General Information

2nd Announcement of 2016 (57th) Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

You are cordially invited to the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant Physiologists, JSPP, to be held on March 18-20, 2016, in Morioka. The meeting will cover many exciting subjects in the field of plant biology.

1. Date

Friday, March 18 through Sunday, March 20, 2016

2. Venue
Iwate University Ueda Campus
3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
The campus is 2 km northeast of JR Morioka Station, which is a 10- to 15-minute bus journey or a 25-minute walk. Please visit the university website for detailed information.
http://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/campusannai/
3. Presentations

Membership in JSPP is a requirement for presentation. Each member may present a paper in one of the sessions during the meeting. Japanese or English may be used for the presentations and during the discussions. Registration instructions for scientists interested in attending or presenting can be found below. If you plan to become JSPP member, please see JSPP website.

3-1. Oral presentations

Oral presentations are limited to 14 minutes and 30 seconds, including the discussion time. All sessions will be held in rooms that have LCD projectors that are to be operated by the presenter or their colleagues. Chairpersons may interpret as needed during the question and answer time.

3-2. Poster presentations

Poster presentations will also be accepted. Poster presenters must be in attendance for the scheduled poster session.

4. Symposia

Thirteen symposia are scheduled. The details of the symposia will be on the website later. All symposium speakers will be selected and invited by the symposium organizers. Please note that a symposium speaker can not give an oral or poster presentation.

5. Banquet and Reception
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Date: Saturday, March 19, 2016
Place: Hotel Metropolitan Morioka New Wing
(2-27 Morioka, Ekimae-kitadori, Morioka, Iwate 020-0033)
http://www.metro-morioka.co.jp/morioka/access1.html
Reservations are required for banquet participants. (See the details below.)
6. Registration for Participation and Presentations

Registration is required of all attendees. Please fill out the registration located at the web site and submit the form before February 15, 2016.

For paper presentations, please register your paper title together with abstract before November 27, 2015 at the above web site. A list of sessions is attached as a PDF filepdf.

Anyone who wants to present a paper should register for attendance on or before November 27, 2015.

Applications for presentations will not be accepted after that deadline.

  • Deadline for the registration of paper presentation: Friday, November 27, 2015, 24:00 (Japan Standard Time).
  • Deadline for attendance only: Monday, February 15, 2016, 24:00 (Japan Standard Time).

The program of the meeting will be placed on the website in January 2016.

7. Instruction for Abstracts

Abstracts should be submitted online thorough the website. Please see details on the “Registration” page, and also read the page containing “Instruction of Registration and Abstract Submission”. The abstract should not exceed 1200 letters and spaces. Figures and tables should not be placed in the abstract.

8. Registration Fee
Registration fee For presenting
a paper*
On or before
November 27, 2015
For only
attendance
On or before
February 15, 2016
For only
attendance
On-site
JSPP member 8,500yen 8,500yen 11,000yen
JSPP student member 5,500yen 5,500yen 7,000yen
Non-JSPP member** 10,000yen 10,000yen 13,000yen
Banquet (regular) 8,000yen 8,000yen 9,000yen
Banquet (student) 6,500yen 6,500yen 7,500yen

* Presentation: JSPP members only
** Non-member symposium speakers are exempt from registration fee, but banquet fee is required. Symposium abstract should be submitted on-line by November 27, 2015.

Please send all fees in Japanese yen. (Note: Members who would like to attend both the meeting and the banquet need to send 16,500 yen when the registration is made on or before February 15, 2016)

The registration fee should be paid the fee on-line by credit card or sent the fee by postal giro transfer (Postal account No. 00950-9-331790, domestic transaction only) by February 15, 2016. However, in case you are coming from overseas, please complete online registration by the deadline (on or before November 27, 2015 if you are presenting a paper, on or before February 15, 2016 if you are attending but not presenting a paper) and e-mail Annual Meeting Committee (jspp2016@nacos.com). With online registration and prior notification to the Annual Meeting Committee, you may pay the fee (early-bird rate) on site (in cash only). Without online registration and prior notification, early-bird rate will not be applicable.

Receipts will not be issued. Once registration forms and payment have been received, the payment will not be refunded, even if the registration is cancelled.

If you have an accompanying guest(s), please consult the Annual Meeting Committee.

9. Transportation and Accommodations
  • 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 Morioka, but availability can be scarce if a number of events coincide.
  • The Morioka Annual Meeting will be supported financially by the Morioka Tourism & Convention Association, the sum of which depends on the number of participants who stay at hotels included in the Morioka MICE Event Funding Accommodation List. We would be most grateful if you select your hotel from this list. We will inform participants at a later date of forms they must fill in, etc. to enable us to avail of this funding.
10. Nursery Service

Information of registration for nursery service is available.

11. Organizing Committee
Chairperson: Matsuo Uemura, Iwate University
Office: Organizing Committee, 57th Annual Meeting of JSPP
c/o Nakanishi Printing, Co., Ltd.
Shimotachiuri Ogawa Higashi
Kamigyo-ku Kyoto 602-8048
E-mail: jspp2016@nacos.com

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




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