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Congress Venue
The 14th International Congress of Immunology will be held
at the Kobe Convention Center Complex on Port Island in Kobe,
a major city in the Kansai region of Japan.

Kobe Convention Center Complex Overview

Constructed in 1981, Kobe Convention
Center Complex is located on Port Island,
an artificial island in Kobe. It features a convenient network
of convention facilities that include the Kobe
International Conference Center Kobe, Kobe
International Exhibition Hall, and Portopia
Hotel. This convention complex is an ideal location
for combining an international conference with a large exhibition.
Moreover, the area is provided with ample English-language
signage, making it easy for overseas visitors to travel to
and from downtown Kobe.
The convention site also offers easy access
to other Kansai cities such as Kyoto, Nara, Himeji and Osaka,
which offer many world-renowned historic sites of great interest
to visitors from abroad.
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Kobe International Conference Center
The Kobe
International Conference Center offers a selection
of 21 rooms of different sizes. The 692-person Main Hall and
360-person capacity International Conference Room feature
a state-of-the-art 6-language simultaneous interpretation
system and audiovisual equipment.

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Portopia Hall and Portopia Hotel
Portopia
Hotel is connected directly to International
Conference Center Kobe by a roofed pedestrian walkway. In
addition, the hotel has 37 versatile banquet and meeting rooms.
The 1700-seat Portopia Hall is equipped with
state-of-the-art facilities and audiovisual equipment, including
a 6-language simultaneous interpretation system.

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Kobe International Exhibition Hall
Kobe
International Exhibition Hall No.1 features 6,000
square meters of exhibition space. Hall No.2 has four meeting
rooms in addition to 3,800 square meters of floor space, which
may be subdivided into smaller spaces of 2,000 and 1,800 square
meters using moveable partitions

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| A note for the
JSI members July 23, 2007
For those who are willing to promote the 2010 ICI congress
to be held in Japan, here are some PowerPoint slides
that you can use in your upcoming
presentations.
Please feel free to download the Full or Lite version
depending on your network connection speed. |
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Full
version (5.2 MB) |
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Lite
version (616 kb) |
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Details about upcoming events,
important dates and deadlines will be highlighted here
as preparations for the 14th ICI progress and the conference
approaches. |
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Information will be presented here
about cultural events, festivals and other tourism opportunities
in the Kansai area around the time of the 14th ICI. |
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