Venue

Organizing Committee

Awaji Yumebutai (www.yumebutai.org/conf_e/index.html)
is a resort complex which features beautiful seasonal
flowers and greenery. It is located close to the northernend of Awaji Island, where one can enjoy thespectacular landscape of Akashi Straits and Akashi
Kaikyo Bridge - the world's longest suspension bridge
which connects Awaji Island to the main island ofJapan.

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

4th International Workshop on

Infrared Microscopy andSpectroscopy with Accelerator
Based Sources

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

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

International Advisory Board ( to be confirmed )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

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. Lo(NSRRC, Taiwan), Y.-L. Mathis (ANKA, Germany), M.
Martin (ALS, USA), T. May (CLS, Canada), L. van derMeer (FOM-Plasma Physics, Netherlands), L. Miller(NSLS, USA), U. Schade (BESSY, Germany), M. Tobin(Australian Synchrotron, Australia), G. P. Williams(J-Lab., USA)

Secretariat
S. Kakiguchi (SPring-8), A. Inobe (SPring-8)September 25 – 29, 2007
Awaji-Island, Hyogo, JapanFirst Announcement
Organized byGraduate 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

ScopeProceedings

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

All authors of contributions to WIRMS2007 are invited
to submit a paper to appear in the conference
proceedings and to be published in an international
journal. Each paper contributed will be subject tostandard refereeing procedures.

Topicsz Infrared spectroscopy - from solid state to biologicalsubstances and gas phase.
z IR & THz spectroscopy under extreme conditions
such as high pressures and high magnetic fields.
z IR microspectroscopy and imaging.
z Near field microscopy, spectroscopy and imaging.
z Time-resolved spectroscopy.
z Coherent synchrotron radiation as a powerful IRsource.
z Advances in IR & THz radiation based on accelerators.
z Other new developments on FEL's and synchrotrons
relevant for the IR and THz regions.
z Application of THz spectroscopy and imaging.
z Facility news & updates.

Abstract
One page A4 abstracts will be accepted until June 1
2007. A book of submitted abstracts will be distributed
to all participants at the workshop. Format details will
be announced on the official web-site.

Tentative Program
Morning

Afternoon

Evening
Welcomeparty

Sept. 25
Registration(Tue.)
Sept. 26 Opening remarks
Oral 2
Poster(Wed.)
Oral 1
Sept. 27
Oral 3
Oral 4Banquet(Thr.)
Sept. 28
Oral 6
Oral 5
Free time(Fri.)
Closing remarks
Sept. 29
Bus trip to SPring-8.
(Sat.)

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 availablenearby. Further information on accommodation will beannounced on the official web-site.

ClimateThe weather at the end of September is generally niceand comfortable, with an average temperature of 23 °C(73 °F).

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

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

Tentative Registration Fee

StandardStudent
Accompanying
personBefore July 1,2007
40,000 JPY
20,000 JPY

After July 1,2007
50,000 JPY
30,000 JPY

15,000 JPY

20,000 JPY

Number of Participants
The maximum number of participants is 100.

Language
The official language of the workshop is English.

Important Dates and Deadlines
Second announcement
Jan. 2007
Abstract submission deadline
June 1, 2007
Notification of acceptance of abstracts
July 1, 2007
Early registration deadline
July 1, 2007
Hotel reservation deadlineJuly 1, 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 2nd and final announcements will be available only
via the workshop web-site. Please visit the web-site for
up-to-date information.