Organization

Officers of the Association

• President: Atsushi MATSUOKA (Niigata University, Japan)
• Secretary: Marco CHIARI (Instuto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Italy)
• Treasurer: Paula NOBLE (University of Nevada, USA)
• Paleozoic Working Group: Yoshihito KAMATA (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
• Mesozoic Working Group: Špela GORIČAN (ZRC SAZU, Slovenia)
• Cenozoic/Recent Working Group: John ROGER (Australian National University, Australia)
• Webmaster: Jane K. DOLVEN (Norway)

The Organizing Committee for InterRad XV in Niigata 2017 (InterRad XV OCM)（第15回国際放散虫研究集会実行委員会）

1. Honorary Chairperson: Akira YAO
2. Chairperson: Atsushi MATSUOKA
3. Secretary: Noritoshi SUZUKI (main secretary); Takuya ITAKI and Tsuyoshi ITO  (sub-secretary)
4. Treasurer: Toshiyuki KURIHARA
5. Publication Planners:
   • Co-chief: Atsushi MATSUOKA, Noritoshi SUZUKI and Takuya ITAKI
   • Editorial members: Katsuo SASHIDA, U. Kagan TEKIN, Keisuke ISHIDA (Island Arc), Atsushi TAKEMURA (Paleontological Research), Satoshi NAKAE (Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan), Taniel DANELIAN (Revue de Micropaléontologie)
6. Excursion coordinator: Tsuyoshi ITO
   • Excursion leaders:
   • Pre-conference Excursions
     • Excursion A (Boso) (cancelled): Isao MOTOYAMA, Takuya ITAKI, Shin’ichi KAMIKURI, Yojiro TAKETANI, Makoto OKADA
     • Excursion B (Inuyama): Tetsuji ONOUE, Rie S. HORI and Satoru KOJIMA
   • Mid-day Excursions
     • Excursion C (Itoigawa): Tsuyoshi ITO, Yosuke IBARAKI and Atsushi MATSUOKA
     • Excursion D (Tai’nai): Isao MOTOYAMA,Toshiyuki KURIHARA and Takuya ITAKI
   • Post-conference excursion
     • Excursion E (Okinawa): Atsushi MATSUOKA, Tsuyoshi ITO, Noritoshi SUZUKI, Katsunori KIMOTO, Akihiro TUJI, Xin LI and Ryo ICHINOHE
7. Executive Members: Satoshi NAKAE, Yukihisa NISHIZONO, Yoshihito KAMATA and Takashi YOSHINO
8. Webmaster: Takashi YOSHINO

Co-hosts

• International Association of Radiolarists [link]
• The Geological Society of Japan [link]
• Geological Survey of Japan, AIST [link]
• The Palaeontological Society of Japan [link]
• Society of Science on Form, Japan [link (only Japanese language)]

Corporate Backers*

• BANDAISAN GEOPARK [link]
• Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark [link]
• Japanese Geoparks Network [link]
• Niigata University [link]
• RC GEAR [link]
• Sesoko Station, the Tropical Biosphere Research Center of the University of the Ryukyus [link]
• 新潟日報社[link (only Japanese language)]
• 朝日新聞新潟総局 [link (only Japanese language)]
• 読売新聞新潟支局 [link (only Japanese language)]
• 毎日新聞新潟支局 [link (only Japanese language)]
• NHK 新潟放送局 [link (only Japanese language)]
• BSN 新潟放送 [link (only Japanese language)]
• N S T [link (only Japanese language)]
• Teny テレビ新潟 [link (only Japanese language)]
• UX 新潟テレビ 21 [link (only Japanese language)]
• エフエムラジオ新潟 [link (only Japanese language)]