The 113^th SRD Meeting will be held at Tohoku University from 23^rd to 26^th September 2020. The Organizing Committee is pleased to invite you to this SRD Annual Meeting. Updated information of the 113^th SRD meeting is available at https://www.knt-th.co.jp/ec/2020/113srd.

1. Date
2. Venue
3. Chair
4. Contact
5. Registration fee
6. Welcome reception
7. Abstract submission
8. Presentation methods
9. Application qualification for award competition
10. Access to the venue
11. Day nursery
12. Cloak
13. Wi-Fi service
14. Smoking area
15. Other

The 113th SRD Meeting

• 1. Date

• 23rd September 2020 (Wednesday)	Directors' meeting, four committees
  24th September 2020 (Thursday)	Oral competitive presentations Councilors' meeting Symposium planned by host school Education lecture Regular oral presentations Young scientist-organized planning symposium
  25th September 2020 (Friday)	Poster presentations (odd number) Regular oral presentations Luncheon seminar General meeting Lectures by SRD awardees President seminar Welcome reception
  26th September 2020 (Saturday)	Poster presentations (even number) Regular oral presentations Two committees



• 2. Venue
• Tohoku University, Aobayama New Campus
  Aobayama commons
  468-1, Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8572, Japan


• 3. Chair
• Prof. Kentaro Tanemura
  (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)


• 4. Contact
• The 113^th SRD Meeting Organizing Committee:
  Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University 468-1, Aoba, Aramaki-aza, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8572, Japan
  Fax: +81-22-757-4307
  E-mail: srd113@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
  Executive director: Kenshiro Hara
  


• 5. Registration fee

• Honorary member	Free
  Regular & Silver member	Early-bird 5,000 yen, On-site 6,000 yen
  Student member	Early-bird 3,000 yen, On-site 4,000 yen
  Non-member	Early-bird 8,000 yen, On-site 9,000 yen

  
  Registration fees include a printed copy of the proceedings, and you can pay the fee through online registration system.
  
  Early Bird Registration Deadline: 14^th August, 2020
  


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• 6. Welcome reception
• All attendees are welcomed to join the party, scheduled on 25^th September 18:30–20:30 at the Midori restaurant in Aobayama commons.
  
  Participation fee is;
  

  Honorary member	Free
  Regular & Silver member	Early-bird 5,000 yen, On-site 6,000 yen
  Student member	Early-bird 3,000 yen, On-site 3,500 yen
  Non-member	Early-bird 7,000 yen, On-site 8,000 yen

  
  You can pay the participation fee through the online registration system.
  
  Early Bird Registration Deadline: 14^th August, 2020


• 7. Abstract submission

• Opened from April 20th (Monday) JST 13:00 to May 29th (Friday) JST 13:00

  
  Abstracts for both regular presentation (oral or poster session) and those for competition for the SRD Outstanding Presentation Award (long version) must be submitted online by the presenters during the above-mentioned term. They must be written in English or Japanese. The first author and presenter must be a member of the SRD. For the membership registration process, please contact the SRD office (info@reproduction.jp).
  
  Foreign first authors/presenters who belong to the institutions in abroad countries are exceptionally acceptable regardless of the SRD membership. Please note that the foreign first authors/presenters need to pay the early-bird registration fee in advance (Deadline: 14th August, 2020). The title and abstract would be deleted when the deposit could not be confirmed by the deadline.
  
  The title and abstract should be completed in English within 140 and 1720 letters including punctuation marks, respectively (alternatively within 70 and 860 letters in Japanese). No figures and tables are acceptable. To apply for the competitive presentation for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award, an additional abstract (long version) for the primary evaluation MUST be prepared within 3200 letters (in English) and submitted online as an attached file. Figures and tables cannot be included in this formatted abstract.
  
  　Sample Abstract (MS Word (19 KB) / PDF (145 KB)
  
  Please choose one of the following presentation format options as the presenter’s preference; 1) Oral presentation, 2) Poster presentation, or 3) Either presentation (although the applicant will accept oral or poster presentation according to SRD office decision) is preferred. If the presentation format needs to be changed, we will inform the presenter about the change.
  
  
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• 8. Presentation methods
• Oral presentations: 10-min presentation with 5-min discussion will be allocated to each presentation. Several days prior to the presentation, each presenter should submit a PDF file for his/her presentation to the 113^th SRD Meeting Organizing Committee via email (srd113@grp.tohoku.ac.jp). Especially applicants for award competition are required to submit it by the due date. Otherwise (upon special request), his/her own laptop computer can be directly connected to on-site projector.
  
  Poster presentations: For each of even and odd numbered posters, 90-min discussion time will be allocated. Poster boards (120-cm height, 90-cm width) and attaching materials (magnets or double-faced adhesive tapes) will be prepared.


• 9. Application qualification for award competition
• There are two separate categories (category 1 for student members and category 2 for young regular members) for the award competition. Age of candidates should be less than 32 as of 1^st April 2020. No situation limited: e.g., salaried or unsalaried, regular staff or not, full-time or part-time worker, degree (bachelor, master or doctor). The person who engaged the position beside scientific activities can also apply. However, once awarded in the past, he/she cannot apply within the next 2 years.
  Evaluation: 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 second evaluation, which will be held on 24^th September. The several presentations will finally be selected for the award by the evaluators (councilors of SRD).
  Note: For the detailed information, please see the SRD presentation award 2020
  
  Presentation Award application form (Word)
  


• 10. Access to the venue
• For the transportation to the Aobayama new campus, please visit the following website: https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/profile/campus/01/aobayama/areaj.html


• 11. Day nursery
• A day nursery is available from 23^rd to 26^th September. Reservation is required. Childcare fee will be ¥1,500/h (tentative).
  Participants who want to use, please contact to executive secretariat (srd113@grp.tohoku.ac.jp) by the end of May.
  


• 12. Cloak
• Cloak will be available.


• 13. Wi-Fi service
• Eduroam is available at the venue.


• 14. Smoking area
• The university is totally non-smoking.


• 15. Other
• Details of the content will be announced on this website and the website dedicated to the 113^th Annual meeting (Coming soon!).