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[Early-bird] October 1 (Wed.), 2014 – April 13 (Mon.), 2015 [Regular] April 14 (Tue.), 2015 – May 31 (Sun.), 2015 [Late] June 1 (Mon.), 2015 – June 10 (Wed.), 2015 Politzer TOKYO

Late & On-site Categories Early-bird Registration Regular Registration Registration Members Society 45,000 JPY 60,000 JPY 70,000 JPY

Non Memebers 55,000 JPY 70,000 JPY 80,000 JPY Residents 30,000 JPY 35,000 JPY 45,000 JPY Meeting Exhibitors / Commercial 65,000 JPY 85,000 JPY 100,000 JPY Others th 1st World (Speech Therapists, Nurses) 25,000 JPY 30,000 JPY 35,000 JPY 30 June 30-July 4, 2015 Accompanying Persons 20,000 JPY 20,000 JPY 20,000 JPY Politzer TOKI MESSE Congress of Society Niigata, JAPAN Meeting Otology Hotel (estimated time to the meeting venue) Prof. Sugata Takahashi ❶ Hotel Nikko Niigata Chairman of the 30th Politzer Society Meeting 200m Minatopia 1st World Niigata City (3min. Walk) History Museum Congress of 2nd Announcement TOKI MESSE ❷ Hotel Okura Niigata Niigata Convention Center 565 (5min. by Taxi or 15min. Walk) Otology 113 Toyoteru ES ❸ ANA Crowne Plaza Niigata (5min. by Taxi or 20min. Walk) ❶ Ohashi ❹ Bandai Silver Hotel 565 7 (10min. by Taxi or 20min. Walk)

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Bandai Bridge (10min. by Taxi or 30min. Walk) Miyaura JHS 7 ❷ ❻ Niigata Tokyu Inn er ❸ (6min. by Taxi or 25min. Walk) Bandai Love La nagamine Bandai ES Rainbow Akashi-Dori Shinano Riv ❼ Chisun Hotel & Y Tower achiyo Bridge 7 Conference Center Niigata Isetan ❹ ❽ (10min. by Taxi or 25min. Walk) ❺ Minami Bandai ❽ Hotel Sunroute Niigata ES 1 ❻ Niigata Sta. Marimo Joetsu Shinkansen (10min. by Taxi or 25min. Walk) Town Niigata Echigo Line PLAKA 1 ❾ Niigata Grand Hotel PLAKA 2 ❼ Secretariat CopyrightⓒAll Rights Reserved By KNT Co., Ltd. (10min. by Taxi or 25min. Walk) c/o Convention Linkage, Inc. Sanbancho KS Bldg., 2 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, JAPAN TEL: +81-3-3263-8688／FAX: +81-3-3263-8693／E-mail: [email protected] www.c-linkage.co.jp/politzer2015/ 8 Meeting Information

Welcome Message

th On behalf of the local organizing committee, it is both an honor and a pleasure to 30 announce the convening of the 30th Politzer Society Meeting in Niigata, Japan, from Politzer June 30 to July 4, 2015. The 1st World Congress of Otology is also slated to be held at Society the same time. Meeting Our primary objective for the meeting is to bring together up-and-coming researchers to present and actively discuss up-to-date research results from the elds 1st World of otology and neurotology. Nothing would bring me more pleasure than to see the Congress of new insights obtained at this meeting applied clinically and to future research. Otology With a population of approximately 800,000, Niigata City is the largest city on the Sea of Japan side. Directly facing the Sea of Japan, it is calm and beautiful city, through Chairman which the longest river in Japan (the ) runs. Niigata is also known as a Sugata Takahashi treasure trove of delectable foods ranging from fresh seafood to delicious, Chairman of the 30th Politzer Society Meeting

high-grade rice and Japanese sake (rice wine). Early July is the most pleasant month Dates of the year in Niigata, and I am certain that participants of the meeting will enjoy a June 30-July 4, 2015 comfortable stay there. Venue The local organizing committee is committed to make this meeting a memorable one TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention Center, JAPAN for all participants. We truly hope that as many of the members of the Politzer Society O cial Language as possible will be able to join us in Niigata in 2015. English

For more information www.c-linkage.co.jp/politzer2015/ Prof. Sugata Takahashi Chairman of the 30th Politzer Society Meeting Secretariat c/o Convention Linkage, Inc. Sanbancho KS Bldg., 2 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, JAPAN TEL: +81-3-3263-8688／FAX: +81-3-3263-8693 E-mail: [email protected]

