JCRS 17th meeting
The Japanese Coral Reef Society, 17th Annual Conference
The 17th Annual Conference of the Japanese Coral Reef Society (JCRS17) will be held on November 27th -December 1st, 2014 in Kochi city. We welcome many people to participate in this conference.
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JCRS17 Organizing Committee
Chairperson: Takuma Mezaki
Shu Nakachi, Masami Obuchi, Kaori Yamashita, Satoshi Kubota, Satoko Sekida, Yohei Nakamura
TEL: +81-880-62-7077
E-mail: jcrs17th@gmail.com
日本語ページはこちら
Venue
Kochijyo-Hall (Oral and poster presentation, Mini-workshop, Banquet etc)
2-1-10, Marunouchi, Kochi, Japan (north-eastern side of Kochi castle, N: 33º33’44.44”, E: 133º31’58.30”)
Access: http://www.kochijyohall.jp/wdoc/?q=grp09
Kochi-Kaikan (Public Syposium)
5-6-42, Hon-machi, Kochi, Japan (close to tram stop “Ken-cho mae”, N: 33º33’27.40”, E: 133º31’53.30”)
Access: http://kochikaikan.jp/access/index.html
Important dates
August 4 (Monday)
Pre-registration open
September 26 (Friday)
Deadline for pre-registration and pre-registration fee payment
October 17 (Friday)
Deadline for the submission of abstracts (Please send by e-mail with PDF attachment)
November 27 (Thursday) 1st day at Kochijo-hall
A.M.: Council meeting
P.M.: Registration booth open
Night: Mini-workshops
November 28 (Friday) 2nd day at Kochijo-hall
A.M.: Oral presentations, Poster presentations
P.M.: Oral presentations, Poster presentations
Night: Mini-workshops
November 29 (Saturday) 3rd day at Kochijo-hall
A.M.: Oral presentations, Poster presentations
P.M.: Oral presentations, Poster presentations, Ceremony and lecture, and Banquet
November 30 (Sunday) 4th day
A.M.: Public Symposium at Kochi-Kaikan
P.M.: Excursion
December 1 (Monday) 5th day
Excursion
Details of schedules and the symposia etc. will be announced by the JCRS mailing list and on the JCRS web site.
Program
The scientific program (in Japanese) is available here.
・Oral presentation(October 23 version)
・Poster presentation(October 23 version)
Call for Registration and Abstracts
The period of pre-registration and payment finished. If you have any question, please ask JCRS17 Organizing Committee (jcrs17th@gmail.com) by e-mail. Thank you.
Completing your registration for the 17th JCRS will take place in two steps:
1. Payment of fees
2. Submission of participant registration information
1. Payment of fee
Please pay the registration fee by bank transfer (by September 26, 2014) for pre-registration.
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On-site registration |
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Registration |
JCRS member |
\5,000 |
\3,000 |
\7,000 |
\4,000 |
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Non-member |
\7,000 |
\4,000 |
\8,000 |
\5,000 |
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Banquet |
\5,000 |
\3,000 |
\6,000 |
\4,000 |
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Excursion |
Course A |
\18,000 |
\14,500 |
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Course B |
\12,500 |
\9,000 |
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Course C |
\12,500 |
\9,000 |
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Lunch |
\750 |
\750 |
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Name of Bank: JP Bank
Type of account: Transfer account
Account Number: 01630-6-132624
Account Name: 日本サンゴ礁学会第17回大会実行委員会
Necessary information: Name, Affiliation, , Telephone, E-mail address
Participants can pay together if they wish. In this case, please write all necessary information for all participants.
Oversea applicants who have difficulties with paying the registration fee through bank transfer can pay the fee on-site. Please contact us by e-mail (jcrs17th@gmail.com).
All JCRS members can participate in JCRS17 for a reduced fee (see above). To join the JCRS, please contact the JCRS General Office.
2. Submission of participant registration information
Pre-registration will open from August 4 to September 26. Please register through the following website by September 26.
Registration form: Registration form was closed
You can fill out and submit your Participant Registration Information on the registration form.
