General Information

Date

October 1 (Thursday) – 3 (Saturday), 2009

Venue

Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall-7-jo Dori 9. Asahikawa
Asahikawa Grand Hotel-6-jo Dori 9. Asahikawa
(Asahikawa-city, Hokkaido, Japan)

Programs

Oral and poster presentation, special lectures, invited lectures, educational lectures, symposium and work in progress.


Information for participants

Registration desk
(Entrance Lobby on the 1st floor of Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall)
Participants are requested to register at the below day/times:
September 30 (Wed.) * 16:00-18:30
October 1 (Thu.) 8:30-18:00
October 2 (Fri.) 8:30-18:00
October 3 (Sat.)
8:30-12:00
*To avoid the congestion at the first day (October 1), the registration desk for participation was set on the day before (September 30) till 18:30 (exclude Preview Center ). Please be forewarned that it is carried on business in the hall as usual.
*Equipment Exhibition ( Exhibition hall in the basement floor of Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall) can be entered after the Opening ceremony on October 1 (Thu.) 11:00 AM.


Registration
Classification
Registration fee
Members 12,000 yen
Non-members 15,000 yen
*Students (excluding graduates) 2,000 yen
*There is a need for students to show their student ID at General Information of the Registration Desk.
* It is also possible to participate in The 29th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Technology program.
* PET Nuclear Medicine Workshop (October 2 (Fri.)9:00-11:00) can be joined in free of charge.
There is no prior- registration.
* For members: Please fill-out the registration form ( attached to abstract which will be sent beforehand) and bring it to the registration desk on the day of the meeting.
* For non-members: Please fill-out the registration form (arranged in the hall) and bring it to the registration desk on the day of the meeting.
A name card will be issued in exchange to your registration form. Please write in your name and affiliation, and always wear your name card at the venue. The name card also acts as a receipt, so please keep it safely. Please note that name cards will not be reissued.

Abstract (Nuclear Medicine 2009, vol. 46, no.3)
The abstract for the meeting will be sent to members beforehand. Please bring it with you to the meeting. It can also be bought at the venue on the day for 1,800 yen.

Message-posting Service

There will be no paging service for any participants during the meeting.
There will be a bulletin board at the lobby to post any messages if you need to get in touch with someone.

Joint Opening Ceremony

Date and time: October 1 (Thu.) 9:40 - 11:00
Venue: Room 1, 1F of Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall
Contents: President's Greetings, Opening Bell, Opening Lecture
Equipment Exhibition
( Exibition Hall&others, Basement Floor of Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall )
Opening Ceremony: October 1 (Thu.) 11:00 - 11:30
Exhibition time: October 1 (Thu.) 11:30 - 17:00
October 2 (Fri.) 9:00 - 17:00
October 3 (Sat.) 9:00 - 12:00
Preview Center ( Room 1- Room 4 : Lobby, 1F of Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall Room 5- Room 12: Lobby, 3F of Asashikawa Grand Hotel) ]
Opening time: October 1 (Thu.) 8:30 - 18:00
October 2 (Fri.) 8:30 - 18:00
October 3 (Sat.) *8:30 - 11:00
* only at the Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall
*Please come to Preview Center located inside the building of the hall where the lecture is done, otherwise it is unable to regist. Anyway, please come to regist at least one hour prior to the opening your lecture.

Cloak (Lobby, 1F of Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall)

Opening time: October 1 (Thu.) 8:30 - 18:00
October 2 (Fri.) 8:30 - 18:00
October 3 (Sat.) 8:30 - 12:00
* sahikawa Grand Hotel prepare cloak too( for common).

Cocktail Party ( Room 6・7, 3F of Asahikawa Grand Hotel)

Date/Time: October 2 (Fri.) 19:00 - 21:00
*A networking Event with The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Technology will be held. Please enjoy together the scenery with foods and sake of Hokkaido in autumn.
*Participation fee of Cocktail Party is 3,000 yen. Please regist at the General Information Desk, and registration for participation will be done till the opening of party. If the General Information Desk was closed, you can regist at front of the party hall.

JSNM Business Meeting

Excutive board
Date and time: September 30 (Wed.) 14:00-18:30
Venue: Room 11"Hakucho no ma",2F of Asahikawa Grand Hotel
General meeting of members
Date and time: October 2 (Fri.) 17:00-18:00
Venue: Room 5 ”Saiun no ma",3F of Asahikawa Grand Hotel
To be continued,"Hisada Prize" ( Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Journal Thesis Prize) and Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Research Encouragement Prize awarding ceremony will be given from 18:00.

Others

During the meeting , seminars below will be held. Please feel free to take part.
The 21st Respiratory Nuclear Study Meeting
Date & Time:
October 3 ( Sat.) 13:00 - 17:00
Venue: Room 3, Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall
The 10th Study Meeting of the Japanese Council of Nuclear Neuroimaging
Date & Time:
October 3 ( Sat.) 12:15 - 16:00
Venue: Room 4, Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall
*Luncheon Seminars organized by equipment/pharmaceutical manufacturers are to be held at Asahikawa Grand Hotel. Please note that entrance to these seminars will be on a first-come basis.
*The whole building of Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall is no smoking. Please prohibit from smoking in all areas except smoking areas.
*Please refrain from using mobile phones or any other electric appliances with alarms or beeping sound inside the conference room.
*Please note that taking of photographs or video recordings inside the venue is prohibited due to the protection of the copyright.
*Wireless LAN can be used at Asahikawa Grand Hotel.

