The 12th Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists The 12th Asia Pacific International Congress of Anatomists
Registration
APICA 2027 will be jointly held with the 132nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists (132JAA) on March 18–19, 2027.
APICA participants may also attend the scientific program of the 132JAA on March 20, 2027. Please note that some sessions on that day will be presented in Japanese.
Registration Period
Early Registration: July 21, 2026, 9:00 a.m. (JST) – December 21, 2026 (JST)
Late / On-site Registration: December 22, 2026 – March 20, 2027, 17:00 (JST)
Registration Fees
Category Early Registration
(Until Dec. 21, 2026)
Late / On-site Registration
Faculty JPY 60,000 JPY 90,000
Post-Doc, in-training JPY 45,000 JPY 60,000
Graduate Student JPY 35,000 JPY 50,000
Plenary Lecturer or APICA Rising Star Colloquium Speaker Free Free
Accompanying Person JPY 40,000 JPY 50,000
Notes
Graduate Students are required to upload a copy of their student identification card during the registration process.
The registration fees for Faculty, Post-Doc, in-training, and Graduate Student covers attendance at the Welcome Reception, Banquet and Lunch Boxes served throughout the meeting period.
The registration fees for Accompanying Person covers attendance at the Welcome Reception and Banquet.

Welcome Reception
Date: March 17, 2027 (Wednesday)
Banquet
Date: March 19, 2027 (Friday)
Venue: Okayama Plaza Hotel 2-3-12 Hama, Naka-ku, Okayama 703-8256, Japan
Payment Method
Payment can be made by credit card only.
The following credit cards are accepted:
Visa
Mastercard
JCB
American Express
Diners Club
How to Register for APICA2027
Please complete your registration by following Steps 1–4 below.
1. Create an Account
Please create your account via the Registration Page linked at the bottom of this page.
On the Confit registration site, click "Log in / Create a new account", then select "Create a new account." Register your email address and create a password of your choice.
An email containing your Account Registration Code will be automatically sent to the email address you registered.
Enter the registration code to complete your account registration.
Please note: The confirmation email may be filtered into your spam or junk mail folder. If you do not receive it, please check those folders as well.
2. Complete Your Profile
Please complete your profile information.
If you are not a member of the Japanese Association of Anatomists, please enter 999999 as your Membership Number.
3. Register for the Meeting
Log in by selecting "Log in with A-Pass" and entering the email address and password you registered.
3.1 Meeting Registration (Required)
If you will be attending APICA2027, please select one appropriate registration category from Categories 1–4.
The APICA2027 registration fee includes:
Welcome Reception
Banquet
Lunch Boxes
3.2 Accompanying Person Registration (Optional)
If you are accompanied by a guest, please register your accompanying person.
If you are registered for APICA2027, please also select APICA2027 for your accompanying person.
The accompanying person's registration includes:
Welcome Reception
Banquet
3.3 Banquet Registration for the 132JAA (Optional)
If you have already registered for APICA2027, the banquet fee is included in your registration fee.
Please skip this section.
3.4 Dietary Requirements (Optional)
Participants attending APICA2027 who require a vegetarian or halal meal should select their preferred meal option.
3.5 Student ID (Required for Graduate Student Registrants)
Participants registering as students are requested to upload a copy of their student ID.
Accepted file formats are:
PDF
JPEG / JPG
PNG
GIF
3.6 Payment Method
Payment is accepted by credit card only.
4. Payment of Registration Fee
After completing your registration, you will receive a confirmation email.
Click "Confirm and Proceed to Payment" in the registration site to complete your payment.
The following credit cards are accepted:
Mastercard
Visa
JCB
American Express (AMEX)
Diners Club
For Early Registration, payment must be completed by Monday, December 21, 2026.
If your payment is not confirmed by the deadline, your early registration will become invalid, and you will need to register at the Late / On-site Registration rate.
Please note that registration fees are non-refundable under any circumstances. Please carefully review your registration category and all information before submitting your payment.
5. Name Badge
Once your payment has been completed, your name badge can be downloaded from the Confit system starting two weeks before the conference.
Please print your name badge and bring it with you to the conference venue.
Congress Secretariat
Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine,
Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Secretariat office
KYODOPLUS CORPORATION
20-110 Tatsumi, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0976 JAPAN
TEL:+81-86-250-7681 FAX:+81-86-250-7682 E-mail : apica2027-anat132@kwcs.jp