The 34th International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
General Assemblyat Chuo University, Korakuen Campus
Tokyo, Japan

March 9-13, 2023

PROGRAMAll program changes will be announced on the information board at the Lobby of Building #5
as well as on the Conference Home Page every day.

To avoid COVID infection you are obliged to use a face mask in the Korakuen Campus

At the Reception Desk (Room 5133)
You may proceed to one of the desks below according to your membership type.
Published by: The Organizing Committee of 34th IUBS General Assembly 2023
Editors:
EC Members: Confirm your presence, take your items and meal tickets* (lunch and dinner).
Harufumi Nishida (Chuo University, SCJ IUBS Subcomittee)
Official Delegates of Ordinary or Scientific Members: Confirm your presence, take your items andNoriaki Murakami (Tokyo Metropolitan University, SCJ IUBS Subcomittee)
meal tickets* (lunch and dinner). Voting card will be included in the conference bag.
Aya Kubota (Chuo University)
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Cover design:
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Conference logo design: Nao Kawagoe, Ayumi Harashima
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Name Tag : Please check your own personal data.
Dinner Ticket (only in case)
Lunch Tiket (ony in case)
Items granted
Tenugui (Japanese towel) designed by Nao Kawagoe
IUBS GA note pad and a ballpoint pen
Pamphlets
Tokyo city guide, map, etc.
Other information sheets
Included, if any.

Published by: The Organizing Committee of 34th IUBS General Assembly 2023
Editors:
Harufumi Nishida (Chuo University, SCJ IUBS Subcomittee)
Noriaki Murakami (Tokyo Metropolitan University, SCJ IUBS Subcomittee)
Aya Kubota (Chuo University)
Cover design:
Conference logo design: Nao Kawagoe, Ayumi Harashima
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ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORSHIPS
Organizer
Organizing Committee of the 34th International Union of Biological Sciences General
Assembly (34th IUBS GA)
Co-Organizer
Science Council of Japan (SCJ)
Financial sponsorships
IUBS (International Union of Biological Sciences)
Chuo University
Academic sponsorships (alphabetical)
IYBSSD (International Year of Basic Sceinces for Sustainable Development) 2022
Japanese Association for Marine Biology
Pesticide Science Society of Japan
Society of Evolutionary Studies, JapanThe Botanical Society of JapanThe Ecological Society of JapanThe Japanese Society of Applied Entomology & Zoology
The Oceanographc Society of JapanThe Palaeontological Society of JapanThe Phytopathological Society of JapanThe Union of Japanese Societies for Biological Science
The Union of Japanese Societies for Natural History
The Zoological Society of Japan
Zoom settings
・Zoom 1 (Room 5533 on Day 1 and Day 2, Room 5234 on Day 3)
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Meeting ID: 846 1615 9533
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・Zoom 2 (Room 5234 on Day 2 morning, Room 5236 (in English) on Day 2 afternoon, and Room 5233 on
Day3 morning)
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・Zoom 4 For Public Lecture in Japanese 3/12 Day 3 afternoon 5534
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE＊SCJ IUBS Subcommittee
Chair
Vice-chairs

Harufumi NISHIDA＊
Hiroyuki TAKEDA＊
Noriaki MURAKAMI＊
Secretary
Aya KUBOTA
Members
Takehito YOSHIDA＊
Kaoru KUBOKAWA＊
Kyoko WATANABE＊
Tetsuro MIMURA＊
Mayura TAKADA＊
Kazuo INABA
Atsushi KAWAKITA
Takashi KIUCHI
Kenji KAI
Kazumichi FUJII
Takaya IWASAKI
Ayumi KIZAWA
Supporting Members
Yuki FUNATSU
Marika YAMAGUCHI
Takahiro YOSHIDA
Joo KUTSUKAKE
Ahmad TAUFIQ
Alyssa Marie LOLA

Chuo University
University of Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Chuo University
University of Tokyo
Teikyo University
Tamagawa University
Kobe Univeristy
Chuo University
Tsukuba Univeristy
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
Osaka Metropolitan Univeristy
Forest and Forest Products Research Institute
Ochanomizu University
Chuo University
Chuo University
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University

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Table of Contents
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Conference Venue ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Programs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) General time table(2) Program details

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Information for presenters------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Useful information -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Acknowledgments

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CONFERENCE VENUE
Building 5 of Korakuen Campus

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Internet Access: Available in almost everywhere in the campus building. Better connection in/near the buildings
5 & 6.
[SSID]IUBS34thGA[PSKey]F8gAPDzG

