1 Name of Symposium First International Symposium on "DISEASE PREVENTION BY IP6 AND OTHER RICE COMPONENTS" 　 2 Symposium Secretariat C/O Tsuno Foods & Rice Add. 94, Shinden, Katsuragi-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama 649-7194, Japan Phone +81-(0)736-22-8000 FAX +81-(0)736-23-2087 e-mail add. sympo@tsuno.co.jp 3 Organizing Committee Prof. Osamu Igarashi, Ochanomizu University Prof. Takatoshi Ishikawa, The University of Tokyo(Chairman) Prof. Nobuyuki Ito, Nagoya City University Prof. Seiichiro Ogawa, Keio University Prof. A.K.Shamsuddin, University of Maryland Dr. Haruo Sugano, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Dr. Hideyo Tabata, Industrial Technology Center of Wakayama 4 Session June 8-9, 1998 5 Place of meeting "Kyoto International Conference Hall", Takaragaike, Kyoto Takragaike,Kyoto, Japan 6 Registration Fees Symposium membership: \ 20,000 Student participant: \ 5,000 7 Objects of Participant All people related at Food and Medical Science 8 Number of Participant Total number: 553 9 Country of Participant Japan, U.S.A., Europian countries, Asian counties: Total 17 Countries 10 Supporting Organization Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries The Ministry of Education Food Agency Science and Technology Agency The Embassy of The United States of America Australian Embassy Wakayama Prefectural Government 11 Assisted by Embassy of India，Embassy of Malaysia，Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan， Embassy of The People's Republic of Bangladesh，Embassy of The People's Republic of China， Embassy of The Philippines，Embassy of the Rao People's Democratic Republic，Embassy of The Republic of Indonesia， Embassy of The Republic of Korea，Embassy of The Union of Myanmar，International Life Sciences Institute of Japan， Japan Bioindustry Association，Japan Confectionery Research Center，Japan External Trade Organization， Japan Food Additives Association，Japan Oil Chemists' Society，Japan Oilseed Processors Association， Japan Rice Bran Oil Processors Cooperative，Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry， Japanese Agricultural Standards Association，Japanese Conference of the Biochemistry of Lipids， Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science，Office of Commercial Affairs， Royal Thai Embassy， Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan，The Embassy of Vietnam，The Japanese Association of Medical Sciences， The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan，The Royal Embassy of Cambodia，The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan 12 Proceedings Publication Organizing Committee decided to publish the Proceedings on a special edition of the "Anti-cancer Research"(March-April) issued by International institute of Anticancer Research, 1st km Kapandrition-Kalamou Rd, Kapandriti, P.O.B.22, Attiki 19014, Greece. Prof. Seiichiro Ogawa, Keio University, 　 　 Organizing Committee, edit it.