Welcome to Shimane, JAPAN
From August 21st to 25th, 2022, the 9th International Conference on Geoscience Education (IX GeoSciEd)will be hosted in Shimane, Japan. GeoSciEd is a series of conferences held every four years by theInternational Geoscience Education Organisation (IGEO), where enthusiastic Earth science educators,
researchers, and students from around the world gather for in order to exchange pedagogical idea andpractical experiences in Earth science education in their own countries. Since the first pilot meeting atSouthampton, UK in 1990, the 9th GeoSciEd in Matsue Japan will be a first GeoSciEd in Eastern Asia. We
extend a warm welcome to all of you to Matsue city, surrounded by many splendid UNESCO geoparks,
world heritages, wonderful nature, and traditional Japanese cultures/architectures. Concurrently, the 76th
annual meeting of Japan Society of Earth Science Education (JSESE) will be held in a same venue during
the 9th GeoSciEd.
1993 International Conference on Geoscience2010 GeoSciEd VI, Johannesburg, South Africa

Education and Training, Southampton, UK
1997 GeoSciEd II, Hilo, Hawaii, USA

2014 GeoSciEd VII, Hyderabad, India

2000 GeoSciEd III, Sydney, Australia

2018 GeoSciEd VIII, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

2003 GeoSciEd IV, Calgary, Canada

2022 GeoSciEd IX, Shimane, JAPAN2006 GeoSciEd V, Bayreuth, Germany

Schedule
19-20th Aug.

AM

Pre-Conference

21st Aug.

22nd Aug.

23rd Aug.

24th Aug.

25th Aug.

(Sun)

(Mon)

(Tue)

(Wed)

(Thu)

Registration

Oral

Japanese

Oral

Oral

Post-Conference

Presentations

High-School

Presentations

Presentations

Field Excursions

Field Excursions

26-27th Aug.

Students'#1 San'in Geopark

poster

#4 Oki Geopark

presentationPM#2 Hiroshima

Opening

KeynoteDuringKeynoteClosing#5 Iwami Silver

World Heritage

Ceremony

presentation

Conference

presentationCeremonymine World

Keynote

Oral

Field

Oral

presentation

Presentations

Excursion

Presentations

Heritage#3 ShimaneGeopark)
Evening

JSESE
AnnualMeeting

KeynoteExcursion

IESO meeting

IGEO meeting

Conference

presentation

Dinner at

Icebreaker

Matsue Vogel

party

Park

Council

Oral

Joint program

Oral

meetingpresentation

Excursionpresentation

ExcursionVenueAll programs will be held at “Kunibiki Messe” (Shimane Prefectural Convention Center), full-scaleconvention facilities in Shimane.
Kunibiki Messe (Shimane Prefectural Convention Center),
Address: 1-2-1 Gakuen-Minami, Matsue City, Shimane prefecture 690-0826, JAPAN
Telephone: +81-852-24-1111, FAX: +81-852-22-9219, E-mail: kunibiki@kunibikimesse.jp
Access: 7 minutes’ walk from JR Matsue station.

Access to Matsue
There are two airports (Izumo, Yonago) that provide convenient access to Matsue city.

(http://en.matsue-cvb.jp/access/index.html)
Izumo Airport: (Japan Airlines: JAL)
Izumo Airport is served by domestic flights from Japan's major cities (Haneda, Narita, Kansai, Nagoya, andFukuoka), operated by Japan Airlines (JAL).
Yonago Airport: (All Nippon Airways: ANA)
Yonago Airport is served by a domestic flight from Haneda (Tokyo) International Airport by All Nippon
Airways (ANA) and three international flights (Junerao Air: Shanghai / Hong Kong Airlines / Air Seoul).
(Notice: Air Seoul flights have been suspended since 2019 due to Covid-19 pandemic. )It takes 30~45 minutes from each airport to Matsue city center by an airport shuttle bus.

Pre-, During-, and Post-Conference Excursions■ Pre-conference field excursion (19th-20th August)#1 San’in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geopark（https://sanin-geo.jp）#2 Hiroshima World Heritage (https://www.hiroshima-navi.or.jp/en/worldheritage/)- Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Atomic Bomb Dome)- Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima- Landslide site near Hiroshima International University■ During-conference field excursion (23rd August)#3 Shimane Peninsula and Shinjiko Nakaumi Estuary Geopark（https://www.kunibiki-geopark.jp）■ Post-conference field excursion (26th-27th August)#4 Oki Islands UNESCO Global Geopark（http://www.oki-geopark.jp/en/）#5 Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (World Heritage Site)（https://ginzan.city.ohda.lg.jp）
Further information about meeting/leaving places and fees will be announced in the second circular.

