The COE International Symposium will be held on February 15
	Feb. 15, 2007 Hotel New Otani Sapporo. Please click here for the details.
	Keynote Lecture: Professor Peter Batey, Lever Professor, Town and Regional Planning, University of Liverpool, UK A partnership approach to river basin planning and environmental management: lessons from the Mersey Basin Campaign in North West England

	The COE Workshop and Special Lecture will be held on February 9 and 10
	Feb. 9-10, 2007 Hokkaido University Conference Hall. Please click here for the details.
	Establishing sustainable society is a global common issue of recent years. In the field of civil engineering, prolonging service life of infrastructure is considered as one of the most important issues for the sustainable society, and role of design code for longer service life is becoming more and more important amidst ongoing globalization. In order to discuss the above issues, world-leading researchers will get together and exchange information on the design code of Japan, Asia and Europe. Please join on this occasion.

	The COE Intensive Course 2006 Autumn starts on Monday
	Jan. 19, 2007 A1-01. Please click here for the details.
	The COE Intensive special lecture "Paradigm Shift in Water Management" Professor Wilderer as Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

	The COE Intensive Course 2006 Autumn starts on Monday
	Nov. 27-29, 2006 A1-51 or A1-01. Please click here for the details.
	The COE Intensive Course 2006 has not been completed for 2 credits and the 5 lectures will take place during from Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 to complete the course.Please note that the Prof. Arvin's second lecture will be a makeup of Prof. Kimura's lecture. Also, Prof. Matsushita's lecture of Tuesday 28 will be replaced by Prof. Edzwald's lecture. Students who gains credits from Prof. Kimura or Prof. Matsushita should join the compensating class. Participation of students and reserach fellows who don't need credits is much welcome as well.

	The Special Lecture of Prof. Chongrak Polprasert, Asian Institute of Technology,Thailand
	Nov. 21, 2006 A1-51. Please click here for the details.

	Young Researcher's Symposium
	Oct. 11-12, 2006 Clark Kaikan Hall. Please click here for the details.

	Best Poster Award for Dr. Okabe, Mr. Tsushima, Mr. Kaneta and Mr. Ozaki
	Aug. 25, 2006
	Dr. Okabe and three other laboratory students have been awarded a "Best Poster Award" by the 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology that was held from August 20 to 25 in Vienna, Austria. The title of poster is Microbial Community Structure in a super high-rate ANNAMOX biofilm. Click here for a photo.

	International Symposium "Strategy for Sustainable Solid Waste Management"
	Aug. 8, 2006 Hotel Royton Sapporo. Please click here for the details.

	International Workshop on Membrane Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment -MET Sapporo-
	Aug. 8, 2006 Hotel Royton Sapporo. Please click here for the details.

	A session of Hokkaido University International Symposium on Sustainable Development - From scientific research to practical policy recommendations
	Aug. 7-9, 2006 Hokkaido University Conference Hall. Detailed information will be announced later.

	Dr. Yoshitaka Nara had lectures in Canada
	Jul. 18,20, 2006

	Low-temperature geochemistry for understanding of sustainable metabolic system-Lessons Learned from Natural Processes-
	Jul. 20-21, 2006 Cetennial Hall, Hokkaido University. Please click here for the details.

Prof.Takafumi Sugiyama, a new COE project member awarded the "Best Papers Award"

	International Symposium "Sustainable River Basin Manegement"
	Apr. 4 2006

	Workshop for Young Researchers page updated.
	Dec. 5, 2005

	COE Special Lecture on Transportati Hokkaido University Graduate School of Engineering - Sustainable Metabolic System of Water and Waste for Area-based Society -on was held.
	Nov. 18-2, 2005

Mar. 2006 Dr.Yoshitaka Nara awarded Shigen Sozai Gakkai's Encouragement Prize at the youngest age.

Jan. 27. 2005 Poster Presentation of COE Waste Metabolic System Group ended in a high note.

Oct. 27-28, 2005 COE Workshop on "Durability of Reinforced Concrete under Combined Mechanical and Climatic Loads" (CMCL) was held.

Aug. 19, 2005 Lecture notes for the COE Workshop on August 11 uploaded.

Jul. 25, 2005 Workshop for Young Researchers page updated.

	Jul. 21-Aug. 12, 2005 COE Intensive Course for Young Researchers Material Science in 21st Century for the Construction Industry - Durability, Repair and Recycling of Concrete Structures was held.
	COE Workshop on Material Science in 21st Century for the Construction Industry - Durability, Repair and Recycling of Concrete Structures was held on August 11. (updated on July 5)

Jun. 11, 2005 COE Workshop on Membrane Bioreactor -3rd- was held.

Jun. 9-Jun. 24, 2005 COE Intensive Course on Environmental Biotechnology 2005 - Fundamentals and Applications was held. COE Special Seminar was held on June 9