General Information

3rd Announcement of the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

1. General Information

1-1. Important Notice

1) Hybrid meeting

• The Annual Meeting will be held in a hybrid style: poster presenter must be on-site at Meiji University Surugadai Campus; oral presentations and symposia are presented on-site or online remotely. Presentations can be viewed on-site or remotely. Online participants are requested to log in to the web abstracts (ORSAM portal) on the Annual Meeting website. After logging in, you can attend sessions, including oral presentations, symposia, luncheon seminars and some related meetings. You can also view posters and chat with presenters online.
• Awards ceremony and award lectures will be given on-site but will not be delivered online.
• For the latest information on the Annual Meeting, please visit the Annual Meeting website (https://jspp.org/annualmeeting/67/en_index.html).

2) Program

A simple program booklet will be sent to participants who have paid the registration fee. Participants residing overseas are requested to come to the on-site reception desk in the annual meeting to receive your program booklet locally.

3) Abstract Book

• The program and abstracts are accessible electronically via the ORSAM portal site.
• The PDF for the Abstract Book can be downloaded from the meeting website only by participants who have paid the registration fee.

4) Registration of attendance [see also section 1-3]

• The deadline for registration and payment of the registration fee is February 2nd (Mon), 2026. Please note that even if you have registered online, you will not be able to participate if you have not paid the registration fee by the deadline. The account information of the ORSAM portal site will be sent to registered participants in early March.
• On-site registration is available at the venue. We only accept cash payments.

5) Oral Presentation [see also section 1-4]

Some of the oral presentations and symposia will be presented remotely. Online presentations are only allowed for presenters who have registered as such at the time of registration of presentation. If you did not register at the time of abstract submission, you must present on-site.

6) Poster presentations [see also section 1-4]

• Poster viewings and discussions will be held on-site. You can also view posters and chat with presenters online.
• PCP Poster Award
  • The awardees will be selected based on poster presentations by student applicants, with the evaluation conducted primarily by PCP editors, including those visiting Japan.
  • The titles submitted for the PCP Poster Award are indicated by adding P to their presentation numbers in the poster presentation program. Additionally, a special mark is placed on the number cards of the posters to signify their submission for the award.
  • The judges will visit the applicant’s poster during their presentation time. During the evaluation, the presentation and Q&A must be conducted in English.
  • The awardees and the prizes will be announced at the award ceremony.

1-2．Venue

Please see here.

1-3. Registration of Participants

1) Participants will receive a name tag, a receipt, and a program. The password for logging into the ORSAM portal site will be sent to registered participants in early March. For participants coming from overseas, we will send the name tag and receipt by email. Please print them in advance and bring them to the venue. The program booklet will be handed out at the on-site reception desk in the annual meeting.

2) Those who have not pre-registered (i.e., have not paid the participation fee) are required to complete the registration process at the On-site Registration Desk at the venue. Payment must be made in cash only. As congestion is expected just before the start of the first day’s sessions, please allow sufficient time for registration.

Those who have not pre-registered for the banquet and wish to participate must pay the banquet fee at the On-site Registration Desk. You can only participate at the University of Tokyo (Hongo Campus, Chuo dining hall). Onsite registration will not be accepted for the banquet held at the Meiji University venue. Payment can be made by 12:00 PM on March 14 (Day 2).

3) Regardless of membership status, undergraduate students, as well as accompanying teachers and students from middle and high schools, can participate free of charge. Those who have completed pre-registration should present their identification at the General Information Desk at the venue to receive their name tag. Those who have not pre-registered should complete the registration process at the On-site Registration Desk. Free participants will not receive a PDF version of the abstract book or a printed program booklet. However, the program can be downloaded at the annual meeting website.

4) Always wear your name tag at the venue. The Meeting Committee will check your name tag.

1-4. Notes for Presenters

Regardless of the language of the presentation, all figures and tables should be prepared in English. When preparing figures and tables for your presentation, please consider Color Universal Design.

1) General presentations

1. Qualification of presenters

In accordance with JSPP Article 7(3) and 9(2), 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. 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. The poster panel is 90 cm (width) × 210 cm (height from the floor). Pushpins for mounting your poster are provided by the Meeting Committee.

