<This is a copy of mail that was sent to participants on 20th July 2010, 16:05 JST>

Dear colleagues,

DTA2010 is now approaching - This mail includes some information we would like to kindly ask you to confirm before your departure. Please read carefully, and do not hesitate to ask any question related to the symposium.

(1) Is your travel plan sure?
- We think that you have already made a travel plan between the airport where you will land and Takayama. In case you have not made it, please be sure which train/bus you will take to go to Takayama BEFORE your departure. As Takayama is not a big city near to the airport, you may not be able to reach the symposium hotel on the same day if you arrive at the airport in late evening! For return trip, please be sure your train time that can certainly get your flight.

- If you find any difficulty when arranging your trip in Japan, please do not hesitate to contact us.

- If you have booked the van service that we arranged, please wait for another mail including its details.

(2) Check the programme and presentation tools
- The programme is on the website: http://www.research.kobe-u.ac.jp/eng-transurb/DTA2010/programme.html. Click a date to see the detailed programme including titles and authors. In case you find any mistakes, we are very sorry for that - please inform it to correct the programme.

- Normal presentation time is 12 mins talk and 13 mins discussion. As the programme is tight, we would like to kindly ask you to keep the session on time. Thank you for your kind cooperation!

- We prepare a projector and a laptop. You can also connect your own laptop to the projector. For Macintosh users, please do not forget bringing the cable adapter.

(3) Accommodation
- If you want to make a new reservation of the conference hotel, please let me know immediately. Please note that no standard room is available and only deluxe rooms may be booked upon request, subject to availability.

- The confirmation letter has been sent to you if you booked a room and made a registration and payment (if you booked a room in a few days before, please wait it for a while). If not, please complete the registration and payment at your earliest convenience and let us know it.

(4) Accompanied person
- If you wish to make a new registration of an accompanied person, please let me know it as soon as possible. In this case, the payment for the accompanied person will be made at the venue by JPY cash only.

(5) Special issues
- The call for papers for three special issues are now on the website: http://www.research.kobe-u.ac.jp/eng-transurb/DTA2010/. We are very welcome for your submissions. Details will be announced at the venue by the guest editors.

(6) Latest announcements
- We will place any newest announcement on the website: http://www.research.kobe-u.ac.jp/eng-transurb/DTA2010/. We would be happy if you check this page frequently to get latest information on the symposium.

Thank you very much for you contribution to the symposium, and we are looking forward to seeing you in the next week!

Yours sincerely
Takamasa Iryo
DTA2010 LOC Team