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Dear LFNV2008 participants, The 13th International Conference on Low Frequency Noise and Vibration and its Control, which has been held at Shiba Park Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, has been successfully finished on 23 October 2008. First of all, the Japan Executive Team would like to sincerely appreciate to all the participants and the accompanying persons for their cooperation to the conference. We have got 64 conference participants and 6 accompanying persons from all over the world, and 36 interesting and informative research papers on low frequency noise and vibration and its control have been presented to the conference. These are great number of the papers, and we would also like to thank all the presenters for their contributions. We convince that this great success will continue to next conference, which will be held in Aalborg, Denmark, on 2010. See you in the next conference and thank you again for all. Sincerely yours, Dr. Shinji Yamada, the Japan Executive Chairman of LFNV2008. |
Conference Information:
- The program of the conference has been updated. (Chairpersons was filled in on the program.)
- The program of the conference has been opend.
- Instructions for presentation has been opeend.
- Registration information in Japanese has been opened.
- The list of papers has been opened.
- The deadline for offering full paper has been extended.
- Revised deadline of full paper: 31 August 2008
- Abstract submission is closed.
- Registration form is ready.
- Web form to register for the conference is radey in here.
- The Leaflet of 2nd announcement of the conference was issued.
- you can download the leaflet here.
Organization:
Japan executive team led by Dr. Shinji Yamada, Director of Yamanashi Study Center, the University of the Air, Japan.
Advisers:
Dr. Geoff Leventhall and Dr. Bill Tempest. In conjunction with Members of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control.
Who should attend:
- Engineers, scientists and practitioners concerned with low frequency noise and vibration in industry and the environment and persons who wish to extend their knowledge in these areas.
- Public servants from health and environmental services.
Topics:
The conference will cover all topics relating to low frequency noise and vibration, their effects and control. These include:
- Sources of infrasound, low frequency noise and vibration
- Detection measurement and analysis including wind turbine noise
- Propagation of infrasound and low frequency noise in the atmosphere and in buildings
- Propagation of vibration in the ground and in structures
- Perception of low frequency noise and vibration by man and animals
- Effects on man and animals
- Hand-arm vibration, whole-body vibration, vibroacoustic disease (VAD)
- Interaction of low frequency noise and vibration
- Vibrations caused by noise
- Radiation of noise from vibrating surfaces
- Problems and solutions
- Control of low frequency noise and vibration by passive and active methods
- Technical applications of low frequency noise and vibration
- Regulations and guidelines on low frequency noise and vibration
Deadlines for papers:
- Abstracts:
- Closed
- Full papers for Conference Proceedings:
- 31 August 2008(extended)
Contact:
If you are interested in this conference or have an inquiry, please make a contact with contact form or mail to 
.
If you have some question on this conference, please use the same contact form.
Offer a Paper:
Abstract submission was closed.
Recommendations for authers:
Conference papers for the Proceedings should be sent by submission form or e-mail to as a Word attachment. Download the full author instructions pdf here for a pdf file or Word here for a Microsoft Word version.
Instructions for presentation
A personal computer (PC) and a liquid crystal display (LCD) projector, as well as a laser pointer will be provided in the conference room, "Botan".
The PC is operated by Windows XP home edition in Japanese, and the software for presentation is Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Note that any Macintosh computer will not be provided.
For preview of your presentation, a PC with the same specification will be provided at a room "RAN". The Executive Team strongly recommends checking your presentation beforehand, in order to avoid troubles in your presentation. The preview room will be open from Monday evening of 20th to 23rd October.
A CD-ROM or USB drive can be used to load files into the provided PC. If needed, the author can also connect your own laptop to the LCD projector.
Requests for special equipments must be noticed to the conference organizer before the conference. The Executive Team recommends using e-mail to 
(carbon copy to 
) for the notice.
