Location

Venue

The conference will be held at Kitakyushu International Conference Center in Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan. The convention center prepares excellent conventional facilities and activities. It is within 10-minute walk from JR (Japan Railway) Kokura Station. Additionally, Reception and Banquet will be held at Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura .

Kitakyushu International Conference Center	Workshops, Registration, Opening,   Plenary Speeches, Technical Sessions     Closing, Farewell Reception
Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura	Welcome Reception, Banquet

Kitakyushu

Kitakyushu-city is transformative from being one of the Japanese oldest industrial cities to reform to a leading environmental city by achieving its environmental purpose. The first state-run steelworks in Japan, was established in 1901 which became the cradle of Japanese industrialized development and raised many (local) leading industries.
As the result of industrial development, the city had faced serious environmental pollution in 1960's. Kitakyushu city has partnered with the local industries and the communities to get rid of such pollution and transformed it to a leading environmental city.
Kitakyushu city was selected as the Model City for Green Growth by OECD in 2011 and hosted the G7 Energy Ministerial Meeting in 2016. The city is well suited for conferences, exhibitions and events, especially, in the field of environmental management, robotics, engineering and technology, urban planning, and advanced manufacturing.
Aside from the traditional highlights of Japan such as shrines, temples, castles and amazing Japanese cuisine delegates, you can experience a unique technical tours which covering high-tech manufacturing and robotics. Kitakyushu city is a manufacturing basement for innovative brands such as TOTO(facilities of toilet and kitchen), Yasukawa(robotics), Toyota and Nissan(automotive) all of which are open to.

Access

The conference venue, Kitakyushu International Conference Center is 10-minute walk from JR (Japan Railway) Kokura Station.

Accommodations

The ASCC 2019 organizing committee advises the attendees to book a hotel on their own using any commercial hotel booking websites.

There are a lot of hotels around Kokura station. The nearest hotel to the conference venue is Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura . The following is the list of some hotels near the conference venue.