Information for participants
Important notes for participants
To prevent infectious disease of livestock animals, do not visit farms and livestock facilities!
Do not contact with livestock animals, please.

On-site onlyThis academic conference would only be held on-site. Please note that there will be no livestreaming.

Information for participants
1. Registration will be at the lobby (foyer) at the entrance to the auditorium.
Reception desk will open,
8:00-18:30 on Sunday, September 8th,
8:00-12:00 on Monday, September 9th,
2. Those who have pre-registered will receive an abstract and a certification (name card) at thereception desk and must wear them during the conference. Name holders will be available atthe reception desk. The abstract will be sold for 4,000 yen.
3. On-site participants must register at the reception desk to fill out the necessary informationon the “On-site Participation Application Form.” They also need to pay the participation fee
below at the “On-site Participation Registration” to receive a participation certificate, fill out
their name and affiliation, and must wear the certificate during the conference. Students must
present their student ID.
 articipation fee on the day
PMembers: 15,000 yen (tax included)
Students: 0 yen
Non-members: 20,000 yen (tax included)
*Includes the cost of the abstract
No on-site registration will be available for the Lunch box and the Reception.
4. The cloakroom is located on the 1st floor of Kashiwa Plaza.
Cloakroom hours
8:00 - 18:30, Sunday, September 8th
8:00 - 12:30, Monday, September 9th—9—

5. If you have reservation for lunch on 8th September, you get and eat lunch on the 2nd floor atthe University Coop cafeteria. At the cafeteria, please receive the lunch during 11:30 to 12:30,and finish your lunch by 13:30. If you have no reservation for lunch, please get your lunch atconvenience stores near the university.
6. Wi-Fi Internet service will be available on site at Kashiwa Plaza, auditorium (lecture hall) andthe hall in front of the lecture room.
SSID: vet.conf.
Password: obihiro2024
7. Tourist information and local products sale are available on the first floor of Kashiwa Plaza.
8. Please turn off your mobile phone or put it on silent mode inside the lecture venue.
9. Unauthorized photography, video recording, and audio recording are prohibited inside thelecture venue.
10. Participants can use the free shuttle bus between Obihiro Station and Obihiro University ofAgriculture and Veterinary Medicine.
Bus departure location and time
8th September (Sun) Departure from Obihiro Station 7:30 → Arrive at Obihiro University ofAgriculture and Veterinary Medicine	8th September (Sun) Departure from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine 18:45 → Arrive at Obihiro Station → Arrive at the reception venue
 th September (Mon) Departure from Obihiro Station 7:30 → Arrive at Obihiro University of
9Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine	9th September (Mon) Departure from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary
Medicine 12:45 → Arrive at Obihiro Station
11. A reception will be held at Hotel Grand Terrace Obihiro (https://breezbay-group.com/hgt-obihiro/) from 19:30 on 8th September (Sun). Those who have registered to attend thereception should come directly to the site. You can also take the free shuttle bus from Obihiro
University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine 18:45 to the reception venue.
12. A n excursion will be held from 12:45 on 9th September (Mon). If you have registered toparticipate in the excursion, please come directly to the bus boarding point (in front of theauditorium of Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine).

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Instructions for Chair
Special Lectures/Symposiums/General Presentations
1. Please take your seat in the next chair’s seat in the venue at least 15 minutes before yoursession.
2. Participants with questions or comments should line up in front of the microphone for Q&A inthe venue, and the chair should appoint the questioner and proceed with the discussion.
3. Please adhere to the time set for the session. The program will be conducted on a very tightschedule. The timekeeper will give signals, so please manage the progress appropriately.

Information for presenters
Special lectures/symposiums/general presentations - for presenters

Conflicts of interest
All presenters are requested to disclose any COI (conflict of interest). If you are affiliated with acompany, please disclose any COI with another company. Please include this information on thesecond slide of your presentation (the slide after the title).

