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<TD COLSPAN=3><H2><A NAME="DEC7">Dec. 7 [Mon] : <I>at OUSTAT Intl. Hotel</I></A></H2></TD> 
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<TD>16:00</TD> 
<TD><B>Registration</B></TD> 
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<TD>17:00 - 19:00</TD> 
<TD><B>Get Together Party</B></TD> 
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<TD COLSPAN=3><H2><A NAME="DEC8">Dec. 8 [Tue] : <I>at Ceratopia TOKI</I></A></H2></TD> 
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<TD>08:00</TD> 
<TD><B>Registration</B></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: </I>T.Sato</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>09:00 - 09:30</TD> 
<TD><B>Opening</B></RD> 
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<TD><B>Welcome Addresses</B></TD> 
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<TD><B><I>A.Iiyoshi</I></B> (Organizing Chairperson of ITC-9, NIFS, Japan)</TD> 
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<TD><B><I>Guest from MoE, Japan</I></B></TD> 
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<TD><B><I>Y.Tsukamoto</I></B> (Mayor of Toki City, Japan)</TD> 
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<TD>09:30 - 10:30</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-1"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-1]: <I>J.L.Casti</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>WOULD-BE WORLDS  The Science and the Surprise of Artificial Worlds</I><TD> 
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<TD>10:30 - 10:45</TD> 
<TD>Coffee Break</TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>R.D.Hazeltine</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:45 - 11:45</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-2"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-2]: <I>T.Sato</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>New Computer Simulation Science</I></TD> 
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<TD>11:45 - 12:15</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-1"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-1]: <I>K.Yoshikawa</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Complexity in a Molecular String</I></TD> 
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<TD>12:15 - 13:30</TD> 
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<TD><I>Entrance next to Restaurant "Hana-Ikki"</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>J.L.Casti</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor </I></TD> 
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<TD>13:30 - 14:30</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-3"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-3]: <I>M.Mimura</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Dynamics of Patterns and Interfaces Arising in far from Equilibrium Systems from Reaction-Diffusion Modelling Aspect</I></TD> 
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<TD>14:30 - 15:00</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-2"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-2]: <I>M.Sano</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Does Ultimate State of Thermal Turbulence Exist?</I></TD> 
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<TD>15:00 - 15:15</TD> 
<TD>Coffee Break</TD> 
<TD><I>2nd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>R.Horiuchi</I></TD> 
<TD><I>2nd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>15:15 - 17:15</TD> 
<TD><A HREF="prog-poster.html#P-I"><B>Poster Presentations [P-I]</B></A></TD> 
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<TD>18:00</TD> 
<TD> <B>Reception for Foreign Participants <I>Sponsored by Toki City</I></B></TD> 
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<TD COLSPAN=3><H2><A NAME="DEC9">Dec. 9 [Wed] : <I>at Ceratopia TOKI</I></A></H2></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>Z.Yoshida</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor<I></TD> 
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<TD>09:00 - 10:00</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-4"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-4]: <I>B.A.Carreras</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Self-Organized Criticality and Plasma Fluctuation Dynamics</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:00 - 10:30</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-3"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-3]: <I>M.M.Skoric</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Micro and Macro-Scale Self-Organization in a Dissipative Plasma</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:30 - 10:45</TD> 
<TD>Coffee Break</TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>T.M.O'Neil</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:45 - 11:45</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-5"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-5]: <I>R.D.Hazeltine</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD>Recent Advances in Plasma Kinetic Theory</TD> 
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<TD>11:45 - 12:15</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-4"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-4]: <I>V.Chan</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Enhancement of Runaway Avalanche by Lower Hybrid Waves</I></TD> 
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<TD>12:15 - 13:30</TD> 
<TD>Lunch Break</TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>M.Okamoto</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>13:30 - 14:30</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-6"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-6]: <I>J.W.Connor</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD>The Influence of the Plasma Edge Region on the Performance of Tokamaks</I></TD> 
