Invitation
You are cordially invited to participate in and contribute to the "Tribochemistry Hagi 2011" held on October 26th - 28th, 2011 in Hagi, Japan. It will be held as a satellite forum of ITC-Hiroshima.This is the fifth international forum on tribochemistry organized by the Tribochemistry Technical Committee, JAST.This international forum on tribochemistry was held first in Tokyo in 1995, then in Tsukuba in 2000, in Nara 2005as a satllite of ITCs and in Kyoto in 2009 as a stellite of the WTC IV. This forum will also be held under the auspices of Research Association for Computer Application to Catalysis, CatSJ.

It will offer invited and contributed presentations in oral and poster sessions. Those who present a paper are reqested to submit an abstract of approximately 250 words by February 28, 2011, March 14, 2011 with e-mail to the Forum Secretariat. For poster presentations, the abstract can be accepted by March 31, 2011.

Lecture of Surface Analysis will be held in Hagi on October 25, 2011, the fee of which is free for the forum participants who payed for the registration fee. Participants are encouraged to take part in the lecture before the technical session of the forum. Participants are also encouraged to take part in the ITC-Hiroshima which will be held in Hiroshima after the satellite forum.

You will enjoy the forum and the old, calm, beautiful Hagi Castle Town, the samurais in which contributed greatly to the Meiji Restoration in 1867.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Hagi.

Best regards,

Dr. Keiji Nakayama
Chair
Organizing Committee

Professor
Chiba Institute of Technology
/Nanosystem Research Institute, AIST
E-mail: keiji.nakayama@it-chiba.ac.jp

IMPORTANT DATES Deadline of Abstract Submission February 28, 2011 March 14, 2011 Notifocation of Abstract Acceptance April 30, 2011 Commencement of Registration April 1, 2011 June 29,2011 Deadline of Advance Registration June 30, 2011 July 31, 2011 Lecture - Surface Analysis October 25, 2011 Forum - Tribochemistry October 26 - 28, 2011