Invitation

You are hereby notified on behalf of the organizing committee to inform you that the 5th World Congress for Oral Implantology is just 7 months away. It will be held in Japan, on Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center), from 30th June through 2nd July, 2001.
The congress venue faces on Tokyo Bay and is situated in Odaiba where is a beautiful coast area. Odaiba is a new district of Tokyo designed in the height of '80s babble economy on an island of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay. The island is connected to one of the nineteenth century gun emplacements or "daiba", that were built to protect old Edo from invasion. By the time the magnificent new Rainbow Bridge opened in 1993, connecting Odaiba to the city.
We will enclose "the second circular of 5th WCOI", "Instruction of Abstract Paper" and free papers. We hope that you will complete your abstract paper with carefully reading instructions because of being some differences in making preparations for between Plenary and Keynote Speaker/Symposist and Oral or Poster Presentations.
Please send an abstract form or a photocopied form to Secretariat office of 5th WCOI.
And also we will inform you that a deadline will be December 31st. 2000.
I would be very grateful if you could assist in publicizing this congress by forwarding this message to your colleagues who may be interested in attending and contributing to this congress.
Please feel free to print it and distribute it to those who may be interested.
I'm looking forward to seeing you on Tokyo Bay Island, Japan next summer.

Tsuyoshi Saito, D.D.S., Ph. D. 5th WCOI Congress President	Isao Ishikawa, D.D.S., Ph. D. Program Chairman

WCOl Organizing Committee

President		Dr. Tsuyoshi Saito
Organizing Committee
Chairman		Dr. Masataka Kishi
		Dr. Haruyuki Kawahara
		Dr. Keiichi Furumoto
		Dr. Tasuhiro Asai
		Dr. Toshio Tamaki
		Dr. Isao Ishikawa
		Dr. Shigeo Osato
		Dr. Toshiyuki Satoh
Program Committee
Chairman		Dr. Isao Ishikawa
Local Arrangement Committee
Chairman		Dr. Toshio Tamaki
Liaison Committee
Chairman		Dr. Haruyuki Kawahara
Treasurer		Dr. Shigeo Osato
Secretariat		Dr. Toshiyuki Satoh

Scientific Program

Main Theme: "Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering"

Papers to be read by plenary and keynote speakers and symposists of the congress will include not only the studies of the pathological and biological aspects of oral im-plantology, but the analyses of its histological, scientific, biomechanics, tissue engineering, and statistical aspects. During the congress, there will be 10 special lectures to be given by famous researchers in international dentistry.
Two symposia, limited oral and poster sessions involving about 150 topics will be held.

Registration

Pre-registration for the congress is strongly advised. Participants are, therefore, requested to fill in and send the enclosed registration form together with appropriate fee to the Secretariat (See item "Payment"). Registration will be confirmed only upon the receipt of the registration fee.

● Registration

All registration form must be sent to the following address.

City Face Travel Agency, Co. Ltd. (Mr. Akihiro Suzuki) SAN-A Buld. 6F, 1-26, Kanda-sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0041, Japan Tel: +81 3-3252-9021, Fax: +81 3-3252-9026 E-mail: cityface@din.or.jp

● Registration Fees

Pre-registration is strongly recommended due to a large number of participants.

for all the participants

	Pre-registration (on or before March 31, 2001)	Late-registration (April 1 or over or on-site)
Dentist	￥25,000	￥30,000
Others	￥10,000	￥15,000

After April 26th you have to paid on-site.

Registration fee covers
a) Participation in all the scientific program and exhibition
b) Submission of abstract

■ Payment:
Pre-registration fees must be paid in ￥25,000 (Japanese Yen only) by bank remittance or Credit card (VISA and Master Card only). Please note that personal checks and bank drafts are not accepted. Payment by Credit card (same as the above cards) are accepted for the registration on-site.

Bank Remittance
Please remit the amount to the following bank account.

for all the Participants

Bank : Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ginko, Kagurazaka Shiten Account Name: 2001 5th WCOI Zaimu-kakari, Osato Shigeo Branch Number : 052 Account Number : 0792596 (Ordinary)

Note

● Change for the bank remittance should be borne by the applicant. ● Please attach a copy of the receipt of the bank remittance to your registration form. ● Bank remittance should be made under the participant's name. ● On receipt of the registration form and payment, the secretariat will send receipt containing your registration number to you before the congress. ● Please present the receipt to the registration desk upon arrival.

■Cancellation and Refund:
When notification of cancellation is received by the Congress Secretariat by December 3l, 2000, a cancellation charge of 30 % will be reduced from the fees paid to cover the administrative costs. No refund will be made for cancellation requests received later than the above date.

■Registration at the Congress Venue:
Registration will be accepted at the Tokyo Big Sight from 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2001.
Welcome party will be started at the congress venue, Tokyo Big Sight from 18:00 on Saturday, June 30, 2001. Please join your fellow participants for an enjoyable evening.

