The107th SRD Meeting Organizing Members are pleased to invite you to the SRD annual meeting. The main meeting will be held at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, during August 20 −24, 2014. In Obihiro meeting we ensure enough time for oral and poster presentations to guarantee the opportunities for the sufficient discussion as we did in the past meetings. We would like to encourage young scientists and students who will be responsible for the next generations to submit abstracts for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award. We encourage all attendees to take the fullest advantage of this opportunity to share ideas across animals and specific interests, talk with each other in person, and make new acquaintances at Obihiro, Hokkaido in the summer.

1. Date
2. Location
3. President
4. Contact
5. Registration Fee
6. Get-Together Party
7. Abstract submission for regular presentations and competitive presentations for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
8. Categories for abstract submission
9. Qualification and Evaluation for Competitive presentation for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
10. Presentation Methods
11. Luncheon seminar for gender equality
12. Open Seminar for Citizens
13. International Workshop
14. Obihiro Workshop
15. Directors, Councilors and Committee meetings
16. Nursery Room
17. Further information
18. How to arrive at the venues
19. Possibility of being unable to make a reservation for accommodation during the conference
20. Reserving for the flight
21. Reserving a hotel for whom attending the Ruminant Reproduction Symposium (RRS)

The 107th SRD Meeting

• 1. Date

• August 20 (Wed), 2014	Directors’ meeting, Committee meetings (Tokachi PLAZA)
  August 21 (Thu), 2014	Oral/Poster competitive presentations for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award, Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), Councilors’ meeting
  August 22 (Fri), 2014	Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), General meeting, SRD award presentations, Luncheon seminar for gender equality, Ceremony for SRD Outstanding Presentation Awards, Get-together party
  August 23 (Sat), 2014	Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), Luncheon seminar
  August 24 (Sun), 2014	Open seminar for citizens(in Japanese), International Workshop, Obihiro Workshop

• 2. Location
• Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho 2-11, Obihiro, Hokkaido.
• 3. President: Akio Miyamoto
• 4. Contact
• The 107th SRD Meeting Organizing Office: Laboratory of Animal Reproduction Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  E-mail: srd107@obihiro.ac.jp
  
  President: Akio Miyamoto (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
  Secretary: Takashi Shimizu (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
• 5. Registration Fee

• Honorary member	Free
  Regular & Silver member	5,000 yen (early application)/6,000 yen (at the registration desk)
  Student member	3,000 yen (early application)/3,500 yen (at the registration desk)
  Non-member	6,500 yen

  
  
  Registration fees include a printed copy of the proceedings, and they will be payable online.
  Registration fee and Get-Together-Party fee are payable by this online registration system. An abstract book is included in the registration fee. The persons who had paid early application fee will receive the abstract book in advance by postage. Please receive your name card at the registration desk. The persons who will make a registration at the desk, will receive the book and name card at the desk. Regular members will receive an abstract book in advance regardless of the payment of the registration fee.
• 6. Get-Together Party
• Location: Yachiyo Farm
  Date & time: August 22 (Fri); 17:00-20:00
  Both SRD members and non-members will be welcome to the party. We are pleased to invite all attendees to join us to enjoy Hokkaido foods and drinks and to deepen our friendship in the party.
  
  Participation fee
  

  Honorary member	Free (Please register in advance in the website)
  Regular and Silver member	6,000 yen (early application)/7,000 yen (at the registration desk)
  Student member	3,500 yen (early application)/4,000 yen (at the registration desk)
  Non-member	7,000 yen (early application)/8,000 yen (at the registration desk)

• 7. Abstract submission for regular presentations and competitive presentations for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award

• Open April 30 (Wed), 2014	14:00 (JST)
  Close May 29 (Thu), 2014	14:00 (JST)

  
  Abstracts for regular presentations and the competition (for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award) must be submitted during the above-mentioned term. They must be written in English or Japanese. Abstracts for both regular and competitive presentations will be submitted to the website. After the successful submission of the abstract, confirmation mail will be sent to the author. Please use reliable e-mail address for the correspondence to reduce errors. We do not recommend using free mail address (hotmail, yahoo and Gmail etc.) or those for mobile phones. If you have any difficulty in abstract submission, please contact the Meeting Organizing Office (srd107@obihiro.ac.jp).
  