Conference Web site: https://iubs34th-ga.r.chuo-u.ac.jp/
Cloak: Room 5133; Open 08:45 am – 18:00 pm
Data Upload: 5133（Reception）Upload your file at least 30 min before your presentation, unless differently
indicated by session/symposium conveners.
Contacts: Headquarter room 5134. email to: gatokyo2023@iubs.org
Message Board: At the lobby inside the main entrance of Building 5.
Tea Lounge: Room 5136. Hot water is served for tea and coffee (instant powder and bags only because of the
COVID preventive restriction in the campus). Free snacks and bottled drinks are available, though limited in
number. Automatic drink vendors are also present in the campus.
Water: Tap water is drinkable.
Supporting Staff: Every supporting staff has a specified name tag and wears a designed work ware “Hanten”.
Most of them are Undergraduates. Please speak clearly and slowly when you ask.
CO-OP restaurant and store: Only a restaurant on the 1st floor of Building 3 opens on days 9 and 10 at 11:30– 13:30. CO-OP store is in the basement of Building 5 at 11:00 – 14:00. No services on Saturday and Sunday.

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RoomsReception & Cloak 5133
Headquater

5134

Poster room

5135

Tea Lounge

5136

Lunchroom

5137, 5138

Day 1 (Friday 10th) morning
3 月 10 日（金）§ Opening session of the GA(IUBS Members only) 5533
Day 1 afternoon§ Plenary Session

5533

Day 2 (Saturday 11th) morning
3 月 11 日（土）午前§ IYBSSD symposium I

5533§ Science Forum: International
Conference on Sustainable
ScienceDay 2 afternoon 午後

5234§ IYBSSD symposium II 5533
§ JAMBIO Open Symposium“Japanese Marine Station:
History, current activity andinternational network”(in Japanese)
公開シンポジウム「マリンステーションの現状と国際連携」
5235,5236 (interpreter room)
Day 3 (Sunday 12th) morning
3 月 12 日（日）午前§ Science Forum: WHO Working
Group Zoonotic Diseases 5234
§ Gender Equality
Day 3 afternoon 午後

5233§ IUBS GA business member only
5533
§ Open Public Session
in Japanese
一般向け公開講演会「生物が支える人と地球」 5534

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PROGRAMS(1) General timetable 3-13 March, 2023

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(2) Program details
IUBS General AssemblyTokyo, Japan, 9 to 13 March 2023
“Unifying Biology for Changing Earth and Human Life”
Please understand that all the scientific sessions will be recorded by zoom in the 34th GA.
Day 0 (Thursday, 9th) EC business meeting (members only)
Day 1 morning (Friday, 10th @5533)
Opening session of the GA (restricted to IUBS Members)
Chaired by LS Shashisdhara
9:00-9:10

Opening by the President, LS Shashisdhara

9:10-9:20

Welcome address by the Organizer, Harufumi Nishida

9:20-10:10 Reports on IUBS activities
9:20-9:35 Report on the scientific programmes by the Secretary General, Alexey Kotov(recorded)
9:35-9:50 Report on the finances by the Treasurer, Santiago Merino
9:50-10:05 Report on the activities by the Executive Director, Nathalie Fomproix
10:10-10:30 Appointment of the ad hoc Committees
on credential
on statutes and bylaws
on admission
on financeson scientific programmes
on resolutions
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30: Presentation of programmes for the new triennium
11:00-11:10 : Open Biodiversity and Health Big Data – BHBD, Yiming Bao
11:10-11:20 : Climate Resilient, Ozone and Arsenic Tolerant Cereal Crops for Sustainable

Agriculture, Richa Rai
11:20-11:30 : Pastoralism as a Global Herbivory Socio-ecosystem,
11:30-11:40: Zoonotic Disease Coordination Network, Zhibin Zhang
11:40-11:50: BIO-CULTURE: Conservation of biocultural diversity through a global
network of sacred natural sites, Claudia Rutte
11:50-12:00 Bio Education on Water and Sanitation, Shigeki Mayama
12:00-12:10 Fine Scale Population Genomics of the Blind River Dolphin (Platanista
gangetica): Initiatives for Identifying Appropriate Conservation Unit,
12:10-12:20 Grand Challenge: Education on Chemical Ecology in the Anthropocene, Renee
Borges
13:50 Group photo @5533

