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Sunday 2 September
18:00 - 20:00
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The Local Organizing Committee invites all registered participants, accompanying persons and exhibitors to an informal Get-together. This will be your first chance to team up with colleagues from all over the world: Join in! Some refreshments and light food will be served.
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| Included in the registration fee. |
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Ascot Hall, B2F South Wing, Hotel Okura Tokyo |
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Casual |
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RECEPTION AT
TOKYO
METROPOLITAN
GOVERNMENT
BUILDING
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Monday 3 September
18:00 - 20:00
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| The Local Organizing Committee cordially invites all registered delegates, accompanying persons and exhibitors to the South Observatory of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. Enjoy remarkable views of downtown. |
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45F, South Observatory, Main Bldg. No.1,
Tokyo
Metropolitan Government
2-8-1
Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo
Please go to the venue on your own using subways or so on.
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EXCURSION, HIGHLIGHTS OF
TOKYO
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Wednesday 5 September
13:45
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| In the afternoon of Wednesday, 5 September there will be a highlights tour of Tokyo for all participants and accompanying persons. We will visit the Imperial Palace Plaza, the Meiji Jingu and Asakusa. |
| Included in the registration fee. |
| Please wear walking shoes, and a light jacket or rain jacket may be advisable. |
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| Imperial Palace Plaza |
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The Imperial Palace Plaza comprises the moats and spacious plaza between the east side of the Imperial Palace and the Marunouchi office buildings. On either side of the road through the middle of the plaza stretches lawn with pine groves. On the north side of the plaza stands a fountain commemorating the marriage of the Emperor and Empress. To the south is a bronze of Kusunoki Masashige, a 14th-century samurai loyal to the emperor.
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| Meiji Jingu |
| Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and his wife, Emperor Shoken, the great-grandparents of the present emperor. The Meiji Emperor passed away in 1912 and the Empress Shoken, in 1914. The shrine, built in 1920, comprises three areas: the Naien, Inner Precincts, centered on the shrine buildings; the Gaien, or Outer Precincts, which include sports facilities and the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery; and the Meiji Memorial Hall. The shrine spreads over 700,000 square meters covered by a forest of 120,000 trees of 365 species donated by people from all over Japan. Sumo wrestlers, upon rising to the rank of Grand Champion, give a demonstration bout at Meiji Jingu. For many Japanese the shrine is both a spiritual home and an oasis in Tokyo. |
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| Asakusa Nakamise/Sensoji |
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Nakamise, a 250-meter approach to
Sensoji
Temple
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Japan
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Sensoji is the oldest and most impressive temple in
Tokyo
. The main hall was first built in 645 to house a tiny golden statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, that had been repeatedly hauled up in fishing nets despite being thrown back into the river. The statue was enshrined in the main hall where it ostensibly remains today -- a sight too holy to be seen. The temple was destroyed in the air raids of
March 10, 1945
, and the present building is a 1958 reconstruction. The temple precincts bustle with people praying, buying fortunes, shopping or sightseeing. Many come for the curative powers of smoke billowing from the bronze urn burning incense in front of the main hall. People rub smoke on joints in the hope of easing aches and pains.
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Thursday 6 September
18:30 - 20:30
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The Local Organizing Committee will hold the symposium banquet. The dinner will be served as a standing buffet. However, some chairs will be prepared.
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Ascot Hall, South Wing B2F, Hotel Okura
Tokyo
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| Reduced price: |
JPY10,000 (Advanced reservations required) |
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Semi-formal |
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| TECHNICAL TOUR OF PCB WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES |
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Friday 7 September
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The purpose of this tour is to visit PCB waste treatment facilities run under the PCB Waste Treatment Program of Japan by the Japan Environmental Safety Corporation (JESCO). PCBs from transformers and capacitors are treated by hydrothermal treatment (subcritical water oxidation) at the Tokyo Facility, and by catalytic hydro-dechlorination over palladium / carbon catalyst at the Osaka Facility. Both facilities have equipment for operations, monitoring, and analysis and are able to treat 2 tons of waste PCB oil per day. The facilities are open to the public, so we will be following the regular tour route. This event has received the support of JESCO, so the entrance fee will be free.
(http://www.jesconet.co.jp/eg/index.html)
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JESCO Tokyo PCB Waste Treatment Facility (limited to 80 people)
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A Course: |
Friday 7 September from 13:00 to 15:40 |
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JESCO Osaka PCB Waste Treatment Facility (limited to 50 people)
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B Course: |
For participants from Osaka; Friday 7 September from 15:20 to 18:30 |
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C Course: |
For participants from Tokyo; Friday 7 September from 11:40 to 18:30* |
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(*C Course participants must pay one way ticket fare from Tokyo to Osaka) |
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| If you would like to join one of these tours, please register by filling out the information and sending it back to us. |
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| Symposium Secretariat |
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c/o Congress Corporation
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Kohsai-kaikan Bldg., 5-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8481 Japan
TEL +81-3-5216-5303 FAX +81-3-5216-5552 E-mail: dioxin2007@congre.co.jp |
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Detailed Tour