  Each presenter can give only one presentation regardless of the format (oral or poster presentation). Multiple abstracts with the same first author cannot be accepted. Abstract submission for regular presentation should be completed by the presenter or corresponding author at the Web site. Abstract submission for competitive presentation for the SRD Outstanding Presentation Award should be completed only by the presenter (applicant) with selecting either oral or poster presentation for the award at the Web site. The Japanese presenter (including foreign students and researchers in Japan) of both regular and competitive presentations must be a current SRD member (honorary, regular, silver or student member). Thus, we would like to recommend the Japanese presenter without membership to apply for the membership before the deadline of abstract submission. Please note that the student membership needs renewal annually. For applying for or renewing the membership, please visit http://reproduction.jp/NewHP/Membership_J.html (in Japanese) or contact the SRD office (srdoffice@reproduction.jp).
  Other presenters (including the foreign attendees from overseas) except Japanese presenters (including foreign students and researchers in Japan) are not required to have current SRD membership for presentation.
  
  According to the author instruction in the submission page, title and abstract should be completed in English within 140 and 1720 letters including spaces, respectively (alternatively in Japanese within 70 and 860 letters). No figures and tables are acceptable. For the application for the competitive presentation for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award (the section of oral presentation), an additional abstract (long version) for the primary evaluation MUST be prepared within 3200 letters (in English) and submitted as a file. Figures and tables cannot be included in this formatted abstract. For the applicant to the competitive presentation for the award (the section of poster presentation), however, it is NOT necessary to submit any additional abstract. Please submit your abstract as early as possible. Submission tasks in the server system will be busy just before the deadline; this may result in requirement of much time for completion of abstract submission or causing unexpected errors in the system.
  
  Please select one presentation format from the following four choices; 1) Oral presentation only, 2) Poster presentation only, 3) Oral presentation preferred (the applicant will accept poster presentation according to SRD office decision) and 4) Poster presentation preferred (the applicant will accept oral presentation according to SRD office decision). The prescribed number of oral regular presentations is 90, though that of poster presentation is not determined yet. If the number of the applicants to the presentation in the oral or poster session should be over the prescribed numbers, the SRD office would decide change of the presentation formats (oral or poster presentation) for some of the applicants who would select 3) or 4). If the presentation format should be changed, we will inform the applicants about the change.
  
  
  
  
• 8. Categories for abstract submission
• Please select the research category (major- and sub-classifications) for an abstract submission in both regular presentations and those for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award.
  
  

  Endocrinology	Neuroendocrinology, Endocrine system, Hypothalamic hormone, Pituitary hormone, Gonadal hormone, Growth factor, Receptor/Signal transduction, Endocrine disrupting chemical, Others
  Ovary	Follicle development/atresia, Ovulation, Corpus luteum formation, Luteolysis, Others
  Testis/Sperm	Spermatogenesis, Sertoli cell/Leydig cell, Sperm motility/Sperm metabolism, Capacitation/Acrosome reaction, Epididymis/Accessory gland/ Seminal plasma, Others
  Egg/Fertilization	Oocyte/Egg, Oocyte maturation, Fertilization, Early embryo, Primordial germ cell, Meiosis, Others
  Reproductive cycle/Pregnancy	Uterus, Placenta (desidua), Embryo/Fetus, Implantation, Pregnancy immunology, Pregnancy maintenance (endocrine)
  Reproductive engineering	In vitro fertilization, ICSI, Nuclear transfer, Cloning, Transgenic animal, Genomic imprinting, Epigenetics, Stem cell, Others
  Clinical and applied reproduction	Artificial insemination, Cryopreservation, Embryo transfer, Parturition and perinatal care, Reproductive disease and disorder, Contraceptive technology, Reproductive management, Nutritional and environmental management, Others

