July 11, 2022 - July 15, 2022
11th International Tunicate Meeting
Kobe, Japan
Photo: © KOBE TOURISM BUREAU
Important update for on-site participants!
Venue for Welcome Reception is changed. Click here for details!
How to visit Japan (Currently everyone needs VISA!)
Dear all,
April 14th, 2022
In the end of February, we have sent the first announcement of the 11th ITM in Japan. A few persons expressed interest in attending in person and inquired how to visit Japan. We investigated the current regulations for visiting Japan. It requires tangled bureaucratic procedures in these difficult Omicron days. But, at least, number of infected people per day is less in Japan than most countries so far (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/japan/). What we understood is,
1. All visitors now need VISA issued by Japanese embassy. It will take at least a week to issue VISA after you submit the required documents to the embassy. Forms for VISA application is available at https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html.
In order to get VISA,
Vaccinated three times with Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Jansen products. Bring the certificate written in English to the Japanese embassy (click here).
You also need official invitation document by the ITM organizers. Please download the Excel file (from here), fill in, and send it back to Hiroki Nishida (hnishida@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp). We will prepare and send an invitation document to you on request.
2. You need an airplane ticket.
The number of visitors is currently limited 10,000 per day. This regulation is controlled by airplane companies. So if you can get a ticket, it means you can enter Japan. First, you may check the price of airplane tickets because the price could be more expensive than usual.
3. When you arrive at the airport (click here),
You have to show a certification document for negative results of the PCR check, which is carried out within 72 hr prior to arrival.
You will be checked again upon arrival.
4. Quarantine requirements.
None if you pass all the check before and at your arrival.
5. The regulation will be altered depending on situation of the pandemic in Japan. In addition, there are a lot of details as usual for official procedures. We would recommend you to consult your local Japanese embassy for official procedures.
6. If you have interest in attending in person, contact Hiroki Nishida (hnishida@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp). We will list up the international attendees on site and start the procedures to prepare documents that you need to get your VISA.
In brief summary, what you need to do is:
1. Decide to visit Japan and attend the meeting in person.
2. Book a hotel room or dormitory (Information of accommodation is available at the end of this message.
2. Contact Hiroki Nishida (hnishida@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) by the deadline of abstract submission (May 15th). Please send the Excel file (click here) back to Hiroki Nishida. We need your information (including accommodation in Japan) to register you for Japanese border measures system and prepare an invitation document.
3. Book airplane ticket.
4. We will send an official invitation to you, which is certified by Japanese border measures system.
5. Contact local Japanese embassy to get VISA.
Accommodation information.
The room charge does not include breakfast and is the lowest fee per night for each hotel.
Dormitory in Konan Univ (the meeting venue). HIRAO Seminar House. 3,000 yen per night.
2-29-15, Suriyoshi-honmachi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 658-0051, Japan
http://www.konan-isc.co.jp/kaikan2.html in Japanese
To book the dormitory, contact Takehiro Kusakabe (tgk@konan-u.ac.jp).
Hotel Monte Hermana Kobe Amalie 6,237 yen – per night
〒650-0004 2-2-28 Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe
PHONE +81-78-393-7111
https://www.monte-hermana.jp/en/kobe/
Hotel Monterey Kobe 8,806 yen – per night
〒650-0011 2-11-13 Shioyamate Dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo
PHONE +81-78-392-7111
https://www.hotelmonterey.co.jp/en/kobe/
BRENZA HOTEL 6,700 yen – per night
6-1-1 Kumoi Dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 651-0096
TEL : 078-222-0707
Daiwa Roynet Hotel Kobe-Sannomiya. 7,524 yen – per night
〒651-0087 1-6 5-chome, Gokodori, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo
TEL.81-78-291-4055 /FAX.81-78-291-4056
https://www.daiwaroynet.jp/en/kobesannomiya/
Toyoko Inn Kobe Sannomiya No.2 8,400 yen – per night
5-2-2 Kumoidoori, Chuou-ku, Kobe city, Hyogo 651-0096 Japan
TEL +81-(0)78-232-1045
FAX: +81-(0)78-232-1046
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/eng/search/detail/00123
Remm plus KOBE SANNOMIYA 8,880 yen – per night
4-chome-2-1 Kanocho, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0001
TEL +81-78-571-0606
https://www.hankyu-hotel.com/en/hotel/remm/kobe-sannomiya
ANA Crowne Plaza Kobe 11,800 yen – per night
1-Chome, Kitano-cho Chuo-ku Kobe, 650-0002 JAPAN
T: +81 78 291 1121
F: +81 78 291 1154
https://www.anacrowneplaza-kobe.jp/en/
Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel 8,000 yen – per night
5-6 Hatoba-cho,Chuo-ku,Kobe 650-0042,Japan
TEL:+81-78-325-8111 FAX:+81-78-325-8106
https://www.kobe-orientalhotel.co.jp/english/
Hotel Okura Kobe 11,000 yen – per night
〒650-8560 2-1 Hatoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo
TEL / +81-78-333-0111 FAX / +81-78-333-6673
https://www.kobe.hotelokura.co.jp/en/
Hotel Plaza Kobe 7,454 yen – per night
2-9-1 Koyocho-naka, Higashinada-ku,
Kobe, Japan, Hyogo 658-0032
https://www.hotelplazakobe.co.jp/languege/en.html
KOBE BAY SHERATON HOTEL & TOWERS 16,501 yen – per night
2-13 Koyocho-naka, Higashinada-ku,
Kobe, Japan, Hyogo 658-0032
Phone: +81 78-8577000
Fax: +81 78-8577001
https://www.sheraton-kobe.co.jp/
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/osakb-kobe-bay-sheraton-hotel-and-towers/overview/
Hoping to see you in Japan.
