Condenced Program
Tuesday, September 16
Wednesday, September 17
Thursday, September 18

Conference: September 16-18, 2003
Short Course: September 19, 2003 (in Japanese)

Keio Plaza Inter-Continental Tokyo (Keio Plaza Hotel)
2-2-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 160-8330
TEL +81-3-3344-0111 FAX +81-3-3345-8269
Keio Plaza Inter-Continental Tokyo is approximately 120 minutes by Airport Bus from New Tokyo International Airport (Narita), and only 5 minutes by walking from JR Shinjuku Station.
Web site: http://www.keioplaza.com/index.html

The registration desk will be open from September 15th to 19th. The registration hours are as follows:

Pre-registration is accepted only through the conference website before September 1, 2003. After that date, registration can be made at the conference site. Early registration is recommended due to the expected large number of participants.

On-line Registration has been closed.

1) The registration fee includes one copy of the abstract book, a CD-ROM and coffee breaks. However, it does not include the Banquet, and extra payment of 7,000 yen or 4,000 yen is required to attend the Banquet for regular participants and student participants, respectively.
2) Those who register as students are required to fax a copy of their current student ID to the secretariat at the time of registration, and to present their student ID at the registration desk in order to be eligible for the student registration fee. When sending the fax, please write down your registration ID, which will be given at the completion of online registration of individual information.
3) Registration is complete only with full payment.

Payment of the registration fee is to be made by one of the following methods. Please note that we do not accept personal checks.

1. Bank Transfer
A direct bank transfer can be made to the account below. A copy of the receipt for the bank remittance should be sent to the secretariat by fax. The registration ID must be written on the fax sheet. Please note that the bank service charge must be borne by the applicant.

• Name of Bank: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Akasaka Branch
  
• Account Name: SSDM2003
  
• Account No: 1528425 (ordinary deposit)
  

2. Credit Card
Amex, VISA, MasterCard, Diners Club and JCB are acceptable.

Confirmation of Pre-Registration
The Secretariat will e-mail a confirmation to you after verifying payment in early September. Please print the confirmation slip out, bringing it with you to the conference and present it at the registration desk.

Conference:
Cancellation fee of JPY3,000 will be deducted from the refund. Cancellation should be made in writing to the SSDM 2003 Secretariat. No cancellation will be accepted after August 19, 2003. Extended Abstracts will be sent to absent registrants after the Conference.

Short Course:
Cancellation fee of JPY2,000 will be deducted from the refund. Cancellations should be made in writing to the SSDM 2003 Secretariat. No cancellation will be accepted after August 19. A text will be sent to the absent registrants after the Conference.

Authors of papers accepted for SSDM 2003 are encouraged to submit the original and significant part of the papers to the Special Issue of the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. The special issue will be published in April 2004.