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Venue Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University .

Preface

IAP is a successful series of conferences that was started in Wageningen (The Netherlands, 1997) and was followed up in Miskolc ( Hungary , 2002), J¨¹lich ( Germany , 2004) and Granada ( Spain , 2006). The aim of these conferences is to provide a forum for scientists working on colloids and surfaces in relation to natural environments, environmental protection and remediation. Insight into fundamental aspects is very useful to broaden the interdisciplinary discussion. Such interaction between scientists is becoming more and more important for solving the complex environmental problems. The Kyoto IAP meeting from 1 st to 4 th of June 2008 will be a new corner stone in this field.

The main topics to be covered are

1) Interfaces of clay minerals, soils, charcoal, humic substances, microorganisms and model soft matter.

2) Transport and adsorption in porous materials.

3) Control and dynamics of interfaces modified by surfactants and polymers.

4) Modelling of adsorption at complex interfaces.

5) Measurement of environmental pollution and remediation techniques.

Whatever your field of interest may be, we will welcome your participation in this interdisciplinary world of colloids, interfaces and the environment. Don't hesitate to join us at IAP 2008 to interact with scientists from all over the world.

Visit our Homepage of IAP2008 http://www.rs.noda.tus.ac.jp/iap2008/

Plenary Lectures
¡ñ Luuk Koopal, University of Wageningen , The Netherlands
¡ñ Michal Borkovec, University of Geneva , Switzerland
¡ñ Katsumi Kaneko, Chiba University , Japan
¡ñ Masao Doi, University of Tokyo , Japan

Auspices

IACIS (The International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists)

IAP2008 Organizing Committee

Chairman

•  H. Ohshima ( Tokyo University of Science)

Co-Chairman

•  S. Ooi (National Institute for Rural Engineering)

•  Y. Adachi ( Tsukuba University )

Secretary General

•  M. Ishiguro ( Okayama University )

International Board

•  J. Gregory ( UK )

•  L. K. Koopal ( Netherlands )

•  A. Barany ( Hungary )

•  E. Klumpp ( Germany )

•  F. Gonzalez-Caballero ( Spain )

•  Y. Adachi ( Japan )

•  S. Aidarova ( Kazakhstan )

•  P. Behra ( France )

•  M. Blesa ( Argentina )

•  S. Bradford ( USA )

•  A. Dabrowski ( Poland )

•  I. Dekany ( Hungary )

•  M. Elimelech ( USA )

•  F. Frimmel ( Germany )

•  E. Graber ( Israel )

•  R. Kookana ( Australia )

•  R. Kretzschmar ( Switzerland )

•  N. Mishchuk ( Ukraine )

•  K. Musabekov ( Kazakhstan )

•  V. N. Parmon ( Russia )

•  E. Pelizzetti ( Italy )

•  J. Ralston ( Australia )

•  B. Ssusslzberger ( Switzerland )

•  E. Tombacz ( Hungary )

•  R. van Genuchten ( USA )

•  W. van Riemsdijk ( Netherlands )

•  H. Vereecken ( Belgium )

•  K. Wilkinson ( Canada )

Domestic Board

• K. Kaneko ( Chiba University )
• M. Miyahara ( Kyoto University )
• H. Tamon ( Kyoto University )
• H. Morisaki ( Ritsumeikan University )
• S. Wada ( Kyushu University )
• T. Miyajima ( Saga University )
• M. Abe ( Tokyo University of Science)

Executive Committee

• K. Nakaishi ( Ibaraki University )
• S. Nagasaki ( Tokyo University )
• N. Takisawa ( Saga University )
• M. Kobayashi ( Iwate University )
• T. Saito ( Tokyo University )
• M. Fukushima ( Hokkaido University )
• K. Nakatani ( Tsukuba University )
• Y. Takata ( Tokyo University of Science)
• K. Makino ( Tokyo University of Science)
• H. Kano ( Chiba University )
• K. Ooi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
• K. Kawamoto ( Saitama University )

Board and Committee members will be increased.

E-mail: iap2008@envr.tsukuba.ac.jp

(Dr. Y. Adachi, Tsukuba Univ. )