日本色彩学会第57回全国大会[大阪]'26

Akira Asano (Kansai University), General Chair

The 57th Annual Meeting of the CSAJ 2026 will be held at the Ritsumeikan Ibaraki Future Plaza on the Ritsumeikan University Osaka Ibaraki Campus, Ibaraki, Osaka. Submissions for research presentations and color design work will begin on January 12, 2026. We are pleased to invite you to participate. At this time, we plan to hold the conference as a hybrid event, combining in-person and remote participation.

We are planning an international session (presentations will be in English) for this conference.

COnference Dates and the site

• Date: June 20 (Sat) and 21 (Sun), 2026
• Venue:
  Ritsumeikan Ibaraki Future Plaza
  Ritsumeikan University, Osaka Ibaraki Campus,
  2-150 Iwakura-cho, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-8570, Japan
  https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/futureplaza/
  5-minute walk from JR Kyoto Line “Ibaraki” Station / 7-minute walk from Osaka Monorail “Unobe” Station / 10-minute walk from Hankyu Kyoto Line “Minami-Ibaraki” Station

CONference schedule

Call for research presentation

Scope:

Recent original and unpublished research by the authors. The following are examples of research fields, but we also welcome cross-disciplinary presentations.
1. Color vision and physiology,  2. Color measurement, representation, and difference,  3. Color lighting and materials (lighting, light sources, dyes, pigments, etc.),  4. Color Information (recording, reproduction, image processing, analysis, and evaluation, etc.), 5. Color psychology (sensation, perception, cognition, emotion, harmony, etc.), 6. Color culture (history, ethnic/regional/traditional colors, etc.), 7. Color art (arts, Design, etc.), 8. Color education, 9. Color and skin, cosmetics, 10. Color environment/architecture, 11. Color and apparel/fashion, 12. Color Applications, others

Application:

Please complete your presentation application form (PDF or Microsoft Word), access the presentation application site at the URL below, enter the required information, and submit it.
[ Application URL will be disclosed on Jan. 12]
Applicants will be notified upon receipt of their application. If you do not receive a notification within one week, please contact us.

Call for color design work

Scope:

Original, unpublished works recently created by the presenter. While the focus is on the design concept, production process description, and photographs, we will also consider physical exhibits and demonstrations within the scope acceptable to the organizers. Examples of presentation fields are as follows.
(A) Fashion color design (apparel, makeup, nails, hair makeup, personal color, etc.)
(B) Product color design (product Planning, advertising, etc.)
(C) Environmental color design (architecture, civil engineering, interior design, public design, landscape color planning, etc.)
(D) Others (artistic works, illusion Design, etc.)

Application:

Please complete your presentation application form (PDF or Microsoft Word), access the presentation application site at the URL below, enter the required information, and submit it.
[ Application URL will be disclosed on Jan. 12]
Applicants will be notified upon receipt of their application. If you do not receive a notification within one week, please contact us.

Presentation formats and membership requirements

Presentation Formats:

(1) Oral (Approximately 12 to 15 minutes, including Q&A)
(2) Poster (Presenters will give a short presentation of their abstract, followed by interactive discussions with attendees to explain their work and answer questions)

Membership requirements:

At least one of the presenters or co-authors must be a member of the CSAJ. If all presenters are non-members, please complete membership procedures with the CSAJ when submitting your presentation application. Note that only members of this society (including student members) are eligible for consideration for the Presentation Encouragement Award (described below). If you wish to be considered for the Presentation Encouragement Award, please also complete the CSAJ membership procedures.

Notification of the presentation format:

The Transactions Editorial Committee and the Organization Committee will review the presentation abstracts. Based on this review, we will determine the presentation format (oral/poster) and notify the presenters. Please note that we may decline presentations that are significantly unrelated to color science, that defame specific individuals or organizations, that consist solely of praise or promotion of specific subjects and thus lack objectivity, or that otherwise deviate from the common sense expected for academic conference presentations.

The Presentation Encouragement Award – declaration to apply for review

The Presentation Encouragement Award of the CSAJ recognizes outstanding oral presenters and principal poster presenters who demonstrate future potential in research or color design presentations at this Conference.
Presenters meeting all of the following conditions (1) through (3) are eligible for the award. Applicants wishing to be considered must clearly indicate “Request for Consideration” on their “Presentation Application Form” at the time of submission. The Presentation Encouragement Award review committee will conduct the review and determine the recipients, who will be honored at the conference ceremony.

(1) CSAJ regular or student members who are 30 years of age or younger as of April 1, 2026 (born on or after April 2, 1995).
(2) Either an oral presenter or the designated presenter for a poster presentation at this conference, who declared to be considered for the Presentation Encouragement Award when submitting their presentation application.
(3) Individuals who have not previously received the Presentation Encouragement Award at an annual conference of the CSAJ.

Participation fee and banquet fee (TBD)

(Subject to change)

– Members / student members of the Color Society of Thailand (CST) are applied the member / student member fees, respectively.
– Participants under 20 may attend the banquet. Alcoholic beverages will not be served; hot dishes, rather than light snacks, are provided.

contact us:

Please use the “CONTACT” on the top bar of this website.

Organizer: The Color Science Association of Japan (CSAJ)
Operator: The organization committee for the 57th annual conference of the CSAJ