Countermeasures against the new type of influenza
We, at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, will check physical conditions of the attendees and ask them to refrain from entering the Center if they have fever, cough, or soar throat.
We thank you for your cooperation and understanding of the countermeasures against the flu.

Information for Speakers
After checking the output at the Computer Center (the foyer in front of Venue A, 2F, Building 1), please give your own laptop to the Computer Operator Desk.
If you are late for your scheduled presentation time, it may not be possible for you to speak. Please come to the venue in good time.


1. Registration


If you have registered in advance
Please wear the Meeting ID (name card) you have already been sent to the Meeting. Name card holders areavailable from the Registration desk. Persons without a Meeting ID (name card) will not be permitted to enter.

If you are registering on the day
Please register at the Onsite Registration Desk in the Nagoya Congress Center Atrium (1F, Building 1). Please pick up a Registration Form from the Sign-in Desk in the Atrium and fill it in before bringing it to the Onsite Registration Desk. All payments must be made in cash.

  • Registration Desk Opening Hours
    Sept. 16 (Wed.) 8:00–19:30
    Sept. 17 (Thur.) 8:00–19:00
    Sept. 18 (Fri.) 8:00–15:30
  • After paying your registration fee, you will be given (1) a Meeting ID (name card) and (2) the Meeting program.You must wear your Meeting ID (name card) at all times within the Meeting venue.
  • Admission charges are listed below.
    JNS member
    General
    ¥17,000
    Graduate student
    ¥2,000
    2,000 Please show student ID
    Non-member
    General
    ¥19,000
    Graduate student
    ¥4,000
    Please show student ID
    Undergraduate student
    Free
    Please show student ID
  • Undergraduate students who are not giving a presentation as a first/presenting author are admitted free of charge.

NeuroSocial
The NeuroSocial reception brings together researchers active at the forefront of their fields with young researchers (including undergraduates, postgraduates, and post-doctoral students) working in a range of different fields, in an event where participants can circulate freely with drink in hand. Plenary lecturers and symposium presenters are also invited to attend, meaning participants have the chance to talk with famous researchers. Travel Award recipients are invited too. You can look forward to opportunities for exchanging information with researchers from around the world. In addition, the menu will include a wide range of famous Nagoya products.
Registration has reached maximum capacity and is now closed. Unfortunately, registration on the day is not possible.


2. English Abstracts

The English abstracts of registered presentations will be published as a Supplement to Neuroscience Research (Elsevier). First/presenting authors have already paid the publication fee of ¥4,000. The Supplement will be mailed in late October to those who have paid the publication fee at the address under which they registered. Please be aware that it is not possible for copies of the Supplement to be distributed during the Meeting.
If you are not a first/presenting author but wish to purchase a copy of the Neuroscience Research Supplement, please order one during the Meeting (¥4,000). A copy will be mailed in around late October to the address under which you registered.


3. Training Credits for Specialist Doctors, Board-Certified Doctors, and Trainee Board-Certified Pharmacists

Attendance at Neuroscience 2009 is counted by the societies listed below as credit toward their training programs for specialist doctors, board-certified doctors, and trainee board-certified pharmacists. If you are enrolled in any of these training programs, please do take advantage of the system.

  • Japanese Society of Neurology
  • Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Japanese Society of Child Neurology
  • Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
  • Japanese Society of Ryodoraku Medicine


To obtain training points toward renewal of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology specialist qualification, please show your Psychiatric Specialist Certification Test Certificate (point card) at the Meeting General Information Counter. A staff member will register your points.
For other academic societies, please submit your Meeting ID and receipt to the society concerned and apply for credit yourself. Please inquire with the society concerned for further information.


4. Luncheon Seminars

As the number of lunchboxes available for luncheon seminars is limited, numbered tickets will be issued at the
Luncheon Seminar Ticket Desk (in the foyer in front of venue A, Century Hall) on the morning of the day of each seminar (from 8 a.m. when the registration desk opens, first-come first-served). Tickets are limited to one per person. You must show your Meeting ID (name card) to be issued with a ticket.
Lunchboxes are on sale at the Cascade in the 1st basement of Building 3 (¥1,000/box). Please be aware that numbers are limited.


5. Paging and Messages

Participants can not be paged within the Meeting venue by means of slides or the public address system. Please use the message board near the Registration Desk.


6. Cloakroom

Please use the cloakroom in the Atrium (1F, Building 1). Additional cloakrooms may be made available in Buildings 2 and 4 if necessary.
Please be aware that the cloakrooms are unable to accept valuables or umbrellas.

  • Opening Hours
    Sept. 16 (Wed.) 8:00–20:00
    Sept. 17 (Thur.) 8:00–21:00
    Sept. 18 (Fri.) 8:00–17:30

7. Exhibition Equipment, Academia Exhibition, Book Selling

The Exhibition equipment and Academia Exhibition will be held at the Event Hall
(1F, Building 1).
Publications will be on sale in the Lobby.