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Day 1 afternoon (Friday, 10th @5533)
14:00-18:00
Plenary sessions“Unified Biology for Biodiversity and Sustainability”
Chair: LS Shashisdhara
14:00-14:05 Opening remarks, L.S. Shashisdhara
14:05-14:30 Challenges and opportunities of science education: Modeling competence andsystems thinking, Mei-Hung Chiu ( IUPAC and ISC)
14:30-14:50 The responsibility of science, entrusted to us by society, Motoko Kotani (Tohoku
University, VP Science & Society) on line
14:50-15:05 Welcome Address ―An Aspect of Biology in Japan―, Motonori Hoshi(Ochanomizu University, Ex-President of IUBS)
15:05-15:35 Biodiversity from a Quaternary Perspective, Thijs van Kolfschoten (Emeritus
Professor of Palaeoecology and Quaternary Biostratigraphy, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden
University)
15:35-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 My unifying biology through Japanese medaka fish, Hiroyuki Takeda (Universityof Tokyo, Ex-President of IUBS)
16:30-17:00 Bringing Genetics, Ecology, Evolution and Sustainability Together into the

Unified Biology, Nils Christian Stenseth (University of Oslo, Ex-President of IUBS)
17:00-17:30 Science Forum-Global Biodiversity framework, Lily Rodriguez (CIMA)

Day 2 morning (Saturday, 11th @5234)
9:00-12:00
Parallel symposium I
Science Forum: International Conference on Sustainable Science (ICSS)
Chair: Lily Rodriguez

SCIENCE FORUM – GA PROGRAMME
Within the framework of a MOU signed between IUBS and the Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD) in 2005, IUBS started to organize the Science Forum, first in Curitiba (COP 8, 2006), Bonn
(COP9, 2008), Cancun (COP13, 2016), Sharm-el-Sheik (COP14, 2018), and Montreal/Cumming(COP15, 2022).

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For the last CBD COP, two Science Forum took place. One in April 2021,
online, and a second presential one during COP15(https://science4biodiversity.org/).

For the 34th GA of IUBS two sessions have been organized on behalf of the Science Forum.
These sessions are a follow-up to the decisions taken at the COP on how science can contribute to
the implementation of transformative changes to halt and bend the curve of the loss of biodiversity,
while still using and integrating nature in a sustainable world.

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Also, and subject to time availability, it is suggested to have an exercise with those participantsinterested in bringing the voice of this scientific community regarding the use of Digital Sequence
Information on genetic resources (DSI). The CBD secretariat has issued a call for opinions that
we may want to reply to (NTF-2023-03-en).
CBD,

Building on the new Global Biodiversity Framework just established (until 2030) by the

BIODIVERSITY

Convention on Biological Diversity, this session discusses different aspects ofANDtransformative changes that should occur, indicators, integration of values and

SUSTAINABILITY

knowledge system to operationalize the new GBF, aiming to a due implementation.

March 11, 2023

CHAIR:

Lily Rodriguez CIMA

Hour
9:00-9:20

9:20-9:40

9:40-10:00

10:00-10:20

MARCIN PAWEL JARZEBSKI (UNU). Locally initiated biodiversity-based sustainability
transitions

JIE SU. A holistic framework for systematic mangrove restoration planning

LAM HUYNH - Nature - Human wellbeing - Climate resilience nexus in ecosystem-based
adaptations for coastal defence: lessons learnt from Asian coastal cities.

Himangana GUPTA (UNU) Climate-biodiversity nexus in the context of science-

policy interface
TEA BREAK

10:40-11:00

11:00-11:20

11:20-11:40
11:40-12:00

SUNEETHA SUBRAMANIAN (UNU)– Pluralistic approaches to achieve sustainability

CLAUDIA RUTTE (Uni-Lausanne) The sacred commons: Conflicts and solutions of resource
management in sacred natural sites
OSAMU SAITO-“Future scenario analysis of biodiversity and ecosystem services tolead transformative changes and operationalization of the GBF”
Wrap-up discussion

