The 31st Annual Meeting ofthe Japanese Society for Disability and Oral Health
English Announcement & Abstract Submission
Date:

November 14-16, 2014 Friday-Sunday* November 14 is only for holding board meeting and workshop for certified memberof JSDH.

Venue:

Sendai International Center (http://www.sira.or.jp/icenter/english/index.html)

Address:

Aobayama, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

President: Yoshinori Hosoya
President, Miyagi Prefecture Dental Association
Program:1) Special Lecture
Special Lecture Ⅰ
Tetsuro Shimizu
Professor, Uehiro Chair for Death and Life Studies, The Center for Evolving Humanities,
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
Special Lecture Ⅱ
Mari Tanaka
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University
2) Symposium3) Open Lecture
Wataru IwasakiPoet
4) Educational Lectuer5) International Session6) Homework Report Session7) General session (Oral and Poster Presentation)8) Luncheon Seminar9) Others
Abstracts submission for the meeting
Submission Deadlines: 3 June 2014.
Important Note: Submitting abstracts via the website (http://www.tohoku-kyoritz.jp/jsdh31/) is easyand convenient. Follow the instructions on the template, making sure that complete mailing address
information is included for the presenting and contact authors.
Basically, all abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract submission system.
The online abstract submission system is supposed to be available from 28th of April.

Writing Good Abstracts
Abstracts can be submitted via the online registration form. In this form the preference for an oral orposter presentation should be indicated as well as the theme, title, author(s), affiliation(s) and abstract
text.
Review the suggestions below which may improve your chances of your work being selected:
Annual Meeting Award: The best abstract will be awarded.
Modes of Presentation: Oral or Poster
Author(s): Authors are limited 20 per abstract.
Author(s) Affiliation: Enter the affiliation of all authors or only the first author.
Category: Authors must indicate during online submission the appropriate review category.
Title: It is limited to 60 characters so make the title dynamic and conclusive, rather than descriptive.
Abstract Text: An accepted abstract must contain the following elements: objective, methods, results—data and statistical analysis, conclusion and reference. The abstract limit is approximately 2,500
characters, which excludes the title, names of authors/co-authors, authors’ affiliations, spacing anddisclosures. In addition, imported tables and graphics（8cm height by 5cm wide） will decrease thecharacter count by 300~400 characters from the total limit allowed. Abstracts exceeding the character
limit will be considered “incomplete.” Abstracts marked “incomplete” at the close of the submission
deadline will be ineligible for consideration.
Note: Your Abstract Submission password and Abstract Submission Number will be required when
you change or confirm your registration details.

Meeting Registration
As we only have a pre-registration, we request your registration before 30th of September. We also
inform that oversea participants are exempted from a payment of the attendance fee.