Guide to the 28th Annual Meeting of
The Japanese Society for Environmental Education (Iwate)“Recovery from Disaster, Environmental Education and ESD”
Schedule of the Meeting
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Sep. 1st(Fri.)

15

Board Meeting
Oral Presentations

Sep. 2nd Regist(Sat.) ration

14Lunch16

Annual General
Meeting of Members

1718

Social Gathering for YoungResearchers

1920

How to Write a Journal Articles
Seminar

OralPresentations

Keynote Speech/ Public
Symposium

Poster Session
Oral Presentations (English Sessions)(12:00-13:00, International Luncheon Meeting)

AnnualGeneral
Meeting ofMembers

Reception

Environmental Education Messe
Oral PresentationsLunch

OralPresentations

Independent Themed Forum

Project Research

Independent Themed Forum

Poster Session
Sep. 3rd Regist(Sun.) ration

Meeting “Environmental Education in Asia(EEA)”(12:00-13:00, Lunch)
Environmental Education Messe

In the English Session on the first and second day of the 28th Meeting presentations, question and answer
sessions and general discussions will be held entirely in English.
This is the 6th consecutive year to hold the English Session, and we look forward to receiving English Session
entries not only from overseas participants, but also from members within Japan, to make this English Session
more active.

OutlineSeptember 1st (Fri.) to 3rd (Sun.) 2017 ＊Excursion will be held on September 4th (Mon.)
September 1st (Fri.), Iwate Prefectural University, Aiina Campus
September 2nd (Sat.) to 3rd (Sun.), Iwate University
Hosted by:
The Japanese Society for Environmental Education (28th Meeting Executive Committee)
Supported by(tentative): Ministry of the Environment/Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Ministryof Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism/Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries/Ministryof Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology/ Iwate University/ Iwate Prefecture University/Iwate Prefecture/ Morioka City/ Iwate Prefecture Board of Education/ Morioka city Board of Education
Date:
Venue:-1-■Access Guide＜Iwate University, Student Center＞
3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka City, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
University Guide Map: http://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/campusannai/kaigai.shtml
Campus Map: http://www.iwate-u.ac.jp/campusannai/sozai/campus_map_en.png＜From Morioka Station to Iwate University＞○By bus［Bus Depot Stop No. 11 at Morioka station bus terminal］（About 20min, JPY220）
Take−「For "Matsuzono bus terminal (松園バスターミナル)"」
Get off−「At "Iwate Daigaku Mae （岩手大学前）”」 orTake−「For "Sakuradai Danchi (桜台団地)"」
Get off−「At "Iwate Daigaku Mae （岩手大学前）”」○By taxi About 2 kilometers（About 10min, JPY1,000）○On foot（About 30min）＜Iwate Prefecture University, Aiina Campus＞ ＊Approx. 3-minute walk from Morioka Station
7F Aiina, 1-7-1 Moriokaekinishitoori, Morioka City, Iwate 020-0045, Japan
Aiina Guide Map: http://www.aiina.jp/en/access-en.html

