The Mass Spectrometry society of Japan - The 68th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Japan

Response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Infection

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Abstracts (booklet)and receipts will be sent out in early June to those who have registered for the conference.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in the postal mailing.

MSSJ 68th Annual Conference
Organizing Committee

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[Important Notice] Cancellation of the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference (Third Report/April 3, 2020)

We regret to inform you that we decided to cancel the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference, which was scheduled from Monday, May 11 to Wednesday, May 13 at Grand Cube Osaka (Osaka Prefecture International Convention Center) due to the spread of the new-type coronavirus (COVID-19).

Please accept our deepest apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. We sincerely appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

Below are our policies for this meeting.

  • Abstracts will be published on May 1, 2020, and will be publicized as planned. Accordingly, this the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference shall be regarded as held and the presentations shall be regarded as conducted at the meeting.
  • We will send a preprint of the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference. We will not refund the registration fee to the pre-registrants.
  • Speakers who have not paid the registration fees are requested to pay the pre-registration fee by bank transfer. We will inform the details later by e-mail.
  • We will refund the reception fee that you have already paid to us. Regarding the refund method, we will inform persons concerned by e-mail.
  • We will reopen the registration for the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference. After the register on-line (payable with Visa, Master, JCB, AMEX, and Diners cards), we will send a preprint of the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference to the registrant. You will also receive a membership temporary ID number. This ID number can be used to view the preprint PDF in the conference web (expiration date of the ID: August 31, 2020). The deadline for the registration is May 8, 2020, at 5:00pm (Japan standard time).

Response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Infection for the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference (Second Report/March 10, 2020)

We have announced "Regarding the Covid-19 Coronavirus (For those who will attend conferences of the 68th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Japan)". As of this moment, the MSSJ 68th conference goes on as scheduled. However, considering the current situation, we have decided to cancel the Annual Meeting Banquet for attendants' safety. We will continue to carefully monitor the situation and update you until April 3, 2020 in our website. We will refund the reception fee that you have already paid to us. Regarding the refund method, we will inform you after April 2020.

Considering the possibility of cancel the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference, the acceptance for registration of the scientific sessions has been temporarily closed at March 10, 2020 (earlier than planned).

We apologize for your inconvenience , but we would appreciate it if you could cooperate.

MSSJ 68th Annual Conference
Organizing Committee


Response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Infection for the MSSJ 68th Annual Conference (First Report/February 26, 2020)

We have announced "Regarding the Covid-19 Coronavirus (For those who will attend conferences of the 68th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Japan)". As of this moment, the MSSJ 68th conference goes on as scheduled. However, as the infection of the new coronavirus is spreading in Japan, we will continue to carefully monitor the situation and update you accordingly via the "News" page of our website.

MSSJ 68th Annual Conference
Organizing Committee