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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews March Issue
No.389 13 MAR 2024***
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<< Contents >>
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| 1. Foreword by Yukihiro Takahashi, President of JpGU
| 2. 2024 Meeting Information
| -> Late-Breaking Session to be held!
| -> Program Information Update
| -> Registration for Participation
| -> Student Work Program (Part Time Job at the local venue)
| -> Supporting Documents for VISA Application and Invitation Letter
| -> Key Dates
| -> Public Release of 2023 Meeting Portal Site (Confit)
| 3. 2024 Meeting Event Information
| -> Events to be held
| -> Announcement of JpGU Excursion Courses
| 4. Call for Exhibitors at Meeting
| 5. From Committees
| -> Committee for Diversity Management and Talent Pool
| -> Working Group for the JSAI Competition
| 6. Information from PEPS
| -> About APC (Article Publication Charge) Payment
| -> SPEPS Call for Papers
| -> Latest Articles
| 7. From Science Council of Japan
| 8. What’s New
| -> Event Information
| -> Career Opportunity
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#1. Foreword by Yukihiro Takahashi, President of JpGU
The deadline for submitting abstract for the 2024 JpGU meeting has
passed, with the exception of some late-breaking sessions. I would
like to take this opportunity to thank you very much for the large
number of submissions we have received, almost as usual years.
On the other hand, I feel that Japanese participants at AGU and
EGU meetings are becoming relatively minor, in contrast to South
Korea and other Asian countries. The number of participants from
Korea at last AGU 23 meeting was 3rd, while Japan was in 5th or
6th place. EGU shows the number of participants by country on the
website. It’s difficult to read statistics during/after the COVID
period, so I looked at trends from 2009 to 2019. The number of
Japanese participants has always been around 200, with no major
trends in increase or decrease, but that of South Korea increased
from 41 in 2009, surpassed that of Japanese in 2014, and reached
391 in 2019. In addition, China had 70 participants in 2009, but in
2019 it rose over 1,100, which is more than the United States, and
Taiwan also had 258 participants in 2019, which is more than Japan.
I think this may be due to the fact that it is difficult for Japanese
researchers to participate in EGU general assembly due to the busy
time period in Japan, but I think it is undeniable that our relative
presence has declined. Even though we say that Japanese society
s losing its vitality, it feels a little sad when we consider that
the GDP is the fourth largest in the world, and the population is
twice that of South Korea and four times that of Taiwan. Also, the
other day, I had a meeting with 10 representatives
at the executive committee meeting of geoscience society presidents,
and several societies said that their membership numbers were at
half or 60% of their peak levels. The number of researchers in
Japan and the total amount of research funding have not changed
that much, so what is happening in Japan now, or how is Japan being
left behind by the rest of the world? I feel that the time has come
to reexamine what we should think and how we should act.
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#2. 2024 Meeting Information
(1) Late-Breaking Session to be held!
On 1 January 2024, an earthquake of M7.6（JMA）occurred with its
hypocenter beneath northern Noto Peninsula. The earthquake caused
devastating damages throughout the Noto Peninsula and tsunamis were
observed widely along the coasts of the Sea of Japan, including
occurrences of landslides, fires, liquefaction, etc. in many areas.
These hazards resulted from the Noto Peninsula earthquake are relevant
to a wide range of fields in Earth and planetary sciences. JpGU
announces holding late-breaking sessions as Public and Union Sessions
in order to provide a forum for information sharing and discussion.
Details of the scope will be posted on the meeting website as soon as
they are ready.
[Late-Breaking Session: Public Session]
The Late-Breaking session of Public Sessions will be held on Saturday,
25 May, a day before the meeting begins. Since the session consists
of only invited speakers, there will be no general call for submissions.
Details on how to attend this session will be announced as soon as
possible.
[Late-Breaking Session: Union Session]
The call for submissions for the Late-Breaking Union Session is
scheduled to be open in early April. Details, including the date,
will be announced as soon as they are ready.
(2) Program Information Update
The final program will be published on Friday, 29 March.
Please make sure to check the latest program before you make a
presentation/attend the meeting.
The scientific schedule has been adjusted based on the actual number
of submissions and some parts of the session schedule have changed.
We advise that all presenters check your notification of acceptance
(to be sent on 27 March) and the date and time of your presenting
session before attending.
