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(1999), "Dates set for '99ICAR and 30th ISR", Industrial Robot, Vol. 26 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.1999.04926aab.005
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Dates set for '99ICAR and 30th ISR
Dates set for '99ICAR and 30th ISR
The 1999 International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) and the 30th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) will be held in Japan between 27 and 29 October 1999 under the sponsorship of the Robotics Society of Japan and the Japan Robot Association.
The event, to be staged at Keidanren Hall, in Tokyo, has been given the title "Robot Week" to highlight its importance to everyone involved in the subject of robotics. To add to the significance of the occasion the organisers are holding the '99 International Robot Exhibition in parallel with the conference and symposium.
Both '99ICAR and the 30th ISR will act as a bridge to the twenty-first century, combining the themes of ICAR Basic Research on Advanced Robotics with those of the ISR Research Applications for Industrial Robots.
Various plans are being prepared, including a plenary session for both conference and symposium on 27 October the mid-point of the week and in particular, organised sessions for both the conference and the symposium.
That both '99ICAR and the 30th ISR are being held in parallel is an opportunity for people from all over the world involved in robotics to gather together, as they look forward to the twenty-first century, exchanging views on advanced robotics development as well as the entire robotics business.
The organisers hope to create an opportunity for advanced robotics researchers together with those in the robotics industry to look forward with optimism to the developments of the next century.
A Call for Papers for both the conference and the symposium will be sent out soon, when details are finalised. Technical tours are being planned separately.
Anyone wishing to participate or make a presentation can contact the '99ICAR and 30th ISR Secretariat, c/o The Japan Robot Association, Kikaishinko Bldg, 3-5-8 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3434 2919; Fax: +81 3 3578 1404.