The 5th EAFES International Congress (EAFES5) will
take place on 17-21 March 2012, at Ryukoku University in Otsu, Shiga, Japan,
in conjunction with the 59th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of
Japan (ESJ59).
The EAFES5 consists of a few plenary lectures,
several symposia and poster sessions. Each participant will be approved to
give only one presentation through the two conferences (EAFES5+ESJ59).
Local Organizing Committee:
YUMOTO Takakazu, ISHIDA Atsushi, KITAMURA Shumpei,
KUROTA Hiroyuki, YACHI Shigeo.
Scientific Committee:
HANYA Goro, HANBA Yuko, HOBARA Satoru, INAGAKI
Yoshiyuki, ISHIDA Kiyoshi, KISHIDA Osamu, KUROTA Hiroyuki, MATSUURA Kenji,
MORITA Kentaro, SHIMANO Koji, SUMIDA Akihiro, TAKEGAKI Tsuyoshi, TAKIMOTO
Gaku, YACHI Shigeo, YOSHIDA Keiichiro.
Program and Date for the Joint Meeting
The meeting will be held at Ryukoku
University from Saturday, March 17 to Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Main
events are tentatively planned as follows. However, the schedule may
be altered depending on the numbers of proposals of symposia,
organized sessions, and workshops. Details will be announced on the
official web site.
17 Mar (Sat): Business meetings, Public
Lecture, Organized sessions, Workshops.
18 Mar (Sun): Symposia, Oral (ESJ only) and poster
sessions, Organized sessions, Workshops.
19 Mar (Mon): Symposia, Oral (ESJ only) and poster
sessions, Organized sessions, Workshops.
20 Mar (Tue): General meeting, Award
ceremony, Award recipient lectures, Oral and poster sessions,
Organized sessions, Workshops, Banquet.
21 Mar (Wed): Symposia, Organized sessions,
Forum, Workshops.
Key Dates (Deadlines)
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No
delay is acceptable for all deadlines. Why
are we so inflexible? - Reasons for requesting strict compliance
with the deadlines and regulations.
Submission of Symposium proposals
(Now Closed)
17:00 (JST), July 29, 2011 (Friday)
Application of Poster presentation (Now Closed)
17:00 (JST), November 10, 2011 (Thursday)
Abstract submission of Poster presentation (Now Closed)
17:00 (JST), January 12, 2012 (Thursday)
Abstract
submission of Oral presentation in Symposium (Now Closed)
17:00 (JST), January 12, 2012 (Thursday)
Language
The official language for the
5th EAFES Congress is English.
English titles are available
for all the presentations in oral and poster sessions, symposia and
several other categories of the meeting in the 59th Annual Meeting of
ESJ. However, some of the presentation in ESJ59 will be made in
Japanese.
Fee
The registration fee for 5th
EAFES Congress 2012 is the same as participants for the 59th annual
meeting of ESJ. Regular and student fee are
available and the fee of banquet is extra.
Registration fee (NOT
including a copy of Abstract book)
Early registration
(On or before January 11, 2012)
Standard/on-site
registration (On or after January 12, 2012)
Regular
JPY 8,000
JPY 9,000
Student
JPY 5,000
JPY 6,000
The Abstract book (Handed
on site)
Abstract book Fee
Regular
JPY 3,000
Student
JPY 2,000
Banquet
Enjoy the banquet at Kyoto
RIHGA Royal Hotel on the evening of March 20, 2012. Kyoto RIHGA
Royal Hotel is a 7 minute walk from JR Kyoto Station.
The banquet will be held in
conjunction with the banquet of the 59th Annual Meeting of ESJ (up to
100 people EAEFS5 participants).
Banquet Fee
Regular
JPY 7,000
Student
JPY 5,000
Payment
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(削除) Payments by symposium/poster presenters must
be completed by 17:00 (JST) on 9 December 2011 (Friday). (削除ここまで) Payments
by symposium/poster presenters must be completed by 17:00 (JST) on 11
January 2012 (Wednesday).
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We will continue to accept payment by
non-presenters on the registiration site (Link)
by 15:00 (JST) on 2 March
2012 (Friday). Please make payments on-site after this date.
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We strongly recommend you to
exchange money to Japanese yen at the airport when you arrive in
Japan. After you leave the airport, you
can also exchange your money into Japanese yen at authorized foreign
exchange banks, but it will take some time. It is
not possible to exchange money after you arrive at the
Congress place in Ryukoku University.
Cancellation policy
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Cancellation of participation will only be
accepted till 10 February 2012 (Friday) in unavoidable circumstances
(delay in visa issue, etc.) and will be subject to charge JPY
1,575.
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Attendance of the banquet and purchase of
the book of Abstract can be cancelled by 15:00 (JST) on 2 March 2012
(Friday).
The Secretariat
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EAFES5 Inquiry Form: Link
Useful links