Each paper has 20 minutes for presentation. It includes oral presentation, discussion and changeover to the next author. For example, 15 minutes for the oral presentation, 3 minutes for the questions or discussions and 2 minutes for changeover to the next author may be ideal.
If authors can send the files for your presentations to the organizer before the conference by E-mail, the Executive Team checks it and puts it into the provided PC for presentation. The Web site https://www.lowfrequency2008.org/form/submission.html is convenient to send the files to the organizer. At that time, please fill the fields marked with asterisk (*), and then upload your presentation files. Note that sizes of the files should be less than 20MB due to the network capacity. If your files are more than 20MB, please contact us individually by (carbon copy to ).
Conference registration:
The delegate fee for the conference is ¥ 80,000(JPY) for a delegate and ¥ 20,000(JPY) for an accompanying person.
To convert JPY to any other currncy use a currency converter .
Web form to register is available here. (Registration form is here as Word file or pdf file .)
The registration fee includes welcome buffet on the Monday evening (20th October) before the conference, delegate lunch and coffee/tea breaks on the conference days, Conference Proceedings, social visits and conference dinner.
For accompanying persons the fee includes the accompanying persons programme of visits and the conference dinner.
Registration information in Japanese is available here.
Mailing List:
Join the mailing list for further information.
To join, please provide your e-mail address and a password. You can change your subscription or unsubscribe at any time by returning to the mailing list homepage.
View the mailing list archives at Ml Archives.
Accommodations and Location:
The conference will be held at Shiba Park Hotel, Tokyo.
Tokyo has been the capital of Japan since 1868. Today it is a dynamic metropolis with many sights for all interests.
The photo is the Shiba Zojoji Temple, located near Shiba Park Hotel.
The Shiba Zojoji Temple(Quoted from Shiba Park Hotel Website)
Special Room Rates:
Reservation have been made by the organizer for all participants (delegates) at special rates for Low Frequency 2008 at:
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Shiba Park Hotel,
1-5-10, Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011
Phone:+ 81-3-3433-4141, Fax:+ 81-3-3433-4142
http://www.shibaparkhotel.com/en/
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Standard Room Rates (taxes, service charges and breakfast included)
- ¥ 16,500(JPY) for one person
- ¥ 19,000(JPY) for two persons
Superior Room Rates (taxes, service charges and breakfast included)
- ¥ 26,000(JPY) for one person
- ¥ 29,200(JPY) for two persons
Approximate conversions for JPY to other currencies is
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¥ 1,000(JPY) ≈ $ 9.3(USD) ≈ € 6.0(EURO)
but this may change.
Travel to Shiba Park Hotel:
- By Airport Limousine Bus
- Narita International Airport to Hotel
- By Rail (Narita Express)
- Narita International Airport to Tokyo Station by train (about one hour), then take a taxi to Shiba Park Hotel (about 15 minutes).
Conference Social Programme and Accompanying Persons Programme:
The programme for all delegates and accompanying persons on Wednesday afternoon, 22 October, will be as follows :
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12:00 - 13:30 Lunch 14:00 Tour of Tokyo
Edo-Tokyo Museum, Asakusa Sensouji Temple18:30 Dinner at Asakusa
For accompanying persons, a guided tour in Tokyo has been arranged for Tuesday, 21 October starting from the hotel lobby at 10:00 and returning by 16:00 or 17:00. Lunch will be included.
Web Links:
- Tokyo & Japan
- Hotel and Traffic
- Local Host and Cooperation
- Related Conference
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- INTER-NOISE 2008
Following Low Frequency 2008, INTER-NOISE 2008 will be held in Shanghai, China, from 26-29 October 2008.
- INTER-NOISE 2008
Jointly organized by the Journal of Low Frequency Noise and Vibration and Active Control (Multi-Science Publishing Company Ltd) and INCE/JAPAN
Number of visitors since August 15, 2007: 
Website maintained by Toshiya Kitamura (Japan executive team).
Original website designed by Lyn Leventhall.
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