YABEC 2016

22nd Symposium of Young Asian Biological Engineers’ Community

Renovation of YABEC by Networking Asian
Biochemical & Biological Engineers

2016.10.27 (Thu) – 29 (Sat)Miyazaki SEAGAIA Resort, Japan
http://yabec-jp.org/yabec2016/

Conference venue:
Hotel Seagaia Int’l Conference Center(http://www.seagaia.co.jp/index_en.html)
Accommodation: Cottage HIMUKA(http://www.seagaia.co.jp/english/hotel/ch.html)
Schedule:
10/27 (Thu)
Registration / Welcome reception
10/28 (Fri)YABEC 2016 Conference / Banquet
10/29 (Sat)
Excursion (Local town tour incl. ShochuBrewery)
Important dates:
6/30
7/15

Registration deadline*
Abstract submission deadline*Through the AFOB registration system. Please contact regionaldelegates for details.

Organized by YABEC Japan Organizing Committee (Chair: Noriho Kamiya)Supported by Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB),The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, and The Society for Biotechnology, Japan

Program Schedule
10/27 (Thu) Registration/Welcome reception
10/28 (Fri) YABEC 2016 Conference
10/29 (Sat) Excursion (Aya town tour)
Time table (tentative)
27-OctTime28-Oct

29-OctBreakfast

BreakfastTime
7:00

7:00
8:00

8:00
9:00

9:00

10:00

10:00

Keynote address, Prenary session
11:00

11:00

Photo time

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Poster session

14:00
15:00
16:00

Excursion

Registration

Oral
Oral
Oral
Oral
session 1 session 2 session 3 session 4

12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00

17:00

Award ceremony, Biofun
18:00
19:00

18:00

Welcome party

Banquet

19:00

20:00

20:00

21:00

21:00

Session 1: Medical Biotechnology and Biochip/Biosensor
Session 2: Bioenergy, Biorefinery, and Environmental Biotechnology
Session 3: Applied Microbiology, Synthetic Biology and Bioinformatics
Session 4: Enzyme, Food Biotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering, Biophysics & Others

Registration
Registration fee* (for foreign participants)
YABECian (young participant below age 50): 250 USD
OABECian (senior participant over age 51): 350 USD
Accompanying person: 150 USD*Extra fee will be charged for special arrangements for accommodation.

Registration procedure (for foreign participants)
Participants will be asked to register via AFOB registration system.
Please contact the delegate of each region for details.

About the Venue

About Phoenix SEAGAIA resort
Phoenix SEAGAIA resort is resort complex includes hotels, golf courses, restaurants,shops and bars. You can enjoy various activities such as horse riding, cycling, Nordicwalking, playing in the ocean, etc.
The YABEC2016 venue is SEAGAIA Int’l Convention Center, where numerous largescale domestic conferences and international conferences including the Kyushu-Okinawa
Summit 2000 Miyazaki Meeting of Foreign Ministers, have been held. In addition to thesummit hall seating up to 5,000 people, it also features convention facilities of various sizes.

About Miyazaki Prefecture
Miyazaki Prefecture locates in the east area of Kyushu Island Japan. The prefecture
occupies an area of 7.736 km2, which represents 2% of Japan’s total area, and incudes 9cities and 3 villages. Forest occupies 75.9% of prefecture’s area (5,873 km2). The
population of the prefecture stands at 1,135,000 (based on 2010 statistics), which
represents 0.9% of the national population.
Climate categorize in semitropical climate. Average temperature is 17.4°C, 52.7 clear
days per year recorded by Japan Meteorological Agency data (Miyazaki city from 1981210).
In agriculture, Hyuga-Natsu mandarin orange, cucumber, and eddoe occupy top share in
Japan. Broiler chicken and brand-beef, “Miyazaki-gyu”, are also famous in animalindustry. Recently, reared sturgeon became successful commonplace in market by a fish
farmer of Miyazaki at first in Japan. These foodstuffs will dress the dishes served in
Miyazaki’s restaurants and bars.
A luxuriant forest and nature provide you chances to meet excellent experiences.
Please get more detail information to access the following address.
http://www.kanko-miyazaki.jp/english/index.html

To the VenueInternational flights
Access by Air: via Fukuoka – Miyazaki, 40 min, 12 flights /daySeoul – Miyazaki (Wed, Fri, Sun) 90 min, 3 flights /week
Taipei – Miyazaki (Mon, Wed, Sat) 120 min, 3 flights /week
Hong Kong – Miyazaki (Wed, Sat ) 140 min, 2 flights /week*Access to the venue via Fukuoka International Airport may be convenient, but directflights to Miyazaki Airport from each region are also available. Please see below.

