Subject: Cognitive Science Arena (CSA): Brixen (IT), February 19th-20th, 2016 From: Massimo Grassi <massimo.grassi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 10:23:34 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>(apologies for multiple postings but forward the message to those who might be interested) -- 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/ (We reserved the whole youth hostel up to January, the 4th: when booking just specify the name of our conference). 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@xxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxx 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 -- http://www.psy.unipd.it/~grassi/