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1st Announcement of 2017 (58th) Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

Toshiki Uchiumi, Chairperson of the 58th JSPP Annual Meeting Committee

We hereby announce the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. We hope that as many members as possible will participate. As in previous years, the meeting will be held over three days.

1. Dates

March 16, Thursday, to March 18, Saturday, 2017

2. Venue
Kagoshima University Korimoto Campus
1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, Kagoshima 890-8580, Japan
The campus is 1.2 km south of JR Kagoshima-chuo Station, which is a 10-minute bus journey or a 20-minute walk with a nice view of Mt. Sakurajima.
Please visit the university website for detailed information.
http://www.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/en/access.html
3. Meeting Schedule (planned)
March 15, Wednesday

PCP Editorial Board Meeting, PCP Editors’ Meeting, Board of Delegates Meeting (evening), other meetings

March 16, Thursday

Registration (all day), ordinary presentations and symposia (all day)

March 17, Friday

Ordinary presentations and symposia (all day), award ceremony and award lectures (afternoon), banquet (evening)

March 18, Saturday

Ordinary presentations and symposia (all day)

Details of poster presentations and presentations by high school students will be posted on the Annual Meeting website.

4. Applications for attendance and presentations
  • As before, all applications for attendance and presentations must be submitted online.
  • Deadlines are as follows.
November 28, Monday, 2016

Applications for presentations, including abstracts in English

Mid-February, 2017

Applications for attendance

5. Ordinary presentations, etc.
  • Two types of presentation, oral and poster, will take place at the meeting.
  • Please note that due to venue constraints, participants may be asked to change the type of presentation.
  • A projector is available for oral presentations. Presenters who need assistance in operating the projector must arrange this for themselves.
  • Detailed information for projector use, poster sizes, etc., will appear on the Annual Meeting website.
  • Bearing in mind that the JSPP is becoming more international, we are considering having abstracts for general presentations and symposium talks submitted in English only, while presentation titles and author lists in either English alone or English plus Japanese. Details will appear in the Meeting website.
6. Symposia
  • JSPP members are encouraged to submit proposals for symposia.
  • Symposia last for 3 hours and take place during the meeting either in morning or afternoon sessions.
  • The only device which may be used is a projector.
  • We actively encourage presenters to hold symposia in English in order to make the meeting more international. JSPP is planning to have funding available for supporting several symposia in English (up to ¥300,000 per symposium). Please contact the Annual Meeting Committee Office (jspp2017@nacos.com) if more information is required.
  • Proposals should be submitted by e-mail (jspp2017@nacos.com) in an application file by August 31, Wednesday, 2016, in accordance with the guidelines below.
  • A confirmation e-mail will be sent out on receipt of the proposal. Please note that if no confirmation e-mail is received, the proposal has not been entered into the system.
  • The number of symposium proposal has been increasing in recent years, and for the upcoming meeting we are planning to limit the number of symposia to 12. Should the number of proposals exceed this number, the Annual Meeting Committee will select the best proposals. It is likely that symposia in English will be given priority. Please note that venue and timing constraints may affect the committee’s decision.
  • Each participant is limited to one presentation, whether it be in a symposium, an ordinary oral presentation or a poster presentation. Please bear this in mind when submitting a symposium proposal.
  • Please note that we cannot pay travel expenses and gratuities to invited non-member presenters except for travel expenses awarded for the English symposia support described above.
< Guidelines for submitting a symposium proposal >

Please submit the following, limiting the contents to one A4 page.

  1. Representative’s name (in case of multiple representatives, please specify contact person), professional affiliation, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address
  2. Title (Japanese and English), up to 30 characters (Japanese) or 120 characters including spaces (English)
  3. Language (Japanese or English)
  4. Main points of symposium, name of presenter(s), and presentation topics
  5. Please state whether or not you are requesting funding (English symposia only)
7. Satellite Meetings
  • Participants wishing to organize a satellite meeting should submit an application form by e-mail (jspp2017@nacos.com) by August 31, Wednesday, 2016, in accordance with the guidelines below.
  • A confirmation e-mail will be sent out on receipt of the proposal. Please note that if no confirmation e-mail is received, the proposal has not been entered into the system.
  • The Annual Meeting Committee will discuss the proposals and decide which of them will be accepted. Participants who submitted proposals will be informed of the committee’s decision by December 19, Monday, 2016.
  • The Annual Meeting Committee will assist in securing a venue, arranging necessary devices, food and refreshments, but these must be undertaken by the organizers of the meeting.
< Guidelines for submitting a satellite meeting proposal >
  1. Name of representative or meeting organizer, professional affiliation, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address
  2. Name of meeting
  3. Outline of meeting (2–3 lines)
  4. Preferred time slot (evenings of either March 15 or 16)
  5. Devices (microphone, projector, etc.)
  6. Planned number of participants
  7. Requirements regarding refreshments
8. Banquet

The banquet will take place during the evening on March 17, Friday, at the Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel.

Prior to this, the award ceremony and award lectures will take place at this hotel. A shuttle bus will run between the university campus and the hotel.

Please visit the website for information on the locations of the Kagoshima Sun Royal Hotel.

http://www.sunroyal.co.jp/en

9. Abstracts

The Kagoshima Annual Meeting wishes to continue the practice of sending out meeting abstracts electronically.

Abstracts will be available for all participants only in an electrical form. The printed program and venue maps will be sent to all JSPP members in advance as a form of Gakkai Tsushin. Some extra copies will be available at the reception, but the number is limited.

10. Accommodation
  • The Annual Meeting Committee Office does not provide assistance with accommodation. Please make your own arrangements.
  • Reservations should be made as soon as possible. There are many hotels in Kagoshima, but availability can be scarce if a number of events coincide.
  • The Kagoshima Annual Meeting will be supported financially by the Kagoshima Convention & Visitors Bureau, the amount of which depends on the number of participants who stay at hotels in Kagoshima. We will inform participants at a later date of forms they must fill in, etc. to enable us to avail of this funding.
11. Childcare

A childcare facility will be available at the Kagoshima Annual Meeting. Application guidelines will be sent out in due course.

12. Advertisements/Displays

We are looking for corporations and groups who may wish to place an advertisement in the abstract booklet or set up a display of devices/literature at the meeting venue. We are planning a luncheon seminar, presentation time for devices/literature and free spaces for business meeting, in order to enhance the advertising reach for corporations or groups who will be putting up device displays. Please visit the Annual Meeting website for details (in Japanese only).

13. Inquiries
The 58th Annual Meeting Committee Office
c/o Nakanishi Printing Co., Ltd,
Shimotachiuri Ogawa Higashi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8048
Email address: jspp2017@nacos.com

*All contact with the Annual Meeting Committee should be made by email if possible.




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