Accreditation

Officers & Council Members Meetings

Committee Meeting

Conference Information

Accreditation

Continuing Professional Development (“CPD”) / Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”)

Attendees from the jurisdictions listed below may obtain CPD / CLE accreditation. The required documents and any other requirements to claim CPD / CLE credits are as follow.

*: Need to obtain a certificate of attendance from IPBA staff in front of each session room.

**: Need to sign the attendance list

 Notes:

	•	Australia (New South Wales): If the Conference is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you may claim one unit for each hour of attendance at the Conference, refreshment breaks not included.
	•	Australia (Victoria): If the Conference is relevant to your immediate or long term needs in relation to your professional development and practice of the law, then you may claim one unit for each hour of attendance at the Conference, refreshment breaks not included.
	•	**England and Wales (BSB): The Conference has been accredited with 17 CPD hours in total by Bar Standards Board.
	•	**England and Wales(SRA): IPBA is registered as a temporary accredited provider with the Solicitors Regulations Authority and delegates from this jurisdiction may claim CPD credits. Delegates from this jurisdiction should fill out a questionnaire distributed in front of each session room and submit it to IPBA staff.
	•	*France (Paris): IPBA is registered as a foreign accredited provider with the Paris Bar Association and delegates from this jurisdiction may claim CPD credits.
	•	Hong Kong: The Conference has been accredited for CPD by the Law Society of Hong Kong. Delegates from this jurisdiction should fill an evaluation form distributed in front of each session room and submit it to IPBA staff.
	•	**Japan (Osaka): Certain sessions of the Conference have been accredited for CPD by the Osaka Bar Association. Title of each session accredited for Osaka will be posted on the Message Board beside the Registration Desk.
	•	Japan (Tokyo): IPBA is registered as a foreign accredited provider with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association and delegates from this jurisdiction may claim CLE credits for attendance at the Conference.
	•	*Korea: The Conference has been accredited with 14 CLE hours in total by the Korean Bar Association.
	•	*United States (California): As the Conference has been accredited for CPD by the Law Society of Hong Kong, delegates can claim “Approved Jurisdiction” MCLE credit according to the rules of the State Bar of California.
	•	*United States (New York): As the Conference has been accredited for CPD by the Law Society of Hong Kong, New York’s Approved Jurisdiction policy of CLE applies.

Officers & Council Members Meetings

Tuesday, April 19
12:00 – 13:00
Officers' Lunch	Room C-2
13:00 – 17:00
Officers' Meeting	Room C-1
Wednesday, April 20
9:00 – 12:00
JCM & At-Large Council Members Meeting	Room C-2
9:00 – 12:00
Committee Chairs & Program Meeting	Room C-1
12:00 – 13:00
Council Lunch	Swan
13:00 – 17:00
Council Meeting	Room B-1
Thursday, April 21
9:00 – 10:30
Nominating Committee	Room C-2
11:00 – 12:00
Incoming Council Members Orientation	Room C-2

Committee Meeting

Friday, April 22

	12:00-13:00
	Banking, Finance and Securities Corporate Counsel Cross-Border Investment Employment and Immigration Law International Trade Scholarship	Room F Room G Room H Room I Room J Room 101
	13:00-14:00
	Energy and Natural Resources International Construction Law Insolvency Legal Practice Technology and Communications Women Business Lawyers	Room 101 Room F Room G Room H Room I Room J

Sunday, April 24

	12:00-13:00
	Competition Law Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Environmental Law Intellectural Property Tax Law	Room F Room 157 Room G Room H Room I
	13:00-14:00
	Aviation Law Legal Development and Training Maritime Law	Room F Room G Room H

Conference Information

Outline
Conference Name
Inter-Pacific Bar Association 21st Annual Meeting and Conference (IPBA 2011 Kyoto/Osaka)

Dates
Thursday, April 21 – Sunday, April 24, 2011

Venue
Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)
Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-0001 Japan
Phone: +81-75-705-1234
Fax: +81-75-705-1100
http://www.icckyoto.or.jp/

Official Language
English

Secretariat

	■	Conference Chair’s Office
		c/o Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners Umedashinmichi Building 8F 1-5 Dojima 1-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0003, Japan Phone: +81-6-6341-7406 Fax: +81-6-6347-0688

	■	IPBA Secretariat
		c/o TGA Inc. Roppongi Hills North Tower 7F 6-2-31 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan Phone: +81-3-5786-6796 Fax: +81-3-5786-6778 E-mail : ipba@ipba.org

	■	Conference Secretariat
		c/o Congress Corporation 3-6-13 Awajimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0047, Japan Phone: +81-6-6229-2555 Fax: +81-6-6229-2556 E-mail: ipba2011@congre.co.jp

Registration
Registration Desk
The registration desk is located at the Entrance Lobby of the ICC Kyoto.


Badges
Each participant will receive a name badge upon registration. For security reasons all participants are requested to wear their badges during all the Conference activities and social events.


Exhibition
The Exhibition will be held at Room D on April 22-April 24. Further information about the Exhibition and the participating exhibitors is available on page 48.



Social Room
The Social Room is located at Room C-1 of the ICC Kyoto. Further information about the Social Room is available on page 48.



Information for Speakers
Presentation Guidelines

-	Please prepare your data in Microsoft Power Point format and please preview your presentation data at the PC Center (Room 103) 30 minutes prior to your session.
-	Remote presentation system is available in each session room. There will be a TFT monitor, mouse and keyboard on the podium to operate the presentation.

PC Center
The PC center is located at Room 103, and is available only for the speakers to prepare for their sessions.

-	Should speakers wish to update the data for presentation in the last minute, bring the data to the PC center in either USB flash memory or CD-R.
-	Windows is the only operating system available for the presentations. (If you have prepared the presentation data on a Macintosh, you are advised to bring your own computer.)
-	If your presentation data is linked to other files, those linked files should also be saved in the same folder, and checked for operability beforehand.
-	If your presentation data has audio/movie image, please bring your own computer for presentation.

If you use your own computer in the session room for your presentation:

-	The secretariat will prepare a Mini D-sub 15 pin PC cable connector. If your computer is not compatible with this cable connector, please bring an adaptor to connect your computer to the Mini D-sub 15 pin PC cable connector.
-	Please bring your AC adopter with you.
-	After checking your data at the PC Center, please bring your computer to the operations desk at the session room 30 minutes prior to the start time of your session.
-	Following the conclusion of your session, we will return your computer at the operations desk. Please come to the operations desk promptly to collect it.

Lunch
Lunch will be provided as follows during the meeting:



Coffee Breaks
Coffee and refreshments will be served at the exhibition area (Room D), from April 22 to 24.


Tea Ceremony
We will hold a traditional Japanese style tea ceremony to welcome the attendees on April 21, from 14:00 to 18:00 at Room C-1.


Cloak Room
The cloak room is located at the Main Entrance Lobby of the ICC Kyoto.



Lost and Found
Please visit the registration desk for lost and found items.


Message Board
A message board is located beside the registration desk.


Business Center
ICC Kyoto provides PCs, copier machines, fax and courier services, business card printing services, mobile phone recharging services and more.


Internet
Wireless internet service is available at the ICC Kyoto.