Schedule

• The presenters should be in front of their posters during the discussion time.
• Any posters remaining after removal time will be removed by the Meeting Committee.
• During the online poster viewing period (March 10, 9:00 a.m. - March 15), participants can use the comment box on the abstract page of your poster posted on the web abstract portal (ORSAM portal) for questions and answers. Please respond to questions in the comments section in a timely manner.
• Please refer to the instructions regarding the poster presentation (submission for online viewing).

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 a 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.
• It is recommended that presentation slides be prepared with an aspect ratio of 4:3.

On-site presentations [see also section 1-6]

• There will be no preview room at this Annual Meeting. Instead, the room will be opened 15 minutes prior to each session, as the presenters can make operation test.
• Presenters at the venue will join the Zoom meeting by connecting to the wireless LAN (WLAN) with their eduroam accounts (or guest accounts) and sharing their slides on the screen. The Zoom screen received by the host PC will be projected on the screen at the venue. Thus, presenters will not directly connect their computers to a projector via a VGA nor HDMI cable. Please bring your slides (ppt or PDF files) saved on a USB flash drive as a backup.
• Presenters are requested to login Zoom meeting with the URL that will be available on the web abstracts (ORSAM portal).
• Presenters are requested to log in to the Zoom meeting before the previous presenter finishes his/her presentation and to wait at the next presenter’s seat with the file open. Screen Name should be composed of “Abbreviated affiliation” and “Your name”. After the previous presenter finishes his/her presentation, please “screen share” your presentation file and start your presentation immediately.
• On-site presenters must make sure that the computer can connect to WLAN (eduroam) and log in to Zoom before the session begins. If you encounter any connection issues, please notify the staff before the session starts.
• Please set the Zoom meeting with the video camera on and MICROPHONE OFF and use the microphone at the venue for your presentation. Your voice and questions from the venue will be distributed to online participants via the host PC. Microphone “on” on your computer may cause audio feedback.
• Laser pointers cannot be used. Presenters are requested to use the pointer function of the presentation program, so that online audience can see the pointer.
• Please deactivate “Screen Sharing” after your presentation as soon as possible.

Online presentations

• Online (remote) presentations are only allowed for presenters who have registered as such.
• Online presenters use the Zoom meeting. Presenters are requested to connect to the URL that will be available on the web abstracts (ORSAM portal).
• Screen Name should be composed of “Abbreviated affiliation” and “Your name.”
• Zoom meetings will open 15 minutes before each session begins. Please use this time to check your setup if needed.
• Please enter the Zoom meeting and have your file open before the previous presenter finishes his/her presentation.
  After the previous speaker finishes his/her presentation, please turn on the microphone and camera, “share screen” your presentation file, and start your presentation.
• Please deactivate “Screen Sharing” after your presentation as soon as possible.

Questions and comments

• During the Q&A session, please follow the chairperson’s instructions. On-site participants should use the microphones provided at the venue. Online participants should use the “Raise Hand” feature in Zoom and wait to be called. Please lower your hand once the Q&A ends.
• The comments box on the abstract page of the web abstracts (ORSAM portal) can also be used for Q&A. Presenters are requested to reply to the questions and comments using “Reply” function in a timely manner.

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 “1) General presentations 4. Oral presentations” above or ask the organizers of your symposium for details.

1-5. Notes for Chairpersons

• Session chairs must arrive at the venue at least 15 minutes before the session starts and inform the venue staff (host PC operator & timekeeper) of their name.
• During their assigned presentations, session chairs should manage the session from the chairperson’s seat, using the host PC for reference and the microphone provided at the seat. Online participants’ “Raise Hand” actions and mute settings should be monitored on the host PC. To prevent audio issues, please refrain from entering Zoom meeting on your own PC.
• It is possible that some questions are hard to catch. In such cases, please encourage the audience to ask the question again in a louder voice or briefly repeat the question using the microphone.
• Participants at the venue will have priority for making questions. Online participants will use Zoom’s handraising function. Please nominate a participant who is raising his/her hand and ask him/her to speak after unmuting. After the Q&A session, please instruct the participants to mute again.

1-6. Free Wireless LAN Service

• Wireless LAN service (Wi-Fi 5) through an eduroam account is available at the meeting venue. Please obtain an eduroam account at your own institution in advance, ensure your PC’s operating system is up-to-date, and test the connection before coming to the venue. The OS requirements and connection precautions are on the website
  (https://www.eduroam.jp/for_users#_href_23).
• Guest accounts will be provided for those who cannot obtain an eduroam account at their institutions. Please ask at the registration desk.
• Please refrain from connecting to eduroam at the oral session room, except for giving presentation. If necessary, please connect to eduroam in the area outside the session rooms to avoid interfering the presentation.