Information for presenters and chairpersons

For Oral Session Presenters

The total time for one presentation will be 10 minutes.7 minutes for the oral sessions and 3 minutes for Q & As. Please follow the chairperson's instruction at the presentation time limit. There is no limit for the number of slides used.
All presentations must be done using a PC. Please note that there will be no slide equipment or OHP prepared.
Only "Microsoft Windows" can be accepted. Please note that no data from Macintosh can be accepted.
Personal computers installed with Windows XP・Vista and PowerPoint 2003・2007 will be used at the meeting. The monitor size of the PC is 1024×768.
Please use the mouse and moniter on the podium to operate the power point slides yourself during the presentation.


1.Data Preparation for presentation
1) Please prepare your presentation data with PowerPoint 2003 or 2007 on Windows XP or Vista, and bring your data stored in a USB or CD-R storage device. You can also bring in your own PC.
2) For any data prepared with prior OS such as Windows 2000, NT etc, please check that all data appear on the screen with no defects in Windows XP/Vista environment.
3) To avoid problems such as improperly positioned characters and paragraphs, unreadable characters, and missing characters, please try to use the following fonts.
[Japanese] MS Gothic, MSP Gothic, MS Mincho, and MSP Mincho
[English] Century, Century Gothic, Arial, Times New Roman
4) Please name the file as :
"Presentation no._presenter name.ppt" (If Windows2007, pptx).
(Eg. M1IVB7_Happyo Taro.ppt)
Note: [.ppt][.pptx] are file extension (alphanumeric character).
5) If using moving images, please note the following. Please also bring in your own PC for back up and in case of any trouble.
Please make sure the data is produced in a format playable with Windows XP/Vista and Windows Media Player 9 initial format. Data size: under 512MB. File Extension: wmv, avi, or mpg. (wmv is recommended.)

Place all the presentation data (including the animation) in the same folder. Please check the animation with Windows XP/Vista and PowerPoint 2003/2007 on a different PC to that you made the data from, and bring your data stored in a USB or CD-R storage device.


2. Submission of Data
1)Please make sure you register your data (USB storage devices or CD-R) or your laptop at the Preview Center at least one hour prior to your presentation. Please refrain from bringing in your own laptop to the presentation room.
2)The PC preview center is likely to be crowded in the morning during the conference. If your presentation is scheduled in the morning, it is recommended that you register your data at the following times:
October 1 (Thu.) 15:00-18:00
October 2 (Fri.) 13:00-18:00
3)Please come to the PC Preview Center to test the connection and view your file. Please note that you cannot correct any data at the preview center. If you are bringing in your own laptop, please make sure that it can be connected with 15-pin DSub connectors which the organizer will provide. Please bring an auxiliary adaptor if conversion is needed. In addition, please make sure you bring your own AC adaptor.
ELECTRICITY : Japanese electricity is supplied at 100volts and 50/60Hz.
note1: [USB storage device]Please make sure it is viewable from Windows XP/Vista.
note2: [CD-R]Only CD-R is acceptable. No CD-R/W or DVD can't be accepted. Please make sure to use the latest antivirus software.
  Please make sure to use the latest antivirus software.
  Please note the organizer will only provide a terminal connectable to 15-pin D-Sub connector. (as below)
  Especially for models such as SONY VAIO Note C1, SR, GT, U, an auxiliary adapter for conversion is needed for output. Please do not forget to bring it with you.
 


3. Preview Center Location
For Room 1 - Room 4 : 1F of Lobby on the right hand of General Information Desk、Asahikawa Civic Culture Hall
For Room 5 - Room 12 : 3F of Lobby, Asahikawa Grand Hotel
Please come to Preview Center located inside the building of the hall where the lecture is done, otherwise it is unable to regist.


For presenters of the Opening Lecture, Special Symposium,Symposium, Educational Lecture, Working Group report, PET nuclear medicine Workshop, YIA Competition, Work in Progress
*All presentations must be PC presentations. For details, please refer to Data preparation and Presentation, and Submission of data in the previous section.
*Please refer the notes of the personal computer projection apply to presentation.
*Please come to Preview Center located inside the building of the hall where the lecture is done, otherwise it is unable to regist.
*Please follow the chairperson's instructions concerning the way the session will be run throughout the presentation and discussion.

For chairperson of Lectures, Oral Sessions etc

*Please be seated in the "Next chairperson's seat" at the front of the venue at least 15 minutes prior to the start of your session.
*All chairpersons are in charge of the time keeping of presentations. Any discussions are welcome, but please ensure that all sessions start on time and finish punctually as scheduled.
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