The 68th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand will be held onsite at PACIFICO YOKOHAMA NORTH.
On-demand streaming of each program (excluding some) will be available after the conference period.

Local event	From April 10th to 11th, 2025
On-demand delivery	From May 12th to June 11th, 2025 ※Only Oral On-demand Session will be available from 10th April, 2025

• -There is no LIVE streaming of the local event or online presentation.
• -Various credits (Japanese societies only) are available for both on-site and on-demand delivery.
• -By registering, you will have access to both the on-site and the on-demand delivery after the conference period.

For more information on the various events, please see the information below.

To all participants

1. Registration

Regardless of whether you participate on-site or via the web (on-demand streaming), registration is [online registration only].
Please note that you cannot pay the registration fee at the registration desk at the venue.

Please register by following the on-screen instructions from the ‘Registration’ page on the conference website.

※Please note that all presenters (except invited speakers) must register for the conference.

Registration Period

Pre-registration	From February 20th to March 19th, 2025
Regular registration	From March 20th to 12:00 noon, June 11th, 2025.

Participation fee

• * Students/Initial medical residents are eligible for those who are not Members or associate members and who are enrolled at a university medical school.
• * The following categories of participants are required to submit the necessary documents at the time of registration
  • - Students and initial trainees: student ID card or certificate from the head of the university or hospital.
  • - The 37th Annual meeting of Japan hand therapy society participants: a copy of the payment confirmation email sent after payment of the participation fee for the Hand Therapy Conference.
• * The participation fee is non-refundable for any reason after payment has been made.

For participants on site

Name cards will be issued on the day at the ‘Registration’ desk.

• (1) Complete your registration.
• (2) A QR code will be sent to your registered address (can also be displayed from My Page).
• (3) Hold the QR code over the reader to issue a name card.

*Please make sure to wear your name card at the conference. Those not wearing it will not be allowed to enter.

Registration desk

※Payment of the participation fee cannot be made on site.

Issuance of participation certificates/receipts

2．Cloak

※Valuables and umbrellas cannot be kept at the cloakroom.

3．Abstract

Abstracts of the presentations at this conference can be viewed at the following link.
Please note that there is no abstract application available at this conference.

- PDF abstracts: Participants can view PDF abstracts from the conference website.

*The password for viewing the abstracts will be provided in the pocket program distributed at the venue.

4．Luncheon Seminar Numbered Tickets

Numbered tickets will not be issued.

5．Exhibition

6．Filming, Photographing in the venue

Please refrain from filming, photographing or recording in the venue.

7．Break Corner

It will be located at G2+G4, 1F, Pacifico Yokohama North.

8. Credits that can be obtained (Japanese Soieties Only)

Please see the ‘単位のご案内’ page.

9．Annual general meeting (delegates' meeting)

10. Venue Map

To Moderators and Speakers

To Moderators

• - Online presentations via Zoom or other means are not available. Please take the platform on-site.
• - Please be seated in the next moderators' seat in the room at least 15 minutes prior to the start of your session.
• - The moderators will be in charge of the progress of the session. Please be punctual.

To Speakers (Q&A)

• - Please stand in front of the microphone and state your affiliation and name as instructed by the moderators before speaking.
• - Please refrain from lengthy preliminaries before questions or mere additional remarks.

To Speakers

Please observe the “Guidelines for the Protection of Patient Privacy in Medical Papers and Presentations at Scientific Meetings, Including Case Reports” when presenting your paper.

Submission of Papers for Presentation at the Annual Meeting

The deadline for online submission of papers to the Journal of the Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand will be announced later on the members-only page.

1． Oral presentations

Lectures, symposia, panel discussions, general presentations (oral presentations), co-sponsored seminars, and parallel meetings

Data to be prepared

Slide data for on-site presentation (data registration at the PC reception desk)

• - Slide data for on-site presentations will be recorded at the venue and distributed on-demand at a later date. * General presentations (oral presentations) will not be available on-demand.
• - If you are unable to make your presentation on site due to infectious diseases, we will replay your presentation at the venue if you submit your video data in advance. In this case, there will be no Zoom connection or Q&A session.

PC Center

• - Please come to the PC Center at least 60 minutes before your presentation (30 minutes before for the first session in the morning) to register and check the video output (preview).
• - If you are the presenter of the first session in the morning on Day 2, please register by 16:30 on Day 1.

Presentation times

Please observe the presentation time announced in advance.
A yellow light will indicate one minute before the end of the presentation time, and a red light will indicate the end of the presentation time.
For discussion and questions, please follow the instructions of the moderators.

Notes on preparation for PC presentations

〈If you bring your own data〉

• - Please use a USB flash memory device as the media for your presentation.
• - The following operating systems, applications and video files are supported at the conference.

OS	Windows 10
Application	PowerPoint 2019 and 2021
Video files	Data playable with Windows Media Player

- Please use the following fonts to prevent garbled characters.

Japanese

MS Gothic, MSP Gothic, MS Mincho, MSP Mincho

English

Times New Roman, Arial, ArialBlack, Arial Narrow, Century, CenturyGothic - If you are using data created on a Macintosh, it is recommended that you bring your own Macintosh. - The screen ratio should be 16:9 (wide). - Please do not save any data on media other than that which will be used in your presentation. - If you have linked other data (still images, movies, graphs, etc.) to your presentation, please be sure to save the original data as well and check the operation of the data on a different PC from the one on which you created the data beforehand. - Please enter the abstract number and presenter's name in the file name as shown in the example below. (Example) ◇◇ - ◇◇◇◇◇◇Presentation Taro.pptx (All characters must be entered in the file name) - Enter the abstract number and presenter's name in the file name as shown in the example below. (Example) ◇◇ - ◇◇◇ Given nameSurname.pptx (Do not use double-byte or single-byte spaces in the file name.) - Please check the media for viruses in advance to prevent virus infection of the system. - Data will be received at the PC reception desk and stored on the server, but the secretariat will take responsibility for deleting the data after the congress. - For smooth proceedings, please refrain from using the presenter's tools.

〈If you bring your own PC〉

• (1) Please be sure to bring the AC adapter that comes with your PC.
• (2) The PC cable connectors provided at the venue are HDMI. Please prepare a PC suitable for this configuration. If you need a conversion connector, please make sure you have one yourself.
• (3) Please deactivate screen savers, power-saving modes and password settings as they may interfere with your presentation.
• (4) After data reception, please bring your PC to the operator's desk in the conference venue at least 15 minutes before your presentation. After your presentation, please pick up your PC at the operator's desk.
• (5) Please bring a backup copy of your data on a USB flash memory in case of PC trouble.
• (6) Please refrain from using the presenter's tools to ensure smooth proceedings. 2.