Index 

1. Registration
2. Cloakroom
3. Banquet
4. Award Ceremony
5. Exhibition, Book Shops and Stamp Rally
6. Luncheon Seminar
7. Credits for Specialist Doctors, Board-Certified Doctors, and Trainee Board- Certified Pharmacist
8. Abstract Search / Schedule Creation System
9. Internet service, copying and printing
10. Drink Service, Food stand, Rest area, Souvenir sales
11. Press Room
12. Participants with Children
13. Prohibitions

 

1. Registration

Pre-registered participants

• Participants who have already registered and paid for the meeting are to download and print their own meeting badges from the online registration system prior to the meeting. Please be sure to bring it with you when you come to the meeting site. Downloading of the meeting badge is available from Friday, July 11.
• Please pick up a badge holder and a congress bag at the Registration Desk.
• Participants not wearing meeting badges will be refused entry into meeting rooms.

On-site registration

• Register at the Registration Desk and receive your meeting badge and receipt. Please make sure to always wear your meeting badge during the meeting.
• Only cash payment is accepted. We do not accept payments by credit card or electronic payments.

※Tax category of Registration Fees: Members, Tax-free; Nonmembers, Tax included.

2. Cloakroom

A cloakroom is available for storing your luggage. Please be advised that valuables, umbrellas, and perishable goods are not accepted.

3. Banquet

Refer to registration page

Shuttle buses will operate from Toki Messe to Niigata Station after the banquet.

• Buses leave at 20:30~, 21:20~ on July 25.
  Six buses are scheduled for each departure window, and buses will leave as demand warrants.
• Bus stop: TOKI MESSE Entrance

4. Award Ceremony

Several award ceremonies will be conducted during the meeting, and we warmly encourage your attendance.
For more detailed information about the award lectures, please refer to the “Award Lectures” section in the meeting program.

Travel Award for Foreign Scientists
Date：July 23 17:00-19:00
Venue：Held as part of the International Exchange Meeting for Young Researchers (Toki Messe Exhibition Hall)

Brain Bee
Date： July 25 8:45-9:00
Venue： Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award for Excellent Graduate Study in Neuroscience
Date：July 25 9:00-9:15
Venue： Room 1 (International Conference Room)

The Japan Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award　※
Date： July 25 9:15-9:30
Venue： Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Neuroscience Research Paper Awards
Date： July 25 9:40-10:00
Venue： Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Toshihiko Tokizane Memorial Award
Date： July 25 14:10-15:10（*Includes Award Lecture）
Venue： Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Junior Investigator Poster Award
Date：July 25 18:30-20:30
Venue：Held as part of the Banquet (Toki Messe Exhibition Hall)

Joseph Altman Award in Developmental Neuroscience Award
Date： July 26 14:50-15:50（*Includes Award Lecture）
Venue： Room 1 (International Conference Room)

※Poster Presentations by the Japan Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Awardees (Venue: Exhibition Hall)

■Naoyuki Matsumoto
Poster presentation time: July 26 12:50-13:50

■Norihito Uemura
Poster presentation time: July 25 17:10-18:10

■Shimpei Ishiyama
Poster presentation time: July 25 16:10-17:10, July 26 12:50-13:50

■Takashi Matsuda
Poster presentation time: July 24 12:50-13:50

■Yuki Hattori
Poster presentation time: July 24 12:50-13:50

5. Exhibition, Book Shops and Stamp Rally

The exhibition, Academia Exhibition, and book shops will be open as follows:
You can receive a Niigata specialty confectionery by participating in the stamp rally at the exhibition.

6. Luncheon Seminar

Lunch services at Luncheon Seminars will be provided by sponsoring companies and groups.

Participants who have pre-registered for the seminar

On the day of the seminar, please show the winning email sent by the secretariat to the staff in front of each seminar venue. After confirming the winning email, we will provide you with a lunch voucher, so please keep it with you when entering the venue.

Participants who register on-site

After completing the registration, please come to the luncheon seminar desk to get a luncheon seminar ticket. The number of tickets is limited, and distribution of tickets will be end when all tickets are gone.

Attention

A Luncheon Seminar Ticket will be invalid after the start time of each seminar (12:00).
Please arrive at the seminar rooms before the start time. After the seminar starts, the luncheon seminar tickets will become invalid, and lunch will be served to those who wish to attend without a ticket.

Attending Luncheon Seminars without tickets

You can attend a Luncheon Seminar without a ticket, however, note that no lunch service will be provided.

7. Credits for Specialist Doctors, Board-Certified Doctors, and Trainee Board- Certified Pharmacist

With your participation in Neuroscience2025, you will be able to obtain credits for training programs from the respective societies listed below. Medical specialists and certified physicians are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity.

How to obtain training credits

To apply for the credits, show your meeting badge and a receipt to those respective societies. Please contact societies directly for more information.