Best wishes,
Takehiro Kusakabe,
Takahito Nishikata,
Yasunori Sasakura,
Hiroki Nishida
EVENTS
WELCOME TO
This meeting attracts the international community of researchers using tunicates as model organisms for a broad range of studies, including cell and developmental biology, neurobiology and immunity, post-embryonic development and regeneration, genetics and genomics, ecology and evolution.
Dear all,
The due date of abstract submission is extended to the date below as we would encourage Postdoc/Student to try oral presentation. This meeting will provide young scientists with nice opportunity to experience oral presentation in an international meeting. You can choose length of your talk 30 min (talk and discussion) for PI and 15 min for others (students and postdocs) when you submit your abstract.
New: Abstract submission deadline:
→ 23:59 of May 20, 2022 (JST 23:59/GMT 15:59)
Current stats on June 16th,
Number of participants is 151 including 12 oversea on-site attendees
(from the USA, France, Italy, Israel, Germany).
Residents in Japan : Others, 67:84
(Austria, 6; Belgium, 1; Brazil, 1; Canada, 1; China, 5; France, 17; Germany, 2; India, 1; Israel, 4; Italy, 7; New Zealand, 1; Norway, 5; Spain, 2; Switzerland, 1; Turkey, 1; UK, 1; USA, 22)
Online : On site, 58:68; To be determined, 22
PI : Postdocs/Students, 81:70
Number of regular talks, 74
A flyer of the meeting is available. Click here to download!
KEY DATES
EVENTS
Abstract submission
Early bird registration
Registration
Conference dates
DEADLINE PROPOSAL
May 20, 2022 (JST 23:59/GMT 15:59)
May 15, 2022
June 15, 2022
July 11-15, 2022
The 11th International Tunicate Meeting (ITM) will be held on July 11-15, 2022 both online and onsite at Konan University, Kobe, Japan. Hopefully, many researchers would be able to gather on-site. However, we are wondering whether visitors from abroad can meet in Japan in person, because visiting Japan is still severely restricted because of Covid-19. Therefore, we decided to hold 11th ITM in a hybrid style.
Every paper will be given in zoom meeting, irrespective that speakers are on-site or not. No poster sessions. Tentatively, 30 min (talk and discussion) for PI and 15 min for others (students and postdocs). This is still tentative, and could be modified depending on the number of talks registered. Zoom movies of talks will be recorded by organizers on time during the meeting days and will be uploaded for on-demand viewing as soon as we can. However, one or two-day lag will happen after the talk.
Organizing Committee
Takehiro G. Kusakabe - Institute for Integrative Neurobiology & Department of Biology, Konan University
Takahito Nishikata - Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Konan University
Hiroki Nishida - Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Yasunori Sasakura - Shimoda Marine Research Center, Univerisity of Tsukuba
Scientific Committee
Kai Chen - Kunming University of Science and Technology
Bo Dong - Ocean University of China
Patrick Lemaire - CRBM - CNRS
Lucia Manni - University of Padova
Noa Shenkar - Tel-Aviv University
8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 678-8501, Japan
Konan university is located in Kobe city, in the southwestern part of the main island Honshu. Kobe is conveniently located near Osaka, Japan’s second largest city and bustling gastronomic capital, and Kyoto, the preeminent heart of Japanese culture and tradition. It’s also close to the spiritual sites and sacred groves of Nara as well as to Japan’s best preserved feudal castle in Himeji. Together, these cities comprise the heart of Kansai, western Japan’s largest urban and economic region. So, if you want to thoroughly experience everything that traditional and modern Japan has to offer, come join us at Konan in Kobe.
HOSTING INSTITUTIONS
Institute for Integrative Neurobiology, Konan University
Graduate School of Natural Science, Konan University
Research Institute for Human Health Science, Konan University
If you have any queries or problems, please contact:
Takehiro Kusakabe (tgk@konan-u.ac.jp)
Hiroki Nishida (hnishida@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp)
About Registration:
JTB, Corp Western Japan MICE Branch
11th International Tunicate Meeting Desk
JTB Bldg. 6F, 2-1-25, Kyutaro-machi Chuo-ku Osaka 541-0056
Email:westec_op1@jtb.com
Office Hour: Mon.-Fri. 9:30-17:30 (JST)
Except Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays
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