To make a registration please read the following information and click the "Online Registration" button below. Please follow the instructions on the registration page and enter necessary information to proceed with your registration.
Online Registration is now closed.
Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Sept. 21, 2017 (Japan Time)
Online registration for the Symposium, Banquet, Excursion, and Accommodation is available until 5:00 p.m. Sept. 21, 2017 (Japan Time). After this date, registrants must register and pay fees on-site. Please note that registration will not be completed without its payment.
Registration by phone or FAX is NOT accepted. You must have a valid e-mail address for Online Registration. All communication with regard to your registration must be sent via e-mail. Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. (official travel agency of ISSS-8) is available to assist you with registration.
Early-Bird Registration (On or Before Sep. 1, 2017) |
Late and On-Site Registration (After Sep. 1, 2017) |
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Regular (SSSJ member) |
JPY 45,000 | JPY 55,000 |
Regular (non-SSSJ member) |
JPY 55,000 | JPY 65,000 |
Student (SSSJ member) |
JPY 15,000 | JPY 20,000 |
Student (non-SSSJ member) |
JPY 17,000 | JPY 22,000 |
Accompanying person | JPY 2,000 |
Regular and Student Registration Fee Includes: Program booklet, Abstract memory stick (USB),
and attendance to Sessions and Exhibition.
Accompanying persons Registration Fee Includes: Access to Exhibition room.
On registration, each attendee will receive a name badge. You are requested to wear it permanently visible at the symposium and all related events.
Participants will receive a conference bag, containing the printed program of the symposium, the complete abstract book in a memory stick (USB), a name badge, and other useful information.
A welcome get-together will start at 17:30 on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 at ESPOIR, the restaurant in the congress center. It is free for all the participants of the symposium.
A banquet will start at 18:00 on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 at Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba. The excursion buses will bring you to Tsukuba Center (near the banquet place) after the excursion.
Banquet | |
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Date & Time | Oct. 25, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. |
Location | Banquet room Subaru, Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba |
Fee |
Regular: JPY 6,000 Student: JPY 3,000 Accompanying person: JPY 3,000 |
Excursion tours will start after the morning sessions on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Several buses of three different courses will depart from the symposium place and, after excursion, the buses return to the Tsukuba Center (near the banquet place) before the banquet. All Excursion bookings are processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Excursion | |
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Content | Click HERE for the details of each course |
Date & Time | Oct. 25, noon (12:00 p.m.) - 5:30 p.m. |
Fee | JPY 3,000 |
*A lunch box will be served on the bus.
*Returning time will vary depending on the course.
*The excursion buses will bring you to the Tsukuba Center (near the banquet place)
and Tsukuba International Congress Center after the excursion.
*Medical expenses for injuries and illness and Travel insurance are NOT included.
*Tour Price is calculated on Feb. 28, 2017.
We organize a one-day trip to Tokyo for accompanying persons on Oct. 24. Currently a tour is planned to visit Ginza, Odaiba, and Asakusa but it is flexible along with the participants' requests. Please let us know your requests via the Remarks field in the registration form. If we could gather enough number, we will arrange the trip and send the detailed information to the participants.
Notes:
We will prepare a childcare room in Tsukuba International Congress Center during the symposium period. The cost is 500 JPY per hour and children under 12 years old are eligible to participate. If you would like to use the childcare service, please contact (isss8@sssj.org) by the end of August, 2017.
Room rates are only available for Oct. 22 - Oct. 25 inclusive. Nights outside these dates can be requested in the Remarks field on the registration form but cannot necessarily be guaranteed at the same rate.
Locations of the hotels around the congress center can be checked on the access map.
Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba | |
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Room Rate | Single (1 bed, Single occupancy): JPY 10,260 Twin (2 beds, Double occupancy): JPY 18,360 |
Check-in / out Time | Check-in 2:00 p.m. / Check-out 11:00 a.m. |
Address | 1-1364-1 Azuma, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0031 |
Phone | +81-29-852-1112 |
Hotel URL | http://www.okura-tsukuba.co.jp/eng/ |
Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba Epochal | |
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Room Rate | Single (1 bed, Single occupancy): JPY 9,720 Twin (2 beds, Double occupancy): JPY 17,280 |
Check-in / out Time | Check-in 2:00 p.m. / Check-out 11:00 a.m. |
Address | 2-20-1 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0032 |
Phone | +81-29-860-7700 |
Hotel URL | http://www.okura-tsukuba.co.jp/eng/rooms_epo/ |
Daiwa Roynet Hotel TSUKUBA | |
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Room Rate | Single (1 bed, Single occupancy): JPY 9,900 Twin (2 beds, Double occupancy): JPY 13,800 |
Check-in / out Time | Check-in 2:00 p.m. / Check-out 11:00 a.m. |
Address | 1-5-7, Azuma, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0031 |
Phone | +81-29-863-3755 |
Hotel URL | http://www.daiwaroynet.jp/english/tsukuba/ |
Tsukuba-Daily Inn | |
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Room Rate | Single (1 bed, Single occupancy): JPY 6,200 |
Check-in / out Time | Check-in 4:00 p.m. / Check-out 10:00 a.m. |
Address | 1-12-4, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047 |
Phone | +81-29-856-5185 |
Hotel URL |
http://www.55-hotels.com/tsukuba-dailyinn/ (Japanese website only) |
Hotel Tsukuba Hills (Gakuen Nishi Odori) | |
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Room Rate | Single (1 bed, Single occupancy): JPY 7,000 |
Check-in / out Time | Check-in 3:00 p.m. / Check-out 10:00 a.m. |
Address | 8-7, Higashiarai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0033 |
Phone | +81-29-896-3331 |
Hotel URL |
http://breezbay-group.com/tsukuba-hills/ (Japanese website only) |
*Services included: room, a breakfast, 8% consumption tax and service charge
*Services not included: personal expenses (laundry, telephone bill, mini-bar,
medical expenses due to injury or illness, travel insurance)
*Please notify ISSS-8 Registration desk (isss-8rgst@or.knt.co.jp) if you expect to arrive at
your hotel after 10:00 p.m. to avoid the cancellation of your reservation.
*Please write smoking or non-smoking room request in "Remarks" on the online registration page.
Your request will be forwarded to the hotel. However, please kindly understand that
smoking/non-smoking rooms may not be provided as you requested depending on the room vacancy.
*Full payment will be required to complete your reservation.
For all payments made through Online Registration must be completed in Japanese Yen (JPY) by credit card or Bank transfer. Neither checks nor cash are accepted. On the other hand, at the onsite registration, cash and credit card are accepted. Your registration will be completed after the payment.
1) Credit Card (VISA, Master Card, American Express, Diners Club or JCB only)
Total amount will be charged to your credit card after Sep. 21, 2017. (Note:) Drawer of the transaction will be "Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. / KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL and etc.". Please use a credit card which is valid at least until Oct. 31, 2017.
2) Bank Transfer
Please make your Bank transfer to:
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
Suzuran Branch
SWIFT code (Routing No) SMBCJPJT
Account No.: 6103616
Account Name: Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
Attendees will receive a final confirmation by e-mail within 2 weeks before the conference. Please present this confirmation at the Registration Desk at the conference venue as proof of your registration.
Before the deadline, you may change and cancel your registration freely,
i.e., you can cancel any reservation or registration with no charge.
All the paid fee will be refunded on cancellation.
After Sept. 1, 2017, early-bird registration fee will NOT be refunded.
After Sept. 21, 2017, online registration site will be closed and
all fees except for accommodation will NOT be refunded.
To change or cancel your registration after Sep. 21, 2017,
a written notification should be sent to Kinki Nippon Tourist by e-mail (isss-8rgst@or.knt.co.jp).
The date and time of the change and cancellation will be based on the working hours
(Monday through Friday 09:30am-5:30pm (Japan time) except national holidays.
After working hours, cancellation will be made on the next working day, which may incur charges.
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation Policy of Symposium | |
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Early-Bird Registration | |
On or Before Sep. 1, 2017 | No Charge |
After Sep. 1, 2017 | No Refund |
Late Registration | |
On or Before Sep. 21, 2017 | No Charge |
After Sep. 21, 2017 | No Refund |
Cancellation Policy of Banquet, and Excursion | |
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On or Before Sep. 21, 2017 | No Charge |
After Sep. 21, 2017 | No Refund |
Cancellation Policy of Accommodation | |
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Until 21 days before the night of stay | No Charge |
20 to 8 days before the night of stay | 20% of accommodation charge |
7 to 2 days before the night of stay | 30% of accommodation charge |
1 day before the night of stay | 40% of accommodation charge |
On the reserved day (before hotel’s check-in time) |
50% of accommodation charge |
On the reserved day (after hotel’s check-in time) |
100% of accommodation charge |
No show without notice | 100% of accommodation charge |
ISSS-8 Registration Desk
Risa Tanaka (MS)
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. (Kintetsu International Tokyo)
Sumitomo-shoji Kanda-Izumi-cho Bldg.13F, 1-13 Kandaizumi-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0024
Tel:+81-3-6891-9354 Fax:+81-3-6891-9409
E-mail: isss-8rgst@or.knt.co.jp
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30 - 17:30 (Japan time)
*We are closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and Japanese national holidays
Certified Travel Service Manager: Mochida (Mr.)/ Yamaguchi (Mr.)
A Certified Travel Service Manager is responsible for supervising all transactions at the sales office where your travel arrangements are made. If you have any questions about your travel contract, please feel free to contact the Managers specified above.
Global Business Management Branch,
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo-shoji Kanda-Izumi-cho Bldg., 13F 1-13,
Kanda-Izumi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0024, Japan
Travel Agency Registration No.1944 by the Japan Tourism Agency
Member of Bond Guarantee, Member of Travel Agency Fair Trade Council
Global Business Management Branch,
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd.
Privacy Manager: Kazuomi Yamashita
TEL: +81-3-6891-9600
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:30 -17:30 (Japan Time)