• Registration
• JNS Members'General Meeting and Reception
• Cloakroom
• Exhibits, Book shops and Stamp rally
• Meal service during Educational Lectures
• Luncheon Seminar Tickets
• Credits for Specialist Doctors, Board-Certified Doctors, and Trainee Board-Certified Pharmacists
• The JNS Meeting Planner – Abstract Search / Schedule Creation System
• Internet Service and Business Center
• Drink Service
• ATM
• Paging service
• Press Room
• Participants with Children
• Prohibitions

 

1. Registration

Registration Desk Opening Hours and Location:

Date	Hours	Location
July 20	7:20-17:00	Entrance Lobby, 1F, International Conference Hall
July 21
July 22
July 23	8:00-11:00	Lobby, 2F, International Conference Hall

 

Pre-Registered Participants in Japan:

Please pick up the congress bag and meeting program at the “Meeting Program and Congress Bag Desk”. You will need an exchange ticket, which the Neuroscience 2017 Secretariat has sent to you prior to the meeting. A meeting badge holder is available near the Registration Desk. Participants not wearing meeting badges will be refused entry into the meeting rooms.

 

Pre-Registered Participants Coming from Overseas:

Please show up at the “Overseas” desk at the registration and pick up your meeting badge, meeting program, and congress bag.

 

Onsite Registration:

Fill out the registration form and bring it to the “Onsite Registration Desk.” Only cash payment is accepted. We do not accept credit cards.

• Please collect your meeting badge, a receipt of your payment, the meeting program and congress bag after completing payment.
  Make sure to wear your meeting badge at all times during the meeting
• Onsite Registration Fee

	Members		Nonmembers
	Registration	Reception	Registration	Reception
General	JPY 20,000	JPY 6,000	JPY 25,000	JPY 6,000
Postgraduates	JPY 3,000	JPY 3,000	JPY 5,000	JPY 3,000
Undergraduate Students	Free	JPY 2,000	Free	JPY 2,000

* [Tax category of Registration Fees]
Members: Tax-free, Nonmembers: Tax included
Note: Students are required to show a valid student ID card.

　

2. JNS Members’ General Meeting and Reception

JNS Members’ General Meeting and Reception will be held as follows:

JNS members’ General Meeting

• Date & Time: July 21, 19:00-19:30
• Venue: Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall

The International Brain Bee (High School Brain Olympics) Japan National Competition awards ceremonies will be held during the meeting.

 

Reception

• Date & Time: July 21, 19:30-21:30
• Venue: Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall
• Participation Fee (Onsite): General JPY6,000 / Grad JPY3,000 / Undergrad JPY2,000

Registration will be closed once it reaches maximum capacity.
The reception is a place for freely exchanging ideas over drinks. We expect attendance of both talented junior researchers/students and senior researchers at the forefront of advancing neuroscience. Presence of plenary and symposium speakers will help your direct interaction with renowned scientists. We look forward to your attendance. Early registration is advised to secure your spot.
　

＜Important ＞
Participants not wearing meeting badges will be refused entry into the reception room.
Please use “Day Care Service” (pre-registration required) for your child/children, when you attend the reception. For more information on Day Care Service, please refer to “15. Participants with Children”or inquire at the General Information Desk.

　

3. Cloakroom

The cloakroom is available for the storage of your luggage. Please be advised that valuables, umbrellas and perishable goods cannot be accepted.

Cloakroom Opening Hours and Location:

Date	Hours	Location
July 20	7:20-19:15	101, 1F, International Conference Hall
July 21
July 22
July 23	8:00-15:15	204, 2F, International Conference Hall

　

4. Exhibits, Book shops and Stamp rally

Exhibition

The Exhibition, Academia Exhibition, and Book shops will be held as follows:

• Date & Time: July 20-21, 8:45-18:00
  July 22, 8:45-17:00

• Location: Exhibition Room (Hall 8, International Exhibition Hall)

 

Stamp rally

If you collect stamps by visiting exhibition booths, you can get a free cup of coffee and snacks.

Stamp rally sheets are enclosed in the meeting programs.

 

• Date & Time: July 20-22, 8:45-18:00

• Location: Drink Service at the exhibition room

　

5. Meal service during Educational Lectures

Meals and dinks will be provided during Educational Lectures. (Pre-registration required)

• Morning programs (7:50-8:40): Light meals and drinks
• Lunchtime programs (11:55-12:55): Lunch boxes and drinks

* A lunch box will sell for JPY 500. Please pay at the entrance of the lecture room before the lectures begin. Light meals and drinks will be provided free of charge.

