Invitation to Session Proposal in JpGU Meeting 2010

• Sessions should be proposed through our website.
• JpGU Meeting Membership Registration is necessary.
• Please be sure to get JpGU Membership Subscription ID No., or JpGU Meeting Membership Registration ID No.
• Session proposals can be submitted by not only the main convener but also others.
• Co-conveners can be registered without any IDs.
• Please note that the main convener's ID No. is required for proposal submission.)
• 15 input items are necessary to make abstract submissions.
  1. English title (Within 60 one-byte characters)
  2. English short title (Within 40 one-byte characters)
  3. Main convener's ID
  4. Co-conveners' ID, or names and affiliations
  5. Session proposal type (Individual, Study Group, Project Team, JpGU Section, JpGU, Co-sponsored by JpGU-member societies with formal confirmation by them)
  6. Session Categories(Select from the 7 categories)
  7. Specify if you desire your session to be a Union or Public Session
  8. "International Session" (specify this for sessions in which language is English)
  9. Language to be used in Session (specify English)
  10. Scope (description of your session) in English (Within 400 one-byte characters)
  11. Select one (Oral and poster papers/ oster papers) which your session is composed of.
  12. Expected numbers of oral papers and poster papers
  13. Desired size of the room (approx. number of expected session participants)
  14. Other additional requests and information (for example, sponsor information other than JpGU, joint scientific society etc.)Free description within 800 one-byte characters
  15. Request of arrangement of your session site (for example, request of LCD projector, screen location, position of your session posters in the poster venue, etc.)Free description within 800 one-byte characters.

1. Public Session
2. Union Session
3. Space and Planetary Sciences Session
4. Atmospheric, Ocean, and Environmental Sciences Session
5. Human Geosciences Session
6. Solid Earth Sciences Session
7. Biogeosciences Session
8. General Geoscience Session
9. Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Session

1. Public Session
   Sessions about outreach and public relations to present earth planetary science matters widely to the public. This session is planned by Japan Geoscience Union.
2. Union Session
   Sessions related to, and/or having impact on, the entire earth planetary science.
   Please submit your session proposal from "Session Proposal Screen" and select "Union Session" on input item 7.
   After that, write down the reason you want to present as "Union Session." Please note that it's not guaranteed if your session is accepted as "Union Session" or not.
   If it's not adopted as "Union Session," it is categorized to one of 7 categories you selected on input item 6.
   "Union Sessions" are adopted by Program Organizing Board according to the following 2 points.
   A)If it's widely related to earth planetary sciences as a whole or useful for its development or not
   B)If it's effective to promote and develop earth planetary sciences' frontiers, such as new and multidisciplinary fields or not
3. Space and Planetary Sciences Session
   Planetary Sciences, Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Space Physics, etc.
4. Atmospheric, Ocean, and Environmental Sciences Session
   Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Atmospheric Environment, Ocean Sciences, Hydrology, Cryospheric Sciences, Global Environment, Climate Change, etc.
5. Human Geosciences Session
   Geography, Geomorphology, Sciences on nature-human interactions on the earth's surface and related topics (natural hazards, disaster prevention and social actions, natural resources and energy issues, etc.)
6. Solid Earth Sciences Session
   Geodesy, Seismology, Solid Earth Electromagnetism, Earth's Interior, Tectonics, Geology, Quaternary Research, Resource Geology, Petrology, Mineralogy Volcanology, Geochemistry, etc.
7. Biogeosciences Session
   Biogeosciences, Astrobiology, Origin of Life, Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions, Paleontology, Paleoecology, etc.
8. General Geoscience Session
   Education of the Earth and Planetary Sciences, Education in Schools, Disaster Prevention, Society and Sciences, Science Journalism, Science History, etc.
   
9. Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Session
   Sessions which does not close in one category or does not belong to any of the above science session categories, and joint sessions held with academic associations which do not join JpGU.

How to make International session proposal

• Please submit your session proposal from <Session Proposals, JpGU Meeting Membership Registration> site.
• Please be sure to include at least one Japanese convener (input item 3 or 4).
• Please select "International Session" on input item 8.
• Please write freely about your requests in input item 14.