Welcome to the 9th International “Hiroshima” symposium

Y. Unno (Chair of the OC),

Y. Fukazawa (Chair of LOC)

for the organizing committee

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20 years Anniversary!!

• The symposium was started in 1993 by Prof. Takashi Ohsugi and the members of organizing committee.

• To bring together experts of semiconductor tracking detectors from all over the world for discussions and stimulations.

• Your achievements are published in Nucl. Instr. Meth. to be the reference of the field.

• This is the number 9th in the series and of the 20 years Anniversary!! The previous sites are geographically…

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around the Pacific rim…

Hiroshima:1993, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2013

Taipei:2011

Melbourne:1997

Carmel:2006

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©Google map

(Next one will be an another exciting…)

Peace Memorial Park• Architectures

– Design awarded to Kenzo TANGE

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A-bomb center

Welcome to Hiroshima• Warm welcome from Organizers, but also from• Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, Kazumi MATSUI

– posted in the bulletin board

• The symposium is not only to stimulate your activity but also to have you enjoy the local’s.– symposium: a drinking party or convivial discussion, esp. as held

after a banquet – New Oxford American Dictionary

• Excursion and Dinner … See Yashushi F.’s Logistics• “Companion” program –Machiko O., Shaila S., …

• Tour to Town of “Kurashiki” on Tues., 3rd Sep., where you see a painting of El Greco, e.g.

• Welcome to this year’s symposium and Enjoy it.

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Acknowledgements• Organizing committee

– Y. Fukazawa (Local Chair), Hiroshima Univ.

– S. Hou, Academia Sinica– T. Ohusgi, Hiroshima Univ.– H. Sadrozinski, UC Santa Cruz– Y. Unno (OC chair), KEK

• Scientific Secretaries– T. Mizuno, Hiroshima Univ.– H. Takahashi, Hiroshima Univ.– and Students from the Univ.

• International Advisary Board– G. Hall, Imperial Colledge– T. Kondo, KEK– S.C. Lee, Academia Sinica– H. Sadrozinski, UC Santa Cruz

– A. Seiden, UC Santa Cruz– H. Spieler, LBNL– T. Takahashi, ISAS– M. Turala, Polish Academy of

Sciences (PL)– P. Weilhammer, CERN

• Supported by– KEK– Hiroshima University– Phoenix Leader Education

Program (Hiroshima Initiative) for Renaissance from Radiation Disaster

– Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (24244014, 24000004)

– City of Hiroshima– Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.

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