　

6. Luncheon Seminar Tickets

To attend a Luncheon Seminar, you need a ticket for each seminar due to limited amount of lunches offered at a seminar.

Pre-registered participants

Those who registered for Luncheon Seminar(s) will be receive ”Luncheon Seminar Ticket(s)” with your meeting badge in mid-July. Please make sure to bring it (them) with you.

Participants who will register onsite

30% of seminar tickets will be distributed on each seminar day. We strongly recommend you to come to the following place to receive the tickets early since number of tickets is limited.
　

　
* Lunch services at Luncheon seminars will be provided by cosponsoring companies and groups.
Number of tickets varies depending on each seminar. Ticket distribution will be closed as all the tickets are distributed.

　

Attention

Luncheon Seminar Ticket is invalid after the start time of each seminar (11:55).
Please arrive at seminar rooms before the start time. If you do not show up the rooms by the start time, the lunches will be provided to those who are attending the seminars without the tickets.

Attending Luncheon Seminars without tickets

You can attend Luncheon Seminars without tickets, however, note that no lunch service will be provided.

7. Credits for Specialist Doctors, Board-Certified Doctors, and Trainee Board- Certified Pharmacists

With your participation at Neuroscience 2017, you will be able to obtain credits for training programs from the respective societies listed below. Please take this opportunity if you are enrolled in any of these training programs:

• Japanese Society of Neurology
• Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology *1
• Japanese Society of Child Neurology
• Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
• Japanese Pharmacists Education Center

To apply for the credits, show your meeting badge and a receipt to those respective societies. Please contact societies directly for more information.

*1 You can renew your specialist certification with the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology by attending any one of designated lectures.
Please show your Psychiatric Specialist Certification Test Certificate (point card) at "General Information" of the Registration Desk. The following lectures are designated for the credit program.

　　

8. The JNS Meeting Planner – Abstract Search / Schedule Creation System

Please use the JNS meeting planner and app for smartphones and tablets available at: http://www.jnss.org/abstract/neuro2017/meeting_planner/
*It will be released in early July.

Abstracts will not be printed for distribution, but will be available at the JNS website even after the meeting ends.

9. Internet Service and Business Center

Wi-Fi (Free)

Free Wi-Fi service is available at following locations. Electrical outlets are also available at the resting space in the International Exhibition Hall.

• International Conference Hall: The lounge on the 1^st floor, the lobby on the 2^nd floor and the atrium on the 3^rd floor
• International Exhibition Hall: the resting space
• The 2^nd Floor of the International Exhibition Hall: Central Mall

Copy / Fax (Paid Service)

• Copy: International Conference Hall, 1F and 2F
• Fax: A facsimile service is available at Makuhari Messe Inc. office on the 1^st floor of the International Conference Hall.

Business Center (Paid Service)

• Service Menu: Print, copy and Fax services
• Business Hour: 9:00-17:30
• Location: Central Entrance, International Exhibition Hall

10. Drink and Morning Coffee services

Drink Service

Free drinks will be served at the exhibition room from July 20 to 22.
Please be advised that number of drinks we can serve is limited.
Sponsored by NARISHIGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT LAB.

Morning Coffee Service

Free morning coffee will be served at the exhibition room from July 20 to 22 between 8:00-8:45.
Please be advised that number of coffee we can serve is limited.

11. ATM

• Location: Central Entrance at the exhibition hall
• Bank & Card: AEON Bank, SEVEN Bank, UnionPay, MasterCard, Maestro, Circus, VISA and PLUS
  * Cards of major banks, local banks and Japan Post Bank are accepted

12. Paging service

No paging service will be provided.

13. Press Room

Opening Hours

Date	Time	Location
July 20-22	8:00-10:30, 14:00-18:00	Room 204, 2F, International Conference Hall

Information will be actively provided to the press as part of the PR activities of the meeting. For this purpose, a Press Room will be set up to assist reporters in smoothly covering the meeting and to enable more in-depth reporting, such as inviting specific lecture presenters for interviews. Press registration at the General Information Desk is required for media representatives by showing their press credentials (freelance writers must show their personal ID and copies of several published articles) and by presenting their business cards. Registered media can invite researchers for interviews, take photographs or record interviews only in the Press Room. This room is also available as a working space.

* A press conference will be held July 20, 10:00-11:00 at the first day of the meeting. Please complete the registration form prior to the press conference.

14. Participants with Children

Day Care Service [Reservation required]

 

15. Prohibitions

• Photography, video recording, and sound recording of the presented data is prohibited.
• Smoking is prohibited except in the designated areas.
• Please refrain from writing about presentations on SNS sites.
• Please set your mobile phones to silent mode or turn them off while in the presentation rooms.