The 62nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

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2nd Announcement of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

Because of the spread of COVID-19, we have decided to reformat the 62nd annual meeting, originally scheduled to take place on site in Matsue to online meeting.

Invitation to the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

You are cordially invited to the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant Physiologists, JSPP, to be held on March 14-16, 2021, online. The meeting will cover many exciting subjects in the field of plant biology.

1. Date

March 14 - 16, 2021

ORSAM portal site will be closed on March 31, 2021.

2. Venue

Online

How to attend the annual meeting: Log in to the ORSAM portal site (WEB abstract). You can join any sessions in the annual meeting.

3. Presentations

Membership to the JSPP is required to give a presentation at the annual meeting. Please visit the JSPP website for membership registration. Presentation is limited to one time for each member. Presentation and discussion will be done in Japanese or English. Detailed information regarding registration for attendees or presenters is provided in the website of JSPP Annual Meeting.

3-1. Oral presentations

<Slide preparation & oral presentation>

• Slides used in oral presentations should be in English. Prepare a brief summary slide in English as the last slide.
• Each presentation is allotted a 15-min slot, a talk for 12 min and discussion for 2 min 30 s, followed by a 30 s interval before the next speaker. To keep the session on schedule, please strictly follow the time limits.
• Each session will be presented using the Zoom webinar. The presenter will participate in the webinar as a panelist. Please enter the webinar via the special link for a panelist, which will be notified from the Organizing Committee in advance.
• When your turn comes, please show your slides by sharing the screen and turn on the microphone and video in the Zoom webinar.
• Your connection to the Zoom webinar will be tested in advance. We will contact you with the details such as the date, time and method.

<Question and answer >

• Questions and answers will be given via the Q&A function or verbally (by raising hands) in the Zoom webinar. When using the Q&A function, a chairperson will read aloud a question in the Q&A in place of the questioner and then prompt the presenter to answer the question. Please answer it verbally. In the case of verbal questions and answers (by raising hands), the questioner will ask the presenter a question verbally. Please answer it verbally.
• After a session is finished, the contents of the Q&A will be published in the ORSAM portal site.
• The webinar for one session will be closed 10 minutes after the session is finished. Presenters and participants can discuss topics of interest in the rest room (SpatialChat) corresponding to each session.
• You can have questions and answers via the Comments section in the ORSAM portal corresponding to each oral presentation.

3-2. Poster presentations

<Poster preparation & upload to the registration system>

• Posters should be in English. If the presentation language is Japanese, please include the Japanese version of the title. A poster file should be prepared in the A format (width : height = 1：√2) or a series of A4 (29.7 cm in width × 21.0 cm in height) sheets (Viewers can see a poster by scrolling down the pages) and converted to a PDF whose file size must be smaller than 3 MB (less than 2 MB (strongly recommended) will work better in the system).
• Please upload the PDF to the registration system between February 24 and March 3. The details of how to upload a poster will be announced later.

<Poster viewing and discussion>

• Poster viewings are basically carried out in the ORSAM portal site from 9:00 on Day 1 to 16:00 on Day 3. Questions and answers will be held in the Comments section in the ORSAM portal site.
• Presenters can also have a discussion using Zoom meeting on the afternoon of Day 3. If you wish to have a Zoom meeting, please place a check mark for Zoom meeting when you upload the PDF (poster file). The poster discussion times are as follows:
  For presentations (poster numbers beginning with PF): 13:00–14:30 on Day 3.
  For presentations (poster numbers beginning with PL): 14:30–16:00 on Day 3.
  At the appointed time, enter your breakout room in the Zoom meeting from “Room P” in the ORSAM Portal site, and discuss your poster. You can use any files other than the uploaded poster file for the discussion.

< Poster data>

• Poster can be viewed in ORSAM portal site until March 31. If you wish to remove poster just after the Annual Meeting, please place a check mark when you upload the poster file.

4. Participants (Viewers)

<Participation in the meeting and discussion with Comments section in the ORSAM portal site >

• The registered participants can attend the meeting including general presentations, symposia, ceremonies, and banquet via the ORSAM portal site using your ID and password for logging in.
• The Comments sections corresponding to all the presentations (oral presentations, poster presentations, symposia) are available in the ORSAM portal site. You can discuss contents of presentations during the annual meeting, and receive a notification when an answer to your question is made.

