[AUDITORY] Cognitive Science Arena (CSA): submit your abstract now!

[Massimo Grassi <massimo.grassi@xxxxxxxx>]

(Apologies for post crossing, but please forward to those who might be 
interested)

The time window to submit your work is now open!

Happy Christmas,
The CSA team

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Dear colleague,

we are pleased to invite you to the fourth edition of the Cognitive
Science Arena (CSA). The conference will be held in Brixen (Bressanone,
Italy) in February 19-20, 2016.

The aim of CSA is to set a conference where young scientists can 
disseminate their scientific contributions in a friendly and cooperative 
environment with the participants challenging the scientist in a 
fruitful debate. In particular, highly innovative research ideas as well 
as “in progress” research are encouraged.

Topics include (but not limited to): developmental and animal cognition,
developmental education, language, memory, perception, psychometrics,
neuroscience, social and clinical psychology, etc.

*NEW THIS YEAR: "THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRANT"*
This year we will host an invited talk by Christian Agrillo that will
explain tips & tricks on how to write successful applications for grants 
and funding. The talk is scheduled Saturday afternoon at the end of talk 
session.

The key-ideas of CSA are the following:
[1] works by young scientists only (students, doctoral students and
post-doctoral students, researchers with a fixed-term contract...);
[2] long time for talks and discussion: 20 minutes talk + 10 minutes
discussion for each speaker;
[3] "You will never talk alone" poster-session with dedicated time for 
each poster;
[4] "Verba volant, scripta manent" (aka, several anonymous reviewers):
at the end of each talk and poster, attendees can write comments, 
criticisms and suggestions to the speaker. Comments are delivered to the 
speaker at the end of the talk (or poster) session;
[5] in progress and high-risk research are welcome.

Abstracts submission
Participants willing to present a contribution at CSA must submit an
abstract through the conference website (please, specify "talk" or 
"poster" when submitting). Abstracts will be selected on the basis of 
the principle "first come first served" but the scientific committee 
reserves the right to reject inappropriate or unintelligible abstracts.
*Abstract can be submitted starting from the 15/12/2015 to the 
15/01/2016 (deadline)*

Spirit and mood
The idea of CSA is to reverse the usual format of scientific
conferences. Young researchers first: they play the starring role (no 
talks or posters from senior researchers are allowed), they pay no fees 
(senior do) and they compete for a prize for the best talk and poster 
voted by the audience. We would like to bring together the brightest and 
youngest minds now working in cognitive science and to give them a 
fruitful and cooperative environment.

Registration fees
The CSA has no registration fees for students, doctoral students and
post-doctoral students. A fee of 50 euro will be asked to senior
researchers. This fee will be used to cover part (or all) of the 
conference expenses.

“Valiant" and "Painter" Prize 2016
During the conference, the audience votes for the best CSA talk and
poster. At the end of the conference, the best speaker and the best 
poster presenter will receive a certificate and a monetary award.

Language
The official language of CSA is English. 

Social events
CSA includes two social events. We are planning to arrange for a sleigh 
ride (held the first evening of the meeting: be prepared!) and for the 
"Cheers, cheese & wine" buffet at the end of the conference.

A tip for all
Brixen is well known ski-resort. Enjoy this chance (and the sleigh
ride!) and come to the conference snow-equipped.

Suggested accommodations
- Youth hostel: http://brixen.jugendherberge.it/

How to get to CSA:
The closest airports are Innsbruck (INN) and Verona (VRN). Brixen
(Bressanone) is along the railway line connecting the two cities.

Conference website
More information, abstract submission and registration forms can be
found here:
http://cogsci.altervista.org/

Contacts & info: cog.sci.arena@xxxxxxxxx

The organisers:
Christian Agrillo: christian.agrillo@xxxxxxxx
Demis Basso: demis.basso@xxxxxxxx
Chiara Begliomini: chiara.begliomini@xxxxxxxx
Massimo Grassi: massimo.grassi@xxxxxxxx
Sara Mondini: sara.mondini@xxxxxxxx
Manila Vannucci: manila.vannucci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Supporting institutions:
- Faculty of Education, UniBZ
- Department of General Psychology, UniPD
- Associazione Italiana di Psicologia - Sezione Sperimentale
- Centre for Applied Cognitive Neuroscience (CeNCA)

See you in Brixen! The CSA team