Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019
Union Session Guidelines
Union Session Guidelines (ver.1)

Union session should focus on topics with a broad interest that are outside of a single section.
Conveners must select "Union Session" if they indicate to propose a session as Union Session during the prososing process.
The Program Committee will review and accept or reject the proposal.
Sessions not approved as Union Session will be accepted as a general scientific session.

Requirement for Proposal
- Union session should cover more than two(2) fields of geoscience.
- Union session should focus on topics that a high number of audience can be expected.
- Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary (M) category must be selected as a session category to propose a Union session.
Proposal Steps
1. Propose a session from the JpGU online session proposal system.
2. Select ‘Union Session’ from the pulldown menu.
3. Enter all other required information and complete your proposal.
Requirements to Hold a Union Session
- Oral presentation should be no longer than two time slots.
- Invited authors are not exempt for all fees and procedures associated with the abstract submission and registration.
- The deadline to submit the abstract for Union sessions is on the same day as the final abstract submission, on October 12 at 5:00 pm JST. Late submissions are not accepted for any reason.
Benefits for Union Sessions
- The maximum of oral slots assigned is 2 slots regardless of the number of submitted abstracts.
- There is no limit in the number of invited authors.
- The session may accept abstracts only from invited presenters.
- Union session can be an orals-only session.
- JpGU will promote the session in the publications and on the website.
Important Notes
- One time slot is fixed to 90 minutes and this time frame CANNOT be changed/ extended.
- Either E session or J session can be a session language of Union session.
- No final support for travel expences, waiver or discount for abstract submission and registration fee are provided to invited authors from JpGU.
- All submitters including invited authors must complete the abstract submission and the payment of abstract submission fee before the submission deadline. Submissions without payments will be withdrawn. Please contact JpGU Office in case the convener will cover any expense of the invited guest.
- Conveners may distribute session posters and brochures made on their own at the conference site, howeve JpGU does not intermediate nor volunteer to help any individual advertising activities.
- Session introductions and/ or pictures of conveners may be asked to make a promotion materials planned to be published in JGL and/ or other publications.
Contributors to Union Session
As described on the Benefits of Union Session, comveners may decide the contributors to their sessions if approved as Union Session.
The option is;
- The session accepts only invited abstracts submissions.
- The session accepts abstract submissions of oral presentation only from invited speakers, however, posters are accepted from any attendees.
-The session accepts abstract submissions from all attendees.
-The session only accepts abstract submissions for poster presentation, however any attendees may submit.