Domestic flight information (May 2016)
Fukuoka-Miyazaki
Japan Airline (JAL)
JAL3621
JAL3625
JAL3629
JAL3633
JAL3635
JAL3641

Miyazaki-Fukuoka
Japan Airline (JAL)
JAL3620JAL3622
JAL3626
JAL3634
JAL3638
JAL3641

7:15-8：00
9:50-10：35
11:55-12:40
14:25-15:10
15:50-16:35
20:15-21:00

7:35-8：25
8:30-9:20
11:05-11:55
15:45-16:35
17:05-17:55
19:50-20:40

All Nippon Airline (ANA)
ANA4954
8:50-9:40
ANA3122
11:25-12:10
ANA 4956
13:45-14:35
ANA4958
16:25-17:15
ANA3124
17:45-18:30
ANA3126
20:25-21:10

All Nippon Airline (ANA)
ANA4951
7:40-8:20
ANA3121
10:10-10:55
ANA 4953
12:25-13:10
ANA4955
15:10-15:55
ANA3123
16:30-17:15
ANA3125
19:10-19:55* The schedule will be subjected to change. Please check the schedule upon reservation.

Direct flight information (May 2016)
Miyazaki-Taipei
China Airline
CI114
14:25-17:35 (Sat)Miyazaki-Hong Kong
Hong Kong Airline
HX649
16:20-18:45 (Sat)Miyazaki-Seoul
ANA NH6943 19:00-20:40 (Sun) (Code share: OZ157, EY8449)

We appreciate longer stay in Phoenix SEAGAIA resort in Miyazaki!

Domestic transports

From Miyazaki Airport
Miyazaki Airport to SEAGAIA taxi pick-up service <Reservation required>
Miyazaki Airport ⇔ SEAGAIA taxi pick-up service 《Reservation is essential》
More convenient and cheaper to travel between SEAGAIA and Miyazaki Airport
Pick-Up taxi (small size / up to 4 passengers) ¥3,500 one way
Jumbo taxi (up to 9 passengers) ¥5,800 one way
By taxi: approx. 25 minutes
The fees are Approx. ¥4,500 (Small type / up to 4 passengers), and ¥5,500 (Medium type / up to5 passengers).
By train (via Miyazaki Station, JR line)(1) Take a train bound for Nobeoka on
Miyazaki Air Port line and Toyomoto line.
Go to Miyazaki Station. The fee is ¥350
one way. (Approx. 10 min.)(2) Take a bus (No. 18-1, West 2 bus stop)bound for SEAGAIA at local bus
terminal near west exit of Miyazaki
station. The fee is ¥510. (Approx. 25 min.
Or, a taxi (Small type: Approx. ¥2,000,Medium type: Approx. ¥2,500, Approx.
15 min.)Bus schedule・ Miyazaki to SEAGAIA (Week day) Arrival time
7:45, 8:45, 9:38, 10:11, 11:10, 12:11, 13:10, 14:10, 15:21,16:05, 16:45, 17:45, 18:45, 19:45, 20:45, 21:45
・ SEAGAIA to Miyazaki (Week day) Arrival time
8:32, 9:32, 10:32, 10:52, 11:49, 12:52, 13:49, 14:49,16:02, 16:49, 17:32, 18:32, 20:20

From Fukuoka International Airport by Train and Bus
You can take a train to Miyazaki Station via Hakata station and Kagoshima station or Oitastation by a train of JR line (4-6 h with super express, Kyushu Shinkansen, and express trains).
From Miyazaki station to SEAGAIA, refer to the above. We recommend taking a flight toMiyazaki Airport.

Accommodation

Individually standing cottages hiding in the black pine grove have an
atmosphere of a private resort.
The 14-wing, 72-room resort cottage complex includes some freestanding little houses and group lodging units. It maintain an atmosphereof a private resort with all the equipment you need for your stay.

4-6 participants share a room during the symposium.
YABEC Japan organizing committee strongly appreciates all the participants to share the room. If you needspecial arrangements, extra fee will be charged. Please contact first the regional YABEC committee in case.

http://www.seagaia.co.jp/english/hotel/ch.html

Excursion

Aya Town and “Teruha-Oh-Tsuribasi”
Aya Town is home to Japan’s largest evergreen
forest. It has a total area of 1,748 hectares, andconsists of evergreen trees such as oaks andcamellias. There is “Teruha-Oh-Tsuribashi”, thesecondly highest cable suspension bridge for footpassengers in Japan. The height and length are 142
m and 250 m, respectively. The bridge provides
you an excellent viewpoint of the evergreen forest.
At the middle of bridge, you can have a thrillingview under your feet through mesh.

Shusen-no-Mori (a Shochu theme park)
This theme park was established by aJapanese distilled spirit (Shochu) manufacture,Unkai Shuzou. You may enjoy tasting Shochu
and local beer. In the excursion, you can see amanufacture process of Japanese Shochu.