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3rd Announcement of 2022 (63rd) Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

1. Important Notice
1) Online meeting

Because of the spread of COVID-19, the 63rd Annual Meeting in Tsukuba will be held online from March 22th to 24th. 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. Please see the latest information on the meeting website.

2) Program and Abstract Book
  • The program and abstracts are accessible electronically via the ORSAM portal site.
  • A simple program booklet will be sent only to participants who have paid the registration fee.
  • The PDF for the Abstract Book can be downloaded from the here only by participants who have paid the registration fee.
3) Registration of attendance
  • Registration is already closed. Because of management restrictions of the online annual meeting, you cannot register for participation on the meeting days.
  • The password for logging into the ORSAM portal site will be sent to registered participants.
4) Poster presentations [see also section “2. 1) General Presentations 3. Poster  presentations”]
  • Poster viewings and discussions will be carried out using the ORSAM portal site and its Comments section during the annual meeting (from 9:00 on Day 1 to 16:00 on Day 3).
  • Poster discussions using Zoom Meeting (only for presenters who wish it) are also scheduled for 13:00–14:30 on Day 3 (poster numbers beginning with PF) and 14:30–16:00 on Day 3 (poster numbers beginning with PL). It should be noted that it is NOT necessary for a presenter to create and register a Zoom ID. The organizing committee will arrange the Zoom Meeting for poster discussion.
2. Notes for Presenters

When preparing figures and tables for your presentation, please refer to the website “Color Universal Design (CUD)—How to make figures and presentations that are friendly to colorblind people—” (http://cudo.jp/cbf/color/).

1) General presentations

1. Qualification of presenters

In accordance with JSPP Article 7(3), the presenters of the Annual Meeting must be JSPP members. If you are a presenter who is in the process of enrollment, please complete the procedure and the payment of the membership fee before the Annual Meeting; otherwise, your presentation will be canceled.

2. Style of presentation

The type of presentation (poster or oral presentation) is decided by the program committee to meet the requests at the time of application, but if you select “No preference” at the time of application, please make sure to confirm the type of presentation through the program before proceeding with your preparations.

3. Poster presentations

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  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 28 and March 7.  The details of how to upload a poster will be announced later. Note that participants can view but not download the PDF.

<Poster viewing and discussion>

  • Poster viewings are basically carried out during the Annual Meeting with asking questions via the comment box.

<Poster discussion time using Zoom Meeting (only for presenters who wish it)>

  • 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.

4. Oral presentations

  • 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 Meeting. The presenter enters the meeting via the URL, which will be notified from the Organizing Committee by email. When your turn comes, please show your slides by sharing the screen and turn on the microphone and video in the Zoom Meeting.
  • Screen Name should be composed of “Abbreviation of your Affiliation” and “your Name”.
  • Your connection to the Zoom Meeting will be tested in advance. We will contact you with the details such as the date, time and method.
  • On the turn of your presentation, please select the file for your presentation in Zoom’s “Screen Share”. Then, please turn on the “Microphone” and “Video” before giving your presentation.
  • The question and answer session will be conducted by using the “Raise Hand” function or “Chat” function of Zoom Meeting. Please follow the instructions of the Chairperson. You can also ask / answer questions in the comments section of the abstract page of the Web Abstracts (ORSAM portal). If you have any questions or comments, please answer them by “Reply”.
2) Symposium presentations

The procedures for symposium presentations are the same as those for oral presentations except for the presentation time slots. Please refer to “4. Oral presentations” above or ask the organizers of your symposium for details.

