The 9th Japan-China International Conference of Virology
Announcement

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Ladies and gentleman:

The 9th Japan-China International Conference of Virology will be held in Sapporo, Japan between June 12-13, 2012. It is an excellent platform for Japanese and Chinese virologists and worldwide virologiests to communicate with each other on topics on virology, virus infection, immunology, public health, and others. To help you better schedule your time, information will be announced as bellows.

(The 53th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Clinical Virology will be held in Osaka on June 16-17, 2012, just after the Japan-China International Conference of Virology. It may be a good idea to attend both meetings(In the meeting, all the presentation will be in Japanese only)).

Registration form and abstract form should be with the designated attachments.
Registration form
abstract form
Final Program
Map of Conference Venue

Chairperson of the Conference:

Prof. Koich Yamanishi (Japan), Prof. Shao Yi Ming (China)
Honorary Chairmen: Prof. Guanfu Zhu（China）

Conference Secretariat Office:
Conference Local Chair: Prof. Jiro Arikawa
Department of Microbiology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Kita-15, Nishi-7, Sapporo, 060-8638 Japan
E-mail: takashinom2126@med.hokudai.ac.jp
Te l: +81-11-706-6905, Fax : +81-11-706-7879

Conference Vice Local Chair : Prof. Nobumichi Kobayashi
Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University
Minami-1, Nishi-17, Sapporo, 060-8556 Japan

1. Conference Theme

Viral infectious diseases-related virology, immunology, and public health.

2. Date and Place

Date: June 12-13, 2012
Place: Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine The Alumni Hall "Flate"
Kita-15, Nishi-7, Sapporo, 060-8638 Japan

Hokudai Map

3. Registration

Please fill the Registration Form and send it to secretariat through E-mail by April 30, 2012. Registration fee needs to be paid at the conference (Please read spending list).

4. Conference Timetable

Timetable is tetative. Table will be changed to the final version.

Date	Time	Topics	Venue	Attendees
June11(MON)	14:00-18:00	Registration	"Frate" Hall	All
June11(MON)	19:00-21:00	Meeting of Panel memebers	undecided	Panel Members
June 12(TUE)	9:00-9:30	Opening ceremony	"Frate" Hall	All
	9:30-10:30	Keynotes (Japanese and Chinese side)	"Frate" Hall
	10:30-10:50	Coffee break, Group photo	"Frate" Hall
	10:50-12:00	General oral presentation	"Frate" Hall
	12:00-14:00	Lunch	undecided
	14:00-15:50	General oral presentation	"Frate" Hall
	15:50-16:10	Coffee break
	16:10-18:00	General oral presentation
	18:30-20:30	Welcome Party	undecided
June 13(WED)	8:30-10:00	General oral presentation		All
	10:00-10:20	Coffee break
	10:20-12:00	General oral presentation
	12:00–13:30	Lunch
	13:30-16:40	General oral presentation
	16:40-17:00	Closing ceremony
	17:00-18:00	Meeting of Panel Members	undecided	Panel Members

(Note) : Speakers and titles of Key Note, Workshop and Open Seminar will be announced later.

5. Spending List

Items	Spending**
Registration fees	Adult: 6000 Japanese Yen Students:3000 Japanese Yen :Please paid by Japanese Yen :Registration fee is paid at the Conference(June 11, 2012) :Including welcome party fee, tee and snacks(but not included lunch)

** If you have questions, please send E-mail to the secretary office.
Important: Only Janpanese Yen is available. (Chinese yuan and credit card CANNOT be used)

6. Conference Topics

Viral infectious diseases-related virology, immunology and public health.

7. Call for abstracts

Abstracts: One page for one abstract including the title and author information. Abstract should explicitly mention the objectives, methods, results, conclusions, and significance of the work. Please submit the abstracts by February 29, 2012 through E-mail (takashinom2126@med.hokudai.ac.jp)

Abstracts are now being invited as oral sessions or poster sessions. Please mark on abstract form which type of presentation you would like to. Organizing committee will select the abstract for oral/poster session and will be informed to you by E-mail on the March 30 at the latest.

8. Language

The official language in the conference is English. No translation service will be provided.

9. Contact details

	Japanese Side	Chinese Side
Chairperson	Koichi Yamanishi (President, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation)	Shao Yi Ming (Prof. CDC of China)
Secretariat	Local chair: Jiro Arikawa(Prof. Hokkaido University) Vice Local Chair: Nobumichi Kobayashi(Prof. Sapporo Medical University)	Fengmin Zhang (Prof. Harbin Medical University) Zhao-Hua Zhong (Prof. Harbin Medical University)
Tel/Fax	+81-11-706-6905 (in principle by Fax)	+86-451-8668 5122
E-mail address	takashinom2126@med.hokudai.ac.jp	fengminzhang@yahoo.com.cn zhonghmu@gmail.com
Correspondant address	Department of Microbiology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine Kita-15, Nishi-7, Sapporo 060-8638 JAPAN	Department of Microbiology, Harbin Medical University, No. 194, Xue Road, Harbin 150081, CHINA
Website	http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/hygiene/nicchu2011.htm

10.Guidelines for Speakers

1)Presentation time will be 9 min and 3 min discussion(total 12 min).
(You are requested to keep the time of your presentation 12 minutes including Q&A.)

2)Speakers are required to upload their presentation at the PC Preview Desk at least 1 hour before the start of the presentation.

3)Only presentations using a Windows or Mac PC are acceptable. OHP or slides are not acceptable.

4)Please bring your presentation data(USB flash memory) to the PC Preview Desk.
Please make sure to check the files with anti-virus software before your submission to the Desk.
Even if you intend to use your own PC, please come to the PC Preview Desk to check that your presentation functions correctly.

5)Presentation format
Please ensure that your presentation will function on the specifications given below.
i)OS: Windows XP and Vista or Mac(MacOS10.4 or later)
ii)Software: Windows: MS PowerPoint 2003/2007
Macintosh: Power Point 2004
iii)Fonts: Times New Roman, Arial, Arial Black, Arial Narrow, Century, Century Gothic, Courier, Courier New, Georgia
・If your Power Point presentation includes moving images, please bring your own PC to make your presentation, and the back-up data, too.
The Secretariat will prepare a Mini D-sub 15 pin PC cable connector.
・If your PC is not compatible with this cable connector, please bring an adaptor to connect your PC to the Mini D-sub 15 pin PC cable connector.
・If you use sound data, please let us know at the PC Preview Desk.

11. Travel and General Information for Conference Attendees

1)Tickets and accommodations
Airplane tickets and hotel accommodations will be arranged by yourself.

2)Passport and Visa
Invitation letter will be sent upon request.

3)Arrival at Sapporo
New Chitose international airport
http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en

4)Access from Airport to Sapporo and Sapporo to Airport
http://www/new-chitose-airport.jp/en/access/

5)How to get in Sapporo from New Chitose Airport(Sapporo)
a. Please get JR train from the airport to Sapporo station

From New Chitose Airport
(The station is located on B1F) http//www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/tmap/ to Sapporo by Rapid Airport Express. 15-min.intervals, 36 min.(fastest),
Fare(one way):Adult 1,040JPY

http://new-chitose-airport.jp/en/access/jr/

Time table in English
http://new-chitose-airport.jp/en/access/jr/timejr/

Chitose Map

6)About Sapporo
http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/english/index.html
http://www/sta.or.jp/english/

Chitose Map2

The 9th Japan-China International Conference of Virology Announcement