SatohSatohNotes on creating presentation slides and PC specifications at the venue• Slides should be created in English as a general rule.
• Slides should be created in 16:9 widescreen as a general rule.
• The PC environment at the venue is as follows. Please note that differences in the environment
may cause problems such as distorted screen layout.
For general presentations, please use the Windows PC at the venue. Please note that presenter
tools cannot be used.
PC specifications at the venue
PC: Windows 10
Macintoshes will not be provided, but if you need a Macintosh for a presentation other than ageneral presentation, please bring your own.
Resolution: 1,920 × 1,080— 11 —

Presentation software: PowerPoint 2013/2021
Data created with PowerPoint 2013/2016/2019/2021/Microsoft365 can be used.
Font: OS (Windows 10) standard• If you have linked a video to your presentation data, please be sure to save the linked dataand confirm in advance that it works on other PCs. On the day of the presentation, pleasethoroughly check that it works at the PC reception desk. We cannot output video or audio forgeneral presentations. Thank you for your understanding.
• Please save your presentation data on a USB memory stick and submit it.
The file name should be Presentation Number & Presenter Name.
[Example] AA-01_VeterinarianTaro.pptx

How to make your presentation
1. At least 30 minutes before beginning of your presentation, presenters in the auditorium mustcome to the PC reception in the auditorium foyer, and presenters in the large lecture hall mustcome to the PC reception in front of the large lecture hall and submit their presentation data(USB memory). Please check the operation on the same PC that will be used at the venue.
For general presentations, please use a Windows PC at the venue. Please note that presenter
tools cannot be used. For presentations at symposiums and other events other than general
presentations, you may use your own PC. If you bring your own PC, please make sure it has an
HDMI terminal or a conversion connector. Also, please bring your PC to the PC operator at thefront left of the venue 15 minutes before the start of the session.
2. The presentation equipment will be a PC LCD projector.
3. Please operate the screen yourself while looking at the computer screen on the podium.
4. Once the previous speaker has started their presentation, please take your seat as the nextspeaker.
5. Special lectures will be 35 minutes long and 10 minutes long for questions and answers,
symposium presentations will be 15 minutes long and 5 minutes long for questions andanswers, and general oral presentations will be 7 minutes long and 3 minutes long for questions
and answers. A pre-bell (1 minute before the end of the presentation), the main bell (end ofpresentation/start of questions and answers), and the final bell (end of questions and answers)
will be rung .
6. Presentation data will be temporarily stored on a computer at the venue, but this data will bedeleted responsibly after the conference has ended.

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General Topics (Poster Session) For Presenters
How to Prepare a Poster and Conflicts of Interest
1. Presenters are requested to disclose any COI (conflict of interest). If you are affiliated with acompany, please disclose any COI with another company.
2. Posters should be created within the dimensions of 180 cm in height and 90 cm in width.

Poster Display and Presentation Method
1. P resenters should check the presentation
number on the panel at the poster presentation
venue by 12:00 on 8th September and displaytheir poster so that it fits within the designatedposter area of the​​ panel.
2. Please display the presentation title, name,affiliation, and contact information on the topline. Presentation numbers will be prepared by
the secretariat.
3. T humb tacks for attaching posters will beprovided by the secretariat. Please refrain fromusing adhesive tape, etc.
4. Please wait in front of your poster during thecore time of poster presentation (12:30 - 14:00
on 8th September).
5. Posters should be removed from the poster
presentation venue from 10:00 to 12:00 on 9thSeptember. If they are removed before thistime, they may not be considered for award.
Posters remaining after the designated removal
time will be disposed of by the secretariat.
Thank you for your understanding.

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The Young Researcher Award
PurposeThe Young Researcher Award is established to encourage a deep understanding of and insight
into young researchers’ topics, as well as to improve their presentation skills.
Evaluation method
Young researchers under the age of 35 (students, postdocs, researchers) will be selected for theYoung Researcher Award based on the evaluation of their oral and poster presentations by a panelof judges as follows:
To be eligible for this award, the presenter was required to submit an entry at the time of abstract
registration.
An asterisk was added to the abstract number for the candidates of this award.

Oral presentations: 3–4 topics
Poster presentations: 6–8 topics
Selection criteria
1. Clarity of research purpose
2. Appropriate research methods for achieving this purpose
3. Validity of the conclusions from the results
4. Novelty, originality, and practicality of research findings
5. Clear explanation in accordance with time limitations (Oral presentation only)

Announcement of winners and award ceremony“KP

On the second day of the conference, the winners will be announced by the conference
chairperson, who is also the chairperson of the Young Researcher Award committee, and will bepresented with certificates and commemorative gifts at the closing ceremony.

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