Societies for which credit can be earned

• Japanese Society of Neurology
• Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology *1
• Japanese Society of Child Neurology
• Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
• Japanese Pharmacists Education Center

※1 Training points for renewal of specialist certification" of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology can be obtained by attending eligible lectures. The following are the courses eligible for points. After attending the following lectures, please apply for those points at the "General Registration" by presenting your Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology membership card.
【The requirement for earning credits is to attend one or more of the lectures specified below.】

July 24

Special Lecture

1SL-1
Yuji Ikegaya (The University of Tokyo)
Time: 8:45-9:45　
Venue: Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Symposia

1S06m
Ayaka Kato (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Blair Shevlin (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Time: 8:45-10:45　
Venue: Room 6 (301A)

1S08a
Takahiro Masuda
(Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University)
Time: 14:50-16:50
Venue: Room 8 (302A)

July 25

Plenary Lecture

2PL-1
Chris I. De Zeeuw (Erasmus MC/Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)
Time: 10:50-11:50　
Venue: Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Educational Lecture

2EL03
Yuko Fukata (Nagoya University)
Time: 7:50-8:40　
Venue: Room 3 (Main Hall B)

Symposia

2S04m
Sumiya Shibata (Niigata University of Health and Welfare), Tatsuya Mima (Ritsumeikan University)
Time: 8:45-10:45　
Venue: Room 4 (201)

2S08m
Masahisa Katsuno (Nagoya University), Hiroaki Wake (Nagoya University)
Time: 8:45-10:45　
Venue: Room 8 (302A)

2S07a
Katsuhiko Tabuchi (Shinshu University), Jaewon Ko (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)
Time: 14:10-16:10　
Venue: Room 7 (302B)

July 27

Educational Lecture

4EL04
Hideaki Matsui (Brain Research Institute, Niigata University)
Time: 7:50-8:40　Venue: Room 4 (201)

Symposia

4S01m
Haruhiko Bito (The University of Tokyo), Sumantra "Shona" Chattarji (Center for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications (CHINTA), TCG CREST)
Time: 8:45-10:45　
Venue: Room 1 (International Conference Room)

4S04m
Kazuya Iwamoto (Kumamoto University), Kinichi Nakashima (Kyushu University)
Time: 8:45-10:45　
Venue: Room 4 (201)

4S07m
Keiko Ino (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry), Gisella Vetere (ESPCI PSL Paris)
Time: 8:45-10:45　
Venue: Room 7 (302B)

8. Abstract Search / Schedule Creation System

Please use the JNS Meeting Planner 2025.

9. Internet service, copying and printing

Free Wi-Fi service is available at the meeting site.
◆ Copy / Print (paid service)
There is a copy machine at the information workshop DOC on the 2nd floor of the Bandaijima Building.
* Open on weekdays only
◆ ATM
Place: 2F, Bandaijima Building
ATM: Daishi Hokuetsu Bank
* Cards of major banks, local banks, and JP Bank are available.
* Convenience stores are also available nearby.

10. Drink Service, Food stand, Rest area, Souvenir sales

Drink Service [Sponsored by NARISHIGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT LAB.]

Free drinks will be served in the exhibition room.
Please be advised that the number of drinks we can serve is limited.

Food Truck

There will be food trucks set up in the exhibition hall.
Additionally, at the souvenir booth, you can purchase Niigata's famous local dishes: "Tare Katsu Don" (a rice bowl topped with a special sauce-coated pork cutlet) and "Yakisoba Italian" (stir-fried noodles with a unique Italian-style sauce) for 500 JPY each. These will be available from approximately 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Opening hours:

July 24-26, 9:00-17:00

Price:

500 - 1,000 JPY (approx.)

11. Press Room

JNS2025 is willing to provide information to the press as part of its PR activities. For this purpose, a Press Room will be set up for reporters. Media representatives are required to make press registration by showing their press credentials (freelance writers by showing their personal ID and copies of several published articles) and by presenting their business cards at the General Information Desk. Registered media can invite researchers for interviews in the Press Room. Photography, shooting, or recording of interviews are allowed only in the Press Room. This room is also available as a working space.

Opening Hours:

July 24-25, 9:00-17:00
July 26, 9:00-16:30
*Closed on July 27

Location:

305, 3F

12. Participants with Children

Day Care Service［Reservation required］

Please visit the page for detailed information on Day Care Services.
Most of the expenses for running the Daycare Room come from a meeting budget with the understanding and cooperation of all other participants. We are aware that there are some instances when inconveniences are made to our Daycare Room users, but we kindly ask for your understanding and cooperation as we are running the facility and services on a limited budget.

Childcare Room

Nursing rooms and diaper-changing facilities are available in the 2nd-floor atrium. Please refer to the venue map for details.
For dining, resting, or other needs with your child, feel free to use the shared spaces within the venue.

13. Prohibitions

• Photography, video recording, and audio recording are strictly prohibited in presentation rooms. Audio/video recording, or using other devices (smartphone, etc.) to photograph/record presentation videos being played on the viewing site is strictly prohibited.
• Smoking is prohibited except in designated areas.
• Please refrain from posting content about the presentations on SNS sites.
• Please set your mobile phones to silent mode or turn them off in presentation rooms.