Registering with Confit

Please note that the following changes apply in the Academic Meeting, Autumn 2020.

  • As previously announced, the Academic Meeting will be held as an Online Meeting, due to worldwide health concerns from the COVID-19. In the Meeting, your presentation can be registered as (1) “Symposium Presentation,” (2) “Session Presentation,” or (3) “Poster Presentation”.
  • Conventional general presentation can be registered as “Poster Presentation.” In this case, please select “Poster Presentation.” If you receive a communication from a certain convener, please select the “Symposium Presentation” or “Session Presentation” concerned.
  • In the “Poster Presentation,” up to one paper per lead presenter can be presented as a presentation. Additionally, the presenter in the “Poster Presentation” can also present in the “Symposium Presentation” or “Session Presentation.”
  • A new presentation registration system, Confit, has been introduced from the Academic Meeting Spring 2018. With the introduction of Confit, postal delivery of abstracts has been abolished, and all abstracts are to be submitted as PDF files.

 

1．Registration

  • The presenter must register with Confit himself/herself on the Internet. The Meeting Committee does not carry out registration on behalf of the presenter.
  • Registration opens at noon on Wednesday July 15th, 2020 and closes at noon on Friday July 31st.The input content can be revised during the registration period.
  • Anything registered before 12:00 noon on July 15th, 2020 will be deleted when the application opens. Please do not access Confit until the first day of registration (at noon on July 15th).
  • The ID (account) acquired when registering with Confit is valid for this meeting only.

 

Click here to register with Confit

【Important】When registration is confirmed, the “Your presentation has been registered” will be sent to you by e-mail. Please ensure you that are registered.

 

The user guide

Style manual for proceedings of the Academic Meeting

 

2．During registration

  • Please register items according to the Confit screen. Information about the use of HTML tags, character reference, Greek alphabet, how to register the presentation title, and how to apply is provided on the Confit site.
  • For the author’s name/affiliation, the presentation title, and keywords, please input the same contents as provided in the abstract (the PDF file) that is produced separately. Those affiliated with universities, please abbreviate your affiliation as shown in the examples below. Other presenters, please fill in your affiliation in as simple a format as possible following the program of past Academic Meetings available in copies of the Geographical Review of Japan.
    • Chiri University, Graduate School of Comprehensive Culture -> Chiri U. (the university is abbreviated to “U” and faculties and graduate schools are omitted.)
    • Postgraduate student at Chiri University -> Chiri U, PG (postgraduate students are expressed as “PG,” undergraduate students as “UG,” and postdoctoral researchers “PD”)
    • Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Chiri University -> Chiri U, PT
    • Emeritus Professor, Chiri University -> Chiri U, Emeritus)
    • Chiri University/JSPS Fellow -> JSPS PD/Chiri U, Chiri U JSPS DC (JSPS PD comes before the affiliated university and JSPS DC comes after the affiliated university)
  • Membership type (full/student/non-member) should be manually input.
  • To delete affiliation or author, please leave everything blank and update.
  • Only presenters should input their e-mail address.
  • When English is selected as the language of presentation, the entry in the program will be in English.
  • A password is necessary to revise registration content after the first attempt.
  • An abstract is used to facilitate easier search and viewing on the Internet. The maximum number of characters is 2,000. The abstract can be the same as the PDF file, a simplified version, or a shorter one. In order to promote the internationalization of the Association, please try to provide the abstract in English as well. One-byte characters can only be used in submitting the abstract in English.

 

3．Procedures in Confit registration

Please note that there have been some changes to the registration procedure due to the change of the registration system.

  • In conventional PASREG registration, the procedure was such that “after obtaining the registration number (reference number), the abstract [was] inserted and then it [was] submitted again.” However, with Confit, registration and submission of the abstract will take place at the same time. Hence, please start registration after having prepared the PDF file of the abstract.
  • If you are presenting in both the General Presentation session and the Symposium presentation session, you will use the same login ID.
  • The maximum length of an abstract to be registered is one page.
  • Saving does not complete registration. Please make sure to proceed to the last stage, “Submit.” Also, please check your e-mail for a notification that registration has been completed.

 

  • Logging in
  • In order to submit an abstract, you must have a registered account. If you do not have an account, please register for an account through the “Create an account” link. You cannot register for an account once the submission period is expired (you need to register for a new account for each Academic Meeting).

 

  • After logging in, registration, and submission of the abstract
  • Please start the registration procedure after you have prepared the PDF file of your abstract.
  • Up to ten affiliations can be registered.
  • Information of up to ten presenters can be registered.
  • To delete affiliation or author, please leave everything blank and update.
  • Only presenters should input their e-mail addresses.
  • Before completing registration, please confirm that you have observed “terms and conditions” on the screen by ticking “Agree.”
  • After a set amount of time has passed (when there is no clicking for more than 60 minutes), you will automatically be logged out. You will then have to log in again.
  • Please upload the PDF file of your abstract.

 

  • Confirmation of the completion of registration
  • An e-mail “Your presentation has been registered” will be sent. Please make sure that you have received it.