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                        (Second Announcement)
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                               The 12th
                 International Wood Machining Seminar

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                        1 2 t h      K Y O T O

                          October 2-4, 1995
                             Kyoto, JAPAN
                                   
                         in cooperation with
                     Forest Products Laboratory,
                 University of California at Berkeley
                                 and
                Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology
                                   
                             arranged by
                  The 12th IWMS Organizing Committee
                  Chairman Professor Masami NOGUCHI
                                   
                         in conjunction with
                     The 32nd Nagoya International
                      Woodworking Machinery Fair

The 12th International Wood Machining Seminar will be held on Oct. 2-4
1995 in Kyoto, Japan. This seminar is the 12th in a series that began
in 1963 and the first seminar held in Asian zone including Oceanian
countries. The venue city Kyoto has a history over 1200 years and many
attractive sightseeing spots.

The purpose is to present the recent developments ranging from the
basic aspects of cutting tools to the total production systems in wood
industry. Participants are drawn from industry, academic institutions
and publicly supported laboratories.

The seminar will have a special session titled "Wood Industry in Asia,
its present stage and future prospect" aiming to encompass a broad
critical reviews of technologies of wood processing and machinery.

For participants from abroad, a 4 day post-seminar tour will be
arranged, from Kyoto toward Nagoya including visiting the 32nd Nagoya
International Woodworking Machinery Fair.

                                   The 12th IWMS Organizing Committee

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                       | GENERAL INFORMATION |
                       +---------------------+

    DATE: October 2(Mon)-4(Wed), 1995

LOCATION: CO-OP INN KYOTO
          Yanagi-no-banba St., north of Tako-yaku-shi, 
          Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604, JAPAN 
          Phone +81-75-256-6600 
          Fax   +81-75-251-0120

   HOTEL: CO-OP INN KYOTO and other city hotels in Kyoto

LANGUAGE: English

Seminar Program
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Oct.1  p.m. Registration
                Social gathering with cocktails 
                   (for participants from abroad)
    Oct.2  a.m. Registration 
                Opening Ceremony
                Sessions
           p.m. Sessions
                Poster and coffee break
    Oct.3  a.m. Special Session
                "Wood Industry in Asia, its present stage and future"
           p.m. Social excursion in Kyoto
                Banquet
    Oct.4  a.m. Sessions
                Poster and coffee break
           p.m. Sessions
                Closing

Subjects and Topics
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Mechanical Processing of Wood
    cutting mechanism, tool wear
    cutting accuracy, surface roughness
  Tools and Machines
    circular and band saws, other cutting tools,
    woodworking machinery
  Production System and Technology
    automatization, computer control, CAD/CAM,
    artificial intelligence, quality control, factory
    design, laser and water jet
  Ergonomics and Safety
    noise, vibration, dust, production liability


Special Session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  "Wood Industry in Asia, its present state and future"
  Forest and forest resources, activities of wood industries and
  woodworking technologies in Asian countries are reviewed by four
  guest speakers, focussing also on the future aspects of the
  effective utilization of forest resources and the expected
  technologies.

    Woodworking Industry in China
      Zhou, Zhijiang
      Nanjing Forestry University (China)

    Forest Products Industry in Taiwan 
      -Present Status and Future Prospect
      Huang, Yan-San
      Taiwan Forestry Reserach Institute (Taiwan)

    Forestry Development in Indonesia
      Tambunan, Bedyaman
      Institute Pertanian Bogor (IPB) (Indonesia)

    Woodworking Machinery in Japan
      Suzuki, Yukitomo
      The Japan Woodworking Machinery Association
      Heian Corporation Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Post-seminar tour
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As the special program for the participants from abroad, a 4-day
post-seminar tour is arranged. In order to introduce the Japanese wood
industries and many attractive wooden structures to the participants,
about three quarters of the tour cost is supported by the industries
and cooperative societies. A participant can join the program for the
special fee of 20,000 Japanese yen.

