In part, joint with
The Third International Meeting of The Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics Program

Registration

Registration desk will be open at 17:00 of Monday 18, October, in front of the Conference Room 300 (CR300) in the third floor of the Tsukuba International Congress Center. CR300 will be used for the opening ceremony. The same place will be used on Tuesday morning for registration. The registration desk will be moved to the Conference Room 301 (CR301) thereafter, where the GPS99 office is located.

Opening Ceremony

Opening ceremony is scheduled in the evening of Monday 18 (19:00-20:00). The ceremony will be held in CR300. It will be followed by a brief reception at the Multi-purpose Convention Hall (1F). Free shuttle buses will be available for returning to hotels.

Transportation

Free shuttle bus service will be operated during the symposium between hotels and the Congress Center.

Banquet

Thursday 21, October, 19:30-21:00 at the restaurant Tsukuba-Sansuitei in buffet style. This event will be one of the highlights of the symposium. Reservation is required. The ticket for banquet costs JPY5,000 per person. Mark the appropriate column in the registration form.

Session Program

Guidelines for paper presentation

Oral presentation

Each meeting room will be equipped with two overhead projectors. Requests for additional equipment (slide projector, multimedia projector, etc.) should be notified to LOC before the symposium.
Assigned time schedule for each oral presentation includes several minutes of discussion and change over time.

Poster presentation

Poster area is located in the first floor (Multi-purpose Convention Hall). Each poster will be displayed on a 2.1m(W) x 0.9m(H) board. The presentation number will be noted on the designated board in each morning. Prepare pushpins for raising poster. Poster should be raised during the full day of the session (9AM-7PM). The core time for presentation is from the end of afternoon session until around 7PM, during which poster presenter should stay by his/her poster for discussion. Some of sessions allow poster presenters to have a few minutes of oral summary. Only two or three viewgraphs are allowed for this summary. There would be a slight chance, in case of cancellation of oral presentation, that some of poster presentations are asked to move to oral sessions. So, it is recommended for poster presenters to prepare viewgraphs too.

Scientific Tours

The Local Organizing Committee will coordinate the following free scientific bus tours, with LOC members acting as guides for these tours:

ST1: Geographical Survey Institute ST1-1 (Thursday 21 PM), and ST1-2 (Friday 22 PM)

This 2-hour tour takes participants to the Geographical Survey Institute, responsible for operating the Japanese nationwide GPS array. [Coordinator: Y. Hatanaka, GSI]

ST2: Research Institutions in Tsukuba city (Wednesday 20 PM)

During this half-day tour, participants will visit some of the Earth sciences research institutes, including the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), the Meteorological Research Institute (MRI), and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED). [Coordinator: S. Shimada, NIED]

ST3: Kashima Space Research Center, Communications Research Laboratory (Friday 22 PM)

This half-day tour takes participants to the Kashima Space Research Center, Communications Research Laboratory, where VLBI and other facilities for space research are operated. [Coordinator: R. Ichikawa, CRL]

Those who want to participate to scientific tours are requested to mark the appropriate column in the registration form. If seat is available, reservation can be made at the registration desk. Buses for all of tours will leave in front of the Congress Center. Further details will be given at the registration desk.

Publications

Papers presented at the symposium are requested to be submitted to a special volume of the journal, Earth, Planets and Space, a refereed journal published by the Japanese Societies for Earth and Planetary Sciences. The language is English. The special volume will take the place of the symposium proceedings and will be published in the fall of 2000. The paper should not exceed 6 pages in print. Deadline of submission is December 31, 1999. Send four copies of the manuscript to:

Guest-editor-in-chief: Kosuke Heki
Division of Earth Rotation, National Astronomical Observatory
2-12 Hoshigaoka, Mizusawa, Iwate 023-0861, Japan
Tel: +81-197-22-7139 Fax: +81-197-22-7146
email: heki@miz.nao.ac.jp

Advance Registration and Official Travel Agency

Participants are requested to fill out the enclosed Application form (form 1 and form 2) and return it together with the remittance to Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. (KNT), the official travel agency for the conference. KNT also will handle travel arrangements including hotel reservations. Inquiries and applications in this regard should be addressed to :

GPS 99 Desk
Tokyo Sales Office
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co.,
Tokyo Kotsukaikan 10F
2-10-1, Yuraku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006 JAPAN

Tel:+81-3-3214-5566 Fax:+81-3-3214-6688
E-mail: gps99@knt-tokyo.gr.jp
(E-mail address has changed at the above)

(in Japanese)
〒 100-0006 東京都千代田区有楽町 2-10-1
東京交通会館10階
近畿日本ツーリスト株式会社 東京支店　
GPS 99 デスク

Registration Fees

Participant	30,000 yen
Student	15,000 yen
Accompanying Person	10,000 yen
Banquet (October 21)	5,000 yen

*Participants and Student :Registration fee includes Reception, Symposium, Proceedings, Coffee break and Scientific tours.
*Accompanying persons: Registration fee includes Reception, Symposium, Coffee break and Scientific tours.

