1. Registration Please pay the participation fee of 15,000 yen at the registration desk. (Medical and clinical students: free) (The registration desk is located on the 1st floor of the Tsukuba International Congress Center) You will be given a name-tag. Please make sure to wear it in the hall at all times during the meeting. Furthermore, printed on your name-tag is a registration number to be used when applying for medical specialist accreditation with the Japan Surgical Society or renewing accreditation. The Registration Desk will be open at the following times: May 28 (Wed)    7:30-17:00 May 29 (Thu)    7:30-17:00 May 30 (Fri)    7:30-15:00 2. Venue Information (1) Please use the cloakroom situated on the 1st floor of the Tsukuba International Congress Center (2) A message board will be available at the registration desk. To All Presenters: All sessions other than the International Sessions will be provided in Japanese. For your lectures in English however, you are requested to add subtitles to your videos and slides. Poster Presentations are to be in Japanese, but titles, charts and graphs with captions in both languages are preferable. We thank you for your cooperation. 1. Oral Presentation (PC Presentations) [English Title] You are only allowed to use a PC for your presentation. (1) Windows Users: Save your presentation data on either a CD-R, or a USB drive (CD-RW is not compatible), and deliver it to the PC Data Desk. Participants whose data size exceeds 500MB are requested to bring their own PC. Windows Vista / Macintosh Users: Please bring your own computer for your presentation. The PC Data Desk will be open at the following times: May 28 (Wed)    7:30-16:30 May 29 (Thu)    7:30-16:30 May 30 (Fri)    7:30-17:30 Participants bringing their own computers are requested to make sure to bring their own external-output cables too. Make sure to check prior to your presentation that saved data will not be rendered as garbled characters when opened on a computer other than your own. * We strongly suggest you bring your own computer as a backup. (2) Please save your file in the following file name form: Abstract Number_Lecture Name.ppt (e.g.: ol001_TaroHappyo.ppt). Note: “.ppt” must be in English half size characters. (3) Application software must be compatible with PowerPoint 2000 or later versions. (4) Fonts must be chosen from the default PowerPoint fonts, such as Times New Roman, Century, Century Gothic, Arial or Symbol. (5) Specifications of equipment available at the meeting: PC OS: Windows XP Applications: Windows PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2003 (6) Application of animation and motion pictures are accepted. Those who wish to use these applications are requested to bring their own personal computers. (7) Presenters must self-operate the keyboard and mouse set on the podium. 2. Poster Session [English subtitled] (1) Poster Presentation Posters will be on display for the duration of the Meeting. All presenters are to observe the following procedures: Please put posters on display by 12:00 on the first day. Posters should be displayed for the entire 3-day duration of the Meeting. Judging for the poster prize by the 4 chairpersons will be conducted during this time. Please remove posters by 16:00 on the third day of the Meeting. Any posters still on display after 16:00 will be disposed of at the secretariat. · Poster panels are to be 180cm high and 90cm wide. 20cm of the upper part of the panel is to be labeled with the abstract title, affiliation and the name of the presenter. The panel space allocated for your presentation is 160cm X 90cm. (2) Presentation Terms All presenters are requested to standby in front of their poster panels at the specified time, and follow the chairman's instructions to start the presentation. 3 minutes have been allocated for presentation on one subject, and 2 minutes are given to each discussion. 3. Video Presentation [English subtitled] The DVDs previously sent to the secretariat are to be used for the video presentation. If changes have been made to presentation DVDs, they should be submitted at the registration desk no later than 1 hour before the presentation. 4. Presentation Duration Session Symbol Presentation Time Discussion Time Symposium S Follow instruction from chairperson Follow instruction from chairperson International Session IS 4 min or 7 min 3 min Requested Theme Presentation 1·3·4 R 7 min Follow instruction from chairperson Requested Theme Presentation 2 R Follow instruction from chairperson Follow instruction from chairperson Oral Presentation B 5 min 2 min Video Presentation V 6 min 4 min Poster Session P 3 min 2 min To All Chairpersons Please make sure to drop by your hall desk 30 minutes prior to the start of the session. Question and Answers (1) Active discussions and statements are very welcome. (2) Please standby in front of the microphone before you ask a question, and follow instructions from the chairperson. You must announce your affiliation and your name before asking questions. Make sure your questions are clear and concise.