The 2016 Annual Meeting of the Mammal Society of Japan

For details on the Annual Meeting, please contact the Annual Meeting Office at the address below:
  The Office of the 2016 MSJ Annual Meeting
  Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
  1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687 JAPAN
  e-mail  msj2016[at]ffpri.affrc.go.jp

Host

The Mammal Society of Japan

Co-host

University of Tsukuba

Venue

University of Tsukuba
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577 Japan
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/

Dates

September 23-September 26, 2016

Program

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Registration Fee

Participant fee Banquet
Early-bird On site Early-bird On site
Member General \6,000 \7,000 \5,000 \6,000
Student \4,000 \5,000 \3,500 \4,500
Non-member General \7,000 \8,000 \5,000 \6,000
Student \5,000 \6,000 \3,500 \4,500

Meeting registration fee

Registrants who are registered by the Meeting Office should pay their registration fee, in Japanese Yen cash, directly at the time of registration upon arriving at the meeting registration table for the 2016 MSJ Annual Meeting.

Tentative schedule

September 23: Special Symposium, Workshop, Council Meeting
September 24: General Meeting of the Society, Award Lecture, Oral Session, Poster Session, Workshop
September 25: Public Symposium, Oral Session, Poster Session, Poster Session by High School Students, Banquet
September 26: Poster Session, Workshop, Excursion
Deadlines for registration (Registration will start on May 23, 2016)
Special Symposium: June 15, 2016
Special Session: July 15, 2016
Oral and Poster Session: July 15, 2016

Eligibility

All presenters of regular papers and posters, and organizers of Organized Symposia and Free Meetings, must be members of the Mammal Society of Japan.

Registration

Registrants who understand Japanese should register online via the 2016 MSJ Annual Meeting home page. Overseas registrants who do not understand Japanese may email their registration information to the Office of the 2016 MSJ Annual Meeting, and the Annual Meeting Office will enter your registration into the meeting home page for you. Please provide the following information.

Name (Surname, Given name, in alphabet)
Affiliation
Contact mailing address
E-mail address
Telephone number
Student or non-student status (a student in an undergraduate or post-graduate program of a university or college)
Participation or non-participation in the Reception
Participation or non-participation in the excursion

Registrants who wish to present a paper or poster should provide the following information:
Choice of oral or poster presentation
Entry or non-entry in the Student Poster Award contest
Title (in English)
Abstract (in English, limit 1200 characters [single-byte, including spaces])
Presentation topic: choose from morphology/anatomy, physiology, ecology/behavior, evolution/taxonomy/biogeography, conservation/management, but please note that you may not be placed in a session of a topic you choose.

If you have co-authors, provide the following information for them:
Co-author’s name (Surname, Given name, in alphabet)
Co-author’s affiliation
If you wish to organize an Organized Symposium or a Free Meeting, please contact the meeting office as soon as possible.

Language of presentation (Japanese or English)
Please make your presentation in Japanese or English.

Note on copyright
The Mammal Society of Japan retains the copyright to all abstracts printed in the meeting program.

Transportation and accommodations

The 2016 MSJ Annual Meeting Office cannot make any arrangements for the transportation or accommodations of the meeting participants. Please make your own arrangements for transportation and hotels.

For further details on registration, please contact the Annual Meeting office at the address below:
  The Office of the 2016 MSJ Annual Meeting
  Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
  1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687 JAPAN
  e-mail  msj2016[at]ffpri.affrc.go.jp