Hotel Accommodations

Rooms are still available at the hotels except for 4, 6, 8. We encourage you to fill in the application form and send it back to KNT as soon as possible.
Reservation should be accompanied by the remittance of a hotel deposit. No reservation will be confirmed in the absence of the remittance.
Hotel reservations are processed on the first-come first-served basis. If all available rooms in your selected hotel are fully booked, you will be assigned a room in a hotel as close as possible to your choice. You will be informed of your hotel name , exact room charge by KNT's confirmation slip.

No	Name of Hotels	Single	Twin	Deposit	Access to Conference site
1	Tsukuba Daiichi Hotel Epochal	10,000 yen	18,000 yen	\10,000 yen	Adjacent to the site
2	Tsukuba Daiichi Hotel	10,000 yen	18,000 yen	10,000 yen	8 min. walk
3	Hotel Sun Route Tsukuba	7,100 yen	12,800 yen	7,000 yen	5 min. by taxi
5	Hotel Suwa	7,000 yen	12,000 yen	7,000 yen	10 min. by taxi
7	Tsukuba Sky Hotel	6,200 yen	11,000 yen	6,000 yen	5 min. by taxi



Tsukuba International Congress Center is 8 minutes on foot from Tsukuba Center Bus Terminal.
1) The above rates do not include taxes or breakfast. Please note that these rates are subject to change.
2) The hotel deposit will be deducted from your bill. Please settle the balance when you check out the hotel.
3) Free shuttle bus service will be available between hotels and the Congress Center during the symposium.

Accompanying Person's Excursions

1) Tour of Ibaraki
Tuesday, October. 19 (9:00-17:30)
Tour fare: 15,500 yen
*Minimum number of participants: 15 persons
Itinerary:
Tsukuba (Conference site) ----- Mt. Tsukuba (Shrine & ropeway ride) ----- Lunch ----- Kasama (Pottery Kiln) ----- Kasama-Inari shrine (Chrysanthemum show) ----- Tsukuba

2) Tour of Tokyo
Wednesday, October 20. (8:30-17:30)
Tour fare: 16,500 yen
*Minimum number of participants: 15 persons
Itinerary:

Tsukuba (Conference site) -----(Express way)----- Sightseeing in Tokyo (Meiji Shrine -- Imperial Palace Plaza -- Japanese Lunch at Ginza -- Boat Cruise-- Asakusa Kannon Temple) -----(Express way)----- Tsukuba

Post Conference Tour

1) Tour of Nikko National Park
Saturday, October 23. (8:00-19:00 Disband in Tokyo)
Tour fare: 22,000 yen
*Minimum number of participants: 15 persons
Itinerary:

Tsukuba (Conference site) -----(Express way)----- Nikko National Park (Irohazaka Hairpin Driveway -- Lunch at Lake Chuzenji -- Kegon Waterfall -- Toshogu shrine & Rinnoji Temple) -----(Express way)----- Tokyo (Kayabacho Pearl Hotel)

＊ Optional:
1 night stay at Kayabacho Pearl Hotel (Near *Tokyo City Air Terminal)
* Tokyo City Air Terminal = Bus terminal for Narita Airport
Single room: 9,000 yen Twin room: 8,000 yen x 2 persons
*The above rates are per person per night including breakfast, service charge and tax.

Payment

Payment of the registration fees and the hotel deposit should be made only in Japanese Yen by one of the following methods.

1) Credit Card (VISA, Master Card, American Express or Diners Club only.)

* Please fill out the necessary information with your signature in the credit card section of the reservation form and send the completed application form by air mail as your original signature is required.

2) Bank Transfer to Bank:
The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Asakusabashi branch
Account No : 0721607
Account Name : GPS99

(in Japanese)
東京三菱銀行　浅草橋支店
普通口座 : 0721607
口座名 : GPS 99(シ゛ーヒ゜ーエス ナインティナイン)

* Please attach a copy of the bank receipt to your application form.
* Please note that the bank charge for remittance must be born by the applicants.

3) Bank draft payable to GPS 99

(* Personal checks are NOT acceptable.)

Confirmation

Upon receiving your application form and remittance, the GPS99 Desk will send you the confirmation slip after the deadline of the application.
Please ensure to bring this confirmation slip with you when you register upon arrival at the conference site, and for check-in at the hotel.

Change or Cancellation

For change or cancellation of registration and hotel reservation, a written notification should be sent directly to KNT to avoid troubles. Cancellation charges are as follows:

Registration
Up to one month prior to the opening day of the conference ........................... No charge
Less than one month prior to the opening day of the conference ........................... 100%

Hotel Accommodation & Tours
Up to 14 days prior to check-in /tour date ............... No charge
13 - 7 days prior to check-in /tour date ............... 10% of daily room charge/of tour fare
6 - 3 days prior to check-in /tour date ............... 40% of daily room charge/ of tour fare
Less than 3 days, or no notice given ............... 100% of daily room charge /of tour fare

Refund

Refunds will be made after deducting the bank and/or credit card service charges, and the cancellation penalties. If the payment is made by credit card, reimbursement will be made through the credit card company.