3. Notes for Chairpersons
  • Please select a set of oral presentations for which a Chairperson will be responsible by consulting with the other Chairpersons of the assigned session beforehand.
  • The Chairperson can enter the meeting via the URL, which will be notified from the Organizing Committee by email. After entering the Zoom Meeting, your commission will convert to “Co-Host” by the operation from the Annual Meeting. The operation of Zoom function by the Chairperson will be announced later.
  • Screen Name should be composed of “Abbreviation of your Affiliation” and “your Name”.
  • The question and answer session will be conducted by using the “Raise hand” function or “Chat” function of Zoom Meeting. Details on how to proceed with the Q&A session will be left to the discretion of each Chairperson.
4. Notes for Participants (Viewers)
1) 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 by logging into 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.
2) Participation in oral presentations
  • Oral presentations will be held using the Zoom Meeting. You can attend a meeting of interest by selecting a “Zoom link” corresponding to each session/presentation. “Microphone” and “Video” is not available unless a Chairperson allows its use.
  • A Zoom Meeting will be open 30 minutes prior to the start of each session.
  • The question and answer session will be conducted by using the “Raise Hand” function or “Chat” function of Zoom Meeting. Please follow the instructions of the Chairperson.
3) Participation in poster presentations
  • Poster viewings are basically carried out during the Annual Meeting with asking questions via the comment box.
  • 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.
4) Participation in poster presentations by High School Students
  • Poster viewings are basically carried out during the Annual Meeting with asking questions via the comment box.
  • Poster discussions/interaction using Zoom Meeting are also scheduled at afternoon on Day 3. At the appointed time, enter each breakout room in the Zoom Meeting from “Room Q” in the ORSAM Portal site, and discuss/interact your interest poster.
5. Patents

Upon the revision of “Operational Guidelines for Applicants Seeking the Application of Exceptions to Lack of Novelty of Invention”, a certificate of presentation unnecessary. Therefore, JSPP will not issue such a certificate in this Annual Meeting.

6. Information security

The participants in this annual meeting must agree not to tell third parties various passwords and URLs, not to record or shoot presentation screens, and not to disseminate unpublished results learned at the meeting. In addition, the presenters should understand that the risk of recording and shooting of your presentation and unpublished results will be increased at the online meeting compared with a conventional meeting. On the basis of the consent of the participants to the confidentiality obligation, the annual committee will take measures, such as setting poster files to not downloading, to prevent participants from recording or shooting the presentation as much as possible.

7. Contact Information

• Contact to the Conference Secretariat

Send any questions to the Annual Meeting Committee by e-mail to jspp2022@nacos.com.

In case of emergency, call the number shown in the meeting website.

8. Banquet

Date and time: Day 2, March 23 (Wed) 18:30–20:30

Venue: ORSAM portal site (SpatialChat)

9. JSPP Awards Ceremony and Award Lectures

Date and time: Day 2, March 23 (Wed) 16:30–18:30

Venue: Room X (Zoom webinar) Please see the programPDF.

10. Symposia

Seven symposia will be held using the Zoom platform. For the contents and purpose of each symposium, please see the here. The program available herePDF.

Date and time: Day 1, March 22 (Tue) 9:30–12:30
♦S01   Improvement of genomics and technologies upgrades the value of bioresources (Room Y)
♦S02   Plant resilience mechanism for irregular environmental fluctuations over time (Room Z)

Date and time: Day 1, March 22 (Tue) 13:45–16:45
♦S03   The forefront of plant RNA molecular biology: Sequence, structure and function (Room Y)
♦S04   Sensors and actuators in biology and architecture (Room Z)

Date and time: Day 2, March 23 (Wed) 9:00–12:00
♦S05   Toward understanding the unique features of plant stem cells (Room Y)

Date and time: Day 2, March 23 (Wed) 13:15–16:15
♦S06   Chemical signals that control parasitism, symbiosis, defense, and infection in plants (Room Y)
♦S07   A multifaceted approach to uncovering the mechanism and dynamics of the plant-microbe holobiont. (Room Z)

11. The 18th Database Workshop

Date and time: Day 3, March 24 (Thu) 9:00–12:00

Venue: Room Z (Zoom Meeting)

Organizers: Kentaro Yano (Meiji Univ.)

Please see the detail and the programPDF.

12. Special Program: “Research Presentations by High School Students”

A special program, “Research Presentations by High School Students” will be held during the Annual Meeting. It is expected that many high school and junior high school students will participate in the special program and carry out active discussion. Awards will be given to high school students on a competitive basis. The abstracts of poster presentations by high school and junior high school students will be distributed as a separate supplement (PDF).

Date and time: Day 3, March 24 (Thu) 13:00–16:00

Venue: Room Q (Zoom Meeting)

13:00–14:30
    The 1st half core time of poster presentations
    (poster presentation, question-and-answer session)

14:30–16:00
    The 2nd half core time of poster presentations
    (poster presentation, question-and-answer session)

16:30–17:00
    Award ceremony

13. Luncheon Seminars

Registration is not required.

Please see the programPDF.

