WSTS Autumn 2012 Committee Meeting Kobe, Japan

Date

12 to 16 November 2012

Venue

Kobe Portopia Hotel
10-1,6 Chome, Minatojima Nakamichi,
Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0046
Japan
Tel:  +81-78-302-1111  
Fax: +81-78-302-6877

Committee Meeting Participants

Each WSTS Member Company has one official representative in the Committee, who is expected to participate in the Committee Meeting (Business Meeting) and to assume his/her voting rights in the Business Meeting on Tuesday morning. Any other employee of a WSTS Member Company is invited to participate in all parts of the Committee Meeting (Business Meeting and Forecast Meeting). Participation in the Forecast Meeting is subject to the submission of a premeeting forecast.
Furthermore the representatives of the sponsoring Semiconductor Industry Associations are invited to participate as observers. During your registration you will be required to declare in which role you will attend the meeting.
Certain detailed information such as the agenda, the list of participants etc. is only accessible to holders of WSTS user accounts and/or to registered participants. If you have registered but do not have a WSTS user account, you may login to this meeting web site (right upper corner) with your registration ID as user name and your last name as password.

Any non-member semiconductor company who has serious interest to join WSTS may send a participant to the Committee Meeting as observer. Such request is to be made to the WSTS Administrator .

Participation Fee and Hotel Cost

Participation Fee

The applicable rates are summarized in the table below.

Please observe the following deadlines:
01 September 12  start of registration period.
17 September 12  last day to benefit from discounted participation fee.
12 October 12  last day to benefit from standard participation fee.
27 October 12  end of registration period.
Participants who booked at the discounted participation fee (before 17 September), but who change any details of their registration after 18 September will have to pay the regular participation fee. Minor changes (change of room type, addition of supplementary information) will however not cause a reassessment of the participation fee.

In case of cancellation of the registration in whole or in part WSTS will retain US$100 per day or US$430 for the entire meeting.

Participation fees include a daily buffet lunch, a morning and afternoon break with coffee, tea and other refreshments as well as a dinner on Tuesday and Thursday. All dinners are also available to accompanying spouses free of charge.

Hotel Cost

All room rates quoted below include tax, breakfast and service fee. Please observe the cancellation policy of the hotel:
For cancellations received one day prior to the day of arrival the hotel is entitled to charge 80% of a daily room rate. For cancellations received on the day of arrival and no shows, the hotel is entitled to charge one night.

The special rate is available three days pre and three days post the meeting based upon availability. WiFi Internet access is available on a complimentary basis in the meeting facilities and guest rooms.

Meeting Registration and Hotel Reservation

The registration period has ended.
If you have any changes in your travel plans after the registration period has ended, contact the hotel directly to change your room reservation.

Tentative Agenda

Below is the tentative agenda. Daily allocation of topics is still subject to change.

• Detailed Agenda for download - update 14 November  (Log in required)
• Agenda Business Meeting November 13, 2012  (Log in requirede)
• Summary of Format Change Proposals (Log in required)

Presentations for download (Acrobat format)

Downloads are available for meeting participants only . PowerPoint versions will be provided after the meeting.

• 13 Tuesday presentations  (Log in required)
• 14Wednesday presentations (Log in required)
• 15 Thursday presentations (Log in required)
• 16 Friday presentations (Log in required)

Planning Your Participation

If you participate in the meeting, a number of critical deadlines need to be observed. The planning calendar  may be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this column or click here .

Active Participation

Contact the Vice Chairman of your region if you are willing to make a presentation or lead a session at the meeting.

The List of Active Participants shows which topics are already assigned and which are still open (log in required).

Presenters should attentively read the "Guidelines for Presenters"  .

Travel and Transfer

Most participants from abroad will travel by air and arrive at (Osaka) Kansai International Airport KIX. Transfer to the hotel either by shuttle via San-Nomiya Station (1) or by shared taxi (2):
- 1) by Limousine Bus form Kansai Airport to San-Nomiya Staion (approximately 65 minutes) and
- 1a) by Hotel shuttle from San-Nomiya Station to Portopia hotel (free of charge, 15 minutes) or
- 1b) by Taxi (1500JPY, 10 minutes). Total travel time 1) + 1a) or 1b): approximately 80 minutes.
  or
- 2) by shared taxi called "MK sky gate shuttle" from Kansai Airport direct to Portopia hotel (2300JPY, 70-80 minutes) 

Practical Hints and Useful Links

Kobe Portopia Hotel website
City of Kobe official website
Kobe Tourist Information
Electricity in Kobe is AC 100V.
Time Zone: Japan is 9h ahead UTC (UTC +09 hours) in November.

Currency Conversion from JPY

Friday Afternoon Program Sponsored by WSTS-JC

WSTS-JC invites all participants and their companions to a Friday tour and a dinner. Booking for this event may be done within the registration procedure.
Please see the download below for the program timetable and detailed information on the tour.

List of Registered Participants

List of registered participants  (this list is permanently updated whenever a registration is completed. You may also check the status of your own registration)