Information for Participants
1. Registration◇ Registration desk
Location：Gymnasium No. 2
Open Hours：8:30 - 17:00 [8:30 - 14:00 on Sep. 17(Mon.)]◆ Advance registration
For participants who have completed advance registration with full payment of the registration
fee by the deadline, there is no need to stop by the registration desk. A name badge, a receipt anda program booklet have already been sent to these participants.
*Participants from overseas: Receive a name badge and a program booklet at the registration desk.
*Please wear your name badge throughout the meeting. Without it, you cannot enter the meeting site.
(Name badge holders will be provided at a place near the registration desk and near the buildingentrance.)
Note 1) Advance registration is completed only after the payment is done. In case your payment
cannot be con¿rmed by the deadline, your registration is automatically cancelled. In thiscase, please register on-site at the registration desk.
Note 2) Name badges have not been sent to those who have not paid the BSJ annual membershipfee. Please complete the payment at the BSJ desk of the meeting site.
Note 3) If you have already paid both registration and BSJ annual membership fees but not received a name badge, please visit the registration desk.
Note 4) For non-members who are invited to talk at a symposium, the membership is not required and your registration fee is waived.
◆ On-site registration
Those who have not completed advance registration are required to register on-site at the registration desk. Only cash payment is acceptable.
◇ On-site registration fees
BSJ Member

Non-Member

RegularSeniorStudent

Undergraduatestudent

Registration fee

JPY9,000

JPY5,000

JPY5,000

FREE

Banquet fee

JPY8,000

JPY5,000

JPY5,000

JPY3,000

RegularStudent

JPY12,000 JPY6,000
JPY8,000

JPY5,000

Undergraduate
student
FREE
JPY3,000

・For undergraduate students, the registration fee is waived. You are required to present yourstudent ID at the registration desk to receive a name badge and a program booklet.
・The “Early Career Award in Biophysics” Candidate presenters, the Biophysics and Physicobiology Outstanding Paper Award presenter and the representative of Biophysics and Phys‒ S38 ‒icobiology Editors’ Choice awardee are invited for free to the banquet. If you have alreadypaid the banquet fee, you can get a full refund at the registration desk.
◇ Name badge
Please be sure to wear your name badge throughout the meeting. Entry without the badge is NOT
acceptable. Remember to bring your name badge that was sent in advance.
◇ Receipt
A receipt is attached to the name badge. If you need another receipt form, it will be issued in exchange for the one attached to your name badge.
◇ Program booklet / Abstract online system【Release date: Aug. 17 (Fri.)】
A program booklet (a part of front matters, and program) will be sent in advance to BSJ members
and non-members with advance registration. The abstracts will be released only on the onlinesystem. No printed abstract booklet will be issued. On the online system, you can browse, searchand download abstracts.
Program booklets can be purchased at the meeting site: JPY3,500/booklet.
Abstract online system：
http://www.biophys.jp/dl/pro/56th_proceedings.pdf

The program (presentation title, presenter’s name and af¿liation) and the online abstracts will bereleased on the BSJ56 web site. A half year later after the meeting, the abstracts will be posted onthe J-Stage web site which is linked from the BSJ web site.
BSJ web site: http://www.biophys.jp/ann/ann02.html
J-Stage web site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/biophys/-char/ja◇ Program search system (Web version)【Release date: Aug. 9 (Thu.)】
Program search system will be released on the BSJ56 web site.
◇ BSJ membership (payment of the annual membership fee, and admissionprocedures)
For those who have not yet paid their annual membership fee, you can pay at the BSJ desk.
For non-members, you are welcome to sign up at the BSJ desk to become a new member. Fornon-members who are invited to talk at a symposium or belong to institutions outside of Japan,
the BSJ membership is not required.

