For Presenters
Poster Presentation
1. [Presentation Requirements]
To be recognized as an official presentation, a poster presentation must satisfy the following two conditions:
2. [Submission of a Digital Poster before the Event]
The lead presenter must submit a digital poster before the event. The submission period is from Tuesday, July 15 to Friday, September 5, 2025 (8:00 AM Japan time). For more details, please refer to the webpages pertaining to creation and submission of a digital poster/video.
3. [Presentation Venue]
The presentation will be held on the 6th floor of the lecture building (L604 / L605 / L609 / L610). Presenters must arrive at the reception desk in front of the Poster Presentation venue at least ten minutes before the session.
4. [Reception Desk]
The following ribbons will be provided at the reception desk.
(1) Insignia ribbon
Please wear the ribbon to let visitors and staff know you are a presenter. After the session is over, please return the ribbon to the reception desk.
(2) Panel ribbon (for candidates for JPA Distinguished Poster Presentation Award)
If you registered as a candidate for a Presentation Award, you will receive this ribbon. The panel ribbon must be attached at the top of the poster panel.
5. [Poster Presentation]
Presenters must place the poster on the panel corresponding to their panel number at least five minutes before the start of the session.
6. [Required Attendance Time for Poster Presentation]
The Poster Presentation session is for 100 minutes long. Your poster must remain in place for the entire 100 minutes. Please be available to answer questions from visitors during your required attendance time. (If the 3rd to 5th characters of your presentation number are an odd number, your required attendance time is the first 50 minutes; otherwise, it is the second 50 minutes). Please also stay for a longer period than your required attendance time if possible.
7. [Panel number]
Please check the list (*to be added here soon) for the panel numbers of each
presentation.
Here’s how to read the Presentation Number.
- Character at first position: Presentation date (Day 1, 2, or 3)
- Characters at position 2: Presentation time period (A：9:00-10:40，B：11:10-12:50，C：13:20-15:00，D：15:30-17:10)
- Characters at position 3-5: Attendance time period (An odd number means the first 50 minutes, and an even number means the second 50 minutes)
- Characters at position 6-7: Presentation category
The above example shows the first day of the Annual Convention (September 5) between 9:00 to 10:40 to present a poster and required to attend during the first 50 minutes (9:00 – 9:50). The category is PD (clinical/disorder).
8. [Presentation categories]
The following are the presentation categories (total of 20 categories).
| PA | Theory / Method |
| PB | Personality |
| PC | Social / Culture |
| PD | Clinical / Disorder |
| PE | Crime / Delinquency |
| PF | Mathematics / Statistics |
| PG | Physiology |
| PH | Sense / Perception |
| PI | Cognition |
| PJ | Learning |
| PK | Memory |
| PL | Language / Thinking |
| PM | Emotion / Motivation |
| PN | Behavior |
| PO | Development |
| PP | Education |
| PQ | Industry / Traffic |
| PR | Sports / Health |
| PS | Gender |
| PT | Environment |
9. [Poster specifications]
The following show the poster specifications.
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- The size of the panel is 210 (h) x 90 (w) cm.
- At the top of the poster, please clearly display the presentation topic, name of the presenter, and affiliation. The guidelines for the size are 20 (h) x 70 (w) cm.
- There is no specification for font sizes, however, make sure to be legible from a relative distance (approximately 2 m).
- Please consider color schemes for those with color vision variation. (Please refer to “Review” ->“Check Accessibility” in PowerPoint.)
- If your presentation involves joint research, funding, or other disclosable relationships with other organizations such as private corporations, please disclose details in the poster.
cf. The Japanese Psychological Association “JPA Rules on Conflicts of Interest” Japanese｜English * The poster displayed at the event hall must be the same as the digital poster uploaded prior to the event. However, it is fine to update minor errors.
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10. [Distributing Materials]
If you plan to distribute materials during the presentation, please prepare and distribute them yourself.
11. [After the Presentation]
Please take down your poster within ten minutes after the end of the session. Any posters left after this time will be removed and discarded by the Annual Convention Office to ensure there is enough time to prepare for the next presenter.
12. [Q&A (comment section)]
Each presentation page on the conference website has a comment section. When participants who viewed a presentation paper or digital poster submit comments, the presenter in charge will receive a notification email. Please use the comment section for Q&A. The Q&A period is during the Annual Convention (Friday, September 5 to Sunday, September 7).
During the extended period for on-demand content after the Annual Convention (until Friday, October 31), responding to comments is not required, but please respond within reasonable limits.
13. [Presentation by proxy or online]
If the lead presenter is unable to attend in person due to unavoidable circumstances, a proxy or online presentation is possible if you apply before the start of the presentation.
(1) Presentation by proxy
Another presenter whose name is listed in the presentation may act as a proxy for the main presenter.
(2) Online presentation
Your presentation will be posted online without an in-person presentation. No required attendance time.
During the Annual Convention, please respond to questions submitted through the comment section by participants who viewed the presentation paper or a digital poster. Please refer to item 12 for details.
* Application form for Presentation by proxy or online
Both presentations by proxy and online require submission of an application in advance. As long as it is prior to the commencement of the presentation, an application submitted immediately before the presentation can be accepted.
Please use the specified web form.
[https://forms.gle/FD5hMGR3vrXToQkt5]
14. [Errata corrections]
If there are any corrections in the presenter's name, presentation details, etc., please submit them using the Errata Submission Form after the conference.
[ Errata Submission Form ] (To be added here at a later date.)