Call for Tutorials

As in previous years, this notice is also intended as a first call for tutorial presenters. One of the aims of this meeting is to allow researchers to gain a background in areas that they may know little about. Towards that end a number of tutorials are planned. Some participants in the conference would be very interested in learning about technical matters such as fMRI or other important brain imaging techniques. Others might enjoy a seminar on a philosophical topic, or a tutorial on relevant matters in cognitive psychology or linguistics. Tutorial presenters are expected not to present just only their own material, but to give a broader tutorial overview and encourage discussion and debate. A non-exclusive list of possible topics might include:

• Brain imaging techniques (e.g. fMRI, EEG, MEG, ERP)
• Computational & other theoretical models of conscious processes
• Conscious and unconscious processing
• Neural basis of attention and consciousness
• Criteria for the ascription of consciousness
• Philosophical issues concerning consciousness and representation
• Phenomenological methods for investigating consciousness
• Coma and altered states of consciousness
• Free will, responsibility, and decision making
• Neuroethics

Tutorials will be held in parallel sessions on the morning and afternoon of 5 June 2009. Each tutorial is intended to last approximately three hours. The size of the tutorial audiences will vary between a minimum of 10 to a maximum of around 25 attendees. Tutorial presenters will receive an honorarium of USD 500 and their registration fee for the conference will be waived. The cost of attending tutorials will be USD 50. Tutorials that do not achieve the minimum enrolment of 10 people will not be offered.

Send your proposal for a tutorial along with the required information listed below to Michael Pauen (mail@assc13.com) as soon as possible.

Deadline: 31 January 2009

The submission should include:

1. Tutorial presenters address with affiliation, e-mail and phone number.
2. Draft timetable for the proposed tutorial with title.
3. Summary or abstract of the tutorial, max. 250 words.
4. Audio/visual requirements.