Know-Before-You-Go Announcement
The number of daily Covid-19 infections is decreasing significantly in Japan. Nevertheless, according to the local law/rules all attendees must adhere to the following rules:
- Before entering Japan
- Presentation of Questionnaire: "FAST TRACK" – This questionnaire must be filled out before departure and submitted to the Japanese authorities.
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/covid-19/border_questionnaire.html - Vaccine Certificate for Quarantine*:
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/covid-19/border_vaccine.html - COVID-19 negative pre-test result:
- Purchase Antigen Test Kits
- If your Covid-19 test is positive, please adhere to the following procedure:
- Stay in your hotel room.
- Call or send an e-mail to the GEC/ICRP Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
phone: +81-50-5534-1778
email: icrp-11@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
- LOC will take care of procedures such as registration of infected persons.
- LOC will bring food, etc. to your hotel room
- You should extend your hotel stay and reschedule your flight on your own. GEC/ICRP will not cover the cost of such changes.
- During your stay in Japan
Entrants who do not submit a valid vaccination certificate must submit a negative result of a Covid test taken within 72 hours before leaving the country. Note that only particular types of tests and test certificates are accepted.
We strongly recommend downloading the MySOS App to your Smartphone and entering all the above information there prior to departure.
*Your quarantine depends on the classification of the country or region of your stay before arriving in Japan and your vaccination status.
For more information, please refer to the "Required documents and items when you enter Japan" column on the GEC or ICRP website for information on documents required for entry into Japan.
https://www.apsgec.org/gec2022/visa.php
https://www.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp/plasma/ICRP-11/visa.html#page
GEC 2022/ICRP-11 requires antigen testing in the morning of a meal event (welcome reception, banquet, student networking) to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Since it is not possible to purchase large quantities of antigen test kits in Japan at this time, we ask that everyone bring their own antigen test kits. If you forget to bring your own antigen test kit, they will be available at the conference venue for a fee (approximately $20). However, only a limited number of tests will be available.
In the morning of each meal event, you are requested to take the antigen test yourself in your hotel room and take a picture of the result with your phone. The results will be checked at the entrance of each meal event. Please make sure that the date of the photo is available when checking the photo.
In Japan, wearing masks is required for infection control. Please bring your own mask. If you forget to bring your own mask, you will receive one at the conference venue.
Detailed action guidelines are listed in the attached graphic and we ask that you follow them.
Inside the conference center masks should be worn at all times.
Code of Conduct: It is the policy of the APS that all participants, including attendees, vendors, APS staff, volunteers, and all other stakeholders at APS meetings will conduct themselves in a professional manner that is welcoming to all participants and free from any form of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. Participants will treat each other with respect and consideration to create a collegial, inclusive, and professional environment at APS Meetings. Creating a supportive environment to enable scientific discourse at APS meetings is the responsibility of all participants. Participants will avoid any inappropriate actions or statements based on individual characteristics such as age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, nationality, political affiliation, ability status, educational background, or any other characteristic protected by law. Disruptive or harassing behavior of any kind will not be tolerated. Harassment includes but is not limited to inappropriate or intimidating behavior and language, unwelcome jokes or comments, unwanted touching or attention, offensive images, photography without permission, and stalking. Violations of this code of conduct policy should be reported to meeting organizers, APS staff, or the APS Director of Meetings. Sanctions may range from verbal warning, to ejection from the meeting without refund, to notifying appropriate authorities. Retaliation for complaints of inappropriate conduct will not be tolerated. For a complete meeting code of conduct please refer to www.aps.org/meetings/policies/code-conduct.cfm
The Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC - https://www.aps.org/units/gec/), a special meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP), promotes ideas on the physical and chemical processes and dynamics taking place in partially ionized, collisional plasma and between the atoms, molecules, charged particles, photons, waves, and fields. The GEC has a long leadership history of presenting fundamental and basic science contributions on plasma sources, diagnostics, simulation, plasma chemistry, basic phenomena, atomic and molecular processes. In recent years, GEC has also been a leading venue for reporting on emergent areas of plasma-biotechnology, plasma medicine, multiphase plasmas, environmental applications and atmospheric-pressure plasma systems. The 2022 GEC will continue its tradition of offering a truly outstanding venue for leading research in low temperature plasma science and collision physics. From fundamental plasma research to advanced topics are expected to be discussed during GEC 2022.
The GEC encourages all students to submit applications for the Student Awards.
