Australian Synchrotron, Australia), G. P.
Williams (J-Lab., USA)

Organizing Committee
Toshitaka Idehara (FIR-FU), Masahiro Katoh(UVSOR),Hiroaki
Kimura(SPring-8),
Shin-ichi Kimura (UVSOR), Takao Nanba(Kobe Univ., Chair), Koichi Tsukiyama(FEL-TUS), Hironari Yamada (SLLS-Rits)

Program Committee
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Yuka Ikemoto (SPring-8), Masahiro Katoh (UVSOR), Shin-ichi Kimura (UVSOR, Chair),Takao Nanba (Kobe Univ.), Hidekazu Okamura (Kobe Univ.)

Local Steering Committee
Kazutoshi Fukui (FIR-FU), Yuka Ikemoto(SPring-8), Akinori Irizawa (Kobe Univ.), Hiroaki
Kimura (SPring-8, Co-Chair), Shin-ichi Kimura(UVSOR, Co-Chair), Taro Moriwaki (SPring-8),
Takao Nanba (Kobe Univ., Chair), Nobuhiro
Miura (SLLS-Rits), Hidekazu Okamura (KobeUniv., Co-Chair), Toshiharu Takahashi (KyotoUniv.), Yoshifumi Takashima (Nagoya Univ.)

Secretariat
S. Kakiguchi (SPring-8), A. Inobe (SPring-8)

Venue
The WIRMS 2007 workshop site is theAwaji
YumebutaiInternationalConferenceCenter(http://www.yumebutai.org/english/index.
html). Awaji Yumebutai is a resortcomplex that features beautiful seasonal
flowers and greenery. ("Yumebutai"
means "dream stage" in Japanese.) It is
located close to the northern end ofAwaji Island, where one can enjoy thespectacular landscape of Akashi Straits
and Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. It is theworld's longest suspension bridge, whichconnects Awaji Island to Kobe on themain island of Japan. (There will be acruising tour of Akashi Straits as a part of
WIRMS activities.) Kobe is one of themajor Japanese cities, and can bereached easily from the major airports
and other areas of Japan. Within an hourof bus/train ride from Yumebutai, one
can visit downtown Kobe for various
attractions, or other cities such as Himeji,
best known for the Himeji Castle
designated as a World Heritage byUNESCO.
Detailedinformation
regarding the transportation to Awaji
Yumebutai can be found in the
Yumebutai web-site.

Accommodation
Rooms are available at the "Westin Awaji
Island Resort" hotel located next to theworkshop site, Awaji Yumebutai International
Conference Center. Special discounted hotel
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night, per person, including breakfast, service charge and tax) 13,860 yen for single
occupancy, 10,736 yen for double occupancy, and 8,505 yen for triple occupancy. Althoughless expensive hotels can be found, they are not located near Yumebutai, and thetransportation is inconvenient. We strongly recommend that the participants stay at theWestin Awaji. A roommate matching service will be provided for those who wish to share aroom with other WIRMS participants. WIRMS 2007 cannot guarantee a roommate, but will beglad to help the participants in this matter. Information about the roommate matching will beposted soon on the WIRMS web site. The on-line hotel reservation web-site will be opened
from 1st June.

TravelPlease visit Conference Center's page.
[ http://www.yumebutai.org/english/access/access.html ]Visas
Please watch the web-site of Ministry of Foreign Affair, Japan.
[ http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html ]Contacts
If you are interested in the workshop please contact
us and register your e-mail address.
Secretariat of this conference
S. Kakiguchi & A. Inobe (SPring-8)
e-mail: wirms2007@spring8.or.jp
Phone: +81-791-58-0987
Fax: +81-791-58-0988

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Tentative Scientific Program
Morning
Sept. 25 (Tue.)
Sept. 26 (Wed.)
Sept. 27 (Thr.)

Openingremarks
Oral 1
Oral 3Afternoon
Registration

Evening
Welcome party

Oral 2

PosterOral 4
Oral 6
Oral 5
Closing remarks
Bus trip to SPring-8.

Sept. 28 (Fri.)
Sept. 29 (Sat.)

BanquetFree time

Partial List of Invited Speakers*
Byrd, J.M., ALS, USA"Coherent Terahertz Radiation at ALS."
Calvani, P., Rome Univ., Italy"Study of the superconducting gap in B-doped diamond using coherent THz radiation."
Carr, G.L., NSLS, USA"Using FPA with synchrotron-based Infrared Microscope."
Degiorgi, L., ETH-Zurich, Switzerland"IR study on CeTe3 under pressures."
Kimura, S., UVSOR, Japan"IR magneto-optical imaging on correlated materials."Martin, M., ALS, USA"IR microscopy of charge injection layer in organic FET."
Okamura, H., Kobe Univ., Japan"IR spectroscopy at very high pressures."
Ortega, J.-M., CLIO/LCP, France"Near field microscopy of quantum dots and biological samples using FEL"
Shade, U., BESSY, Germany"Application of CSR at BESSY-II"
Williams, G.P., Jefferson Lab., USA"Application of high intense CSR at J-Lab."* This list will be updated as the construction of the program continues.

