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<div> Call for Participation - Registration Open</div>
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<div> GD 2022</div>
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<div> 30th International Symposium on</div>
<div> Graph Drawing and Network Visualization</div>
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<div> September 13-16, 2022 - Tokyo, Japan</div>
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<div> https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">The 30th edition of the International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (GD 2022) will take place at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, on September 13-16, 2022, with a reception on the evening of September
13. A pre-conference PhD school is planned for September 12-13, 2022.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">In-person participation to the conference is strongly encouraged, especially for speakers. However, remote participation will be offered for speakers and attendees.
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<div class="elementToProof">The conference will also feature a Poster session and a
<a href="https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/contest/" title="https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/contest/">
Graph Drawing Contest</a>, and keynote talks from distinguished invited speakers:</div>
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<div>- Ulrik Brandes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland</div>
<div>- Kazuo Misue, University of Tsukuba, Japan</div>
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<div>REGISTRATION:</div>
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<div>The registration to the conference, which includes participation to the PhD-school, is now open. The early-registration fee is available till August 31, 2022.</div>
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<div>https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/registration/</div>
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<div>VISA REQUIREMENTS</div>
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<div>Due to the immigration policy of the Japanese government, every foreign participant is required to acquire a visa, by submitting the following material to the participants' local Japanese Embassy:</div>
<div>1. Certificate of ERFS registration, issued by the GD organizer (see below)</div>
<div>2. Valid passport and photo</div>
<div>3. Visa application form to enter Japan (https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/files/000124525.pdf)</div>
<div>4. Extra documents, only for participants from specific countries.</div>
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<div>To issue the ERFS certificate (item 1), the organizer requires all onsite participants from foreign countries to submit this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRBYN5PNx5T5kEdmpuvgnz_Wnq6eG9zvx_Gr8UDMGifjRudw/viewform?usp=sf_link</div>
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<div>Please fill this form at your earliest convenience, possibly not later than August 15, as it requires manual processing from the organizers. The organizer will promptly provide the certificate of ERFS registration as a PDF file, together with some additional
information to fill the "Guarantor" fields in the visa application form (item 3).</div>
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<div>The extra documents (item 4) should not be needed for countries in EU/UK/US/Australia, but please verify this information with your local Japanese Embassy.</div>
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<div>More information can be found at:</div>
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<div>https://graphdrawing.github.io/gd2022/pages/visa/</div>
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<div>COVID-RELATED REQUIREMENTS</div>
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<div>Quarantine and on-arrival test are NOT necessary for travelers arriving from most countries, see the complete list at this link: https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html</div>
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<div>A negative test result conducted within 72 hours prior to departing is necessary for all travelers.</div>
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<div>VENUE</div>
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<div>The symposium venue, Tokyo Institute of Technology, is located at a very convenient place in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The following Web page summarizes the access to the symposium venue.</div>
<div>https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/0/maps</div>
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<div>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</div>
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<div>Takayuki Itoh (chair), Ochanomizu University, Japan</div>
<div>Ken Wakita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan</div>
<div>Masahiko Itoh, Hokkaido Information University, Japan</div>
<div>Hsiang-Yun Wu, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria</div>
<div>Rina Nakazawa, IBM Research, Japan</div>
<div>Yuri Miyagi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan</div>
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<div>We look forward to seeing you in Tokyo, Japan!</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Patrizio Angelini and Reinhard von Hanxleden</div>
PC chairs of GD 2022<br>
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