Important Dates Abstract Submission October 1 (Wed.), 2014 – February 20 (Fri.), 2015

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Politze Organizers Chairman Sugata TakahashiSugata International Organizing Committee Hans-Peter Zenner Yung Matthew Xenelis E. John Welling D. Bradley P. Wackym Ashley Heyning Van de Paul Franco Trabalzini Muaaz Tarabichi Thomas Somers SannaMario Saeed R. Shakeel Ramos-Macias Angel Milan Profant O. Nuri Ozgirgin Olgun Levent Oh Seung-Ha Oeciers Erwin O'Donoghue M. Gerard Nikolopoulos Thomas Müller Joachim Møller Per Hidemi Miyazaki Alan Micco Jacques Magnan Michal Luntz Lee Sun Kwang Chong-Sun Kim Kameswaran Mohan Dan Jiang House John Alec Fitzgerald O'Connor Filipo Roberto Dev Arnaud Brito de Rubens Dai Chunfu Cousins Vincent Brodie Hilary Barbara Maurizio BanceManohar Balkany J. Thomas r Society (UK) (Norway) (USA) (China) e ` (USA) ze ze (Italy) (Israel) (USA) (Republic of Korea) (Turkey) (Slovac Republic) (Slovac (Italy) (UK) g Meetin (Greece) (Republic of Korea) (France) (Belgium) (Germany) (Canada) (Republic of Korea) (Belgium) (Brazil) (Australia) (Turkey) (United Arab Emirates) Arab (United (Japan) (France) (UK) (Italy) (Italy) (USA) (USA) (USA) (Germany) (India) (Belgium) (Spain) (Greece) (UK) (UK) 1 st World Congress ofOtology Local Organizing Committee Organizing Local Yeo Won Sang Wu Hao TsangWillis Fai Chi Tong Michael Shiao An-Suey Lee Fei-Peng Hsu Chuan-Jen Vijayendra Honnurappa Ho Eu Chin Han Dongyi Yong-beom Cho Charlotte Chiong Naoaki YanagiharaNaoaki Tatsuya Yamasoba Toshiaki Yagi Hiromi Ueda Hideichi Shinkawa Kazunori Nishizaki Hiroshi Moriyama Komune Shizuo KojimaHiromi Kitamura Ken Hiroshi Hosoi Doi Katsumi Tono Tetsuya Sugata Takahashi TakahashiHaruo Sakagami Masafumi Ogawa Kaoru Shingo Murakami Toshimitsu Kobayashi Seiji Kakehata Juichi Ito Iino Yukiko Asian Organizing Committee (China) (Singapore) (Hong Kong) (China) (Taiwan) (Republic of Korea) (Taiwan) (Taiwan) (Republic of Korea) (Philippines) (Hong Kong) (India) TOKI MESSE Niigata Convention MESSE Center,TOKI JAPAN 8km from (20min. by Taxi) by (20min. Airport Niigata from 8km Taxi) by (5min. Station Niigata from 2km Venue Convention Center Convention Hotel Nikko Niigata Nikko Hotel Oce TOKYO NIIGATA 4 NIIGATA 30th Politzer Society Meeting 1st World Congress of Otology

Time Table (tentative)

June 30 (Tue.) July 1 (Wed.) July 2 (Thu.) July 3 (Fri.) July 4 (Sat.) The 30th Politzer Society Meeting The 30th Politzer Society Meeting The 30th Politzer Society Meeting 8:00

9:00 Plenary Session Plenary Session Plenary Session 10:00 · Session · Free Papers · Coee Break 11:00 · Session Poster · Session · Session · Free Papers & 1st · Free Papers · Free Papers 12:00 · Coee Break Exhibition World Congress · Coee Break · Coee Break of Otology 13:00 Poster Poster

Lunch Lunch & 1st Lunch & 1st NIIGATA 14:00 Exhibition World Congress Exhibition World Congress of Otology of Otology Politzer Prize Awards & Presentations 15:00 Registration · East Asian · Session 16:00 Session · Free Papers · Session Poster 1st · Free Papers · Coee Break · Free Papers & World Congress · Coee Break 17:00 · Coee Break Exhibition of Otology

18:00 Opening Closing Ceremony Ceremony 19:00

Faculty Dinner 20:00 Japan Night Gala Dinner (Invited person) Welcome 21:00 Reception

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TOKYO

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