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<TD>14:30 - 15:00</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-5"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-5]: <I>M.Wakatani</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Behavior of Interchange Mode in Heliotron and Tokamaks</I></TD> 
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<TD>15:00 - 15:15</TD> 
<TD>Coffee Break</TD> 
<TD><I>2nd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>T.Hayashi</I></TD> 
<TD><I>2nd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>15:15 - 17:15</TR> 
<TD><A HREF="prog-poster.html#P-II"><B>Poster Presentations [ P-II ]</B></A></TD> 
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<TD>18:00</TD> 
<TD><B>Banquet</B> 
<TD><I>Banquet Hall (1F)</I></TD> 
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<TD COLSPAN=3><H2><A NAME="DEC10">Dec. 10 [Thu] : <I>at Ceratopia TOKI</I></A></H2></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>J.W.Connor</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>09:00 - 10:00</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-7"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-7]: <I>B.Coppi</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Physics of High Energy Plasmas (Industry Fusion Research) in the New Century</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:00 - 10:30</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-6"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-6]: <I>T.Hayashi</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Relaxation Phenomena in Spherical Tokamak</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:30 - 10:45</TD> 
<TD>Coffee Break</TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>M.Wakatani</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:45 - 11:45</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-8"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-8]: <I>T.M.O'Neil</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD>Recent Theory and Experiment for Plasmas with a Single Sign of Charge (From Coulomb Crystals to 2D Turbulence and Vortex Crystals)</I></TD> 
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<TD>11:45 - 12:15</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-7"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-7]: <I>Z.Yoshida</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Self-Organization and Beltrami Conditions</I></TD> 
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<TD>12:15 - 12:45</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-8"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-8]: <I>N.Nakajima</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Interesting Differences between Axisymmetric and Non-Axisymmetric Systems</I></TD> 
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<TD>12:45 - 14:00</TD> 
<TD>Lunch Break</TD> 
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<TD>14:00 - 16:30</TD> 
<TD><B>Technical Tour to NIFS: LHD & CompleXcope</B></TD> 
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<TD>14:00 - 16:00</TD> 
<TD><B>Open Lecture for Citizens: <I>T.Sato</I> and <I>J.W.Connor</I></B></TD> 
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<TD COLSPAN=3><H2><A NAME="DEC11">Dec. 11 [Fri] : <I>at Ceratopia TOKI</I></A></H2></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>M.M.Skoric</I> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>08:30 - 09:30</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="PT-9"><B>Plenary Talk [PT-9]: <I>G.Laval</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Non-Linear Interaction Mechanisms of an Ultra-Intense Laser Pulse with an Underdense Plasma</I></TD> 
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<TD>9:30 - 10:00</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-9"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-9]: <I>K.Mima</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Theoretical Analysis of Intense Laser Plasma Interaction Experiments</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:00 - 10:15</TD> 
<TD>Coffee Break</TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>B.A.Carreras</I></TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:15 - 10:45</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-10"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-10]: <I>G.E.Vekstein</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Energy Release and Plasma Heating by Reconnective Magnetic Relaxation</I></TD> 
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<TD>10:45 - 11:15</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-11"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-11]: <I>R.Horiuchi</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Anomalous Resistivity and Particle Kinetic Effect in Collisionless Reconnection</I></TD> 
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<TD>11:15 - 11:30</TD> 
<TD>Coffee Break</TD> 
<TD><I>3rd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>11:30 - 12:00</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-12"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-12]: <I>S.M.Mahajan</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Beltrami Flows - Diamagnetic Structure</I></TD> 
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<TD>12:00 - 12:30</TD> 
<TD><A NAME="OP-13"><B>Oral Presentation [OP-13]: <I>M.Yamada</I></B></A></TD> 
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<TD><I>Magnetic Reconnection and Self-organized Plasma Systems</I></TD> 
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<TD>12:30 - 13:30</TD> 
<TD>Lunch Break</TD> 
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<TD>Chairperson: <I>N.Nakajima</I></TD> 
<TD><I>2nd Floor</I></TD> 
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<TD>13:30 - 15:30</TD> 
<TD><A HREF="prog-poster.html#P-III"><B>Poster Presentations [ P-III ]</B></A></TD> 
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<TD>15:30 - 15:50</TD> 
<TD><B>Closing: <I>T.Sato</I></B></TD> 
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