Japan Geoscience Union


Abstract Submission Period

Abstract Submission Period: January 7 (TUE) - February 18 (TUE) 2020, 5:00 pm JST

Early Submission Deadline:February 4 (TUE) , 11:59 pm JST
Final Submission Deadline: February 18 (TUE), 5:00 pm JST
*Please note that late submissions are not accepted.

Abstract Submission Fee

The abstract submission fee is charged to each submission.

* Invited authors are not exempt for this fee.
JpGU offers a discounted rate if you submit an abstract and pay the submission fee within the early submission period on February 4 at 11:59 pm (JST), 2020.

-Early submission rate: 3,300JPY/ submission
-Standard rate: 4,400JPY/ submission

Edits are available after the payment is completed until the abstract submission deadline (Feb 18 at 5:00 pm JST).

Please note that the abstract submission fee is a non-refundable processing fee irrespective of the approval and/or withdrawal once its paid.

[Additional Resources]
-Fee Table

Guidelines and Regulations

Entry Items to Submit an Abstract

Affiliations You can register up to 50 affiliations per abstract.
Multiple affiliations can be registered to one author.
Within 40 one-byte characters
Authors Name and JpGU ID.
JpGU ID is required to all contributors and presenters.
* If your co-author will not attend the meeting and does not have a JpGU ID, enter "000000" in the ID input box.
Presentation Language Presenters may select their presentation language according to the session language.
Presentations in E sessions must be made in English.
The choice for J sessions would be between Japanese and English.
[NOTE]* We will publish the presentation language in the printings and on the website. Please DO NOT change your presenting language later.
Presentation Format Select "Oral or Poster" or "Poster".
* Oral presentation cannot be requested.
Presentation format for the "Oral and Poster" option will be assigned by the session convener.
Session to Submit Select the session you are submitting an abstract from the list.
[NOTE] A presentation may be placed to another session at the conveners discretion.
Abstract Title Entry must be within 120 one-byte characters without line feed.
* Bold, italic, underline, superscript and subscript are available.
[NOTE] Bold is displayed only in the abstract PDF.
[NOTE] If bold is used in the abstract title, the style is subject to change without notice with a discretion of the convener or depending on the format of printing materials.
Keywords (Optional Item) You can register up to 6 keywords per submission.
Registration as Volunteer Judges for the Outstanding Student Presentation Award (Optional Item) Please checkmark your section if you agree to be a volunteer judge for OSPA. The OSPA Committee will contact you with the details of the procedures later.
Abstract Body Within 4,000 one-byte characters including spaces.
Image file (Optional Item) JPEG or PNG file (jpg, jpeg,png) less than 1024 KB
*Entry application for OSPA (Outstanding Student Presentation Award) must be submitted from the JpGU My Account page of the contributor.
Please note that the OSPA related option you are asked during the abstract submission process is to show your intention to serve as OSPA JUDGES, not for participation entry.
Students who intend to enter for the award are expected to read the OSPA Entry Guidelines prior to their entries.

Presentation Language

Each session has a language code (E or J).
This code indicates the presentation language of posters / slides and oral presentations.
See the HERE to learn more about presentation language.

The oral presentation and all other materials including posters and slides must be in English at E session.
Presenters of J session may choose their presentation language either English or Japanese during the abstact submission.
[NOTE]* We will publish the presentation language in the printings and on the website. Please DO NOT change your presenting language that you selected.

Abstract Submission

Presenters are expected to read the related Guidelines and Regulations before submitting an abstract.

Submission Steps
1.Log in to "My Account Page" using your JpGU ID/ emailaddress and password.
2.Open the "Abstract Submission" tab on the left side menu.
3.Click "My Submission Info" and proceed from the "Submit an Abstract" button.

*JpGU ID is required in order to submit abstracts.
*The abstract submission fee must be paid until Feb 4 for the early discount to be applicable.

Highlight Presentations

Hightlight presentations will be selected for press release.
Details will be open as soon as it gets ready.