Program and general information

Period

August 30th to September 1st, 2024

Aug 29th Board of Delegates’ Meeting
Aug 30th General oral presentation, Symposia
Aug 31st General oral presentation, 
JSPB General meeting/Awards Ceremony/Award Lectures, Banquet
Sep 1st General oral presentation, Symposia
Public Symposium, International Symposium

President

Toru Nakayama (Tohoku university)

Venue

In hybrid style (both online and on-site at Kawauchi-kita Campus, Tohoku University)
Kawauchi-kita Campus, Tohoku University
41 Kawauchi, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8576, Japan
(https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/map_directions.html)

Deadline for early-bird registration

July 31st, 2024
* After early-bird registration, only onsite registration during the Meeting at the venue (Tohoku University, Kawauchi North Campus) will be accepted. In this case, you will still receive your ID and PW to participate online.

Symposia

Symposium 1 (Aug 29th, Room F)
“Production of Useful Materials in Plants and Its Trend”
Organizers: Kenji Miura (University of Tsukuba) and Masami Hirai (RIKEN)

Symposium 2 (Aug 29th), Room E)
“The Frontier of Plant Regeneration Technology for Recalcitrant Plants”
Organizers: Yoshihiko Nanasato (Forest Bio-Research Center) and Shuhei Yasumoto (Osaka University)

Symposium 3 (Aug 29th, Room A)
“Plant Cellular Agriculture: Production of Cultured Foods Using Plant Biotechnology”
Organizer: Keisuke Igarasi (Tohoku university)

Symposium 4 (Sep 1st, Room E)
“Frontiers in Genome Information Analysis and Sharing Technologies”
Organizer: Yasukazu Nakamura (National Institute of Genetics)

International Symposium (Symposium 5)

“Global trends of applications and regulations of plant genome editing”
Jointly sponsored by JST OPERA “Creating innovative cutting-edge technology opening up the future of food”

Date: 1st September 2024, 13:30-18:00

Place: Room E (on Zoom)
Free of charge, Registration site: to be announced

Organizers: Prof. Hiroshi Ezura (University of Tsukuba) and Prof. Shin-ichi Arimura (University of Tokyo)

Speakers:
Masashi Tachikawa (Nagoya University) 「Global Trends and Future Challenges in Regulations Concerning Genome-Edited Crops」
Mieko Kasai (American Seed Trade Association) 「Global Trends and Future Challenges in the Practical Application of Genome-Edited Crops」
Pankaj Bhowmik (National Research Council of Canada)「Regulatory and Practical Challenges for Genome-Edited Crops in Canada」
Geronima P. Eusebio (Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry) 「Current status of gene editing technology application and its regulation in Philippines」
Satya Nugroho (Research Center of Genetic Engineering, BRIN)「Policy and Regulation on Genome-editing crops in the Indonesia」
Petra Jorasch (Euroseeds)「The EU regulatory proposal for New Genomic Techniques - state of play and next steps」
Hiroshi Ezura (Univ of Tsukuba) 「Social Acceptance and Regulatory Challenges for Genome-Edited Crops in Japan」

Banquet

Date: August 31st, 2024, 18:30-20:30 (2 hours)

Place: Kawauchi no Mori Dining (in Kawauchi North Campus)

Public Symposium

“The Wonders of Plants - Techniques for Uncovering and Utilizing the Potential of Plants”

Date: 1st September 2024, 13:30-17:00

Place: Room F (on Zoom)
Free of charge, Registration site: to be announced

Organizers: Masao Watanabe (Tohoku university) and Toru Nakayama (Tohoku university)

Organizing committee

Toru Nakayama (President)
(Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku university)

Keisuke Igarasi, Yukihiro Ito, Hiroyasu Kitashiba, Soichi Kojima, Kinya Toriyama, Toshihiko
(Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku university)

Hayakawa, Masaya Yamamoto, Riki Imaizumi, Seiji Takahashi, Toshiyuki, Waki
(Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku university)

Masao Watanabe
(Graduate School of Life Science, Tohoku university)

Yuichi Aoki
(Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Department of Integrative Genomics, Tohoku University)

Contact

Help desk
Nakanishi Printing Company
E-mail: jspb41-desk@nacos.com

Organizing Committee
E-mail: jspb41_office@grp.tohoku.ac.jp