Call for Papers for ICA2004

[Masato AKAGI <akagi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

      Call for Papers for ICA2004 (http://www.ica2004.or.jp/)


We heartily welcome you to participate in the 18th International
Congress on Acoustics in Kyoto, Japan from 4 to 9 April 2004.  The
Congress will be held at the Kyoto International Conference Hall
(K.I.C.H.) in Kyoto city, the ancient capital of Japan since late in
the 8th century.


Main theme of ICA2004:
   "Acoustical Science and Technology for Quality of Life"


The Congress will address all fields of acoustics as follows:
Acoustical oceanography, acoustic signal processing, animal
bioacoustics, architectural acoustics, engineering acoustics,
electro-acoustics, measurements and standards, musical acoustics,
noise and vibration control, physical acoustics, psychological and
physiological acoustics, speech science and speech communication,
ultrasound and underwater acoustics.


Program of the Congress:
1) Four plenary lectures attractive to all the participants:
    Lawrence A. Crum (University of Washington, USA) "Therapeutic ultrasound"
    Adrianus J.M. Houtsma (USAARL, USA and Technical University Eindhoven,
    The Netherlands) "Low-bit-rate coding of sound and implications for
      modern high-quality audio communication"
    Yang-Hann Kim (KAIST, Korea) "Can we hear the shape of noise source?"
    Yoh'ichi Tohkura (NTT, Japan) "Future of communication science and
      technologies in information society"
2) Around 15 keynote lectures to show the state of the art of current
    acoustics
3) Around 50 organized sessions to cover new and emerging areas in
    acoustics
4) Around 100 sessions to cover all aspects of current acoustics
5) A large exhibition on new products and technologies


Important Dates:
   Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2003
   Notice of acceptance: Early November, 2003
   Manuscript deadline: December 20, 2003
   Author registration deadline: December 20, 2003


Please visit our web site (http://www.ica2004.or.jp/) for further
information.


Organized by:
   The Science Council of Japan (prospective),
   The Acoustical Society of Japan $B!$ (B and
   The Institute of Noise Control Engineering of Japan
Sponsored by:
   The International Commission for Acoustics
Main Organizing Committee Members:
   S. Namba (Congress President), Takarazuka University of Art and Design
   H. Tachibana (General Chairperson), University of Tokyo
   S. Kuwano (Secretary General), Osaka University
   S. Ueha (Technical Program), Tokyo Institute of Technology


ICA2004 Congress Secretariat
Department of Environmental Psychology
Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
1-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
Fax: +81 6 6879 8025, E-mail: secretariat@ica2004.or.jp
http://www.ica2004.or.jp/


Satellite Symposia
1) ISMA 2004 (Intl. Symposium on Musical Acoustics)
    http://www2.crl.go.jp/jt/a132/ISMA2004/
2) RADS 2004 (Intl. Symposium on Room Acoustics: Design and Science)
    http://rads04.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/