By Train (JR Shinkansen): From Tokyo→About 2 hours and 30 minutes→to Morioka■Registration and payment of participation fees
Societies that are participating in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) have an agreement thatallows a certain number of members to participate in the meeting free of charge. We ask that each societykindly forward a list of such members wishing to participate to <iec@jsoee.jp> by July 14th. At that time,please specify whether or not the participants also wish to take part in the reception.
The reception on Saturday night requires a participation fee. The fee of JPY 5,000 will be payable in cashon the day of the reception.
If you are not a member of JSFEE or its associated societies, please send a registration form to<iec@jsoee.jp> by May 31st. The registration fee of JPY 6,000 and reception fee of JPY 5,000 are payable atthe registration desk of the annual meeting.
-2-■Presentation applications
Deadline for presentation applications: 18:00 on Friday June 9th
Deadline for submitting presentation summary data: 18:00 on Friday July 14th1) Applications for oral presentations (presentation of research, report of practices) or poster
presentations for the English Session
 A “presentation of research” is focused on studies of academic significance, while a “report of practices”
concentrates more on practical activities.
 Those wishing to make an oral or poster presentation as part of the English Session should fill out theEnglish Session Presentation Application Form.
 Presenters (actual rostrum presenters) must be members of JSOEE or a society that is participating in theMOU with us.
 The time allotted for each oral presentation is scheduled to be 15 minutes (12 min for the presentation, 3
min for questions).
 Oral presentations should be made using PowerPoint (up to the 2013 version for Windows), and will bepresented using a computer belonging to the facility. Laptops and computers belonging to the presenters
themselves cannot be used. Please save the PowerPoint data on a USB memory stick or CD-R, and bringit to the meeting. We plan to ask presenters to carry out a virus check before their presentations are loadedon the facility computer. If a virus is detected on the USB memory stick, the presentation will be limited
to just being published in the proceedings.
 For each poster presentation the space of 1,189mm (height) x 841mm (width) or 1,090mm (height) x790mm (width) will be provided.
 Please note that every presenter is not allowed to apply for both oral and poster presentations, and arelimited to one presentation per person.
2) Application methods and deadlines Please fill in the necessary items on the English Session Presentation Application Form, and save it.
 Email the application to the 28th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at <iec@jsoee.jp>
under the subject of “EE Meeting Oral (or Poster) Presentation (representative’s name)”.
 Once the application has been received, a confirmation email will be sent containing a receipt number.
The deadline for applications is 18:00 JST on Friday, June 9th.
3) Submitting data for the proceedings
 Presentation representatives are kindly asked to email the data to be published in the proceedings. WordFormat (.docx) is preferred, but files made in programs other than Word should be sent as a PDF (.pdf)
file.
 Mail the data for the proceedings to the 28th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at<iec@jsoee.jp> under the subject of “EE Meeting (Oral Presentation or Poster Presentation) No. (Receiptnumber) (representative’s name)”.
 Once the data have been received, a confirmation e-mail will be sent listing the things to keep in mind
until the day of the presentation. The deadline for sending the data to be included in the proceedings is
18:00 JST on Friday, July 14th.
*The period just before the deadline is expected to be busy; we therefore would like to kindly ask you tosubmit data as early as possible.
*If you are experiencing any difficulties obtaining information from the Meeting’s official website or
sending data by email, please contact the Secretariat of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Societyfor Environmental Education by e-mail at <iec@jsoee.jp>.

-3-■Events aimed at participants of the meeting
Social Gathering for Young Researchers
September 1st (Fri.) from 16:00 to 18:00 at Iwate Prefecture University, Aiina Campus

Seminar “How to write a thesis” (In Japanese):
September 1st (Fri.) from 18:00 to 20:00 at Iwate Prefecture University, Aiina Campus

Annual General Meeting of Members (In Japanese):
September 2nd (Sat.) from 16:30 to 17:30 at Student Center Building, Iwate University(limited to members/ in Japanese language only)

Reception:
September 2nd (Sat.) from 18:00 to 20:00 (registration from 17:30) at Coop Central Dining (Seikyo CyuoSyokudo) Iwate University.

Regular and Special Projects/Seminars (In Japanese):
September 3rd (Sun.) from 14:00 to 16:00 at Student Center Building, Iwate University-Project for Development Package of School Environmental Education
学校環境教育パッケージ開発プロジェクト-Project for Activation of Local Environment
地域環境活性化プロジェクト-Project for Thinking of Fukushima after the nuclear disaster
原発事故後の福島を考えるプロジェクト-Evaluation Research for environmental education program (Special seminar)
環境教育プログラムの評価研究（特設研究会）

Session “Environmental Education in Asia” (In English):
September 3rd (Sun.) from 9:00-14:00 at Student Center Building, Iwate University
JSOEE will publish “Environmental Education in Asia" (only on the web) in June 2017 as a special issue of“Japanese Journal of Environmental Education”. This session focuses on common agendas from the journaland discuss next challenge for collaborative research of international environmental education

International Luncheon Meeting (In English):
September 2nd (Sat.) from 12:00 to 13:00 at Iwate University (Venue to be announced)
This is an opportunity for international and domestic participants to meet each other. The meeting aim is toenhance communication in casual atmosphere. Please bring your own lunch. Drink and local snacks will beserved.
■Invitation to the Environmental Education Messe (Exhibition)Space is available for public relation campaign on products related to Environmental Education as well as forreport and presentation on results of practices. Teaching material development companies, business operators ofactivities for Environmental Education, NGO and NPO, University Laboratories and other groups can reserve aspace for display. Please use this space to communicate with participants of the conference. Cost for a display
space is JPY10,000.
* Please contact the 28th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at <iec@jsoee.jp> for more
information and reservation.

