Abstract ｓubmission is now closed. Thank you for the more-than-expected submissions. We believe that many participants will get together and engage in fruitful discussions in Kobe.
Further announcement will be sent to the authors as soon as possible.

Instruction for Authors

Abstract submission.

Abstracts for oral presentations, oral posters, posters, round table presentations, symposia and workshops (described below) must be submitted under any of the conference sub-themes. Detailed instructions for authors of abstracts can be found here and for submission of abstracts click on the appropriate following button.

In case you encounter problems with submitting your abstract, please contact
the secretariat.

Presentation descriptions.

Oral presentations

Oral presentations are meant to report complete scientific research or innovative initiatives that have been implemented and evaluated. Presentation time will be 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes for questions.

Oral Poster presentations

Oral poster presentations are meant to report complete research or innovative initiatives that have been implemented and evaluated. Posters should require minimal explanation and a presentation time of less than 10 minutes. An oral poster presentation will be followed by 5 minutes for Q & A.
English-Japanese bilingual chairpersons will be appointed to assist with Q & A.

Poster presentations

Poster presentations are meant to report complete research or innovative initiatives that have been implemented and evaluated. Posters should be self-explanatory, thus not require additional explanation. However, authors are encouraged to be present at their poster during break times and to provide a contact-address for interested persons.
Volunteers with Japanese and English skills will be on site to assist in communication.

Round table forum

Round tables provide a forum for discussing and/or learning with and from each other. Contents may be topical issues or innovative initiatives that are in the planning or implementing stages.
Three presenters or a team of presenters will be allocated to a table. Each speaker will have maximum of 10 minutes for his/her initial presentation. The presentation should clearly state the issue for discussion. Presenters may wish to bring handouts or other means to facilitate discussion as AV equipment will not be available. Following the presentations all presenters and the audience will engage in a discussion until the session finishing time. A moderator/chair-person will facilitate the discussion and keep time.

Symposium

A symposium provides presenters an opportunity to group abstracts. The organizers will be responsible for allocating a moderator/chair-person and time-keeping. In order to allow for enough time for questioning and discussion a symposium may not have more than 3 presentations (of max 20 minutes each). Total time will be 90-minutes.

Workshops

Workshops will be 90 minutes in length. Workshops may have different purposes and formats. In all cases the workshops organizers will adhere to principles of interprofessional teaching/learning and keep teaching to an absolute minimum to provide for participants’ active participation. Workshops can be pedagogical or require exchange of ideas and discussion.
The size of the workshop rooms limits the number of participants to 24.