♦PCP Luncheon Seminar “The changing landscape of peer-review”

Date and time: Day 1, March 22 (Tue) 12:30–13:30

Venue: Room Z (Zoom Meeting)

Organizer: PCP Editors Committee, Sponsor: Oxford University Press

♦Leica Microsystems K.K. Luncheon Seminar

Date and time: Day 1, March 22 (Tue) 12:30–13:30

Venue: Room X (Zoom Meeting)

Sponsor: Leica Microsystems K.K.

♦Luncheon Seminar on Gender Equality “What is the career path in Tsukuba Science City?
~From the perspective of a female researcher~”

Date and time: Day 2, March 23 (Wed) 12:00–13:00

Venue: Room Z (Zoom Meeting)

Organizer: JSPP Gender Equality Committee

♦OLYMPUS CORPORATION Luncheon Seminar

Date and time: Day 2, March 23 (Wed) 12:00–13:00

Venue: Room X (Zoom Meeting)

Organizer: OLYMPUS CORPORATION

♦Illumina K.K. Luncheon Seminar

Date and time: Day 3, March 24 (Thu) 12:00–13:00

Venue: Room X (Zoom Meeting)

Organizer: Illumina K.K.

14. Satellite Meetings

Please see the programPDF.

♦The 24th Plant Organelle Workshop

Date and time: March 21 (Mon) (The day before the Meeting), 13:00–18:40

Venue: Room K (Zoom Meeting)

Representative Organizers: Dr. Yoshiki Nishimura (Kyoto University)

Organelles in plant cells play key roles in the development, function, homeostasis, and environmental adaptation. The aim of this workshop is to offer an opportunity for plant scientists with diverse backgrounds to get together and share latest findings, ideas, and cutting-edge technologies to study plant organelles, for further discussion and future collaborations. Invited speakers will cover diverse topics, including chloroplasts, mitochondria, and other cellular organelles, from the molecular analysis to the field sciences.

This workshop is free to any participants. Please register at our website by Friday, March 11.

Web site: http://www.rib.okayama-u.ac.jp/OWS/

Contact addresses:
  Yoshiki Nishimura: yoshiki@pmg.bot.kyoto-u.ac.jp
  Yusuke Kato: yusuke.kato@setsunan.ac.jp

♦Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes

Date and time: The day before the Meeting, March 21 (Mon) 14:00–18:00

Venue: Room J (Zoom webinar)

Organizers: Dr. Jiro Harada (Kurume University School of Medicine), Dr. Yusuke Tsukatani (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Dr. Chihiro Azai (Ritsumeikan University)

Contents: Phototropic procaryotes such as cyanobacteria and anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria are now subjects for various fields of studies including biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, biophysics, bioorganic chemistry, and microbial ecology. This symposium invites speakers talking their latest achievements and provides new insights into studies on photosynthetic microorganisms including chloroplasts through discussion. Registration fee is free. After the workshop, we will have an online mixer. To resister the symposium and/or mixer, please fill the Entry Form. We are expecting your participation.

Contact addresses:
  Jiro Harada: jiro_harada@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
  Yusuke Tsukatani: tsukatani@jamstec.go.jp
  Chihiro Azai: cazai@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp

♦The 39th Meeting of the Japanese Society for Young Plant Physiologists

Date and time: The day before the Meeting, March 21 (Mon) 18:30–20:00

Venue: Room L (Zoom Meeting)

Organizers: Dr. Rumi Amano (Kyoto Prefectural University), Dr. Tatsuya Nobori (Salk Institute)

This meeting offers young scientists and students the opportunity to exchange information and discuss topics related to research and career development. We invited two speakers to share their own stories with us. A virtual mixer will be held after the program. More details are available on the meeting website (http://jsyppmeeting.wixsite.com/wakatenokai).

Registration due on March 14: https://forms.gle/8tm73Vfkt2Vuq2bQ8

Contact addresses:
  Rumi Amano: rumi.amano@kpu.ac.jp
  Tatsuya Nobori: tnobori@salk.edu

15. JSPP Committee Meetings

Date and time: March 21 (Mon) (The day before the meeting)

Venue: Zoom Meeting

14:30–17:00 Board of Delegates’ Meeting

The other committee meetings will be held online on other dates.

The invitations will be sent to the members from the Conference Secretaria.




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