25 October, 2014

Dear Participants of ARMS8:

We hope you all had a safe and uneventful trip home.

As we reflect on last week's symposium, we are delighted to recall that more than 600 participants, including more than 130 students, attended the symposium from 37 countries and regions. Over the three days of the symposium, seven excellent keynote lectures, the 2014 Franklin Lecture, the Rocha Medal Lecture, and 329 excellent full papers were presented.

The symposium provided us with a great opportunity to respond to the symposium topics, "Rock Mechanics for Global Issues - Natural Disasters, Environment and Energy", and to promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences with each other in various areas of rock mechanics and rock engineering.

We are sincerely grateful to all the participants for contributing to the great success and enjoyment of this symposium.

We wish you all health and prosperity, and hope our paths will cross again soon.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Norikazu Shimizu
Chairman of the Organizing Committee

Katsuhiko Kaneko
Chairman of the Scientific Committee

NEWS and NOTICES

• 23 October, 2014: Photo Album is available now.

• 07 October, 2014: Technical Program is updated.

• 06 October, 2014: Workshop program (Workshop on Underground Nuclear Power Plants) is updated.

• 06 October, 2014: Technical Program is updated.

• 03 October, 2014: Workshop program (Workshop on Underground Nuclear Power Plants) is available.

• 03 October, 2014: Online Registration closed

• 30 September, 2014: ISRM Meetings is updated.

• 30 September, 2014: Short Course on Rock Engineering Risk is updated.

• 26 September, 2014: Technical Program is updated.

• 20 September, 2014: Exhibition is updated.

• 20 September, 2014: Technical Program is available now.

• 16 September, 2014: Timetable of the Keynote Lectures, ISRM Franklin Lecture and ISRM Rocha Medal Lecture was added

• 16 September, 2014: Technical Program of the 10th International Workshop on the Application of Geophysics to Rock Engineering was added

• 05 September, 2014: Presentation Guidelines was added

• 05 August, 2014: Second round of scholarship selection was posted

• 01 August, 2014: Workshops and Short Courses was updated

• 01 August, 2014: Students' Night was updated

• 01 August, 2014: Accommodations was updated

• 15 July, 2014: Technical Tours was updated

• 11 July, 2014: Visa Info was updated

• 11 July, 2014: Exhibition was updated

• 08 July, 2014: Expiration of Paper Submission Deadline

• 20 June, 2014: Online Registration opened!

• 05 June, 2014: Bulletin No.3 is available

• 20 May, 2014: Exhibition was updated

• 06 May, 2014: Workshops and Short Courses was updated

• 07 April, 2014: ARMS8 Scholarships information was added

• 31 March, 2014: Paper submission system has opened!

• 31 March, 2014: Students' Night was added

• 31 March, 2014: Hotel information was added

• 18 March, 2014: ARMS8 Awards information was added

• 03 February, 2014: ISRM Franklin Lecture and Rocha Medal Lecture were added

• 27 January, 2014: Expiration of Abstract Submission Deadline

• 22 December, 2013: Extended Abstract Submission Deadline

• 09 December, 2013: Exhibits updated

• 09 December, 2013: Workshops and Short Courses updated

• 01 November, 2013: Abstract submission started!

• 29 July, 2013: Past awardees were added

• 29 July, 2013: Vietnam joined the ISRM as the 51st National Group

• June 2013: ARMS8 Website is renewal

• June 2013: Bulletin No.2 is available

PROCEEDINGS

• All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings by USB flash drive. The USB flash drive proceedings will be available at the start of the symposium.

• All accepted papers will be introduced in the ISRM Digital Library after the symposium and available to the rock mechanics community worldwide.

DATES and DEADLINES

• Online registration is now closed. However, participants can still register on-site and pay the registration fee in cash or by credit card. On-site Registration will be available at the Registration Desk on Level 2 of the Royton Sapporo (Symposium Venue). Please note that there is no on-site registration for the Banquet, Students' Night and the Technical Tours. We appreciate your participation and look forward to seeing you soon.
  >> Click to see the Registration Hours

CIRCULAR

• Third_Bulletin DOWNLOAD

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• Second_Bulletin DOWNLOAD

• First_Bulletin DOWNLOAD

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• Second_Bulletin in Japanese DOWNLOAD

TEMPLATE

• Paper Template and Guidelines Download (MS-WORD)
  .docx format (updated 3 April)
  .doc format (updated 10 May)

• Brief Guidelines in Japanese