During the congress, the following events are planned to make congress more fruitful. Participation in the banquet and tours needs to be registered online at
https://amarys-jtb.jp/igtc2015/

The welcome reception will be held on the evening of November 15 (Sun) at the congress site.

The conference banquet will be held on the evening of November 18 (Wed) at the congress site.

The following facility tours are planned on Nov. 20(Fri), 2015.

Course A: J-POWER Isogo and TOSHIBA Keihin are the expected visiting sites.

Course B: JAXA Chofu and IHI Akishima are the expected visiting sites.

Nov. 17 (Tues) - Nov. 19 (Thur); Lunch time at TORANOMON HILLS Main Tower.

Banquet is held at congress site. Dinner will be served in buffet style. A variety of kinds of meals and drinks are offered, including "Sushi chef demonstration". Sake-Japanese rice wine – produced from different sake brewing are served in special tasting area. Entertainment is also offered including the Japanese traditional dance, called "NIHON BUYO".

Time Schedule of Banquet (Tentative)

banquet room

Sushi chef demonstration

"Japanese dance" performance

You can choose between two courses as follows. Those who wish to attend are asked to complete the advance registration. Both tours will depart from and come back to TORANOMON HILLS (the Congress site).

*Please note that space is limited for all tours.

Course A

A1. J-POWER, Isogo Thermal Power Plant

A2. Toshiba Corporation, Keihin plant

• Transportation: There will be one bus available.
• Lunch: Included and served at a restaurant near Yokohama Minato Mirai area.
• Registration: Space is limited to 30 participants. If the number of registrants exceeds this limit, registrations are subject to change with notice.

Time Schedule of Course A (Tentative)

J-POWER is the largest wholesale trade electric enterprise in Japan. It mainly produces electricity from coal and hydroelectric power stations. Isogo thermal power plant, located in the city of Yokohama, was originally built in the late 1960s in accordance with the government’s coal policy. It has helped to stabilize power supply in Yokohama and the Tokyo metropolitan area for over 30 years. However, for the purpose of further reducing environmental impact and raising stability and reliability of power supply, the station was renewed to the state-of the art coal fired thermal facilities in 2002 and 2009. For J-POWER, the Isogo new thermal power plant is the current model for coal-fired thermal power, bringing together various clean coal technologies. It provides the highest level generating efficiency of any coal fired thermal plant in Japan by raising steam turbine pressure and temperature to extremely high levels, called Ultra Super Critical (USC). In replacing the power plant, J-POWER has signed a new pollution prevention agreement with the city of Yokohama, which stipulates more stringent standards for SOx, NOx and other substances.

Toshiba Corporation Power System Company provides a range of products for nuclear, thermal, and hydro power plants. Keihin product operations began operation in 1925 as a manufacturing plant for power plant products.
Turbine works, which is one of Keihin product operations, produce steam turbine and also does assembly and disassembly gas turbine, especially rotor. TGTC (Toshiba-GE Turbine Components Co., Ltd.) in Turbine works produces longer blades for steam turbine.

Course B

B1. Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA), Chofu

B2. IHI corporation , Akishima

• Transportation: There will be one bus available.
• Lunch: Included and served at a restaurant near Zindaiji temple in Chofu.
• Registration: Space is limited to 40 participants. If the number of registrants exceeds this limit, registrations are subject to change with notice.

Time Schedule of Course B (Tentative)

The Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency belonging to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). JAXA is responsible for research and development of aerospace technology and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration. The Chofu Aerospace Center is a major research centers for research and development for aviation technology and has large-size facilities including wind tunnels and a super computer. There are also aero engine test facilities, such as the Jet Engine Test Cell, the Altitude test facility, the Fan and compressor test facility and the High-pressure and high-temperature combustion test facility. Utilizing these facilities, "advanced Fan Jet Research (aFJR)" project, which puts emphasis on developing and verifying technologies for lightweight fan with improved aerodynamic efficiency and lightweight low-pressure turbine, and "Green engine technology", which is a research and development initiative for high-pressure components and core engine system technologies, and engine noise reduction, are conducted.