19th KAGRA face-to-face meeting, May 18(Fri)-20(Sun), Osaka City University

Outline of the meeting

The 19th F2F meeting will be held at Osaka City University. We plan to discuss the summary of phase-1 operation, steps for joining LIGO/Virgo's O3 run, and other urgent issues.

• The planned schedule is to start the first session from 10:30 May 18 (Fri), and end by 17:00 May 20 (Sun).
• The second and third days start at 9:15.
• Introduction time of new members will be in the first session, May 18.

• Registration page -- Registration is open.

• Banquet will be held in the evening of May 18. Banquet fee is 3500 JPY (2500 JPY for student).
• deadline of the registration (with the Banquet): April 30 (Mon) 23:59 JST
• deadline of the registration (waitlist Banquet): May 6 (Sun) 23:59 JST
• We will collect 500 JPY from all participants for snacks of coffee breaks at the registration desk.
• Contribution category: (a) report in subgroup session, (b) contribution: oral or poster, (c) contribution: only poster, (d) no presentation
• Poster presenters have oral short-talk session (2-minutes each) in the afternoon of the first day.
• We will have "presentation award" for entried contributors (both for oral and poster).
• If you moved to a new place to KAGRA collaboration: Contact to KSC board. You will be requested to make an introduction at the meeting.
• If you want to join KAGRA collaboration independently: Contact to KSC board. You are supposed to have a public interview at the meeting.
• Please book a hotel by yourself, and as soon as possible, since Osaka is quite busy city. Recommended area is near the Tennoji station or along the Subway Midosuji Line.
• The venue is at Tanaka Memorial hall/田中記念館 at the Sugimoto Campus of the Osaka City University. You can access 5 minutes from Sugimoto-Cho station of JR Hanwa Line, or 20 minutes from Abiko station of Subway Midosuji line.

Program

To be announced.

Registration

• Registration page -- Registration is open.

• Banquet will be held in the evening of May 18. Banquet fee is 3500 Yen (2500 Yen for student).
• deadline of the registration (with the Banquet): April 30 (Mon) 23:59 JST
• deadline of the registration (waitlist Banquet): May 6 (Sun) 23:59 JST
• We will collect 500 yen from all participants for snacks of coffee breaks at the registration desk.

The venue

• The meeting site is "Tanaka Memorial hall/田中記念館" at the Sugimoto Campus of the Osaka City University. (No. 8 building in the campus map available at the university official page). It takes less than 5 minutes on foot from JR "Sugimoto-cho/杉本町" Station (JR line) East exit.

• You can also access from "Abiko/あびこ" Station (Subway Midosuji line) within 20 minutes on foot (directions).

Access

There are several ways to come to the meeting venue (Tanaka Memorial hall/田中記念館 at the Sugimoto Campus of the Osaka City University).

1. From the main terminals:

• From Kansai International Airport (KIX/関西国際空港) : Take the JR Kansai-Airport Rapid Service, change at Sakai-shi/堺市 Station to a local train for Tennoji/天王寺 Station and get off at Sugimoto-cho/杉本町 Station.

• From Shin-Osaka/新大阪 Station : (a) Take the subway Midosuji/御堂筋 Line and get off at Abiko/あびこ Station. or (b) Take the subway Midosuji/御堂筋 Line and change to JR Hanwa/阪和 Line at Tennoji/天王寺 Station, and get off at Sugimoto-cho/杉本町 Station.

• From Osaka International Airport (Itami/大阪国際空港(伊丹空港)) : Take an Airport Limousine Bus to Abenobashi/あべの橋 Station, then take a local train on the JR Hanwa/阪和 Line from JR Tennoji Station and get off at Sugimoto-cho Station.

2. From Tennoji Station (JR/Subway Midosuji line)

• Take a JR Hanwa-line train from Tennoji Station and get off at Sugimoto-cho Station. It takes 14-20 minutes and costs 180 JPY.

• note: At the Tennoji station, please take a local train. No rapid train stops at Sugimoto-cho Station. Usually, the track number 7 and 8 of Tennoji Station are for Hanwa-line local trains.

For the campus map and additional details please look at the University web site.

Accommodations

Please book a hotel by yourself, and as soon as possible, since Osaka is quite busy city. It is recommended to book a hotel near the Tennoji station or along the Subway Midosuji Line.

Lunch/Dinner Place