If you are interested in presenting a talk or poster you can indicate your intentions. All presenters must be members of JCRS. Due to limited time and space, all participants can have either one oral or poster presentation for one participant. The Organizing Committee has the privilege to decide the form of presentation for all participants. You may be asked to change the presentation form depending upon the number of presentation applications. The presentations with similar or highly-overlapped contents by the same research group should be avoided.
Presentation Award for Young Scientists
(for JCRS members under 35 years old)
The organizing committee will give an award for to young JCRS members, who were judged to have excellent presentations (poster presentation only). If you would like to enter this contest, please declare so in the registration form.
Presentation Guidelines
All presenters must be members of JCRS.
For oral presentations, 15 minutes are allotted, including presentation and discussion.
A digital projector will be supplied for oral presentation.
For poster presentations, posters should be prepared within a panel size of 85 cm in width and 115 cm in height.
Abstract submission
Please submit abstracts by October 17, 2014 to the Organizing Committee by e-mail (jcrs17th@gmail.com) with PDF attachment (must arrive by the deadline).
The Abstract format template (Word file) can be downloaded here. Please paste your abstract on this form, convert it to a PDF file, and send it to the Organizing Committee by e-mail with attachment.
E-mail: jcrs17th@gmail.com
Please label the subject of the e-mail as “jcrs17abstract”
Abstract Format
Please follow the layout guidelines below.
Paper size: A4 (1 sheet), top and bottom margins 3 cm, left and right margins 2.5cm.
Title: Arial font, 14 pt, centered
Second line: All authors’ names, Times New Roman font, 12 pt, centered. Please indicate the presenter with an open circle (○). Middle name should be initialed.
Third line: Affiliations (Abbreviation would be recommended), Times New Roman, 10 pt, centered.
Fourth line: Keywords (1-2 words and less than 5 keywords), Times New Roman, 10 pt, centered.
From fifth line: Abstract, Times New Roman, 12 pt, full-justified
Other details: Figures and tables can be included with abstracts.
Please ensure that any unusual fonts or symbols can be read properly in the PDF file format before sending files.
Day nursery services
There are not enough day nursery services in Kochi city. If you need the service, please let us know by e-mail (jcrs17th@gmail.com). The JCRS17 Organizing Committee will collect the information of day nursery services and arrange for participants with children.
Call for mini-workshops
The Organizing Committee welcomes the organization of associated meetings for specific topics concerning coral reef studies. JCRS17 have two mini-workshop options (1. Standard mini-workshop, 2. Kochi style mini-workshop).
1. Standard mini-workshop
We offer rooms for the meeting at the night of the first and second day of the Conference (P.M. 6:00-8:00, November 27, 2014, P.M. 6:30-8:30, November 28, 2014).
2. Kochi style (“Okyaku”) mini-workshop
The workshop will be held in a relaxed and comfortable style allowing eating and drinking. We arrange the Japanese style banquet hall in Kochi city at the night of the second day of the Conference (P.M. 6:30-8:30, November 28, 2014).
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In Kochi, drinking parties are known as “Okyaku”. In this event, we will not only be able to enjoy Kochi’s food, drink and the fun of a drinking party, but also talk with each other. ‘Okyaku’ are informal, relaxing and not at all uptight, and are the favorite way for locals to get to know one another.
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If you would like to organize the meeting, please send the following information to the Organizing Committee (jcrs17th@gmail.com) by September 26.
Necessary information
Meeting title:
Mini-workshop options (1. Standard or 2. Kochi style):
Organizer(s) (name, affiliation):
Summary (about 100 words):
The number of expected participants:
Call for NPO Poster Exhibition
The Organizing Committee welcomes poster exhibitions of coral reef conservation activities. Maximum of two participants from each group can attend the conference free of charge (registration charge only). Encouragement award for coral reef conservation activities will be awarded for the selected NPO’s/NGO’s posters.
Public symposium
November 30 (Sunday)
Details will be announced at a later date via the JCRS mailing list and on the JCRS homepage.
Excursion
At the 4th and 5th days of the conference, we arrange a two day tour for participants. The tour will take place at south-western region of Kochi prefecture, one of the famous diving spot. We provide three courses (A: Diving, B: Snorkeling, C: Glass-bottom boat sight-seeing).
