To: Hoover Chan <hchan@kirkham.ewind.com>
From: r_oshea@otago.ac.nz (Robert P. O'Shea)
Subject: AWCBR
Dear Hoover,
I would be most grateful if you could broadcast this message over CVNet.
Cheers,
Robert.
Robert P. O'Shea
Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56,
Dunedin, New Zealand; phone: +64 (3) 479 7617;
fax: +64 (3) 479 8335; e-mail: r_oshea@otago.ac.nz;
home page: http://psy.otago.ac.nz:800/r_oshea/o'shea.html
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Dear Colleague,
I invite you to attend the 18th Australasian Winter Conference in Brain
Research (AWCBR), to be held in Queenstown, New Zealand between 26-30 Aug,
2000 (http://psy.otago.ac.nz:800/awcbr/). AWCBR is a meeting offering a
multidisciplinary approach to neuroscience, set in beautiful city. Sessions
are scheduled to leave your day free for interaction with other
participants while skiing, jet boating, bungy jumping, paragliding, hiking,
golfing, or just relaxing in the sun.
A plenary lecture will be given by Dr Jack Pettigrew, Professor of
Physiology and Director of the Vision Touch and Hearing Research Centre,
University of Queensland: ``Interhemispheric Switching, Perceptual Rivalry
and Mood Disorders'' (see
http://www.uq.edu.au/nuq/jack/InterhemisphericSwitching.html)
I am planning a symposium around Dr Pettigrew's lecture, in particular
about the key role rivalry plays in his theory. If you would like to
contribute to this symposium, please contact me directly
(r_oshea@otago.ac.nz).
If you want to organize a symposium on some other topic, or simply to
attend the conference, please contact Dr Martin Pollock
(awcbr@psy.otago.ac.nz).
Details of the conference follow (long):
FORMAT
As usual, there will be intensive morning and evening sessions (8.00-9.30
am; 4.30-6.00 pm; 8.00-10.00 pm) with a light breakfast and afternoon tea
for those who have just rolled out of bed or off the ski field. To achieve
maximal interdisciplinary interaction, there will be no parallel sessions.
As noted above, the middle of the day is left free for the many activities
available at Queenstown. The mid-evening break allows sufficient time to
sample from the selection of excellent restaurants. Each year the
conference attracts participants from Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand
and North America. All participants are encouraged to present a paper and
we will create symposia to accommodate papers as necessary. Our purpose is
to encourage interaction between a wide range of academic and clinical
brain research disciplines including anatomy, biochemistry, kinesiology,
neural modelling, neurology, pharmacology, physiology, and psychology. To
obtain an idea of the range of topics covered in 1998 and 1999, visit our
Web site at http://psy.otago.ac.nz:800/awcbr/
LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION
The conference centre will be the Mountain View Lodge in Queenstown, a
major ski resort in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, which also offers a
wide range of activities to the non- skier. The nearby Coronet Peak,
Cardrona and Remarkables ski fields offer excellent conditions for
beginning and intermediate skiers and include areas to interest the expert.
Transport to Queenstown from outside New Zealand would normally involve an
international flight to Christchurch and then an internal flight or bus to
Queenstown. Local carriers include Mount Cook as a stop on the way to
Queenstown, thus offering the chance of viewing, and skiing, the Tasman
Glacier. Some direct flights to Queenstown from Brisbane may be available.
The conference has prebooked a wide range of accommodation. An
accommodation booking form for this will be enclosed in the next mailing -
when exact prices will be available.
REGISTRATION DEADLINES AND STUDENT GRANTS
The deadline for abstracts, accommodation bookings and early registration
fees is 12 May, 1999. Registration and accommodation forms will be sent out
in April to all those requesting them - reply cards are enclosed in the
present mailing. The regular registration fee is NZ$140, with a late
payment fee of NZ$50. All STUDENTS who present papers at the conference
will need to pay only a $40 registration fee. In addition, we have a travel
grant scheme for students who present papers at the conference. A student
grant application form will be enclosed with the call for abstracts, and
must be returned by the 12 May deadline. Successful students will receive a
refund of their registration fee plus a travel grant related to the
distance travelled. The outcome of applications will be mailed to
applicants by 31 May. Payments will be made at the conference. At present
this travel award scheme is subject to final confirmation by our long-time
sponsor, the NZ Neurological Foundation. The Goddard Prize will be awarded
to the student giving the best paper presentation. Students who do not
present a paper will be charged the reduced registration fee of NZ$80. The
late registration fee for all students, whether presenting or not, is $35.
PAPERS
We strongly encourage everyone, including students, to present a paper,
which will be a 15 minute oral presentation (10 min for the presentation, 5
min for discussion). You may also wish to organise a symposium on a topic
of specific interest. Should you wish to do this, please notify AWCBR of
the title as soon as possible so details can be included in the next
mailing. You should then contact the people you would like to take part in
the symposium and send us a list of their names and addresses to ensure
they get the registration information. AWCBR reserves the right to include
additional papers within a symposium, but will consult with the organiser
should this prove necessary. The abstracts will be published in the
International Journal of Neuroscience. The abstracts will be refereed and
unacceptable abstracts will be returned to the authors for modification and
resubmission. Abstracts will only be accepted and sent to review if
accompanied by the appropriate registration fee.
CORRESPONDENCE
All correspondence about the conference should be addressed to: AWCBR,
Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New
Zealand (awcbr@psy.otago.ac.nz, http://psy.otago.ac.nz:800/awcbr/). We look
forward to seeing you in Queenstown and hope you will pass this information
on to anyone you think might be interested in the conference.
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