-4-■Excursion (In Japanese):
September 4th (Mon), Following tours will be available within Iwate Prefecture:- Koiwai Farm Eco-Tour (Experiencing Environmental Education at Koiwai Farm which received theEcotourism award)- Morioka Zoo Tour (Function and role of the zoo in relation with Environmental Education)- Rikuzen-Takata Tour (Rikkyo University and Iwate University Global Campus, observation of state ofrestoration from the 2011 Disaster)* Details of Excursions will be uploaded to the website for the 28th Annual Meeting of JSFEE by early June.
* Please register for excursion through the website for the 28th Annual Meeting of JSFEE by July 14th.

■Public events
Everyone (including non-JSFEE members) is welcome to attend the following events.

Keynote Speech/ Public Symposium (In Japanese):
September 2nd (Sat), 2 pm-4:30 pm, Student Center Building, Iwate University,
A public symposium “Recovery from the Disaster and Environmental Education/ESD” will be held on thesecond day of the meeting.
Keynote Speech: “2011 Tohoku Earthquake, Current Situation of the Disaster Area” (provisional title)
Presenter: Prof. Junichi HIROTA (Iwate University)
Coordinator: Prof. Ken TAKATA (Tsuru University)* Details will be announced in the meeting program (will be published at the end of July).

Annual General Meeting of Members:
September 2nd (Sat), 4:30 pm-5:30 pm, Student Center Building, Iwate University (same hall as public symposium)This year’s meeting is the first meeting since JSOEE has converted to JSFEE. As a result of this conversion, theold Annual Meeting where the JSOEE members used to attend and decide yearly action plan is replaced by Annual
General Meeting of Members (will be held on September 1st). Instead, since some form of meeting is necessary forJSFEE members to understand the action plan and comment on it freely, we decided to hold a social gathering.
Please feel free to come and join the new social gathering. Furthermore, we will conduct the ceremony for incentive
award on research and practice of 2016 at this social gathering.

Note:* There will be tables for the document distribution during the Meeting. If you are planning to distribute somedocuments, please set the copies accordingly. Please bring back the remaining copies after the Meeting.
The remaining copies will be otherwise disposed by the Secretariat.
* About reservation of your accommodation:
Participants are asked to make your own arrangements and reservations as soon as possible. Hotels around
Morioka station are convenient. However, due to another large-scale conference being hosted at the exact
same weekend, as time gets close to the conference, it might be getting harder to find some availability inthese hotels.
* There will not be childcare services during the meeting. Please make own arrangements if you need.

Inquiries:
the 28th Meeting Executive Committee International Desk at <iec@jsoee.jp>
Please direct all other inquiries by e-mail to the Meeting Secretariat at <iec@jsoee.jp>.
Please note that it may take several days to receive a response.
-5-28th Annual Meeting of JSFEE Executive Committee Secretariat
Department of Humanity and Social Sciences, Iwate University (Nakashima Lab.)
3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka City, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
TEL: +81-(0)19-621-6739 FAX: 019-621-6739 E-mail: iwate2017@jsfee.jp (Information Desk)
JSFEE Executive Office (Weekdays 10 am-5 pm)
infotec Co., Ltd.
2-6-1 Ochiai, Tama City, Tokyo 206-0033, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)42-311-3355 FAX: 042-311-3356 E-mail: office@jsfee.jp
JSFEE website: http://www.jsfee.jp/
Website for the 28th Annual Meeting of JSFEE: http://www.jsfee.jp/members/meeting/300-6-