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Author Guidelines

Abstracts:
We will publish a booklet containing a brief abstract that should be no longer than 200 words (in the case of symposia, less than 400 words). The Scientific Committee will review your abstract and assign it to a poster or talk session, taking your stated preference into account. We regret to say that due to the limited number of talks in the program we cannot guarantee that a preference for a talk will always be honoured. You will be notified of the outcome. While you may submit abstracts plurally as the first author, the organizing committee will make efforts to provide opportunities for the researchers of various fields and affiliations. Thus the organizing committee may reduce the number of the presentations by the identical first author appropriately, depending on the reviewers' comments and the number of the other submissions, especially for the talk sessions.

Additional Materials:
You are encouraged to provide additional material, such as a short paper, your presentation, or demonstrations as a separate submission that will be available to delegates during and after the conference.

Student Awards:
The Organizing Committee grants up to 10 Student Awards for excellent contributions from students. The awardees will be offered an opportunity to introduce their research orally in the conference. We will notify the awardees of the presentation style later. Their accommodation and travel expenses will be partly covered (50000 JPY, at a maximum) by the Organizing Committee, but they must pay their own conference registration fee.

• Eligibility:
  1. Any individual registered as a student at the time of submission.
  2. Previous winners of the student competition are NOT eligible.
• Application Procedure:
  1. On the main abstract submission page, please check on the Student Award button and follow the normal procedure for submitting an abstract.
  2. Submit the following additional information by e-mail to program11@imrf.info:
     - A 50 word statement in lay language about why your findings are important
     - A 2 page synopsis of the research
     - Your CV
  3. Arrange for the supervisor of your submitted research to send a letter directly to program11@imrf.info indicating:
     - Your role in the project
     - Your proficiency at presentation (in English)
     - His/her support of your application for the competition
     Note: While an individual supervisor may sponsor more than one student, the committee will make all efforts to have the awardees reflect the diversity present in the field of multisensory research and thus may limit awards to one per lab.
  4. All documents submitted by e-mail should be in PDF format.
     Deadline: All documents must be submitted prior to the close of abstract submissions. Decisions for Student Awards will be announced by August 26, 2011.

Exemption from registration fee:
The fee exemption is also offered for foreign young researchers and foreign students. Approximately, 10 persons will be privileged. Their registration fee will be fully covered by the Organizing Committee, but they must pay for their accommodation and travel expenses. Applications for both the Student Awards and the Exemption from registration fee are acceptable. However, the awardees cannot receive the exemption.

• Eligibility:
  1. Any individual registered as a foreign young (below the age of 35) researcher or a student at the time of submission.
  2. The winners of the Student Awards will NOT receive the exemption.
  3. The person who can receive accommodation and/or travel supports from their own or their supervisor's project grant are NOT eligible.
• Application Procedure:
  1. On the main abstract submission page, please remark in the "Comments for Conference Director" box that you wish to be considered for Fee Exemption and follow the normal procedure for submitting an abstract.
  2. Submit the following additional information by e-mail to program11@imrf.info:
     - A 50 word statement in lay language about why your findings are important
     - A 1 page synopsis of the reason for application including the approximate distance in mile to be traveled from your institute/country, the estimated cost for the travel, and so on.
     - Your CV
  3. All documents submitted by e-mail should be in PDF format.
     Deadline: All documents must be submitted prior to the close of abstract submissions. Decisions for the exemption will be announced by August 26, 2011.

Copyright Notice

Authors who submit to this conference agree to the following terms:
a) Authors retain copyright over their work, while allowing the conference to place this unpublished work under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to freely access, use, and share the work, with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and its initial presentation at this conference.
b) Authors are able to waive the terms of the CC license and enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution and subsequent publication of this work (e.g., publish a revised version in a journal, post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial presentation at this conference.
c) In addition, authors are encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point before and after the conference.

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