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2. Services & Facilities◇ Cloakroom
Location：Gymnasium No. 2
Open Hours：8:30 - 18:45 [8:30 - 15:00 on Sep. 17(Mon.)]*Valuables or computers cannot be checked into the cloak since the society/meeting does nothold any responsibility for loss or damage of your items.
*Please pick your items up when you leave the meeting venue.
◇ LunchFree lunch:
Free lunch will be provided at luncheon seminars (day 1-3), Career Support Meeting (day 1),
Gender Equality & Young Researchers Support Symposium (day 3), and KAKENHI Guide
Meeting (day 3). Lunch tickets will be distributed in the morning of day 1-3. Please refer to luncheon seminar page.
◆ Cafeteria
A Cafeteria is available as follows:[Peach Cafeteria]
Location: South Facility for Student Welfare (Peach Union)
Open hours: 11:00 - 14:00[Muscut Cafeteria]
Location: North Facility for Student Welfare (Muscut Union)
Open hours: 11:00 - 14:00◇ Paging service
No paging service is available to call an individual except for an emergency.
◇ ParkingParking lot is not available for participants.
◇ Lounge
Please refer to the locations on the Àoor map page.
◇ InternetEnduoam as Wi-Fi is available at the meeting site. You can access internet with your ID ofeduroam. If you don't have an eduroam ID, please receive it at the registration desk.
*Wi-Fi can be unstable in some spots.
*Free Wi-Fi is available at the lounge.
*Please refrain from using internet during lectures.

3. Programs & Events*Several programs and events (committee meetings, general assembly meeting and its associated‒ S40 ‒symposium, and lecture for public) are omitted here.
◇ “Early Career Award in Biophysics” Candidate presentations
Date & Time: Sep. 15 (Sat.) 9:00 - 11:30
Place: Room B (A21, General Education, Bldg. A, 2F)◇ Student Presentation Award
This award will be selected from among oral presentations on Sep. 15 (Sat.) 13:30.
◇ Lecture by Biophysics and Physicobiology Outstanding Paper Awardees
Date & Time: Sep. 15 (Sat.) 12:50 - 13:20
Place: Room B (A21, General Education, Bldg. A, 2F)◇ Banquet
Date & Time: Sep. 16 (Sun.) 19:15 - 21:15
Place: Okayama Royal Hotel(a 15-minute walk from Okayama University)
Address: 2-4 Ezu-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama-city / Tel: 086-255-1111*On-site registration is available at the registration desk or the banquet reception desk.
*There is no shuttle bus service and we'll head to the venue on foot (Those who need any assistance, please do not hesitate to consult with staff at the general information).
◇ Luncheon seminar
Lunch tickets will be distributed at the luncheon seminar desk as shown below.
◆ Distribution of lunch tickets
Luncheon seminar desk
Hours: Sep. 15 - 17 8:30 - 10:30*The desk will be closed when all the tickets are distributed.
Location: Exbition room (Hall, University Union, 1F)*Only tickets for the seminars on the day are provided on a ¿rst-come-¿rst-served basis.
*Lunches are provided by courtesy of companies and groups co-sponsoring luncheon seminars.
◆ Attention
Please note that the lunch tickets will become invalid when you do not come before the startingtime of the seminars and that the resulting remaining lunches will be provided to those who areattending the seminars without lunch tickets.
◆ Request
We kindly ask you to attend till the last. Also, please enter your af¿liation and name in the questionnaire provided at the luncheon seminar as possible as you can.

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◇ Exhibition
Instruments, reagents, software, books, etc. are displayed at the exhibition hall (University Union 1F).

4. Prohibited Items◇ Photography & recording
Photography and recording with camera, video, mobile phone and any device is NOT allowed
at the meeting site. Please note that some recording may be performed after obtaining the board
meeting’s approval.
◇ Smoking, drinking & eating
Smoking is NOT allowed at the meeting site. No smorking areas in the Campus. Drinking andeating is NOT allowed inside lecture rooms except for luncheon seminars and other seminars/
meetings in which meals are served.
◇ Mobile phone use
Talking on a mobile phone in the lecture/presentation rooms is NOT allowed. Please set yourmobile phone on the silent mode or off, and make sure it will not make noises during lectures/presentations.

5. Contact◇ During the meeting
Secretariat (Tel: 080-4137-9158 *phone number reachable during the meeting)◇ Before or after the meeting◆ The organizing committee of the BSJ56
bp_nenkai56@okayama-u.ac.jp◆ Registration and abstract submission support desk
Nakanishi Printing Company
Ogawa-higashiiru, Shimodachiuri-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8048
bsj2018sys-sprt@e-naf.jp◆ Support team, exhibition and advertisement secretariat
A & E planning Co., Ltd.
Shin-Osaka Grand Bldg. 6F, 2-14-14, Miyahara, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0003
Tel: 06-6350-7163 / Fax: 06-6350-7164
Support team: jbp2018@aeplan.co.jp
Exhibition and Advertisement secretariat: e_jbp56@aeplan.co.jp‒ S42 ‒