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Dr. Shoji Ikeda, Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University, and Dr. Nobuaki

Otsuki, Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology, have contributed to the Conference of

OWICS (Our World in Concrete and Structures) for many years, and OWICS Committee

dedicated the Conference to Professor Ikeda in 2003 and Professor Otsuki in 2008,

respectively. OWICS Conferences have been organized by CI-Premier whose president is

Mr. John Tan under the direction of the world-eminent Professor Lee Seng Lip, Professor

Emeritus of National Singapore University. Many Japanese engineers and scholars have

participated and presented their papers every year so far in the well-known international

OWICS Conference which is characterized by friendly, sophisticated and global

atmosphere. Moreover, the spirit of OWICS has expanded worldwide to hold various

international sister symposia in USA, Portugal, China, Hong Kong and Japan relating to

each specific themes.

The initiation of this International Symposium on Concrete and Structures for Next

Generation “Ikeda & Otsuki Symposium (IOS2016)” was the proposal of Mr. John Tan

who suggested to hold an OWICS related-Symposium in Tokyo as one of the activities of

the post 40th anniversary of OWICS in 2015. In addition, the year of 2016 is the year

when Professor Otsuki becomes Professor Emeritus.

The world has been rapidly globalized and this fact makes great influence on our

domestic and international activities. At this Symposium, the discussions and talking

should be in English, therefore, you can experience a genuine global atmosphere as if

you were virtually staying in a foreign country, say, in Singapore or other international

city. The main purpose of this Symposium is to provide concrete engineers and

researchers to develop and enhance their international skills together with the

opportunity to exchange their most innovative research and engineering results

We hope that you the concrete engineers who bear next generation agree with the

above-mentioned concept and join to make this Symposium fruitful.

Scope of the Symposium

Dr. Shoji Ikeda, Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University, and Dr. Nobuaki Otsuki, Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology, have contributed to the Conference of OWICS (Our World in Concrete and Structures) for many years, and OWICS Committee dedicated the Conference to Professor Ikeda in 2003 and Professor Otsuki in 2008, respectively. OWICS Conferences have been organized by CI-Premier whose president is Mr. John Tan under the direction of the world-eminent Professor Lee Seng Lip, Professor Emeritus of National Singapore University. Many Japanese engineers and scholars have participated and presented their papers every year so far in the well-known international OWICS Conference which is characterized by friendly, sophisticated and global atmosphere. Moreover, the spirit of OWICS has expanded worldwide to hold various international sister symposia in USA, Portugal, China, Hong Kong and Japan relating to each specific themes. The initiation of this International Symposium on Concrete and Structures for Next Generation “Ikeda & Otsuki Symposium (IOS2016)” was the proposal of Mr. John Tan who suggested to hold an OWICS related-Symposium in Tokyo as one of the activities of the post 40th anniversary of OWICS in 2015. In addition, the year of 2016 is the year when Professor Otsuki becomes Professor Emeritus. The world has been rapidly globalized and this fact makes great influence on our domestic and international activities. At this Symposium, the discussions and talking should be in English, therefore, you can experience a genuine global atmosphere as if you were virtually staying in a foreign country, say, in Singapore or other international city. The main purpose of this Symposium is to provide concrete engineers and researchers to develop and enhance their international skills together with the opportunity to exchange their most innovative research and engineering results We hope that you the concrete engineers who bear next generation agree with the above-mentioned concept and join to make this Symposium fruitful.

IOS2016