“Yo-koso” and a warm welcome to all participants of the 7th Asian Congress of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Radiology, to be held in the ancient city of Nara, Japan.

Nara is located almost at the center of the Japanese archipelago, east of Osaka and south of Kyoto. It was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. The city's historic monuments-Buddhist temples and the excavated remains of the Imperial Palace provide vivid pictures of life in the Japanese capital in the 8th century.
In 1998 UNESCO's World Heritage Committee added “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara” to its World Heritage list of cultural and natural sites. Tourist spots such as Todaiji Temple, Kofukuji Temple, Kasuga Shrine, and Nara National Museum are within walking distance from the site of the Congress.

The Congress venue itself is in the center of Nara National Park, which is famous for its exceptional beauty and 1,200 tame deer. The main hall has an impressive Noh theater, which has been converted into a multipurpose auditorium. You may be one of those lucky ones who will present a paper at this theater.

The theme for the Congress is “OMF Radiology : Innovations and Effective Contributions to the People.” You can attend the special/educational lectures concerning the contemporary state-of-the-art radiology and clinico-radiology conference, as well as both oral and poster scientific sessions. We will have more hands-on workshops for special interest groups. The topics of the symposia are “recent advances in head and neck imaging” and “cone-beam volumetric imaging in the clinical setting”.

We invite you to register for Nara ACOMFR 2008, which will prove to be an unforgettable learning experience. Come and enjoy the beauty and culture of Nara at the best season of the year.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Tomohiro Okano, DDS, PhD
President, The 7th ACOMFR
Professor of Radiology, Showa University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan