ICASS 2006 Conference on Steels, Korea

A international conference held in August 2006, in celebration of the remarkable achievements in steel metallurgy in China, Japan and Korea.

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Opening ceremony
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Opening ceremony
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Lunch
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From Saudi Arabia's Steel Company
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Entertainment at the Conference Hotel
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Drs Caballero and Huang (China Steel) and Professor J. R. Yang
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Carlos Capdevila and Francisca Caballero
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Andy Howe and Peter Hodgson
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GIFT people at the Conference
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GIFT people at the Conference. There are many more not in this photograph. Welcome to Dr Ooi, new postdoctoral research assistant at GIFT.
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Hasan Ghassemi (Tohoku University) and Harry
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Kaneaki Tsuzaki on the right.
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Professors Estrin and Weijie Liu
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Professor Maki (on his birthday)
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Professors Cerjak (Graz) and Maki (Kyoto)
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Gareth Thomas
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The conference Banquet
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Fantastic performance of traditional Korean music by students from Seoul National University.
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The first piece used to include vocals but now is only instrumental. It conveys long life as everlasting in heaven.
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Next the scattered melodies of Sanjo. Four to six rhythmically divided movements in progressively faster tempos. Delicate and exquisite indeed.
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A Daegeum (bamboo transverse flute) solo from 1300 years ago. The clear sound of large leaves.
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Sorrows - a deeply moving expression of the sadness of life.
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This was amazing. Exultation through music, with Buddhist connotations.
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The synchronisation between instruments was unbelievable.
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2nd year student Jang Yi yun whose clarity and elegance in presenting the musicians was utterly impressive.
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The finale, based on the ability of individuals to weave themselves into the ensemble performance.
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There was considerable pleasure in the faces of the performers, as they played to an enchanted audience. At this stage there was utter silence in the ballroom, only permeated by the music.
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The audience. They only emanated silence.
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The list of the performers.
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After the event.
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