Day 2 morning (Saturday, 11th @5533)
9:00-12:00
Parallel symposium I
IYBSSD symposium “Biological Science for Sustainable Living”
Chair: Harufumi Nishida
9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks, Harufumi Nishida
9:10-9:40 Plant-climate feedback mediated by biogenic volatile organic compounds, Atsushi
Nagano (Ryukoku University/Keio University)
9:40-10:10 Jute: Opportunities for Bangladesh and a solution to the many challenges of10

climate change, Haseena Khan (University of Dhaka, Secretary, The Bangladesh Academyof Sciences)
10:10-10:40 Coffee break
10:40-11:10 Flowering-time control in the changing environment, Hiroshi Kudoh (Kyoto
University)
11:10-11:40 Plant-fungus molecular interactions along the parasite-mutualistic continuum,
Kei Hiruma (University of Tokyo)
11:40-13:30 Lunch breakDay 2 afternoon (Saturday, 11th @5533)
13:30-18:00
Parallel symposium I (continued)
IYBSSD symposium II “Biological Science for Sustainable Living”
Chair: Noriaki Murakami
13:30-14:00 Evolution of obligate pollination mutualism in the tropical forest of Asia, Atsushi
Kawakita (University of Tokyo)
14:00-14:30 Evolution and diversity of insect-microbe symbioses, Takema Fukatsu(AIST/University of Tokyo/University of Tsukuba)
14:30-15:00 Adaptive movement: inspiration from insects, Noriyasu Ando (Maebashi
Institute of Technology)
14:46 ± Silence for those who sufferred 3/11 2011 Tohoku, and 2/6 2023 Turkey–Syria Earthquakes

15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:00 Ecosystem assessments: Resilience indicators for community-based assessmentsof socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes, Maiko Nishi (United Nations
University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability)
16:00-16:30 More Science of Life for Better Science for Life, LS Shashisdhara (Ashoka
University)
16:30-17:00 Climate change education across the disciplines across the globe, Rahul Chopra(Professor, Foundation for Liberal Arts and Management Education (FLAME) University,
Pune India)
Day 2 afternoon (Saturday, 11th @5234)
Parallel symposium II
Japanese Marine Station: History, current activity and international network
Chair: Kaoru Kubokawa
13:30-13:35 Opening remarks, Kazuo Inaba (Shimoda Marine Research Center, Universityof Tsukuba)
13:35-13:45 Activities of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), Kaoru
Kubokawa (ACRO, Teikyo University)
13:45-14:05 History and present of Marine Biological Stations in Japan, Gaku Kumano(Asamushi Research Center for Marine Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku

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14:05-14:25 History and present status of Japanese Fisheries Research Stations, Etsuro
Yamaha (Nanae Fresh-Water Station, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere,
Hokkaido University)
14:25-14:45 JAMBIO - Network of Japanese Marine Stations, Kazuo Inaba (Shimoda Marine
Research Center, University of Tsukuba)
14:46 ± Silence for those who sufferred 3/11 2011 Tohoku, and 2/6 2023 Turkey–Syria Earthquakes

14:45-15:05 Tara-JAMBIO Microplastic Joint Survey, Yumiko Patouillet (Tara Ocean Japan)
15:05-15:25 ANEMONE: The eDNA Monitoring Network in Japan, Michio Kondoh(Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University)
15:25-15:35 Coffee break
15:35-16:05 WAMS: international collaboration among marine stations in support of the

global ocean agenda, Matthew Frost (Chair of WAMS, Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
16:05-16:30 Introduction to the French marine stations and the research, education andexternal services at the Villefranche Marine Institute (IMEV), Tsuyoshi Momose(Laboratoire du Biologie du Développement de Villefranche, Institut de la Mer deVillefranche, CNRS/ Sorbonne Univesité)
16:30-16:55 Research and education in the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Tomomi
Tani（Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology）
16:55-17:25 Panel Discussion
Marine stations and the global network - How we collaborate and what we can do
17:25-17:30 Closing remarks

End of symposium

17:30
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公開シンポジウム 「マリンステーションの現状と国際連携」
日時 2023 年 3 月 11 日（土）13：30－17：30
場所 中央大学後楽園キャンパス 5 号館２階 5234＋オンライン＊本シンポジウムは、第 5 回 JAMBIO 国際シンポジウム、IUBS 総会パラレルシンポジウムとして開催します。英語発表は通訳つきです。
Zoom URL:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84307631104?pwd=RWw1UXFITm5CVEpiQm9jZWxHRHdXQT09
ミーティング ID: 843 0763 1104
パスコード: 711928
プログラム
13：30 開会挨拶 稲葉一男（筑波大学）
13：35 「IUBS について」 窪川かおる（日本学術会議 IUBS 分科会委員、帝京大学）
13：45 「臨海実験所の歩みと現在」 熊野岳（東北大学）
14：05 「水産実験所の歩みと現在」 山羽悦郎（北海道大学）
14：25 「日本のマリンステーション連携―JAMBIO の設立と活動」 稲葉一男
14：45