• 9. Qualification and Evaluation for Competitive presentation for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
• Qualification: Age of applicants should be 32 years old or younger as of April 1, 2014 (Born on or after April 2, 1981). No situation limitations on the job situation, studentship and academic degree: e.g., salaried or unsalaried, regular staff or not, full or part time, degree (bachelor, master, or doctor). Persons who engage in tasks other than scientific activities can also apply. However, once awarded in the past, he/she cannot apply within 2 years. This means that the award winners at the 105th meeting in Tsukuba or the 106th meeting in Tokyo cannot apply this year.
  Evaluation: In oral presentation section, the abstracts (long version) prepared for the primary evaluation are assessed by several evaluators. The oral presentations selected by the primary evaluation of the abstract will be made by the first author in the session for the 2nd evaluation, which will be held on August 21 (Thu). The several presentations will finally be selected for the award by the evaluators (councilors of SRD). In poster presentation section, all presentations (including discussion) will be evaluated in the poster session which will be held in August 21 (Thu), and some of them will be awarded.
  Note: For the detailed information, please visit the “Aim of SRD Outstanding Presentation Award and the Evaluation Procedure (in Japanese)” in the abstract submission website.
• 10. Presentation Methods
• Oral presentation: Presentation 10 min plus Discussion 5 min. Windows PC will be prepared for the presentation. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 (Windows) will be installed. If you make a file in another version, please make sure in advance that it runs without any problem. Please bring your file to the registration desk with a USB flash memory or a CD-R.
  Poster presentation: Poster boards about 85 cm wide and 120 cm height are planned to be prepared.
• 11. Luncheon seminar for gender equality
• Date & time: August 22 (Fri); 12:00–13:00
  SRD committee for promotion of gender equality has planned luncheon seminar to provide the opportunity to consider the significance of gender equality. We encourage attendees to join this seminar to share ideas about gender equality across ages and the current situations.
• 12. Open Seminar for Citizens
• Location: Tokachi PLAZA, Rainbow Hall, Obihiro
  Date & time: August 24 (Sun); 10:00-
  Title: Message to young people who are going to be a parent: a potential and significant of prenatal diagnosis
  Prenatal diagnosis employs a variety of techniques to determine the health and condition of an unborn fetus. Without knowledge gained by prenatal diagnosis, there could be an untoward outcome for the fetus or the mother or both. The open seminar will provide the information of fetal development and genetic literacy. They will provide the opportunity to consider the role of prenatal diagnosis and its importance with citizens. The seminar will be operated in Japanese.
  
  Topic 1. Takahiro YAMADA (Hokkaido University), Human diversity and heredity
  Topic 2. Akiko MIYOSHI (Homemaker), Societies that provide an easier life for disabled people
• 13. International Workshop
• Date & time: August 24 (Sun); 13:30-
  Title: Preservation and utilization of indigenous breeds and their usage in pigs
  In this workshop, we will have country reports from each country, especially about Taiwanese Lanyu Hungarian Mangalica, and Agu (Okinawa). And further discuss their possibility for improvements about reproduction and breeding for utilization of these resources. We encourage many young researchers (as well as senior researchers) to join the workshop to talk about their interests with each other.
• 14. Obihiro Workshop
• Location: Convention Hall Asuka, Lumierre Fuchu, FuchuDate & time: August 24 (Sun); 13:30-
  Title: Fixed-time AI for lactating dairy cows: concept and update for improving fertility
  Obihiro Workshop for young researchers and clinical veterinarian will be held to promote clinical veterinary and scientific activity. The SRD committee for the promotion of young scientists will offer interesting events to attendees.
• 15. Directors, Councilors and Committee meetings
• During the meeting, directors and all committee meetings will be organized. Detailed information will be available in the Circular 3, and also will be informed to the members by e-mail.
• 16. Nursery Room
• To have a chance to participating with children, we will prepare a nursery room. We will ask nursery staffs to take care with the children. If you will wish, or have a question about this matter, please contact the meeting organizing office in advance.
• 17. Further information
• We will provide more information in Circular 3 in July.
• 18. Access to TATHow to arrive at the venues
• From JR Obihiro St. to Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  We provide a convenient shuttle bus which takes only 25 min (fees applies)
  JR Obihiro North Gate (Temporary Stop: around the bus terminal)
  In front of the Building I of the campus
  Fees:
  One way: 410 yen Round way: 820 yen
  
  *From airport, there is a shuttle bus to the JR Obihiro station which costs 1000 yen. For more information access http://www.tokachibus.jp/?lang=en For the location of Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and transportation guidance, please visit the following website: (Access; http://www.obihiro.ac.jp/english/access/accessmap.html, Campus Map; http://www.obihiro.ac.jp/english/access/campusmap.html)
• 19. Further informationPossibility of being unable to make a reservation for accommodation during the conference
• While the conference is scheduled, there is a national succor tournament called U-15 which is going to be held from August 21st until the 24th; therefore, ensuring the accommodation is expected to be difficult. Thus, we have booked the rooms through Nippon Travel Agency so we would like you to book the room when you register for the conference if needed.
• 20. Reserving for the flight
• As stated above, there is U-15; hence, making a reservation for a flight is also expected to be hard. We advise you to make a reservation as soon as possible.
• 21. Reserving a hotel for whom attending the Ruminant Reproduction Symposium (RRS)
• If you are attending the RRS after this conference, please make a reservation for accommodation through http://www.irrs2014.jp/index.html.