Sept. 16 (Wed.) 9:00–17:30
Sept. 17 (Thur.) 9:00–17:30
Sept. 18 (Fri.) 9:00–17:00


8. Internet Corner

Wireless Internet access and power outlets can be used in the Event Hall (1F, Building 1).
Please bring your own computer, as computers for general use will not be available.


9. Drinks Corner

A drinks corner will be set up in the Event Hall (1F, Building 1) while the Meeting is in progress (Sept. 16–18).


10. Bringing Children

A Childcare Room and a Family Lounge will be available during the Meeting. The Childcare Room will be staffed full-time by childcare staff, who will look after children while parents or guardians are attending the Meeting. Advance booking is required.

Childcare Room
The Childcare Room will be operated by Pigeon Hearts Corporation, an official member of the All-Japan Babysitter Association. Mats and play equipment will be provided, and children will be cared for by specialist childcare staff.

Ages accepted: From three months to sixth-graders
Opening hours:

Sept. 16 (Wed.) 8:00–20:00
Sept. 17 (Thur.) 8:00–19:00
Sept. 18 (Fri.) 8:00–17:30

Cost: 200 yen/30 minutes. (Please pay on the day at the venue. Costs of diapers etc. are excluded.)
Location: For security reasons, only users will be informed of the location.
Reservation deadline: Sept. 8, 2009 (Tue.)
Reservations may be accepted after the deadline if places are available. Please inquire for details at the General Information Desk (1F, Building 1).

How to make a reservation:
Download the application form from here, fill in the required information, and fax it to Pigeon Hearts Corporation.
Pigeon Hearts will contact you by telephone on receipt of your application. Please see the Meeting Web site for further information.

* Please contact Pigeon Hearts if there are any changes to the details of your reservation.
* In the event of an accident or injury, this will be covered within the scope of Pigeon Hearts’ insurance policy. The JNS, Neuroscience 2009, and the Convention Secretariat take no responsibility for any occurrence.

Lunch:
In principle, lunch will not be offered in the childcare room in light of considerations of food allergies and hygiene. Please use the separate Family Lounge (where eating and drinking are permitted).

Family Lounge
This room contains mats, play equipment, and partitions. Please use it feely to eat or relax with your children, or as a nursing room. Advance booking is not required. There are no childcare staff in the Family Lounge. While in this room, children must be accompanied by their parents or guardians, who are requested to use it responsibly and safely.
Opening hours:

Sept. 16 (Wed.) 8:00–19:30
Sept. 17 (Thur.) 8:00–19:00
Sept. 18 (Fri.) 8:00–17:30

Location: Conference Room 213 (1F, Building 2), Nagoya Congress Center
Admission: Free
Note: The contracting company’s insurance does not cover any accident or injury taking place in the Family
Lounge. The JNS, Neuroscience 2009, and the Convention Secretariat take no responsibility for any
occurrence.


11. Prohibitions

Photography, video recording, and sound recording are prohibited within the Meeting venue.


12. Associated Events

JNS Member's Business Meeting

Date and Time: Sept. 16 (Wed.), 13:00–14:00
Location: Room H (Conference Room 224, 2F, Building 2)
Following the Annual General Meeting, prize-giving ceremonies for each award will be held.

  1. 2009 Toshihiko Tokizane Award Ceremony (see page 46 for prizewinners)
  2. JNS Encouragement Award Ceremony (see pages 47 for prizewinners)
  3. Travel Award Ceremony (see pages 48–51 for prizewinners)




13. Press Room


Open: Sept. 16 (Wed.) through Sept. 18 (Fri.)
Location: Conference Room 131-132 (3F, Building 1)

Objective of Press Room and Conditions of Coverage

Information will be actively provided to media organizations as part of the PR activities of the JNS. For this purpose, a Press Room will be set up at the Meeting venue to assist reporters in covering the Meeting smoothly and to enable more in-depth reporting, such as inviting presenters of interest for interviews, within limits acceptable to the organizers of the Meeting.
Representatives of the media present at the Meeting should go to the Press Reception and show their press
credentials (freelance writers must show personal ID and copies of several published articles) in order to complete press registration. In the Meeting venue, they are asked to engage in reporting while wearing the press card or armband issued by the Meeting secretariat.
Representatives of the media are asked to invite those research presenters whom they are covering to the Press Room. Inside the Press Room, they may take photographs, make recordings, or carry out interviews, with the consent of the presenter concerned. In principle, photography, recordings, and interviews are not permitted at the venues for regular oral and poster presentations. The Press Room is also available as a working space for organizing information and writing or filing articles.
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