General Information

Registration fees

We only accept on-site registration. Please be aware that paying by cash in Japanese yen is only acceptable payment method.
*Pre-registration and group registration is not available.
*Credit-card payment is not available.

*1 Nurse, Clinical engineer, Medical technologist, Nutritionist, Pharmacist and other Allied Health Care Staff is requested to submit the official document attesting to status from the department chief.
　Format_confirmation of enrollment [word 16KB]
*2 Junior resident is required to submit the official document attesting to status from the department chief and postgraduate / undergraduate student is required to show your student ID card.
　Format_confirmation of enrollment [word 16KB]

Registration

The registration desk is located in the Exhibition Hall 1, 1F Exhibition bldg., Sendai International Center during the conference period according to the following schedule:

Registration desk operation hours:

Oral Presentation Guidelines

Presentation time:
individually informed to the each presenter for symposia and invited lectures
Regular submission: presentation 8 mins + discussion 4 mins

Creating your presentation and check in:
All presentations must be created in, or converted to, Microsoft PowerPoint.
Please arrive and check in at PC data desk to review and upload your presentation from your flash drive 30 minutes prior to your appointed session time. All presentations will be uploaded from the PC data desk to the meeting room laptops.
You are still requested to review your presentation at PC data desk even if you will make your presentation with your laptop.

PC data desk:

*The PC operator will show the first slide of your presentation and you will forward the presentation from the 2nd slide by tapping the arrow key or clicking the mouse.

Specifications:
OS = Windows 7, available Windows PowerPoint ver. = PPT 2007/2010/2013/2016
PC which installed PowerPoint 2007/2010/2013/2016 with Windows7 is used in the venue.
＊Windows users: Please bring USB memory or CD-ROM
＊Macintosh users: Please bring your own laptop

Preparation of presentation data:
USB memory / CD-R data (Windows only):
1. CD-R is only available for Windows format
2. Use the following font to avoid getting garbled. Arial, Arial Black, Century, Century Gothic.
3. OS: Windows 7
4. Applications: Windows PowerPoint 2007/2010/2013/2016
5. MacOS, the other OS users than those above and containing motion picture and sound: Please bring your own laptop.

Laptop data (when bringing your own laptop):
1. OS: Windows XP or later / Macintosh: OS X10.1.2 or later
2. Please confirm in advanced that the data can be shown on an external display.
3. Please ensure to bring your own AC mains adaptor and external output connector.
4. Please deactivate the screen-saver and power saving setting.
5. Presenter view is not available during your presentation.

Poster Presentation Guidelines

Presentation time: 4 minutes presentation + 2 minutes discussion (total 6 minutes)

Creating your presentation and check in:
Contents, figures, graphics and pictures should be clear to understand from the distance.
Please make your poster to fit in the poster panel size.
Poster presenters are requested to check in, set up and move your poster by following poster schedule.
*Poster presentation should be replaced on each day. You are not able to display your poster prior to your presentation day.

Poster Check-in Desk: Exhibition Hall 2, 1F Exhibition Hall, Sendai International Center

*Any posters that have not been removed after the final time allocated for their removal has passed will be removed by the secretariat and will be scrapped after the program ends.

To Asian Session Poster Presenters

You are asked to set-up your poster during the set-up time on May 26 (Fri) one day prior to your presentation date. It is to secure enough time for scorers to view your posters.

Poster Panel Dimensions:
1. A poster panel for exhibition is 210cm in height and 90cm in width.
2. The secretariat will prepare a presentation number card (20cm x 20cm) and push-pins.
3. The presentation poster should be prepared by the presenters.
4. Please ensure to prepare a sheet which will fit on a separate space 20cm high by 70cm wide and it has the title of your presentation, presenter's name, all co-authors' name and affiliation.

Presentation style:
Audio receiver will be provided to the audience during the poster session.
Poster presenter will make their presentation with microphone. Please receive the audio set at the Poster check-in desk.

COI disclosure

Declaration of the conflict of interest (COI) on medical researches and publications has been recognized its importance and it is generally required to claim their transparency in recent years. In a reflection of the recent attentions, The 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nephrology would like all the presenters to indicate the conflict of interest (COI).

The lead presenter is requested to announce the relevant COI situation in the first presentation slide (or in the slide after the one that introduces the title and presenters), or in the designated form at the end of a poster. COI PowerPoint slide is attached separately.

COI self-reported criteria:
“Businesses, corporate organizations, or other for-profit groups related to medical research” refers to businesses, organizations, or groups that are related to medical research in the following ways.

1. They have commissioned medical research or conducted it jointly (whether for compensation or not)
2. They share patent rights or other rights in related to treatment methods, drugs, instruments, etc. that are assessed in the medical research
3. They provide drugs, equipment, etc. used in the medical research at no charge or at a significant discount
4. They provide research grants, donations, etc. for the medical research
5. They provided unapproved pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, etc. in the medical research
6. They sponsor endowed lectures or similar