  Oct. 5  Start from Kyoto by sightseeing bus
          Horyuji-Temple (the world heritage)
            Nara, the most precious repository in Japan, consisted of
            forty-five wooden buildings, including the world's oldest
            wooden five-storied Pagoda founded in 607.
          Yakushiji-Temple
            Founded in 680. One of the main two Pagodas was rebuilt
            recently.

  Oct. 6  Todaiji-Temple
            Nara, founded in the 8th century, famous with its 16m-high
            colossal statue of Buddha and its wooden hall.
          Sawmill
            Nara, typical Japanese sawmill using bandsaw machines
            including a pre-cut factory processing pillars and beams
            from sawn lumbers for the Japanese traditional frame
            houses.
          Auction lumber market
            Sakurai, markets of decorative lumbers and logs for
            interior of Japanese houses.

  Oct. 7  Kikukawa Iron Works, INC.
            Ise, manufacturer of bandsaw machines and other sawmill
            machinery as well as NC woodworking machinery
          Ise Grand Shrine
            Ise, the most venerated of all Shinto shrines in
            Japan. The main wooden shrines are completely rebuilt
            every twenty years.

  Oct. 8  The 32nd Nagoya International Wood-working Machinery Fair
          (Oct. 6-10)
            More than 250 enterprises from all over the world
            participate. The latest advanced technologies and market
            trends in Asian countries as well as in Japan are
            informed.

Social excursion (Oct. 3, afternoon)
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  Lunch in a forest-sited restaurant
  Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji Temple)
    built in 1394 as a villa for the Shogun. The structure is covered
    with gold leaf and exudes an impression of timelessness.
  Forest and foretry in Kitayama Area
      (northwest of Kyoto City)
    Japanese cedar, Sugi, planted in steep forest and converted into
    the decorative pillars for Japanese housing.
  "Museum of Kitayama-Sugi"
    introducing Japanese forestry and wooden housing.

The program for accompanied persons (Oct. 2, 4)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Sightseeing and shopping in Kyoto are planned.


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                          | CALL FOR PAPER |
                          +----------------+

There will be
    1.  invited keynote papers arranged by the 12th IWMS Committee
    2.  voluntary papers and posters

Full-length papers for oral and poster presentations are published in
the seminar proceedings. The authors must prepare the manuscript in
English of A4 size, finished for camera-ready and five pages utmost
following the model format shown by the 12th IWMS Secretariat.
 (Abstracts will be translated into Japanese and published as
subsidary proceedings.)

Oral presentation for voluntary papers are limited approximately
twenty minutes including discussions. The use of slides (50 X 50mm
frame) or overhead sheets is recommended. Discussion after each oral
presentation will be translated into Japanese.

Poster exhibition is held through the whole seminar program. The
authors are asked to be personally present at two one-hour poster
sessions on Oct. 2 afternoon and Oct. 4 in the morning,
respectively. The panel display area will be approximately 150cm wide
and 120cm high, excluding the area for title, author's name and
affiliation pre-printed by the 12th IWMS Secretariat. There will be a
small table in front of the panel for displaying any materials. The
authors are responsible for mounting and removing their posters.

Schedule for titles and abstracts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Titles, author's name, affiliation and abstracts should be sent by
April 30, 1995, using FORM(A) to the 12th IWMS Secretariat.  Papers
for the proceedings should be sent by June 30, 1995.

Detailed guidelines for papers and oral/poster presentations will be
sent to the author, after the registration with abstract is accepted
by the 12th IWMS Secretariat.

