The Colloquium and Symposium closed successfully!
9 March 2015: Thank you very much for your participation in the Colloquium and Symposium. A total of 41 researchers participated in the Colloquium and Symposium. Two keynote lectures, four overviews, six demonstrations, 11 oral papers, and 14 poster papers were presented. The program and abstracts without the participant list is available by clicking here. We enjoyed scientific discussions, foods, and drinks during the period of the meetings. The guided tour on 8 March included walking around in the well-preserved town of Hita, especially visiting historical buildings related to Kangien (1817-1897), which was the private school founded by Tanso HIROSE (1782-1856). The picture pages are linked here.
The 49th Colloquium on Perception in 2016 will be held in Tohoku area. Prof. Jiro GYOBA, Tohoku University, has kindly decided to host the Colloquium with Professor Nobuyuki SAKAI as the Secretary General. See you next year in Tohoku!
The Organizing Committee consisted of Kazuo UEDA (Chair), Yoshitaka NAKAJIMA (Symposium Organizer, Banquet Coordinator, and Tour Conductor), Hiroyuki ITO (Foreign Guest Relations Officer), Ken-ichi SAWAI (Accountant), and Takeharu SENO (Recruiting Officer). 
Yoshitaka NAKAJIMA, the director of Research Center for Applied Perceptual Science, Kyushu University, and Kiyoshi TOKO, the director of Research and Development Center for Taste and Odor Sensing, Kyushu University, jointly organized the International Five-Sense Symposium. They unreservedly agreed that they would continue their collaboration.