Registration
For preliminary registration please send an e-mail to the following address.

wirms2007@spring8.or.jp
We recommend early registration before July 1, 2007 by paying the conference fee by banktransfer, wire or credit card. Payment details will soon be announced on the official web-site.

Tentative Registration FeeStandard
Student
Accompanying
personBefore July 1,2007
45,000 JPY
25,000 JPY

After July 1,2007
55,000 JPY
35,000 JPY

20,000 JPY25,000 JPY

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The registration fee includes tax.
* includes Reception, Welcome party, Banquet, CD-ROM of the Proceedings, Refreshment,
Program/Abstract Book.
** includes Reception, Welcome party, Refreshment, Banquet.
For participants from outside Japan payment of registration fee is available by credit card. It isalso possible to pay by international bank transfer, at an additional cost of 2,500 JPY. Pleasecontact the conference secretariat. Participants from Japan are requested to pay theregistration fee by bank transfer.
Online registration will be started at April 1, 2007.
For more detail, please visit the registration page.

Payment of Registration
Overseas participants
For participants from outside Japan, paymentof registration fee is available by credit card.
Please send the credit card form by FAX by
July 1, 2007 for early registration.
It is also possible to pay by international banktransfer, at an additional cost of 2,500 JPY. Please contact the conference secretariat.
Domestic participantsParticipants from Japan are requested to pay the registration fee by bank transfer.
Deadline for Payments
Deadline of Payment for Early Registration : July 1, 2007

Number of Participants
The maximum number of participants is 100.

Accommodation
Rooms are available at the "Westin Awaji Island Resort" hotel located next to the workshop
site at Awaji Yumebutai. Less expensive hotels are also available nearby. Further informationon accommodation will be announced on the official web-site.
Westin Awaji Island Resort web-site: http://www.westin-awaji.com/en/index.html
Deluxe Room(2single beds) / 1 person(breakfast included)

13,860 yen.

Deluxe Room/ 2 person(breakfast included)

10,736 yen per one person.

Deluxe Room/ 3 person(breakfast included)

8,505 yen per one person.

The on-line hotel reservation web-site will be opened from June 1, 2007.

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ClimateThe weather at the end of September is generally nice and comfortable, with an averagetemperature of 23 °C (73 °F).

Language
The official language of the workshop is English.

Abstract
Contributed oral presentations will be selected by
the program committee from the submitted
abstracts, and the selected speakers notified by July 1, 2007.
How to Submit Your Abstract
By e-mail:Please send your abstract to the workshop secretariat, wirms2007@spring8.or.jp as an
attached PDF file. PDF files are not perfectly compatible over all computer systems. To
avoid compatibility issues we recommend the avoidance of special symbols or Greek
letters.
Abstracts will only be accepted from registered participants.
To use the abstract template for MS-Word on the workshop web-site is recommended.
Please include the following information in your email:Your registration number
Presentation type: (invited, oral, poster, no preference)
The relevant topic to your presentation
Please select one topic from the list of topics of this workshop.
The attached PDF file must be named using the following convention:e.g.) Your registration number: 010
Your family name: Kimura>>
010.Kimura.pdf
If you submit two or more abstracts,>>
010.Kimura.a.pdf, 010.Kimura.b.pdf, ...
Confirmation of Submitting Your Abstract
If you do not receive a confirmation by e-mail from the secretariat in a week after you
submitted an abstract, please contact us to make sure that your abstract has been safely
received.
Deadline
Regular Abstract Submission: June 1, 2007
Post-deadline Poster Abstract Submission: September 1, 2007
The post-deadline submission will be closed before September 1, when the place ofposter presentation is filled.

Proceedings
All authors of contributions to WIRMS2007 are invited to submit a paper to appear in theconference proceedings and to be published in a refereed journal Infrared Physics andTechnology. Each paper contributed will be subject to standard refereeing procedures.
The instruction of the manuscript can be referred on the workshop web-site.
Proceedings manuscript should be submitted at the registration desk on the beginning
day of the workshop.

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Important Dates and Deadlines
Date
Abstract submission and registration start

April 1, 2007

Abstract submission deadline

June 1, 2007

On-line hotel reservation starts

June 1, 2007

Notification of acceptance of abstracts

July 1, 2007

Early registration deadline

July 1, 2007

Post deadline poster submission

Sept. 1, 2007

Workshop starts

Sept. 25, 2007

Manuscript submission deadline

Sept. 25, 2007

For Up-to-Date Information
Please visit the official web-site: http://www.uvsor.ims.ac.jp/WIRMS2007/
The web-site will be updated frequently.

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