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Key Dates
Abstract submission deadline:
17 October 2008
End of earlybird registration deadline:
17 October 2008
Guaranteed Hotel Reservation Deadline:
07 December 2008
Registrations must be made onsite after:
24 January 2009
ANS 2009:
27 - 30 January 2009
Scientific Program
- The Final Timetable can be downloaded here
- The Full Program can be downloaded here
- The Poster Sessions may be downloaded here
Plenary Lectures and Symposia
The scientific program will run for 3 full days from Wednesday, 28 January to Friday, 30 January 2009. There will be 4 Plenary Lectures and 13 Symposia (including the Presidential Symposium), all featuring outstanding overseas and Australian speakers.
Please click here to view details of plenary lectures, symposia sessions, satellites and the 2009 Neuroethology Summer School.
Oral Communications
Some abstracts will be selected for oral communication sessions, which will be held every day of the conference.
Poster Presentations
The principal form of free communications will be posters. All posters will be on display for two full days of the conference. Poster sessions are scheduled during the afternoons of Wednesday, 28 January and Thursday, 29 January and will be grouped to provide opportunity for discussion across all scientific themes. The display space for posters will be 1.0 metres wide x 1.0 metre high. Velcro will be supplied - pins must not be used. Posterboards will be numbered.
Audiovisual Facilities
Data projection will be available in all lecture rooms. All presentations will be transferred to a master laptop. A technician will be present in each room to ensure the presentation is available as the speaker goes to the lectern. Please clik here for full details.