The Third International Workshop on Kansei

Location: Seminar room 1 & 2, ACROSS Fukuoka, Fukuoka-city, Japan
(Address: 1-1 Tenjin 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001)
http://www.acros.or.jp/
(English map is available at http://style.welovetenjin.com/img_cmn/tenjinmap.pdf)

Date: February 22 and 23, 2010

We are happy to host The Third International Workshop on Kansei again in Fukuoka, Japan. This workshop focuses on "Kansei", which is the Japanese word having various meanings, for example, sensitivity, sensibility, feeling, and so on. In dealing with this topic, our aim is to bring together scientists from various fields of research (Psychology, the Arts, Physiology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, Musicology, Architectonics, Information Science, and so on), and internationally promote researches on Kansei.

Call for papers
At first, each participant is required to submit an abstract with the following information via e-mail to kansei@hes.kyushu-u.ac.jp
* Presentation title
* Name(s) and affiliation(s)
* Contact information (i.e. an e-mail address of corresponding author)
* Preference for presentation style (spoken or poster presentation)
* A short abstract less than 300 words
Based on peer-review results, we will invite accepted presenters to write an extended abstract for the Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Kansei. The format of the extended abstract is downloadable from the following URL:
http://psycho.hes.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~lab_miura/Kansei/Workshop/Author_Instruction.doc

Call for sessions
In this workshop, we will accept a few proposals for a session focusing on specific research issues that are related to Kansei. A session will consist of approximately three research presentations that are recommended by the proposer of the session. The proposer serves as a chairperson for the session. The proposal is addressed to kansei@hes.kyushu-u.ac.jp. In each proposal, the following information must be provided: the name and affiliation of the proposer, the session title, and the names and affiliations of expected speakers. All of speakers are required to write an extended abstract by January 31, 2010.

Programmes of previous workshops
http://psycho.hes.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~lab_miura/Kansei/Workshop/programme.html
http://psycho.hes.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~lab_miura/Kansei/ws2008/Time-Table_2ndWS.pdf

Fees for participations
- 4000 JPY for presentation
- 2000 JPY for purchasing Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Kansei
- 4000 JPY for banquet

Important date
- November 30, 2009: Deadline for the proposal for sessions
- December 20, 2009: Deadline for the submission of the short abstract
- January 31, 2010: Deadline for the submission of the extended abstract (accepted presenters only)
- February 22 and 23, 2010: The Third International Workshop on Kansei
*We will have a banquet on February 22, 2010.

Contact us
Organizer: Kayo Miura (Kyushu Univ. Japan) and Takahiro Kawabe (Kyushu Univ. Japan)
Department of Psychology, Kyushu University
6-19-1, Hakozaki, Higashiku, Fukuoka, 8128581, Japan
E-mail: kansei@hes.kyushu-u.ac.jp

This workshop is sponsored by Group for Research and Communication on Kansei (the Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology), and co-sponsored by The Kyushu University Research Superstar Program, and also by JSPS grant "Towards the synthesis of impression, perception, and consciousness around mental time" (no. 20330153).