Free Admission to Three Museums in Kyoto for WAC-8 Participants Free entry will be granted to WAC-8 participants, to the following three museums between August 28th and September 2nd, thanks to their generosity. Please do not forget to bring your name tag with you.  Thank you! Kyoto National Museum http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index.html The Museum of Kyoto http://www.bunpaku.or.jp/en/ The Kyoto University Museum http://www.museum.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index_e.htm

Dear Colleagues who are coming to WAC-8 Kyoto 2016, Registration for WAC-8 Kyoto 2016 is to take place on the first (ground) floor of the Kanbaikan building (KMB in the map), Muromachi Campus, Doshisha University Location Room information01 on Sunday, 28 August from 10:00 AM onward. The Opening Ceremony is to take place at Hardy Hall, in the Kanbaikan building, where the registration is taking place, on Sunday, 28 August from 14:00 (2 PM). Access map to the Imadegawa Campus of Doshisha University*, the main venue of WAC-8, see: https://www.doshisha.ac.jp/en/information/campus/access/imadegawa.html *The closest subway station: Imadegawa We are looking forward to welcoming you in Kyoto very soon! Sincerely yours, Local Organising…

The application of visa supporting documents is now closed.

One-day Free Tours applications are now open. Free Tours

Mid-tours around Kyoto are now open. Tours

Call for papers were closed. More than 1500 paper proposals were submitted. We are sure that WAC-8 will be the biggest conference, exceeding the previous ones. Thank you for your contributions!

Shodoshima pre-tour* and Hokkaido post-tour are now open. *WAC-8 participants can join for free by donations and cooperation of companies and Shodoshima residents. Pre tour: Post tour Hokkaido  

Visa support application form is now open. Please check the website. https://wac8.org/general-travel-information-3/visa/

Call for Papers Deadline Extended to 31 May 2016 Dear colleagues, Thank you for your contributions to WAC-8 Kyoto! In response to many requests, we are delighted to extend the submission deadline to May 31, 2016. We ask theme organizers to organise their sessions in the best way in collaboration with the session organizers by that date. We are very looking forward to seeing you this summer!

Please note that EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION for the WAC8 conference CLOSES on APRIL 30.Prices will rise after this date. Also don’t forget to register for the Gala Dinner. Registration SUBMISSION OF PAPERS and TRAVEL SUPPORT for WAC-8 also CLOSE on APRIL 30. Travel support Call for papers