INVITATION

 The Organizing Committee of ICSEM9 thanks you for your interest in ICSEM9 to be held in Tanabe City, Wakayama, Japan from 18 August to 23 August 2017.
 Tanabe City, Wakayama Pref. is located some 80 km away from Kansai International Airport, and accessible in about 2-3 hour by a train. It is located near the Kumano Kodo, ancient pilgrimage region registered as a World Heritage Site, and is a home town of Kumagusu Minakata() who is well known for his research on Myxomycetes. We are sincerely looking forward to seeing you at the ICSEM9, in Japan!
 The main venue for the meeting will be "TANABERU" located in the walking distance from Kii-Tanabe Station, Tanabe City. Other venues for the Reception (MINAKATA KUMAGUSU ARCHIVES) and Opening Ceremony (KINAN CULTURAL HALL) are quite close. Accommodation facilities are close to the venues, too.

See the Map(Tanabe-map.pdf)
  "TANABERU"(MAP I-5)
  Kii-Tanabe Station(MAP G-3)
  MINAKATA KUMAGUSU ARCHIVES(MAP F-5)
  KINAN CULTURAL HALL(MAP G-6)

For the information of Tanabe City, please visit:
 http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/



Original drawing of Minakatella longifila by G. Lister, preserved at Minakata Kumagusu Archives
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM (18th - 22nd August 2017)
18th Friday
(Venue: MINAKATA KUMAGUSU ARCHIVES)		 Lindbladia cribrarioides
    Lindbladia cribrarioides
 Didymium leonium var. effusum
    Didymium leonium var. effusum
 Arcyria glauca
    Arcyria glauca
15:00-20:00Registration at "MINAKATA KUMAGUSU ARCHIVES"
18:00-20:00Welcome Reception at "MINAKATA KUMAGUSU ARCHIVES"
19th Saturday
(Venue for AM program: KINAN CULTURAL HALL)
9:30-Registration
10:00-12:00Opening Ceremony, Invited Lecture: Dr. C. Lado and Dr. T. Nakagaki
12:00-14:00Lunch break and moving to the conference room in "TANABERU"
(Venue for PM program: TANABERU)
13:30-Registration
14:00-17:00Oral sessions 1: Taxonomy
17:00-18:00moving to the party room in "KII TANABE CITYPLAZA HOTEL"
18:00-21:00Congress dinner
20th Sunday
(Venue: TANABERU)
9:30-Registration
10:00-12:00Oral sessions 2: Ecology
12:00-13:00Lunch break
13:00-17:30Oral sessions 3-5: Morphology/Development, Phylogeny, Biodiversity
(18:00The conference room will be closed.)
21st Monday
9:00-18:00Congress field trip to Mizukami
(Details for the trip is being planned.)
22nd Thursdays
9:30-Registration
10:00-12:00Oral sessions 6-7: Cellular slime molds, Education/Arts
12:00-13:00Lunch break
13:00-14:00Business meeting: Selection of the 10th ICSEM site
14:00-15:00Awards ceremony, Closing ceremony

VENUES

 Tanabe city, Wakayama Prefecture ()
    Transportation: c.1.5hr. by JR (Japan Railway) from Kansai International Airport
        http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/transport/#gettingto
    For further information, see website of Tanabe city Kumano tourism bureau
        http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/
 "MINAKATA KUMAGUSU ARCHIVES", for registration
    "MINAKATA KUMAGUSU ARCHIVES" is a museum preserving plenty of articles, books and various specimens collected by Kumagusu Minakata.
     http://www.minakata.org/ (in Japanese)
 "Kinan Cultural Hall ()", for opening session & plenary lectures
     http://www.kinanbunkakaikan.jp/ (in Japanese)
 "Tanaberu (), communication hall of city library", for general session & closing session
     http://www.city.tanabe.lg.jp/tanaberu/index.html (in Japanese)
 "Mizukami ()", ever green (Castanopsis) forest, for field excursion
     Further information will be provided soon.

<SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM>

PLENARY LECTURES (provisional)

Dr. Carlos Lado (Real Jardin Botanico, CSIC, Spain)
Dr. Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Hokkaido University, Japan)

ICSEM-9 will offer seven sessions:
 1. Systematics & Taxonomy
 2. Ecology & Biogeography
 3. Morphology, Development & Physiology
 4. Phylogeny, Genomics & Bioinformatics
 5. Biodiversity, Resources, Environment & Conservation
 6. Dictyostelids, Protostelids & other Protists
 7. Education, Arts & others

 The official conference language is English. We still welcome proposals for sessions on other specific topics of interest.
 Participants can make oral and/or poster presentations. A projector will be available for oral presentations prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint. We will prepare Windows and Mac laptops, but you can use your own PC if you like.
 Photography on the oral presentation slides is prohibited in the session rooms.
 The posters should be approximately 80 cm wide x 170 cm long. The title, authors and affiliations must be cited at the top of the poster.
 Printed abstracts will be included in the congress materials handed out at the time of registration at the venue.

REGISTRATION AND ACCOMODATION

 Registration and accommodation is taken care by Nippon Travel Agency Tanabe office
 URL :https://v3.apollon.nta.co.jp/icsem9/

POSTCONGRESS ACTIVITIES

Postcongress activities on Aug 23 suggested by the travel agency will be available on your cost.
URL will be available soon.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

 All participants giving oral presentation or presenting posters must send an abstract of each presentation to the abstract address.
 Send your abstract to: icsem9abst@gmail.com
 Deadline: May 31, 2017.
The deadline of abstract was extended until June 15, 2017.

 For making abstracts, please use the template available from here.
 Presentation format selection - Choose your preferable presentation (Oral or Poster).
 -Scientific session selection - Choose your preferable scientific field from the seven sessions

Other travel information to visit ICSEM9

 Summer in Tanabe city is very hot (over 30C in daytime) with strong sunlight, and very humid. When you are in Tanabe, please prepare to avoid UV from the sunlight. Also we advise you to have water with you to avoid heat attack.
 Please refer Osaka for your information: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2273.html

 In most cases, tap water is drinkable in Japan.
 The format for the pugs for electricity in Japan is type A (100-120V).

Contact us

For further information about ICSEM9, please contact to
<email: icsem9@henkeikin.org >, also please access to our website
< URL: http://henkeikin.org/icsem9/ >.
　　
Host organization The Organizing Committee of ICSEM9








The Japanese Society of Myxomycetology
Co-organization Tanabe City
The Executive Committee for Minakata Kumagusu 150th anniversary commemoration project
The Mycological Society of Japan
Cooperation Minakata Kumagusu Commemoration Foundation
Tanabe City Museum of Art
Sekaiitto Co., Ltd.
Supported by Wakayama Prefecture
Wakayama Prefectural Tourism Union
Institute for Fermentation,Osaka
Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education
Minakata Kumagusu Museum