Information (English)

2024 Annual Meeting of the Phytopathological Society of Japan

We are pleased to announce that 2024 Annual Meeting of the Phytopathological Society of Japan (PSJ) will be held on Mar.13-15, 2024 in Sendai (Sendai International Center). The meeting will beheld in a face-to-face format, but it will also be held as a hybrid format with live-streaming at all rooms and some online presentations.

We sincerely look forward to your participation.
Registration deadline for presentation : January 9, 2024.

Chair of Organizing Committee

Hideki Takahashi
Professor
Graduate School of Agricultural Science,
Tohoku University

Meeting Period

Wednesday, March 13 - Friday, March 15, 2024.

Venue

Sendai International Center
Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
URL: http://www.aobayama.jp/english/

Important Due Dates

Abstract Submission: 17:00 (JST) Tuesday, January 9, 2024 *The deadline for abstract submission will not be extended.
Registration (Early Bird Fee): 17:00 (JST) Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Registration (Normal Fee): 17:00 (JST) Friday, March 15, 2024 *Pre-registration is open until February 15, 2024.

Program (Tentative)

March 13 (Wed.), 2024

08:30
Onsite Registration
09:00 - 12:00
Opening, Presidential address, and Lectures by the winners of 2024 PSJ Award
12:00 - 13:00
Luncheon seminar
13:30 - 18:00
Lectures by the winners of 2024 Young Scientist Award Oral presentations
18:30 - 20:30
Welcome reception at Sendai International Center Exhibition Hall 2・3.
(http://www.aobayama.jp/english/)

March 14 (Thu.), 2024

10:00 - 12:00
Oral presentations
12:15 - 13:15
Luncheon seminar
13:30 - 18:00
Oral presentations

March 15 (Fri), 2024

10:00 - 12:30
Oral presentations
12:30 - 13:00
Closing ceremony
★Either Japanese or English may be used for oral presentations.

Registration Fee

[Paticipation and Presentation]

  Regular Student
PSJ Member Non-Member PSJ Member Non-Member
Early Bird Fee
Until January 9, 2024
9,000JPY 11,000JPY 6,000JPY 7,000JPY
Normal Fee
After January 10, 2024
12,000JPY 14,000JPY 8,000JPY 9,000JPY

*An additional fee (1,000JPY) is required to participate online.
*The Abstracts are available as PDF files. Booklet abstracts are not included in the registration fee.
*A booklet of abstracts is available for 3,000JPY.
*To qualify early bird registration fee, payment should be done by January 9, 2024 17:00 (JST).

[Welcome reception]

  Regular Student
PSJ Member Non-Member PSJ Member Non-Member
Early Bird Fee
Until January 9, 2024
8,000JPY 10,000JPY 5,000JPY 7,000JPY
Normal Fee
After January 10, 2024
11,000JPY 13,000JPY 7,000JPY 9,000JPY

Registration and Abstract Submission

Registration for speaker has closed.

After completing registration, an email confirmation will be sent with ID and password to log in to My Page. If you do not receive the email, please contact the registration desk below.
Modification of your information and payment for the fee is available on the My page. And only a PPSJ member can make an abstract submission for presentation.

<Inquiry for Online Registration>
Registration Desk
Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
psj2024@grp.tohoku.ac.jp

PPSJ membership number and password are required to qualify registration fee for members.
<Inquiry for PSJ Membership>.
The Phytopathological Society of Japan Secretariat
E-mail: byori@juno.ocn.ne.jp

Application for membership can be made online:
https://service.dynacom.jp/acpartner/ppsj/application.php?lang=eng

Online Participation

  • Viewing (Zoom) is available at all rooms and all presentations, but questions are not allowed
  • If you wish to participate online, regardless of whether or not your presentation is online, an additional online fee of 1,000JPY is required in addition to the conference registration fee.
  • If you are unable to view or present online due to system trouble, the registration fee and online add-on fee will not be refunded.
  • Zoom URL will be emailed to online registrants.

Payment

Please make the payment in Japanese YEN by credit card at My Page.
VISA、MasterCard、American Express、Diners Club、JCB
Convenience store payment is available only for residents in Japan.

To qualify early bird fee, payment should be done by January 9. And each presenter should complete registration fee payment by January 9.

Oral Presentation

Any PSJ member in good standing for 2024 membership may orally present a paper during the meeting. Registration instructions can be found below.
If you are not a current PSJ member but want to speak in oral presentation sessions, please complete membership registration for 2024 prior to register this meeting.
The membership application can be made on-line: https://service.dynacom.jp/acpartner/ppsj/application.php?lang=eng

Online Presentation

  • Online presentations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis for up to 15 presentations, and only those who are available to present on March 14 (9:00-12:00, JST) will be accepted (Room 1 will be the online venue without dividing the research areas).
  • If you wish to present your presentation online, please submit your presentation via Google form prior to the registration. Online presentations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

≫Online Presentation Application (Google form)

Abstract Submission

For presentation at PPSJ2024, send an abstract, and complete registration fee payment via the online registration system by 17:00 (JST), Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
Abstract submission is available at My Page, after completion of PPSJ2024 registration.
Please be sure that modification after the deadline is not available.

Instruction for Abstract

The abstract’s title and body should be less than 130 and 900 characters, INCLUDING space, respectively.
The following HTML tag are available for font style.

style sample image
superscript 10<sup>2</sup> 102
subscript H<sub>2</sub>O H2O
italic <i>italic</i> italic
under bar <u>AA</u> AA

Break room and Prayer rooms

Shirakashi conference room 2 on the 3rd floor of the Sendai International Center can be used as a break room. Prayer rooms will be set up on the 2nd floor in Waiting room 3 (for men) and Waiting room 4 (for women)(March 13,12:00-17:00; March 14,12:00-17:00; March 14,12:00-13:30).
▶Floor map

Inquiry

Registration Desk & Organizing Committee
Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
E-mail: psj2024@grp.tohoku.ac.jp

Program Committee
Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University
E-mail: program2024_psj@tds1.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp