The 87th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association

For Participants

Venue
Kobe International Conference Center, Kobe International Exhibition Hall No.3 Building
The nearest rail station: Shimin Hiroba Station on the Port Liner Line
Access Map (Kobe Convention Center Website)
 
Kobe International Conference Center: Room 1-8
Kobe International Exhibition Hall
No.3 Building:		 Reception, cloakroom,
business exhibition,
poster presentations, break area
 
Please refer to the Venue Guide (to be distributed at the venue / PDF) for a floor map of the venue.
 
Meeting style
The Convention will be conducted using a hybrid style (in person and online).

Programs

※List of Programs（Google Spreadsheet）
   
Presentation Type Number of presentations Hours Style
Keynote Address and Special Lecture 7 2hours In-person / On-demand
Commemorative Lecture of the JPA Awards for International Contribution to Psychology 5 1hours In-person
Invited Symposium 25 2hours In-person / Live-streaming / On-demand
Regular Symposium 57 2hours In-person / On-demand
Tutorial Workshop 18 2hours In-person / On-demand
Short Lecture 19 1hours In-person / On-demand
Public Symposium 9 2hours In-person / On-demand
Poster Presentation 1,056 2hours In-person

*All of the Public Symposia are included in the Invited Symposium.
 
How to participate in the Convention in person
＜Registration＞
1. Please register and pay the registration fee in advance and come to the venue on the day of the symposium.
 
2. Registration is not available at the registration desk. Before coming to the venue, please register and pay the registration fee online. Registration can be completed even during the exhibition.

＜Participation＞
1. Please log in to your Confit account and print out the registration badge (it will be available for printing starting September 1st). If you have forgotten the printed badge on the day of Convention, please inquire at the reception desk.
 
2. Please put your participation badge in the designated badge holder and wear it in such a way that it is visible to other participants and staff members at the venue.

＜Procedures to be followed when you visit the venue＞
1. If you have brought your own badge, you will be given a badge holder at the venue.

2. If you have not brought your own badge, please visit the Reception Desk located at Kobe International Exhibition Hall No. 3 Building to receive a participation badge.
 
3. If you are an invited guest, please visit the Reception Desk located at the Kobe International Exhibition Hall No. 3 Building to receive a participation badge.

*If you are planning to make a presentation at the venue and cannot come to the venue, please refer to the page For Presenters.

＜Accompanying Participation＞
1. Those who fall under any of the following categories may participate in the event as an accompanying person by submitting an application in advance. No participation fee will be charged:
  • Family members of participants who are junior high school students or younger
  • Those who are assisting participants who need assistance due to disability, injury, illness, pregnancy, etc.
  • Others who have applied to and been approved to accompany the participants by the Convention’s Organizing Committee

2. If you wish to apply to be an accompanying person, please register in advance using the form below. (Registration procedure will be open on Friday, September 1)）
https://forms.gle/QChQJsCgpGuH2msn9

3. Accompanying persons are requested to come to the reception desk (Kobe International Exhibition Hall No. 3 Building) on the day of the Convention. You will receive a participation badge.
 
4. The accompanying person may enter the venue where the main attendee participates or makes a presentation. They will not be allowed to participate in the Q&A or discussions.

＜About the venue＞
1. Please consider the rights of others such as portrait rights and copyrights of presented materials when photographing at the event halls. In particular, recording audio, video, and taking photographs during a presentation is expressly prohibited without prior consent from the presenter. Please be mindful and do not infringe the portrait rights of others when taking commemorative photographs of your own presentation. However, please understand that the Organizing Committee and the Secretariat of the event will be filming and taking photographs in the event halls. 
 
2. For your lunch, please use nearby convenience stores, restaurants, or kitchen cars (*) to be set up within the venue. To have your lunch purchased, please use the lounge or break area in the event halls.
(*) Kitchen cars will be set up in the parking area next to the Kobe International Exhibition Hall No. 3 Building during the Convention period. 

3. No paging service will be provided within the venue.
 
4. Wireless LAN will be available at the venue. Access information will be provided at the venue. 
 
5. Smoking is not permitted in the venue. 

6. Some lectures will be recorded. The recorded video of the lectures may be made public as an archive at a later date at the discretion of the organizer. Please be aware of this in advance.

＜Childcare facility＞ 
*The application for childcare has been closed because the number of applications has reached the maximum capacity.
Nursery care will be provided free of charge for participants during the Convention period by reservation only. Applications will be accepted from noon on Tuesday, August 8, until 16:00 on Friday, September 1, 2023. For more details, please refer to Information on childcare facility.

＜Member exchange meeting＞
A member exchange meeting will be held at the Reception Hall on the 3rd floor of the Kobe International Conference Center from 18:20 to 20:20 on September 16 (Saturday), the second day of the Convention. Information on participation will be sent to registered participants by e-mail. For details, please refer to the Members Exchange Meeting.

＜Academic pre-convention＞
The Pre-Convention Academic Exchange Meeting will be held at the Kobe Portopia Hotel from 15:00 to 18:00 on Thursday, September 14th (the day before the first day of the Convention). At the Pre-Convention Academic Exchange Meeting, we will hold the awards ceremony for the JPA International Award, Excellent Paper Award, etc. All members of JPA are welcome to attend. For details, please visit the JPA website.
 
How to participate online
Online participants can view and watch programs on the Program page after logging into the Online Program.
Abstracts of presentations were published on Monday, August 21st and are now available.
PDF files of papers and digital posters for poster presentations will be available on Monday, September 4th.
Videos of on-demand presentations will be available on Friday, September 15th.

＜Login＞
The user ID and password to log into the Online Program were sent to all registered participants by e-mail on Monday, August 21st. For those who have registered for the Convention after this date, login information will be sent by e-mail upon completion of the participation fee payment.

＜Viewing＞
1. 【On-demand streaming】
PDF files of research papers presented in Poster Presentations (available from the “Download PDF” button), digital posters, and videos of lectures and symposia are available for viewing any time during the Convention and for an extended viewing period after the Convention. Videos will be added as they are available.
 
2. 【Booking for viewing (live streaming)】
Live streaming will be available for some of the symposia planned for the Convention. For some of the symposia, booking for viewing will be required. In these cases, a URL to access the live streaming will be issued and sent only to those who have made a booking.

＜Question and Answer Session＞
1. On-demand presentations will have a questions and answers (Q&A) section with the presenter available through the comment box on the page of each presentation.
 
2. The Q&A session will be open during the Convention (from Friday, September 15th to Sunday, September 17th at 6:00 p.m.). After the Convention period ends, the comment box will continue to be available during the extended online content streaming period (until Tuesday, October 17th). Please note that you may not receive a reply from the presenter.
 
General information about the Convention (both for in-person and online participation)
＜Updates about the Convention＞
Information will be provided to participants through the following media.
＜Reasonable Accommodations＞
The convention aims to ensure that all participants respect the personality and individuality of others, and that the availability of information is guaranteed without being limited by, for example, a particular disability.
As part of our efforts, when subtitles are available for on-demand videos, we will note this in the program.
Even for videos without subtitles, we ask each presenter/speaker to consider the use of more textual information in screen-sharing materials and to be aware of color schemes, etc.

＜Handouts＞
1. This Annual Convention does not print a booklet format of the program. For more information about the program, please refer to the Annual Convention’s webpage.
 
2. The floor plan is distributed at event halls for the Poster Presentation / Business Exhibition (Kobe International Exhibition Hall No.3 Building). The floor plan includes the maps for the Exhibition, event halls, and schedules of real-time events.

3. The Proceedings of the Annual Convention will be published after the Convention. The date and the price of the publication will be sent out to participants and JPA members once these become available.

＜Receipts for Participation Fee, Participation Badge (Certificate of Participation), and Certificate of Presentation＞
1. Receipts for the participation fee can be downloaded from your Confit account.
 
2. The participation badge can be downloaded from your Confit account from Friday, September 1st.
The participation certificate can also be downloaded together with the participation badge.
 
3. If you wish to receive a certificate of presentation, please contact the JPA Office at jpa@psych.or.jp with the following information:
  • Full name
  • Type of presentation
  • Presentation No. and title
 
* A certificate of presentation will be issued for each presentation. If you have more than one presentation, please apply for each presentation for which you need a certificate with this required information.

* The certificate will be issued after Tuesday, September 19th.

* The certificate will be sent as an email attachment (PDF file).