POF & MOC 2006 September 25~28, 2006 Grand Hilton Seoul, Korea ICPOF 2006 Organized by Hosted by Korea POF Communication Forum (KPCF) Center for Information Storage Device(CISD), Yonsei University International Cooperative of Plastic Optical Fiber (ICPOF) 15 th International Plastic Optical Fiber Conference 12 th Microoptics Conference MOC ’06 Sponsored by The Japan Society Applied Physics (JSAP)

Joint conference with POF and MOC 2006 in Korea / Suggested by ICPOF (Feb 8, 2005) Preliminary study for the suggestion / Standing committee of KPCF (Feb 15, 2005) First meeting with MOC / Korea (April 12, 2005) Prof. Yong Pil Park, Prof. No Cheol Park Prof. Young Joo Kim / Yonsei University Concrete study for the joint conference / Standing committee of KPCF (April 16 / May 3, 2005) Finalized Plan for the joint conference / Joint meeting with MOC leaders in Seoul (July 6, 2005) Report the finalized plan to ICPOF (July 29, 2005) MOC KPCF Prof. Kenichi Iga Prof. Hirochika Nakajima Prof. Yong Pil Park Prof. Young Joo Kim Chairman Jung Wook Lee Prof. Chang Won Park Prof. Seung Han Park Secretariat Seung Nam Park

The proceeding of the 15th International POF Conference The proceeding of the 12th Microoptics Conference 2006 sharing the plenary session and the banquet The Joint International Conference on plastic Optical Fiber & Microoptics 2006 POF & MOC 2006 The 15 th International POF conference jointly with the 12 th Microoptics conference Same time at Same place Registration will be shared Participants registered for one of the two conferences will be allowed to attend the other freely The conference title for same brochures and placards The proceedings will be published separately for the two conferences

The capital of South Korea over 600 years during Korea’s 5,000 years of history Autumn (lovely time of the year in Korea) begins from late in September Four distinct seasons / spring, summer, autumn, winter Seoul is an interesting mix of modern skyscrapers and historical remains The most safe city

The Hangang bisects the city into two parts: northern part and southern one The Hangang is approximately 497km-long with its basin measuring at 26,219 square kilometers

Sungnyemun is National Treasure No. 1, often called Namdaemun As the biggest gate in Korea, Namdaemun has an arch-shaped entrance at the center of a stony platform

The Gyeongbokgung is the place where the affairs of state were conducted and numerous kings had lived in for 500 years during the Joseon Dynasty

Located in the northwestern part of Seoul linked with Seoul’s newest and finest Convention Center Website : HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER Room A for POF 2006 Room B for MOC ’06 Lobby for Exhibition

September 25~28, 2006 Seoul, Korea