Second Announcement (April, 2009)

Dates: May 19-21, 2010
Venue: Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center,
Hyogo, Japan (http://www.yumebutai.org)
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Program Committee:

Masato Ishida (Chair, Osaka University of Education, Japan)
Shogo Sakata (Co-Chair, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Mauricio R. Papini (Texas Christian University, USA)
Aaron Blaisdell (University of California-Los Angels, USA)
Kazuo Fujita (Kyoto University, Japan)
Kouji Urushihara (Abstracts Manager, Health Science University of Hokkaido, Japan)

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Important dates:

Deadline for symposium proposals: May 31, 2009
Abstract submission: August 1, 2009 - November 30, 2009
Registration / Early: August 1, 2009 - March 3, 2010
Registration / Late: March 4, 2010 - April 19, 2010

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 Scheduled sessions and events for a scientific program

*Oral presentations (for an open call)
*Poster presentations (for an open call)
*Symposium (invited and proposed, total of 6 to 7 symposia are expected)
*Keynote address (one speaker)
*Invited conferences (three to four speakers/sessions are expected)
*Presidential address (one speaker)
+Also, a couple of social events will be included in the program

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Relevant topics:

* The evolution and development of behavior I all animal species
* The use of the comparative method for understanding behavioral processes
* History of comparative psychology
* Learning, memory, motivation, and emotion in all species
* Neurobiology of behavior
* Brain, evolution, and behavior
* Field studies of animal behavior
* Applied animal behavior
* Animal welfare
* Animal models of behavior

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Accommodation:

Accommodation is not included in the registration fee and must be booked separately.
Superior accommodation is available at The Westin Awaji Island (http://www.westin-awaji.com/en/indez.html) just adjoining the Conference Center, where the meeting will be held.
Participants in the ISCP meeting can stay at the hotel at a special discounted rate.

The booking/reservation is not available now.
Information about booking/reservation will appear on the website home-page on August 1.
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Please submit your ideas for special sessions and symposia to:
Secretariat of the ISCP 2010 Japan,
“ISCP2010” Email:iscp2010@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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From:
Masato Ishida,
Osaka University of Education
ishida@cc.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp
&
Shogo Sakata,
Hiroshima University
ssakata@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Program Chair & Co-Chair of the ISCP 2010

 

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