We received many applications for this conference. All of the applications were reviewed by the Conference Organization Committee as well as JASID Conference Organisation team on April 1. The screening results were sent to the applicants.

Sessions on industry, education, migrants and refugees, environment, culture and development, international cooperation, health and welfare will be held at the 24th JASID Spring Conference: 3 organized sessions, 5 roundtable sessions, 11 oral presentation sessions, together with a poster session and book talk.

Information

Submission of papers, registration, and the others are as follows.

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
4. Participation at the Conference on the day

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
3. Bring a A1 size printed poster with you to the conference venue
4. Participation at the Conference on the day

Organizers (organized sessions / roundtables)

1. Download the form from the Conference website
2. Online registration and submission of your paper via the registration form on the Conference website
3. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only),
4. Participation at the Conference on the day

Chairs, facilitators, commentators, and the other participants

1. Online registration via the registration form on the Conference website
2. Payment of the participation fee (by credit card only)
3. Participation at the Conference on the day

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NOTE

*The following is the same as what has been sent to the presenters.

Oral presenters (oral sessions / organized sessions)

Your presentation should be 15-20 minutes. Prepare slides for your presentation. Follow the instruction of the session chair about the presentation time.

Poster presenters (poster sessions)

Prepare A1 size printed poster and bring it with you to the venue. Display panels will be available at the ground floor of the venue.

For organisers of planned sessions and roundtable sessions

Please inform your session participants to complete conference registration and upload abstract or paper via the online system. Complete the registration of your session by submitting A4 one-page abstract of your session that includes the names of chairperson, presenters, and commentators, and submit the file before May 14 (Sat) 23:59.

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Registration and Payment of the participation fee

Please check the conference website for the participation fee.

https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jasid2023spring/static/registration

In principle, we only accept payment by credit card. Receipt will be available after your payment via the system. Registration deadline is May 14 (Sat).

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Program pages of the Conference website

The updated version of conference program is available at the conference website.

https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jasid2023spring/static/programme

Please note that the start time of conference changed to 9:30 and the venue will be open for registration from 9:00.

＊Session format

All the sessions have one chairperson, two commentators, and two to four presenters in principle. Each session is for 120 minutes. A single presenter has 15-20 minutes for her/his presentation, 5 minutes for commentator, 3 minutes for the presenter to respond, and the remaining time for open discussion. Chairpersons / facilitators are expected to facilitate Q&A time. Please follow the instruction of the chair about presentation time if your session has five presenters.

＊Online sessions

One of the parallel sessions will be organised as online session at the conference. Those who can turn on camera are the chairperson, commentators, and presenters only.

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Conference venue

The conference venue is Akita City Cultural Creation Centre (https://akitacc.jp/). Please note it is not Akita International University campus.

Check the access to the venue from the conference website.

• https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jasid2023spring/static/map

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Plenary session

Plenary session will be held on June 10, 17:00-19:15, on the theme of “The Role of Intergenerational Ties in Sustainability: What to Sustain, What to Revise, and What to Pass Across Generations?”. Please find more details about the plenary from the conference website.

• https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jasid2023spring/static/venues

The language used in this session is English.

For details, please see the conference website.

• https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jasid2023spring/top

We look forward to your participation.

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The 24th JASID Spring Conference Organising Committee

Shogo KUDO
(Chairperson, Associate Professor, Akita International University)

• Hideki KAJI (Program coordination. Lecturer, Kochi University)
• Eri YAMAZAKI (Communication, Lecturer, Sophia University)
• Kyoko TAKAHASHI (Site operation, Adjunct Researcher, The University of Tokyo)
• Ayako MASUYA (Accounting, JICA Tohoku, Akita desk)

• Contact: jasid2023spring [at] gmail.com (replace [at] with @)