Please pay the registration fee of 15,000 yen in cash at the registration desk. (Medical students are exempt from participation fee.)
The registration desk is located on 10th floor of Osaka International Convention Center (Osaka, GRAND CUBE). You will receive a name-tag upon registration for the meeting. Please make sure to put it on at all times during the meeting.

The registration desk will be open during the following hours:

·	May 7 (Wed) 12:00-17:00
·	May 8 (Thu) 7:30-17:00
·	May 9 (Fri) 7:00-17:00
·	May 10 (Sat) 7:00-15:00

Banquet (for all members)

·	Date: May 9 (Fri) 19:00-21:00
·	Venue: RIHGA Royal Hotel Osaka 2F "Sanraku Room"

Official language of the congress is Japanese.
English shall be used in the international sessions.

Presentation Time

Session	Presentation	Discussion	Method
International Session (oral session)	6 minutes	4 minutes	PC
International Poster Session	3 minutes	2 minutes

Oral Presentation Information

• Only PC presentations are allowed.
• Presenter should bring their data to PC Data Desk within 30 minutes before presentation.
  *Bring the data to PC Center at 10th floor.
• Windows Users: Use CD-R, or USB drive (CD-RW is not compatible) to deliver your presentation to the PC Data Desk. Presenters whose data size exceeds 500MB are requested to bring their own PC. The Applications available: PowerPoint 2010/2013.
  
  Macintosh Users: Requested to bring their own PC and external-output cables.
  
  The PC Data Desk will be open at the following time:

  ·	May 8 (Thu) 7:30-17:00
  ·	May 9 (Fri) 7:30-17:00
  ·	May 10 (Sat) 7:30-16:30

  
  Presenters are requested to bring their own computers and their own external-output cables.
  Prior to your presentation, make sure that your presentation does not render any garbled characters when opened on another computer than yours.
• Please save your presentation file in the following file name form: Abstract Number_Presenter’s Name.ppt (e.g.: IS1-01_JohnSmith.ppt). Note: ".ppt" must be in English half size characters.
• Fonts must be chosen from the default PowerPoint fonts, such as Times New Roman, Century, Century Gothic, Arial or Symbol.
• Application of animation and motion pictures are accepted, but only which workable by Power Point. Those who wish to use these applications are requested to bring their own personal computers.
• Presenters would operate the keyboard and the mouse set on the podium during their presenting time.

Poster Presentation Information

Presenters are requested to follow the schedule below in mounting poster on their assigned board. Please follow the instructions provided.

Schedule

Date	Mounting	Poster Viewing	Presentation	Removal
May 8 (Thu)	8:00-10:00	8:00-17:00	14:00-17:00	17:00-18:00
May 9 (Fri)	8:00-10:00	8:00-16:55	13:30-16:55	16:55-18:00
May 10 (Sat)	8:00-10:00	8:00-17:00	14:00-17:00	17:00-18:00

Poster Board Information

· Your poster number will already be on your assigned board.

· Please prepare a label showing the title, institution (includes country) and the author's name.

· Poster should be brought by the presenter and not be mailed.

· Presenters are responsible for posting and removing their own materials.

· Audio-visual equipment may not be used.