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           | FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SEMINAR PROGRAM |
           +--------------------------------------------+

The 12th IWMS Secretariat
  Department of Wood Science and Technology
  Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
  606-01, Kyoto, JAPAN

  Phone +81-75-753-6242 S. Okumura,
        -6243 Y. Fujii,  -6244 Y. Sawada
  Fax   +81-75-753-6300
  E-Mail address: IWMS12@H3NEWS1.KAIS.KYOTO-U.AC.JP

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                      | REGISTRATION AND HOTEL |
                      |      RESERVATIONS      |
                      +------------------------+

Registration fee
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Registration fee for the seminar is 
     40,000 Japanese Yen (JYE) for registrations payed 
     by May 31, 1995, and 50,000 JYE after June 1, 1995.
- Registration fee for an accompanied person is
     15,000 JYE for registrations payed by May 31, 1995 and 20,000 JYE
     after June 1, 1995.
- Registration fee for a student is 20,000 JYE.

- The registration fee for a participant includes:
     participation in the sessions, social gathering (only for the
     participants from abroad), proceedings, social excursion in
     Kyoto, lunch and banquet.
- The registration fee for an accompanied person includes:
     right to observe the sessions, social gathering (only for the
     participants from abroad), social excursion in Kyoto, lunch and
     banquet.

- Registration fee does not include charges of hotel room, breakfasts,
  dinners and drinks for lunch.
- Fee for the post-seminar tour is
     20,000 JYE per participant from abroad.

Hotel accommodations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Rooms have been reserved at the seminar hotel, CO-OP INN KYOTO.
- Prices of the rooms in CO-OP INN KYOTO are as follows:

			    Room rate(JYE)
	      +--------+------------------------------+
	      | Single |             Twin             |
	      +--------+------------------------------+
	      |        | for 1 person ......... 9,600 |
	      | 8,100  | for 2 persons ....... 15,200 |
	      |        | for 3 persons* ...... 21,100 |
	      +--------+------------------------------+
              * Two separate beds of normal size and one extra.

- CO-OP INN KYOTO is a hotel of economy class.
- All rooms have shower or bath, telephone, TV, refrigerator.
- Single bed room is about 20m*m large, twin bed room 30m*m.
- There is no parking area.
- If rooms of more deluxe classes are requested, rooms in other hotels
  are also available. Please contact the following agent. However, the
  12th IWMS Secretariat would very much appriciate that all
  participants stay in CO-OP INN KYOTO, in order to keep seminar
  schedule smoothly.
- All rates are per day and include service charge, tax and breakfast
  in buffet style.

                 +----------------------------------+
                 | OFFICIAL AGENT FOR REGISTRATION, |
                 |   HOTEL RESERVATION AND TRAVEL   |
                 +----------------------------------+
- Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd., International Travel, Osaka (KNT)
  has been appointed as the official agent for the seminar.
- KNT will handle seminar registrations as well as hotel reservations
  for all participants. KNT is also in charge with the travel to
  Kyoto, if necessary.
- All correspondence regarding registration and hotel reservations
  should be addressed to:

     Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
     International Travel, Osaka
     Nikko Bldg. 7F, 2-11-8, Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka 530, Japan
     Phone: +81-6-313-6868 Fax:+81-6-314-1601 
     Telex: 5233147KNTISOJ   Tour Code : IWMS

                       +----------------------+
                       | SEMINAR REGISTRATION |
                       +----------------------+
- Seminar registration should be made by completing and returning the
  enclosed Seminar Registration and Hotel Reservation FORM(B) to reach
  KNT by April 30, 1995, preferably.

- Registration for accompanied person should be sent also with FORM(B)

- Detailed Information about the seminar will be sent from the 12th
  IWMS Secretariat, after the seminar registration was confirmed.

                        +--------------------+
                        | HOTEL RESERVATIONS |
                        +--------------------+
- Hotel reservation should be made by completing and returning the
  enclosed Seminar Registration and Hotel Reservation FORM(B) to reach
  KNT no later than April 30, 1995.

- After August 31, there is no guarantee for hotel reservations.

- No reservations will be confirmed without registration fee and
  accommodation fee.

