Conference
Overview
October 6 -
7th, 2000
Tarrytown New York
The Second
Annual International Multisensory Research Conference will be
held in Tarrytown, New York on October 6th and 7th. The aim of
this meeting is to bring together researchers from a variety
of disciplines, who are interested in issues related to multisensory
integration. The conference offers an opportunity for scientists
from different disciplines to come together in a specialized forum
to discuss matters pertaining to crossmodal interactions between
different sensory systems.
The 1st
annual meeting, held at Somerville College, Oxford University in
October of 1999 was a great success. The 1999 program and 1999 abstracts
are available at the IMRF web site.
Keynote Addresses
will be given on Friday by Dr. Dominic
Massaro and on Saturday by Dr. Barry
Stein.
Speakers
and Session Chairs
include: Tom Anastasio, Gemma Calvert, Bea de Gelder, John Flowers,
Peter Grossenbacher, Hidetoshi Ishibashi, John Jeka, Andrew King,
David Lewkowicz, Bob Lickliter, Angelo Maravita, Alex Meredith,
Doug Munoz, Sarah Pallas, Josef Rauschecker, Liz Romanski, Krish
Sathian, Christian Scheier, Gregor Schoner, Charles Spence, Arlene
Walker-Andrews and Mark Wallace. The list of speakers and
topics is detailed on the conference
program.
The conference
will be at the Tarrytown Hilton in New York State.
Tarrytown is a 30 minute train ride north of midtown Manhattan,
along the banks of the Hudson river. Join researchers from around
the world for the presentation of the latest findings in Multisensory
processing while enjoying the exceptional culture and cuisine of
New York City.
A selection of the most
original papers presented at the conference will be invited to submit
to a special issue of the journal Cognitive
Brain Research, which will report on the proceedings of
this year's meeting.
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