PREFACE
We would like to thank God for the blessing of International Conference Research Collaboration that was held on 12th March 2018 by The Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga. This conference is purposed to build promising international networking between our department, The University of Kitakyushu Japan, and some other Universities (Universitas Andalas, Universitas lampung, Universitas Pasundan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Universitas Negeri malang, Universitas Padjadjaran, Universitas Langlangbuana, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Universitas Janabadra, and University Malaya, Malaysia), which have similar research interests for Improvement of City Environmental Quality. Hopefully through this seminar can help to improve the quality of our city environment.
We would like to thank Prof Toru Matsumoto who initiated and supported this conference. We would like to thank all the participants who have participated in this seminar, hopefully as the expectation of all parties.
We would like to also thanks the Faculty of Science and Technology Universitas Airlangga for supporting the conference. We give great appreciation to the committee who has worked very hard to keep the conference running on schedule.
Last but not least, we hope that real and excellent networking may arise in the future from this event.
Thank you and best regards
Surabaya, March 5th 2018
Head of Biology Department
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universitas Airlangga
Dr. Sucipto Hariyanto, DEA