Please note that your abstract may be accepted to a different session
from where you have originally submitted your abstract.
(3) Registration for Participation
Please register for the meeting in order to participate in and join the
Meeting.
For the Meeting 2024, because of the different functional settings
of the meeting participation site (Confit) for different categories
of participants, we ask in particular, all the PRESENTERs to register
earlier. We kindly ask for your understanding and cooperation.
[Registration opens]
14:00 Thu, 07 March (JST)
[Deadline for presenters registration]
23:59 Thu, 18 April (JST)
[Deadline for all participants (without presentations) registration]
23:59 Thu, 16 May (JST)
Starting 17 May, registration is required to access the Meeting 2024
Participation Portal site (Confit) and to view the contents. If you
have registered by 16 May, you will be able to log in to the portal
site from 17 May.
Please be noted that those who register on and after 17 May will only
be able to log in at 9:00 JST on the next day of your registration
(excluding weekends and holidays). Your meeting registration does
not immediately enable you to connect to the portal site for log in;
please kindly note this time gap.
* Submission fee and registration fee are different. Please note that
submission acceptance is separate from participation in the Meeting.
♦To register
Login to members’ site,
https://www.jpgu-member.org/jpgu/en/
Click the “Meeting Registration” tab on the “JpGU Meeting” menu on
the left side.
♦Registration fee
Please refer to the following URL for registration fee for online
participation．
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2024/about.php#registration_fee
* Please note that once the registration fee has been paid, it cannot be
canceled.
♦ Public Sessions participation
Attending only the Public Sessions (open to general public) is free of
charge. Registration for Public Sessions should be made from a separate
system. Details will be announced later on our meeting website.
*If the presenters of the Public Sessions will only participate on
the “Public Day”, the registration fee is free of charge. If you
have only submitted your abstract to a Public Session, do not make
a meeting registration. We will send you a separate email to let
you know how to register.
♦ Student participation
Undergraduate students and below may attend all the sessions with no
fees (It is required, however to register and upload your student ID.
The deadline for undergrads is 23:59 Mon, 20 May [JST].
Without the ID proof may force us to charge you the normal registration fee.
♦ Participation of K-12 Teachers of the JpGU Members
K-12 Teachers (elementary, junior high, and senior high school
teachers) of the JpGU Members may attend the meeting free of charge.
Please send us a copy (scanned data) of a certificate indicating that
you work as a teacher in an elementary, junior high, or senior high
school by Monday, 20 May using the designated form.
Please note that if the proof is not received by the above date,
regular rate of the participation fee may be charged.
(4) Student Work Program (Part Time Job at the local venue)
JpGU will start calling for part time student workers during the
meeting in the local venue, Makuhari Messe, Chiba.
Application is planned to be open in late March.
(5) Supporting Documents for VISA Application and Invitation Letter
Supporting documents for VISA application (charged service) and
Invitation Letters (free) are issued for international participants
who may need them. Please send your request for them if necessary
(details below).
[Supporting documents for VISA application]
– Application period: 14:00 Thu, 07 March – 17:00 Fri, 10 May 2024 [JST]
– Issue start: From Thu, 28 March 2024
– Who can apply: Contributors of JpGU 2024
*If you are a session convener, a chairperson or a co-author who
need the documents, please contact JpGU Office.
– Commission fee: 5,500JPY (*tax included)
– Document format: PDF
*The original copy will not be mailed.
*Please note that the document JpGU provides is NOT the VISA itself.
Please submit the supporting documents prepared by JpGU to the nearest
embassy/consulate general in your area by yourself to obtain the VISA.
Please see the following link for more information.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2024/for_international.php#visa_support
[Invitation Letters]
– Application period: 14:00 Thu, 07 March – Fri, 31 May 2024 [JST]
– Issue start: From Mon, 11 March 2024
– Who can apply: Individuals who have completed the meeting
registration and its payment
– Commission fee: free of charge
Please see the following link for more information.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2024/for_international.php#about_letters
The Notification of Acceptance scheduled to be sent to authors on 27
March will be the official Acceptance Letter from JpGU. No Acceptance
Letter will be issued in a different format.
