Abstract submission is closed for all the oral presentations on 14 March 2016. Late contribution will be presented in poster after discussion with the chairman. The abstracts must be e-mailed to the secreatariat (TiRT[at]eng.hokudai.ac.jp, [at] should be replaced by @.) before the abstract submission deadline of 4 March 2016.
Please be aware that not more than two (2) abstracts can be presented by a registered participant. Either [one accepted oral and one poster presentation] or [two poster presentations].
The abstract should be in English and not exceed one page in A4 size (including figures, tables and references) using the abstract template which can be downloaded. No proofreading will be carried out, and no correction will be possible after the submission. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that their text does not contain typos or grammatical errors.
Notification of Acceptance
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee. A notification of acceptance will be sent by e-mail to the presenting authors in April. All presenting authors of accepted abstracts are expected to register. Abstracts without a registered presenting author will be withdrawn from the program.
Withdrawing Abstracts
If you must withdraw an abstract, please notify both the secreatariat (TiRT[at]eng.hokudai.ac.jp) and the chairman (rsuzuki[at]eng.hokudai.ac.jp ). Cancellation will be charged after 24 May. "No show" without any information is charged by 100%.