<Participation in oral presentations>

• Oral presentations will be held using the Zoom webinar. You can attend a webinar of interest by selecting a “Zoom link” corresponding to each session/presentation. A microphone and video is not available unless a chairperson allows its use.
• A Zoom webinar will be open 30 minutes prior to the start of each session.
• Questions and answers will be given by Q&A or verbally (by raising hands) in the Zoom webinar. When using the Q&A function, please post your question(s) to the Q&A section in the Zoom webinar (Note that the registration number of oral presentation should be included in the question for correspondence). A chairperson will read aloud a question in Q&A instead of a questioner, and then a presenter will answer the question. Questions and answers verbally (by raising hands) is available for questioners, only if a chairperson allows it. When possible, the questioner can ask the presenter a question verbally after the microphone is turned on.
• After a session is finished, the contents of the Q&A will be published in the ORSAM portal site.
• You can have questions and answers via the Comments section in the ORSAM portal corresponding to each oral presentation.
• The webinar for one session will be closed 10 minutes after the session is finished. Presenters and participants can discuss topics of interest in the rest room (SpatialChat) corresponding to each session.

<Participation in poster presentations>

• Poster viewings are basically carried out in the ORSAM portal site from 9:00 on Day 1 to 16:00 on Day 3. Questions and answers will be held in the Comments section in the ORSAM portal site.
• Poster discussions using Zoom meeting (only for presenters who wish it) are also scheduled at 13:00–14:30 on Day 3 (poster numbers beginning with PF) and at 14:30–16:00 on Day 3 (poster numbers beginning with PL). At the appointed time, enter your breakout room in the Zoom meeting from “Room P” in the ORSAM Portal site, and discuss your poster.

5. Symposia

Twelve symposia are scheduled. The details of the symposia will be given later in the website of JSPP Annual Meeting. All symposium speakers will be selected and invited by the symposium organizers. Please note that a symposium speaker cannot give an oral or poster presentation.

6. Banquet

Date: Monday, March 15, 2021

Place: Online

Detailed information is provided in the website of JSPP Annual Meeting.

7. Registration for Participation and Presentations

Registration is required for all attendees. Please fill out the registration form on the website by February 8, 2021.

For oral or poster presentations, please register your paper title together with abstract by December 3, 2020 on the website. A list of sessions is attached as a PDF file.

Anyone who wants to present a paper should register for attendance by December 3, 2020.

Applications for presentations will not be accepted after the deadline.

• Deadline for the registration of paper presentation: December 3, 2020, 24:00 (Japan Standard Time).
• Deadline for attendance only: February 8, 2021, 24:00 (Japan Standard Time).

The program of the meeting will be placed on the website at the end of January 2021.

8. Instruction for Abstracts

Please submit abstract on the website. Before submission, please visit the “Registration” site. The abstract should not exceed 1200 letters. Figures and tables should not be placed in the abstract.

9. Registration Fee

* Presentation: JSPP members only
** Non-member symposium speakers are exempt from registration fee. Symposium abstract should be submitted on-line by December 3, 2020.

The registration fee should be paid on-line by credit card or sent by postal giro transfer (Postal account No. 00940-3-238704, domestic transaction only) by December 3, 2020 if you are presenting a paper, by February 8, 2021 if you are attending but not presenting paper.

After the deadline indicated above, presentation, registration, and payment of participation fee will not be possible. Note that due to the management of the online annual meeting, you cannot register for participation on the day.

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.

10. Open Lecture

March 16th (Tue) 16:00-17:30 Room Q

Open Lecture "Flowers Will Bloom–Plant World Coloring a High School Textbook of the Biology–"

Program
16:00-16:10
    Opening Remark, Dr. Kazuhito Akama (Shimane Univ.)
16:10-16:35
    Developmental and Genetical Bases of Pattern Formation in Flower
        Dr. Koji Goto (RIBS Okayama)
16:35-17:00
    Inside the Flower: Cell World Enabling Double Fertilization
        Dr. Tetsuya Higashiyama (ITbM, Nagoya Univ. / Grad. Sch. Sci. The Univ. of Tokyo)
17:00-17:25
    Development of Blue Flowers by Genetic Engineering
        Dr. Yoshikazu Tanaka (Suntory Global Innovation Center)
17:25-17:30
    Closing Remark, Dr. Tsuyoshi Nakagawa (Shimane Univ.)
Chairperson: Dr. Kazuhito Akama (Shimane Univ.)
(Japanese Lecture)

11. Organizing Committee

Chairperson: Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, Shimane University

Office: Organizing Committee, 62nd Annual Meeting of JSPP

c/o Nakanishi Printing, Co., Ltd.

Shimotachiuri Ogawa Higashi

Kamigyo-ku Kyoto 602-8048

E-mail: jspp2021@nacos.com

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

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