- KNT shall send a registration and hotel confirmation slip with all
  necessary information to the applicants after having made seminar
  registration and hotel reservations.  - Payment for both congress
  registration and hotel reservations should be made in Japanese Yen
  by Credit Card (VISA, Master Card and American Express are
  available) or by bank check payable to Kinki Nippon Tourist Co.,
  Ltd.

- Hotel reservations are processed on the first-come first-served
  basis. If the room of your choice is fully booked, another room of
  almost the same class as your choice will be automatically assigned. 
  We would very much appreciate it, if you could follow our room
  assignment.

                +------------------------------------+
                | REGISTRATION FOR POST-SEMINAR TOUR |
                +------------------------------------+
- Registration for post-seminar tour should be sent with FORM(B).

                   +------------------------------+
                   | CANCELLATION OF RESERVATIONS |
                   +------------------------------+
- In the event of cancelling registrations, written notice should be
  sent to KNT via post, fax or telex. However the registration fee is
  not refundable in any case.

- In the event of cancelling hotel reservations, registration for
  post-seminar tour, written notice should be sent to KNT via post,
  fax or telex. Fees including hotel fee will be refunded after
  deducting cancellation fees and the bank remittance charge and
  commissions.


+==============================================+=====================+
|         If the notice reached KNT            |   Cancellation Fee  |
+==============================================+=====================+
| Up to 10 days before the first night of stay | No cancellation fee |
+----------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| 9-2 days before                              |      50% of the fee |
+----------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| One day before or no notice given            |     100% of the fee |
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                | ACCESS TO THE MEETING CITY, Kyoto |
                +-----------------------------------+
- The easiest way to Kyoto is to take a direct flight to Kansai
  International Airport, where JR's (Japan Railways) limited express
  trains "Haruka" bound directly for Kyoto is available (90 minutes
  ride, run almost every 30 minutes from 07:00 to 22:00).

- Passengers arriving at the New Tokyo Inter-national (Narita) Airport
  may choose one of the following routes:
     1. Take a connecting flight from Narita Airport to Osaka (Itami),
        although there are only a few flights available.
     2. Take a limousine bus (90 minutes ride) or JR's (Japan
        Railways) "Narita Express" train (1 hour ride) from Narita
        Airport to JR Tokyo Station and board a "Shinkansen" (super
        express train) to Kyoto (about 3 hours ride). Shinkansen
        trains run every 10-30 minutes from 06:00 to 21:00.

- Seminar hotel CO-OP INN KYOTO is located about 5km north from JR
  Kyoto station, 10 minutes by taxi (about 1,000JYE), 10 minutes walk
  from subway station "Shijo", or 10 minutes walk from bus stop
  "Daimaru-mae" of citybus No. 4 or 14 from Kyoto Station.

- Address of Seminar Hotel CO-OP INN KYOTO is Yanagi-no-banba St.,
  north of Tako-yaku-shi, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604, JAPAN
    Phone  +81-75-256-6600
    Fax    +81-75-251-0120

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			    The 12th IWMS
	Registration for Voluntary Papers and Posters FORM(A)
				   
	Please fill out and return this form by April 30,1995
		     to The 12th IWMS Secretariat
	      Department of Wood Science and Technology
	       Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
			 606-01, Kyoto, JAPAN
		 by mail or by fax:  +81-75-753-6300
	     or E-Mail: IWMS12@H3NEWS1.KAIS.KYOTO-U.AC.JP

		 Please do not send this form to KNT.
		Please type or print in block letters.
	      Please use one form per one registration.

(Please check)
[ ] Paper        [ ] Poster

Name:


Affiliation:


Title:


Abstract:







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If you need FORM(B), please send your mail address to The 12th IWMS
Secretariat by mail or by fax: +81-75-753-6300 
or by E-Mail: IWMS12@H3NEWS1.KAIS.KYOTO-U.AC.JP

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The 12th IWMS Secretariat
Department of Wood Science and Technology
Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
606-01, Kyoto, JAPAN