Program at a glance
| Arrival of the participants |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Opening Remark: Nori Satoh |
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Plenary Lecture: William R. Jeffery (University of Maryland) |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:45 | Session 1: Systematics, phylogeny, and ecology |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Session 2: Allo-recognition and immunity |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:35 | Session 3: Oocyte maturation and fertilization |
| 17:35 – 19:10 | Poster Session A |
| 19:10 – 21:00 | Welcome party |
| 09:30 – 11:30 | Session 4: Embryogenesis |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Session 5: Larval development and metamorphosis |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00 – 17:25 | Session 6: Gene network and genomics |
| 17:25 – 19:00 | Poster Session B |
| Excursions to a public aquarium |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Plenary Lecture: Hiroki Nishida (Osaka University) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 7: Appendicularians and other tunicates |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:30 | Session 8: Organogenesis and regeneration |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Session 9: Neural development |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Poster Session C |
| 9:30 – 11:30 | Session 10: Round Table: Genome, proteomics, transgenesis, and genetics |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:45 | Session 11: Physiology and neural function |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15 – 17:00 | Session 12: Amphioxus and hemichordates |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Closing Remark: Patrick Lemaire |
| 17:15 – 18:00 | Move to Loisir Hotel Naha |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Farewell party (Loisir Hotel Naha) |
| Departure |
