[dbjapan] Call for Participation: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization - GD 2022

[itot [at] is.ocha.ac.jp]

日本データベース学会の皆様、

お茶の水女子大学の伊藤貴之と申します。お世話になっております。

グラフ可視化の分野で30年の歴史を有する伝統的な国際会議
Graph Drawing and Network Visualization が、初のアジア開催として、
9月13〜16日に東京工業大学にてハイブリッド開催されます。
遅くなりましたが参加登録が始まりましたので、ご興味のある方はぜひ
参加登録をご検討頂ければと思います。

また7月22日にもお送りした通り、ポスター投稿を8月10日まで受け付けます。
当該分野で研究成果を有する皆様のご投稿・ご参加をお待ちしています。


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   Call for Participation - Registration Open

                     GD 2022

        30th International Symposium on
    Graph Drawing and Network Visualization

    September 13-16, 2022 - Tokyo, Japan

    https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/

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The 30th edition of the International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2022) will take place at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, on September 13-16, 2022, with a reception on the evening of September 13. A pre-conference PhD school is planned for September 12-13, 2022.

In-person participation to the conference is strongly encouraged, especially for speakers. However, remote participation will be offered for speakers and attendees.

The conference will also feature a Poster session and a Graph Drawing Contest<https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/contest/>, and keynote talks from distinguished invited speakers:

- Ulrik Brandes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Kazuo Misue, University of Tsukuba, Japan

REGISTRATION:
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The registration to the conference, which includes participation to the PhD-school, is now open. The early-registration fee is available till August 31, 2022.

https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/registration/

VISA REQUIREMENTS
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Due to the immigration policy of the Japanese government, every foreign participant is required to acquire a visa, by submitting the following material to the participants' local Japanese Embassy:
1. Certificate of ERFS registration, issued by the GD organizer (see below)
2. Valid passport and photo
3. Visa application form to enter Japan (https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000124525.pdf)
4. Extra documents, only for participants from specific countries.

To issue the ERFS certificate (item 1), the organizer requires all onsite participants from foreign countries to submit this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRBYN5PNx5T5kEdmpuvgnz_Wnq6eG9zvx_Gr8UDMGifjRudw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please fill this form at your earliest convenience, possibly not later than August 15, as it requires manual processing from the organizers. The organizer will promptly provide the certificate of ERFS registration as a PDF file, together with some additional information to fill the "Guarantor" fields in the visa application form (item 3).

The extra documents (item 4) should not be needed for countries in EU/UK/US/Australia, but please verify this information with your local Japanese Embassy.

More information can be found at:

https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/visa/


COVID-RELATED REQUIREMENTS
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Quarantine and on-arrival test are NOT necessary for travelers arriving from most countries, see the complete list at this link: https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html

A negative test result conducted within 72 hours prior to departing is necessary for all travelers.


VENUE
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The symposium venue, Tokyo Institute of Technology, is located at a very convenient place in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The following Web page summarizes the access to the symposium venue.
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/0/maps


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Takayuki Itoh (chair), Ochanomizu University, Japan
Ken Wakita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Masahiko Itoh, Hokkaido Information University, Japan
Hsiang-Yun Wu, St. Polten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Rina Nakazawa, IBM Research, Japan
Yuri Miyagi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan


We look forward to seeing you in Tokyo, Japan!

Best regards,
Patrizio Angelini and Reinhard von Hanxleden
PC chairs of GD 2022



Takayuki Itoh (伊藤貴之) (itot [at] is.ocha.ac.jp)
Dept. of Information Sciences, Ochanomizu University
http://www.is.ocha.ac.jp/~itot/