Period: from Thursday, August 4th, 2022 to Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Venue: Plaza Verde (near North Exit of JR Numazu station) and National Institute of Genetics (only Aug. 4th)

This meeting takes a hybrid system: speakers and poster presenters should come to Numazu, while attendance can also be online.
15:05-17:30, Saturday, August 6th, 2022
Plenary Lectures at Convention Hall A, Plaza Verde 1F
Professor Axel Meyer, Univ. Konstanz, Germany will talk on parallel adaptations and sympatric speciation,
Professor Takashi Gojobori, KAUST, Saudi Arabia will talk on marine metagenomics of microbial diversity and evolution,
and Professor Shinya Miyagishima, National Institute of Genetics, Japan will talk on photosynthetic eukaryotes.

14:00-16:30, Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Open Lectures (given in Japanese) at Convention Hall A, Plaza Verde 1F
Director Kenichi Shinoda, National Museum of Science and Nature, Tokyo, will talk on origins of Japanese through ancient genomes,
Director Yoichiro Sato, Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, will talk how rice was accepted to Japanese society,
Professor Ituro Inoue, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, will talk about genome analysis of SARS-CoV-2,
and Assistant Professor Yohei Terai, SOKENDAI, Hayama, will talk on origin of dogs through Japanese wolves and ancient dogs.

Friday, August 5th and Saturday, August 6th, 2022: Symposia (please see Program for details)
Friday, August 5th, Saturday, August 6th, and Sunday August 7th, 2022: Oral presentations and poster presentations
Saturday, August 6th, 2022: High School Students Poster Presentations
Thursday, August 4th, 2022: Evolutionary Studies Summer School, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima
Saturday, August 6th, 2022: Meeting Party (place not yet determined)

Meeting Preparation Committee members:
Naruya Saitou, Specially Appointed Professor, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima (chair) *
Kazuho Ikeo, Associate Professor, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima
Tadashi Imanishi, Professor, Tokai University Medical School, Isehara *
Ituro Inoue, Professor, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima *
Hideaki Kanzawa, Researcher, National Museum of Science and Nature, Tsukuba *
Takashi Kishida, Associate Professor, Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka
Shigehiro Kuraku, Professor, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima
Masatoshi Matsunami, Assistant Professor, University of the Ryukyus Medical School, Okinawa *
Reiko Motohashi, Vice President, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka *
Naoki Osada, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo *
Rumiko Suzuki, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima
Mahoko Ueda, Assistant Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo

* Member of Yaponesia Genome Project (http://www.yaponesian.jp)