「Tara-JAMBIO マイクロプラスチックプロジェクト」 Yumiko Patouillet（Tara Ocean

Japan）

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14:46 ± 3.11 東北大震災及び 2.6 トルコ−シリア大震災被災者のために黙祷

15：05 「環境 DNA による日本沿岸生物相のモニタリング」近藤倫生（ANEMONE, 東北大学）
15：25 （休憩）
15：35 「世界マリンステーション連合による国際連携と SDGs」 Matthew Frost（プリマス海
洋生物研究所）
16：05 「ビルフランシュ-シュル-メール海洋研究所」 百瀬剛志（CNRS, ソルボンヌ大学）
16：30 「ウッズホール海洋生物学研究所」 谷知己（産業技術総合研究所）
16：55 パネルデスカッション「マリンステーションの役割と国際連携」
17：25 閉会挨拶
17：30 閉会

Day 3 morning (Sunday, 12th @5234)
9:00-12:00
Science Forum: WHO Working Group Zoonotic Diseases
ONE HEALTH AND This session is dedicated to the understanding of several aspects and potential solutions
to the emergence of Zoonotic diseases, driven by the impact of human activities on the
ZOONOTICDISEASES

environment, caused by animal-human interactions

March 12, 2023

CHAIR: Santiago MERINO Spain . National Museum of Natural History

Hour
1. Nils Stenseth: No evidence for persistent natural plague reservoirs in historical and9:00-9:20

modern Europe

9:20-9:40

2. Xinru Wan, Impact of climate on transmission of SARS-CoV-2
3.Zhibin Zhang, Exploring the early transmission patterns of SARS-CoV-2 using modelling

9:40-10:00

approaches
4. Hongjun Li, Introduction of Wildlife Disease Research Network (WDRN): new initiative

10:00-10:20

by ISZS and IUBS.
TEA BREAK

10:40-11:00 a. m.

5. Alice Hughes (University of Hong Kong): OneHealth; from population to landscape

11:00-11:20

6. Marina GARCIA del RIO. Climate effects on host-parasite relationship

11:20-11:40

7. The International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade- Sandul YASOBANT
8. Manabu ONUMA, DVM, PhD, Ecological Risk Assessment and Control

11:40-12:00

Section

Gender Equality round table discussion (Sunday, 12th @5233) + online
Chair: Guy Smagghe
Round Table talk

Details will be announced soon.

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Day 3 afternoon (Sunday, 12th @5534)
13:00-16:00
Public open lectures in collaboration with scientific society members of SCJ“Organisms sustain us and the Earth” (in Japanese)●

学会協力一般向け公開講演会「生物が支える人と地球」
日時 2023 年 3 月 12 日（日）13：00－16：35
場所 中央大学後楽園キャンパス 5 号館５階 5534 教室＋オンライン
Zoom URL:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88180014186?pwd=VjZpZGhHY2NzK3R4MzNubE4rMm50Zz09
Meeting ID 881 8001 4186
Password

998959

プログラム
13：00 趣旨説明 西田治文（IUBS 総会実行委員長、中央大学）
13：05 「古生物学の世界へようこそ：恐竜時代の海の爬虫類たち」 佐藤たまき（神奈川大学
教授・日本古生物学会）
13：35 「ヤポネシアにおけるヒトと動植物のゲノム多様性」 斎藤成也（国立遺伝学研究所特任教授・日本進化学会）
14：05 「土が支える食と農」 藤井一至（森林総合研究所主任研究員・日本土壌肥料学会）
14：35 「深海のトップ・プレデターを探る 〜いまそこにある危機〜」 藤原義弘（国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構上席研究員、東京海洋大学客員教授・日本動物学会）
15：05 「生物多様性が生み出す価値と公益性」 森 章（東京大学先端科学技術研究センター
教授・日本生態学会）
15：35 「共存の社会に向けて ～ ヒトという生き物の謎と社会の仕組み」 小林佳世子 （南山大学経済学部准教授・日本経済学会）
16:05 質疑応答
16:35 終了