1-7. 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 disseminate unpublished results learned at the meeting. In addition, the presenters should understand that the risk of recording and shooting 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 to prevent participants from recording or shooting the presentation as much as possible.

1-8. Prohibitions

Taking pictures by the camera, video, cell phone, or audio recording without the permission of the presenter is strictly prohibited. It is also prohibited to publish the contents of the presentation on the Internet or SNS without the presenter’s permission.

1-9. Misconduct

All presentations (including symposia, oral presentations, poster presentations, and award presentations) must be free of fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism of data, as well as slander, libel, defamation, and other socially unacceptable content that is beyond the scope of academic criticism. If we judge that there is a problem with the content of the presentation, we may request that the content be revised or deleted, or that the presentation itself be cancelled.

1-10. 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.

1-11. Conflict of Interest

If you have any conflicts of interest that should be reported in your presentation at the Annual Meeting, please disclose them.

1-12. Lunch

• No boxed lunches will be sold on the day of the event. On Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, you may use the student cafeteria on the 17th floor of the Liberty Tower, Meiji University Surugadai Campus (Open 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM). Please note that the cafeteria will be closed on Sunday, March 15. There are restaurants and convenience stores near the venue; please use those instead.
• Eating and drinking are prohibited in the presentation halls. Please eat lunch in the break areas (Room 1064, 6th Floor, Liberty Tower; Room 1076, 7th Floor, Liberty Tower; Room 1095, 9th Floor, Liberty Tower; Room 1114, 11th Floor, Liberty Tower). Dispose of your lunch trash in the designated trash bins.

1-13. Cloakroom

The cloakroom will be located near the main entrance. The cloakroom will be open during the following hours.

Please be sure to pick up your baggage before the end of the day.

March 13th (Fri): 8:30–19:15
March 14th (Sat): 8:30–15:30
March 15th (Sun): 8:30–17:00

1-14. Nursery Service

A nursery service will be set up in the conference venue for participants who bring their children. The nursery will be staffed by professional caregivers from an external service. Those who have registered to use the room will receive an e-mail with details about the terms of use. The registration has been closed at an earlier deadline.

1-15. Contact Information

Send any questions to the Annual Meeting Committee by e-mail to jspp2026@nacos.com or visit the registration desk.

2. Contents of the Annual Meeting

2-1. Banquet

Date: March 14 (Sat.)

Place and Time: Meiji University, Surugadai Campus (6:00 pm-) and The University of Tokyo, Hongo campus, Chuo dining hall (6:15 pm-)

There will be no opening remarks, so please begin at the scheduled time. The banquet is expected to end at 20:00, and we kindly ask all participants to leave the venue by then.
Those who wish to attend the banquet without prior registration are requested to pay the banquet fee at the registration desk by 12:00 p.m. on the day of the banquet (March 14). You can only participate at the University of Tokyo (Hongo Campus, Chuo dining hall). On-site registration will not be accepted for the banquet held at the Meiji University venue. If the number of applicants reaches the maximum number, registration will be closed at that time. Please note that changes to the venue cannot be made after payment.

2-2. JSPP Awards Ceremony and Award Lectures

Date and time: March 14th (Sat) 15:00–17:30
Venue: Academy Hall (Academy Common 3rd floor, Meiji University Surugadai Campus)

Please see the program for details.

2-3. Symposia

Twelve symposia will be held at the Annual Meeting. For the contents and purpose of each symposium, please see the program for details.

Day 1, March 13th (Fri) 9:30–12:30

♦ S01 Frontiers in Developing Climate-Resilient and Socially Accepted Plants
(Room X)

♦ S02 Unlocking New Frontiers in Plant Physiology with Mass Spectrometry
(Room Y)

♦ S03 Advances in Engineering and Regulation of Plastids and Photosynthesis
(Room Z)

Day 1, March 13th (Fri) 14:00–17:00

♦ S04 Priming and Memory of Plants in Facing Environmental Changes
(Room X)

♦ S05 Advances in Cellular and Molecular Signaling in Response to Internal and External Stimuli from Algae to Plants
(Room Y)

