Congress Information

Venue

Nagoya Congress Center
1-1 Atsuta-nishimachi, Atsuta-ku
Nagoya, 456-0036 Japan
Tel: + 81 52 683 7711
Fax: +81 52 683 7777
E-mail: info@ncvb.or.jp

Registration Hours

The registration desk in the Nagoya Congress Center will be open at the following hours:

Saturday November 14, 2009	07.30 – 18.00
Sunday November 15, 2009	07.30 – 18.00
Monday November 16, 2009	08.00 – 18.00
Tuesday November 17, 2009	08.00 – 18.00
Wednesday November 18, 2009	08.00 – 14.00

Exhibition Hours

Sunday November 15, 2009	19.00 – 21.00
Monday November 16, 2009	10.00 – 18.00
Tuesday November 17, 2009	10.00 – 18.00

Badges

All participants and accompanying persons will receive a personal badge upon registration. You are kindly requested to wear your name badge at all times, during scientific meetings and social gatherings. Only participants who are wearing their name badge will be admitted to the lecture halls.

Please note: accompanying persons and exhibitors will not be admitted to the scientific sessions. Accompanying persons do have free access to the exhibition.

Name badges have been color-coded a follows:

ISBT (Board) Member	Red
ISBT Member	Red
ISBT Non-Member	Transparant
Accompanying Persons	Yellow
Exhibitors	Blue
Press	Orange

Banking hours

Nagoya has two Citibank branches for foreign-friendly cash withdrawals with a main branch in Sakae and a mini-branch in the North Tower above Nagoya Station:

• Citibank Nagoya Branch, 1F, 8F, Sugi Building., 3-14-15 Sakae, Naka-ku (Subway Sakae Station, Exit 7. 5 minutes walk from Crystal Hiroba in the Sakae subway mall. In Sugi Building, 8th floor is across the street from Sakae Gas Building at Shirakawa Street Crossing on Ohtsu Street. Monday-Friday 09.00 – 17.00 hours and Saturday 10.00 – 16.00 hours. Closed Sunday and Holidays.
• Citibank Nagoya Station Mini-Branch, 33F Office Tower, JR Central Towers, 1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku (Located the North tower.), Monday-Friday 09.00 – 17.00 hours and Saturday 10.00 – 16.00 hours . Closed Sunday and holidays.

ATM only opens during branch hours. There is also a Citibank ATM across from the Meitetsu station entrance gate at the airport. As elsewhere in Japan, post offices and convenience stores also allow international ATM withdrawals.

Climate

The average temperature in Nagoya at the time of the conference is approximately 12°C

Coffee and tea breaks

During session-breaks coffee and tea will be served free of charge to delegates wearing name badges on the exhibition floor.

Currency

Only Japanese yen are accepted at regular stores and restaurants. Certain foreign currencies and credit cards may be accepted at a limited number of hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops. You can buy yen at foreign exchange banks and other authorized money exchanges upon presentation of your passport. Travellers checks are accepted only by leading banks and major hotels in principal cities, and the use of traveler's checks in Japan is not as popular as in some other countries. VISA, MasterCard, Diners Club and American Express are widely accepted at hotels, department stores, restaurants and nightclubs.