The venues
Thursday · Founding day & meals
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kobe
The founding, the plenary and the day's invited talks — with lunch and dinner served at the hotel. To confirm: beside Shin-Kobe station.
Getting here · a short walk from Shin-Kobe (Shinkansen / subway), to be confirmed.
Friday · Panels, workshop & exhibition
Kobe University
Graduate School of Humanities
The parallel panels, the small-group workshop and the all-day exhibition. Up on the Mt Rokko hillside, with lunch at the university and a cafeteria dinner.
1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada Ward, Kobe 657-0013 · reached by the conference shuttle buses, which run from the hotel.
Saturday · Closing morning
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kobe
The closing session — partnerships, an early-career roundtable and a closing discussion — back at the hotel, followed by optional afternoon tours.
Same venue as Thursday · ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kobe, near Shin-Kobe (to confirm).
Daily logistics
Arrivals
Venue
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Transport
Arrive via Shin-Kobe / Sannomiya
Meals
No organised dinner
Hotel
Venue
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kobe
Transport
At the hotel · near Shin-Kobe (tbc)
Meals
Lunch & dinner at the hotel
Kobe University
Venue
Kobe University · Graduate School of Humanities
Transport
Shuttle from the hotel · ~09:20 out · ~21:00 back to the hotel
Meals
Lunch at the university · cafeteria dinner
Closing
Venue
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kobe
Transport
At the hotel · near Shin-Kobe
Meals
Optional tour lunch (herb garden)
Practical notes
- Visas
- International delegates should check Japan's entry requirements early; we can provide an invitation letter on request.
- Weather
- Late September in Kobe is mild and humid, with occasional rain — light layers and an umbrella.
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time (JST, GMT+9). Online sessions stream in JST.
- Contact
- Travel queries — contact to be added.
Attending online?
The conference is hybrid and free. Joining links and the full streaming schedule — all in Japan Standard Time — go live on the front page nearer the date.