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Day 3 afternoon (Sunday, 12th @5533)
14:00-18:00
Closing session of the GA (restricted to IUBS members)
Chaired by LS Shashisdhara
14:00-15:30 Reports of the Ad-hoc committees:
14:00-14:10: Report of the Credential Committee
14:10-14:25: Report of the Statutes Committee - vote
14:25-14:40: Report of the Admissions Committee - vote
14:40-14:55: Report of the 35th General Assembly Committee - vote
14:55-15:10: Report of the Finances Committee
15:10-15:45: Report of the Scientific Committee - vote
15:45-16:00: Report of the Resolutions Committee - vote
16:00-16:30: Coffee break
16:30-12:00 Elections of the new Executive Committee
16:30-17:00: Speeches of candidates (3 min for each candidate)
17:00-17:30: Elections
18:00: Results of the votes
18:00-18:15: Closing remarks from Harufumi Nishida, LS Shashisdhara, and the new elected
President.
Group photo of the EC including new members

Information for Presenters
Oral Presentation
The length of oral presentations varies due to each session. Presentation slides should be prepared in
Microsoft Power Point preferably.
File Upload
Presenters are requested to copy their PowerPoint or PDF files using USB memory to the reception desk(@5133) 15mins before the start of the session. We will gather files of all presenters in each session to
one USB memory to avoid virus infection. To share the presentation with Zoom, please use the laptops
provided for your presentation in each room.
Please download the latest version of zoom in advance in case you will join via online or use your own
PC for presentation onsite.
Poster Presentation (5135)
Maximum poster size is 120 cm high x 85 cm wide (A0 size, portrait orientation). Posters can be mounted
through the conference. Core time is not set officially but is recommended to be during the coffee break
and the lunch time. The presenters can stand by their own posters for explanation and discussion, otherwise
indicate the date and time of your presence on the poster space. Pins and adhesive tapes are provided by
the Organizing Committee.
Presentation language should be English except for some symposia or posters for the public.

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USEFUL INFORMATION(1) Traffic Card (a chargeable IC card)
There are different types of trafic cards. In Tokyo area major cards are SUIKA issued by JR andPASMO by privare companies, which are compatible with each other. IC rechargeable card allows
repeated use of a single card for transportation system. and can also be used at participating stores
displaying the card logo.
When using IC card, just touch softly on the reader panel of the train ticket gate or of theparticipating shop cashier. The reading section will flash blue, making a "pi" sound or "pi pi" soundwhen it has finished reading and your payment is automatically deduced.
IC cards can be charged at any train stations using ticket-vending machines. You can, forexample, recharge it at the Korakuen Station or Kasuga Station nearby the Venue. The desired
amount can be selected from ¥1,000, ¥2,000, ¥3,000, ¥4,000, ¥5,000, and ¥10,000. Receipt sheet
is available when you touch the receipt (領収書) button on the panel.
When you no longer use the card, you can be refunded at train or bus station offices, or at the
airport. A refund fee (¥210) will be deduced from your card and the remaining money together
with your ¥500 deposit for the card will be refunded.
(2) Post Office
There are two offices of Japan Post near the Korakuen Campus. The closest one is Bunkyo
Kasuga branch on the 1st floor of Bunkyo Ward building. For details please visit the Japan Post
webpage.
(3) How to use shower toilet
Many Western-style toilets in Japan are equipped with a system that showers your backside after
your toilet business, as are so the toilets in the Korakuen Campus. The system is not automatic.
You can control it simply by pushing function buttons. The instruction is indicated on the toilet
board in both Japanese and English. Enough numbers of toilets are accessible in buildings otherthan the venue place (#5).
(4) Health emergency
In case, please report to the supporting staff wearing Hanten or to the reception (5133)
immediately. There is a Health Center in Building 1, but is closed during weekend.
(5) COVID-related social restrictions
In open space and streets, you are free to use the face mask. However, it is strongly
recommended to wear the mask in public traffics. The government plans to relax regulations fromMarch 13th, which is the last day of the GA. Even after that you might notice that many Japanes
keep wearing, though. In the venue campus you are obliged to wear the mask during the conference
days.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The 34th IUBS GA is financially supported by IUBS. This grant is used mainly for the expense of
the scientific sessions and the symposia open to the public. Other financial source is provided byanonymous donations. The Organizing Committee ows many of the distinguished presentors fortheir voluntary presence to the conference to provide excellent talks.
The main symposium “Biological Science for Sustainable Living” was prepared in collaboration
with IYBSSD 2022 program of United Nations and UNESCO.

The scientific programs cannot be realized without academic supports by the Science Councilof Japan as well as its supporting scientific societies and unions related to biological sciences,which are listed on page 2.
Chuo University kindly allowed free use of facilities and equipments and funded ¥90,000 to theOrganizeng Committee.

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