(6) Key Dates
Acceptance notification ————> Wed, 27 Mar
Final program release ————–> Fri, 29 Mar
Presenters registration deadline —> 23:59 Thu, 18 Apr
e-poster/on-demand video upload start -> Tue, 23 Apr
Abstract PDF release —————> Fri, 17 May
(7) Public Release of 2023 Meeting Portal Site (Confit)
The 2023 meeting portal site (Confit) will be open to the public after
the current viewing period of the meeting contents (abstracts,
presentation materials, etc.) for the meeting participants only.
Public release date: Mon, 01 April 2024
On 01 April 2024, the security of Confit will be removed and login
will not be required to view the abstract PDFs. Please note that all
other presentation materials such as e-posters, on-demand videos and
additional materials will be deleted.
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#3. 2024 Meeting Event Information
(1) Events to be held
Many events are being planned at JpGU 2024.
♦ Lunchtime Special Lecture
♦ JpGU Award Ceremony
♦ Meet-and-greet Party 2024
♦ JpGU Field Excursion (Extensively expanded, see below for details)
♦ GeoFut24
♦ Quiz Rally
♦ Space and Planetary Sciences Section Lecture
♦ Space and Planetary Sciences Section Luncheon
♦ Campus Life and Career Path in Geoscience Field (for high school students and undergrads)
♦ International Mixer Luncheon 2024
♦ Award Ceremony for GeoSciAI2024 joint with the Japanese Society for AI
♦ NASA-JAXA Hyperwall lecture
♦ Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section Lecture:
Frontiers of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences 1 “Polar Regions”
♦ Book Signing with novelist Shin Iyohara
etc.
Details are to be posted in the meeting website as soon as they
are ready.
(2) Announcement of JpGU Excursion Courses
The JpGU has expanded the JpGU Excursion Program to include the
following six courses, which will be held before and after the JpGU
Meeting 2024. We especially welcome the participation of foreign
researchers who are newly visiting Japan.
Pre-meeting
[FT-01] Cretaceous to Paleogene sedimentary facies and igneous rocks
in the Paleo-Kuril Arc distributed in Eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan
(22-25 May)
[FT-02] Subduction zone: shallow to bit deep: Boso Peninsula, central
Japan (24-25 May)
Held during the meeting
[FT-03] Stone viewing in the heart of Tokyo! (27 May)
To be held after the meeting
[FT-04] Visit to the JAXA Sagamihara Campus (1 June)
[FT-05] Hakone and Fuji: Geological and volcanological background of
Japan’s largest tourist destinations (1-2 June)
[FT-06] The Geology of Nagatoro, Chichibu: The Birthplace of Geology
in Japan (2-3 June)
Please see the following web page for details.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2024/fieldtrip.php
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#4. Call for Exhibitors at Meeting
This year, 2024, Exhibition will be held as a hybrid of on-site and
online the same as the previous Meeting.
We sincerely look forward to receiving your application to exhibit.
[Exhibition]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_j2024/exhibition/invitation
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#5. From Committees
(1) Committee for Diversity Management and Talent Pool
[Child Care Service at JpGU 2024]
JpGU will prepare an on-site nursery room for the participants.
The childcare fee is partly compensated by JpGU.
The online participants benefit similarly. The user’s guidelines
will be available soon. Further information will be available from
the website and “Mail News”.
(FYI: 2023-guideline is here:
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/files/childcare_guideline.pdf)
[News from the Committee for Diversity Management and Talent Pool of JpGU]
Our committee hosts the following public lecture for EDI/DEI issues
on 17th March (Sun), Diversity Promotion and Unconscious & Implicit
Bias in EU Sciences
Title: “Gender equality is good for everybody, men included”?
By Dr. ALVES DE JESUS-RYDIN Claudia (ERCEA)
ERCEA Gender Activity Group, Coordinator, EGU Diversity and Equality
Working Group, Chair
President of JpGU Prof. Takahashi will also be a comment speaker.
Please join us!
Registration: https://forms.gle/vphBHEWxZZcQfYnW9 (extended by 15
March)
Details: https://gec.office.ehime-u.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/公開講演会3月17日.pdf
(2) Working Group for the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
(JSAI) Competition
GeoSciAI2024 ~Challenge for deep learning model development in the
earth and planetary science~
The Japan Geoscience Union and the Japanese Society for Artificial
Intelligence will jointly host a model development competition in
Geoscience! In recent years, AI technology has developed remarkably,
which affects the vast research fields. Geoscience is a research
field where various physical, chemical, and biological phenomena
are intricately intertwined, and the information is vast and diverse
in terms of both quantity and quality. Therefore, the contribution of
AI technology is becoming extremely significant in recent geoscience.
