Important Notices
- Early-bird registration is available until 17th Feb., 13:00 JST. Please check Registration Information before applying.
- Registration will be unavailable from February 17, 13:00 to February 20, 9:00 due to system maintenance.
- The Conference Program and Conference Online Platform (Raku-Raku Conference) are now available.
- Presentation Guidelines have been updated. Please read carefully, as they contain important information for preparing your presentation.
- Attendance Information, including notes for participants and venue details, has been posted.
Upcoming Schedule
- Abstract submission deadline: Tue. 17th Feb., 23:59 JST.
- Handling of presentation files differs depending on the presentation type.
- For poster presentations, all presenters are required to upload their online posters by 7th Mar.
- For oral presentations, no pre-conference upload is necessary; however, presenters must register their presentation files in advance at the Speaker Ready Room provided at the venue. Please bring your files on a USB flash drive or CD-R.
- For presentations in symposia, workshops or forums, please contact the respective session organizers regarding file handling (whether organizers collect them in advance or speakers are required to bring their own PCs).
Meeting information
The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan will be held as follows.
Dates: 11th Mar. to 15th Mar. 2026 (Online poster viewing period: 8th Mar.–)
Venue: Two locations – Yoshida-South Campus, Kyoto University（11-13th）and Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)（14-15th）
[Go to the ESJ73 online conference platform “Rakuraku-Conference”]
For more details about the meeting, please see this page.
All oral presentations and sessions at this conference will be held on-site. Poster presentations will be conducted online, but those who wish may also present on-site.
Conference events, symposia, and workshops will be recorded by professional staff and made available via On-Demand streaming. For oral presentations, presenters may record before/after the conference and upload their own presentation videos for distribution through the “Self On-Demand Streaming” system. Please review the guidelines carefully and make use of this feature.
Update history
- 2026.01.06: Conference program published.
- 2026.01.06: Venue guide and attendance information posted.
- 2026.01.06: Presentation guidelines are updated.
- 2026.01.06: Public lecture information posted.
- 2025.11.28: Updated the implementation status of sessions in the conference schedule table.
- 2025.11.28: Information about the ER Symposium invited speaker has been posted.
- 2025.11.01: Information about Moai has been posted.
- 2025.11.01: The call for general presentations, symposia, workshop and junior posters has closed.
- 2025.09.30: Information on general presentations, symposia, workshop and junior posters has been posted.
- 2025.09.30: Basic meeting information, access to the venue, and childcare support have been posted.
- 2025.09.30: Guidelines for presenters and frequently asked questions have been posted.
- 2025.09.30: Information on the Ecocup (futsal tournament for ESJ members) and the Junior Ecology Course (special lecture for high school students) has been posted (Japanese articles only).
- 2025.08.29: The call for ER Symposia has closed.
- 2025.07.31: The call for Open Sessions has closed.
- 2025.07.01: The call for Open Sessions and ER Symposia has started.
- 2025.07.01: The website for the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan has been launched.