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Tuesday 22nd September - Thursday 24th September 2009
Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Welcome
We will feel honored to hold this workshop as a satellite meeting of SRI 2009 at Osaka University.
Osaka University is located at the north part of Osaka Prefecture in Japan. Osaka Prefecture lies roughly in the middle of the Japanese, Archipelago, facing the Seto Inland Sea. The total area of 189,000 hectares and has a population of 8,800,000. It has developed as the second largest commercial and industrial prefecture after Tokyo. As the center of the Kansai area with its unique culture, Osaka appears in various Japanese novels, films and songs as a town rich in human color with a cheerful and warm atmosphere. Osaka has a rich variety of tourism resource; nearby mountains shrouded in rich green, ancient burial mounds of various sizes that can be spotted here and there in Osaka Prefecture. Osaka is traditionally considered the gourmet food capital of Japan.
Recently, various technologies on X-ray mirrors have been rapidly progressing. X-ray mirrors are key optical device in synchrotron radiation fields. We hope many researchers from developer to user of X-ray mirror will join this workshop and excitingly discuss on future of X-ray mirrors and enjoy Osaka trip.
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| Night view around Osaka station |
Osaka Castle |
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