Registration Fees
Registration Fees in $US

Conference delegates

Students / Teachers of public schools

Early Bird until March 2022

$150

$75

After April 2022

$320

$160

Accommodations
Accommodations near the venue are listed below. Information for reservation via the official website will beannounced in the second circular.
Hotel
1 Matsue Excel Hotel Tokyu
2

Access to the venue
Approximately 10 min
by walk

LocationStarsin front of Matsue Station★★★★

Green Richi Hotel

Approximately 13 min

2 min walk from Matsue

Mastue-ekimaeby walkStation

Approximately 13 minlocated in down-town ofby walkMatsue City

3 Hotel Route-inn Matsue
4 Matsue Urban Hotel

Approximately 10 minby walkin front of Matsue Station

★★★
★★★
★★

Logo

The official logo of the 9th GeoSciEd was created with the motif of "Shinjiko Lake", one of Shimane's mostbeautiful sunset spots. Shinji-ko lake is a brackish water lake with a circumference of 47 km, and is one of
the most famous waterfowl habitats in Japan. To protect its ecological environment, it was registered as aRamsar site in 2005. Yomegashima island in the middle is composed of basalt lava that erupted about 12
million years ago. The small red and green symbols are ancient ornaments made of agate called"magatama".
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Honorary advisor
KIMURA Gaku
TAIRA Asahiko
ITO Tanio
KITAZATO Hiroshi
HAMANO Yozo
MAKINO Yasuhiko
Chairperson
HISADA Ken'ichiro
General Coordinator
MATSUMOTO Ichiro
Scientific Committee
KAWAMURA Norihito
WATARAI Megumi
SAWAGUCHI Takashi
MATSUBARA Noritaka
SANO Kyohei
Advisory Committee
KUMANO Yoshisuke
FUJIOKA Tatsuya
SAKAKIBARA Yasushi
OKAMOTO Yoshio
NEMOTO HirooTAKIGAMI Yutaka
OTSUJI Hisashi
ISOZAKI Tetsuo
Secretary Committee
TAKIGAMI Yutaka
OMOTO Aasako
SAWAGUCHI Takashi
TANIGUCHI Hidetsugu
TANAKA Yoshihiro
Cultural and Social Committee
TUJIMOTO Akira
MIYAKE Yuichi
Fieldtrip Committee
IRIZUKI Toshiaki
NOMURA Ritsuo
NOBE Kazuhiro
OKADA Daiji
NAKANO Yoshifumi
FURUKAWA Hiroko
International Liaison & Financial PlanningCommittee
TANAKA Reiko
KOCHI Tamaki

MINAGAWA Mayumi
OMOTO Asako
FUJII Hiroyuki
Infrastructure Committee
KOMORI Jiro

JSESE Liaison Committee
SAWAGUCHI Takashi
KAMIKURI Shin'ichi
ITO Takashi
TAKAHASHI OsamuSupport and backup (including organizations in the process of applying)-Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Shimane prefectural board of Education
Matsue city board of Education
Izumo city board of Education
Oki Islands UNESCO Global Geopark
Shimane Peninsula and Shinjiko Nakaumi Estuary Geopark
Shimane University
Izumo Science Center
Sanbe Nature Center (Sahimel)
Geological Society of Japan
Volcanological Society of Japan
Seismological Society of Japan
Meteorological Society of Japan
Japan Geoscience Union

Important timeline
Second Circular
Submission of Papers
Approval of Papers (Oral/Poster)
Deadline for online Registration
Pre-Conference Field Excursion
IX GeoSciEd Shimane
Post-Conference Field Excursion

1st December 2021
1st January 2022 until 31st March 2022
31st May 2022
31st July 2022
19-20th August 2022
21-25th August 2022
26-27th August 2022
Contact

General Coordinator: Prof. MATSUMOTO Ichiro (chromim@edu.shimane-u.ac.jp)
Secretary: Prof. SAWAGUCHI Takashi (tsawa@toyo.jp)