♦ S06 Underlying molecular antagonisms as drivers of plant diversification and ecological adaption
(Room Z)

Day 2, March 14th (Sat) 9:00–12:00

♦ S07 Frontiers in Plant Science Revealed by Space Environments: From Molecular Mechanisms to Future Horizons
(Room X)

♦ S08 Nuclear Architecture as a Scaffold: Structural Views on Gene Regulation and Cellular Function in Plants and Beyond
(Room Y)

♦ S09 Asymmetries in plant structure and signaling
(Room Z)

Day 3, March 15th (Sun) 9:00–11:00

♦ S10 ASPB-JSPP Joint Symposium – Plant resilience and plasticity powered by dynamic cellular responses
(Room X)

Day 3, March 15th (Sun) 14:00–17:00

♦ S11 Next-Trend of Plant Biology in Japan and Taiwan
(Room X)

♦ S12 Recent Advances in the Regulation of Photosynthetic Electron Transport and the Roles of Alternative Electron Flow
(Room Y)

2-4. Luncheon Seminars

Luncheon seminar tickets marked with an asterisk (*) will be distributed near the reception desk starting at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the event. Please see the program for details.

♦ Leica Microsystems*

Date and time: March 13th (Fri) 12:45–13:45
Venue: C
Organizer: Leica Microsystems

♦ NTT R&D*

Date and time: March 13th (Fri) 12:45–13:45
Venue: G
Organizer: NTT R&D

♦ PCP Luncheon Seminar “The importance of society journal publishing and the benefits of PCP”*

Date and time: March 13th (Fri) 12:45–13:45
Venue: Z
Organizer: PCP Editors Committee
Sponsor: Oxford University Press

♦ EVIDENT Luncheon Seminar*

Date and time: March 14th (Sat) 12:00–13:00
Venue: G
Organizer: EVIDENT Luncheon Seminar

♦ JSPP Luncheon Seminar “Let’s Talk Together about Careers and PhD Studies”

Date and time: March 14th (Sat) 12:15–13:05
Venue: Academy Common 2nd floor
Organizer: JSPP Gender Equality Committee

♦ Advanced Bioimaging Support (ABiS)*

Date and time: March 15th (Sun) 12:30–13:30
Venue: C
Organizer: Advanced Bioimaging Support (ABiS)

♦ JSPP Luncheon Seminar “Why Study/Work Abroad? - Voices of Experience”*

Date and time: March 15th (Sun) 12:30–13:30
Venue: Z
Organizer: JSPP International Committee / UJA (United Japanese Researchers Around the World)

2-5. Satellite Meetings

Please see the outline on the program for details.

♦ The 28th Plant Organelle Workshop

Date and time: March 12th (Thu) (The day before the Meeting), 13:00–19:00
Venue: Room X
Representative Organizer: Yoshiki Nishimura (Waseda Univ.)

♦ Phytohormones analysis workshop

Date and time: March 12th (Thu) (The day before the Meeting), 13:30–16:30
Venue: Room Y
Representative Organizer: Masashi Asahina (Teikyo Univ.)

♦ 5th Symposium on Phototropic Prokaryotes

Date and time: March 12th (Thu) (The day before the Meeting), 14:00–18:00
Venue: Z
Representative Organizer: Jiro Harada (Kurume Univ. Sch. Med.)

♦ 23rd Japan plasmodesmata meeting

Date and time: Day 1, March 13th (Fri), 18:30-20:30
Venue: Room Y
Representative Organizer: Yusuke Ohba (Teikyo University)

♦ Plant Science Presentation Workshop 2026 “Communicating Your Research Clearly with Graphical Abstracts”

Date and time: Day 1 March 13th (Fri) , 19:00–20:45
Venue: Z
Representative Organizer: Chihiro Furumizu (Shimane Univ.)

♦ Japan-Taiwan Joint Seminar for Young Plant Physiologists and Photosynthesis Researchers 2026

Date and time: Day 3, March 15th (Sun), 16:40–18:40
Venue: Room Z
Representative Organizer: Yuta Hino (Nagoya Univ.)

2-6. JSPP Committee Meetings

Date and time: March 12th (Thu.) (The day before the meeting) 17:00–19:30
Board of Delegates’ Meeting

The other committee meetings will be held onsite or online on other dates. The invitations will be sent to the committee members from the JSPP Secretariat.