Subject: [AUDITORY] Universal Acoustical Communication month, Sendai Japan From: "Brian C. J. Moore" <bcjm@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:03:42 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY><html> <body> Dear Colleagues,<br><br> The organizing committee of the Universal Acoustical Communication (UAC) Month invites researchers to participate in the events to be held in Sendai, Japan during the second half of October. <br><br> The main event will be the International Symposium on Universal Acoustical Communication, featuring keynote lectures and a poster session for contributed presentations. In addition, a series of satellite seminars is planned for focused discussion on specific topics. The seminars will consist of tutorials, keynote lectures and invited lectures by selected young researchers. Distinguished presenters include John Culling, Torsten Dau, Hedwig Gockel, Craig Jin, Fred Juang, Birger Kollmeier, Charles Liberman, Brian Moore, Andrew Oxenham, Aleksander Sek, Charles Spence and William Yost.<br><br> Events (October 2018):<br> 22(Mon)-24(Wed): Symposium on Universal Communication (main event)<br> 20(Sat): Seminar on music, sound, speech and artificial intelligence<br> 20(Sat)-22(Mon): Seminar on psychology and brain sciences related to hearing and multisensory processing<br> 24(Wed)-26(Fri): Seminar on brain, hearing and speech sciences for universal speech communication<br> 29(Thu)-30(Fri): Seminar on the spatial aspects of hearing and their applications<br><br> Venue:<br> Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<br><br> Important dates:<br> - Invited Young Researchers (IYL) program:<br> July 16, 2018 Application deadline<br> (Requirements: free format CV, 200-word abstract, 2-page proceedings draft)<br> August 17, 2018 Acceptance notice<br> + For further details visit the UAC Invited Young Lecturers Program <br> website:<br> <a href=3D"http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018UAC_IY= L_R1.pdf"> http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018UAC_IYL_R1.pdf<br= > <br> </a>- Contributed presentations for the Symposium on Universal Communication 2018<br> July 31, 2018 Application deadline<br> (Requirements: 200-word abstract)<br> August 17, 2018 Acceptance notice<br> September 30, 2018 Deadline for the 2-page proceedings paper<br> + For further details visit the UAC Call for Contributions website:<br> <a href=3D"http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018UAC_Cf= C_R1.pdf"> http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018UAC_CfC_R1.pdf<br= > <br> </a>Fees and registration:<br> - Payment of a registration fee is required to attend the symposium<br> - Discounted symposium registration is available to those attending at least one seminar<br> - Participation in the satellite seminars is free<br> + The registration website will open in the near future<br><br> Additional information:<br> For additional details please consult our website:<br> <a href=3D"http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/program/2153.html"> http://www.tfc.tohoku.ac.jp/program/2153.html<br> </a>or contact the organizing committee at:<br> uac2018@xxxxxxxx<br><br> General Co-chairs: SUZUKI, Y=F4iti (Tohoku University, Japan)<br> &nbs= p; MOORE, Brian (University of Cambridge, UK)<br> Programme Chair: AKAGI, Masato (JAIST, Japan) <br><br> <br> </body> <br> <div>Brian C. J. Moore, Ph.D, Dr. h.c., FMedSci, FRS</div> <div>Emeritus Professor of Auditory Perception,</div> <div>Department of Experimental Psychology,</div> <div>University of Cambridge,</div> <div>Downing Street,</div> <div>Cambridge CB2 3EB,</div> <div>UK</div> <div>Tel. +44 (0) 1223 333574</div> <div>Fax. +44 (0) 1223 333564</div> <div><a href=3D"http://hearing.psychol.cam.ac.uk/" EUDORA=3DAUTOURL> http://hearing.psychol.cam.ac.uk</a></div> <br> </html>