Social Program

■"Welcome Drink Party": Date : June 30 (Sat) 18:00 - 19:30 Venue : New Tokyo Restaurant (1F, Tokyo Big Sight) Fee : ￥3,000 Dress : Informal Welcome Drink Party fee must be paid for party clerk near by registration desk (June 30).

■"Welcome Banquet": Date : July 1 (Sun) 18:00 - 20:00 Venue : Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel Fee : ￥10,000 Dress : Informal Welcome Banquet fee must be paid for banquet clerk near by registration desk (June 30- July 1).

Hotel Accommodations

A sufficient number of hotel rooms have been reserved in Tokyo for the Congress period. A hotel deposit for the reservation will not be required.

■Hotels and room rates are:

Hotels		Single (per Person)	Twin (per Person)
A	Hotel Nikko Tokyo (Deluxe)	￥27,500	￥18,500
	8 minutes by YURIKAMOME line and 5 minutes on foot
B	Hotel Grand Pacific Meridian (Deluxe)	￥21,000	￥14,000
	8 minutes by YURIKAMOME line and 5 minutes on foot
C	Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel (Superior)	￥12,000	￥10,000
	5 minutes on foot
D	Sun Hotel Kanda Hotel (Standard)	￥10,500	￥ 9,000
	30 minutes by JR and YURIKAMOME lines and 5 minutes on foot
E	Tokyo Hotel Urashima (Standard)	￥ 8,000	￥ 7,000
	20 minutes by shuttle bus

Price including breakfast, tax and service charges.

Note

● The room rates listed above may rise l0-15% in 2001. Fixed rate will be informed at the time of confirmation or later. ● In case your desired hotel is fully occupied, we will reserve other hotel accommodations.

■Application and Payment:
Participants wishing to make reservations for hotel accommodations as described here should complete the application form and return it to reach City Face Travel Agency Co., Ltd. no later than April 26th, 2001.

Application for hotel accommodation should be accompanied by a hotel accommodation form. Personal checks are not accepted. Please fill out the appropriate section on the hotel reservation form.
The following credit cards are accepted:
VISA, Master Card, American Express, Diners Club
In Japanese, total payment must be paid in Japanese currency, "Yen".

City Face Travel Agency, Co. Ltd.; Person in charge of the congress; Mr. Akihiro Suzuki SAN-A Buld. 6F, 1-26, Kanda-sudacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0041, Japan Tel: +81 3-3252-9021, Fax: +81 3-3252-9026 E-mail: cityface@din.or.jp

Note

●All payment must be paid your credit card at the hotel.

■Cancellation:
In the event if a request for hotel accommodation must be cancelled, written notification must be sent to City Face Travel Agency Co., Ltd. The following cancellation fees will reduced from any refund.
If notice of cancellation reaches to City Face Travel Agency, Co., Ltd.:

▲ 2-14 days before the first night of stay, ￥ 500
▲ 1 day before the first night of stay, 20 % of daily room rate;
▲ on the day of the first night of stay, 80% of daily room rate
▲ no notification of cancellation: 100% of daily room rate

General Information

■Official Language:
The official languages will be in English. Simultaneous
interpretation will be available.

■Tax and Tipping:
In Japan, 5 % tax and/or 10% service charge are generally added to your bill, and you are therefore free from tipping.

■Traveler's Checks and Credit Card :
Traveler's checks are accepted only by leading banks and hotels in principal cities. The use of traveler's checks in Japan is not as popular as other countries.
VISA, Master Card, American Express and Diners Club are widely accepted at hotels, department stores, shops, restaurants, and night clubs. Other international credit cards have not been introduced to Japan yet.

■Electric Current:
The electric current in use throughout Japan is 100V. However, there are regional differences in the cycles: 50Hz is used in eastern Japan including Tokyo, and 60Hz in western Japan, including Kyoto, Osaka. In hotels, though, you may find two sockets for 110V and 220 V respectively, or a converter may be available through the housekeeper.

Past Meetings of WCOI

Year	President	City, Country
1975	Charles M. Weiss	Kyoto, Japan
1990	Haruyuki Kawahara	Kyoto, Japan
1994	Keiichi Furumoto	Tokyo, Japan
1998	Yasuhiro Asai	Tokyo, Japan
2001	Tsuyoshi Saito	Tokyo, Japam

Hokusai: View of Mount Fuji through High Waves of Kanagawa

Traffic Access to Tokyo Big Sight

"Tokyo Big Sight" -Tower Building
The Yurikamome Transit System originates at Shinbashi Stn (Yurikamome). A 20-min. ride from Shinbashi Stn on the new, computer-run(no driver) the Yurikamome Transit System that connects the waterfront area with central Tokyo.

5th WCOI Congress VenueTokyo Big Sight

Night view around Tokyo Big SightRainbow Bridge

Organizing Secretariat