This competition aims to promote the integration of the geoscience
and information science through a model competition event.
There will be one proposal each from the earthquake, the meteorology,
and the space weather field.
Participants are required to register through the web page and submit
a technical paper summarizing the model development and results.
Anyone can participate in the competition
#You do not need to be a member of JpGU or JSAI
Late January 2024: Open of web page and each task
April 2024: Release of evaluation data, Technical paper instruction
Early May 2024: Deadline for submission
Late May 2024: Notification of results, Award Ceremony @ JpGU 2024
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#6. Information from PEPS
(1) About APC (Article Publication Charge) Payment
Thank you for your continued understanding and support of PEPS.
Due to the delay in the renewal of the publication agreement with
SpringerNature, it has taken some time to process the APC payment
for PEPS. We are working on the procedure so that it will be normalized
by the end of April. We apologize for any inconvenience this may
cause and thank you for your continued support of PEPS.
(2) SPEPS Call for papers
Submissions are now open for the following SPEPS special collections.
– “Biogeochemical Studies on Atmosphere, Ocean, and their Interaction
in the western North Pacific region”
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/WNP
Submission Deadline: 2024/10/31
– “Earth, Isotopes and Organics”
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/EIO
Submission Deadline: 2024/8/31
In addition,
The submission deadline for the following SPEPS has been extended.
-“Water-carbon cycles and terrestrial changes in the Arctic and
subarctic regions”
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/PAWCs
Submission Deadline: 2024/12/31
Please submit your work to one of our SPEPS special collections.
(3) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.
@ Takahiro Abe, Yoshihiro Iijima;
Ground subsidence and polygon development due to thermokarst in the
Lena-Aldan interfluve, eastern Siberia, revealed by satellite remote
sensing data.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00610-5
@ Hironobu Harada, Tatsuki Tsujimori;
Methane genesis within olivine-hosted fluid inclusions in dolomitic
marble of the Hida Belt, Japan.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00609-y
@ Filip Gałdyn, Krzysztof Sośnica;
Impact of the combination and replacement of SLR-based low-degree
gravity field coefficients in GRACE solutions.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00608-z
@ Mari Hamahashi, Jun Arimoto, Tetsuo Matsuno, Nobukazu Seama,
Yuzuru Yamamoto, Hiroko Sugioka, Yoshiyuki Tatsumi et al.;
Shallow structure and late quaternary slip rate of the Osaka Bay fault,
western Japan.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00607-0
@ Hiroki Mizuochi, Yoshihiro Iijima, Hotaek Park, Hirohiko Nagano,
Kazuhito Ichii, Tetsuya Hiyama et al.;
Creation and environmental applications of 15-year daily inundation and
vegetation maps for Siberia by integrating satellite and meteorological
datasets.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00614-1
@ Takayuki Ishii, Giacomo Criniti, Narangoo Purevjav, Tomoo Katsura,
Eiji Ohtani;
Hydrogen partitioning between stishovite and hydrous phase δ:
implications for water cycle and distribution in the lower mantle.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00615-0
@ Carlos Gutiérrez-Ariza, Laura M. Barge, Yang Ding, Silvana S. S.
Cardoso et al.;
Magnesium silicate chimneys at the Strytan hydrothermal field, Iceland,
as analogues for prebiotic chemistry at alkaline submarine hydrothermal
vents on the early Earth.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00603-w
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#7. From Science Council of Japan
JpGU acts as liaison with the Science Council of Japan.
Below is the archive of the distributed newsletters from the Science
Council of Japan.
(Available in Japanese)
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#8. What’s New (Please confirm contents from the associated official website)
(1) Event Information
*Please check the event website for the latest information.
9TH GLOBAL ENERGY AND WATER EXCHANGES OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Date: 7-12 Jul 2024
Place: Keio Plaza Hotel, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
9th Global Energy and Water EXchangesOpen Science Conference
(2) Career Opportunity
Recruitment of Researcher or Researcher (II) in Earth Surface System
Research Center (ESS), JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 22 MAR 2024]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/ess20240322/
Call for Applications for Assistant Professor Position
[Application deadline: 26 APR 2024]
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400231601.pdf
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