Call For Abstracts: ICVPB

[Chuck Larson <clarson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS **

The 5th International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics:
Variations across Cultures and Species

July 12-14 2006, Tokyo, Japan

http://www.vocology.jp/icvpb2006/

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This is an announcement and a Call for Abstracts for the fifth 
meeting of the International Conference on Voice Physiology and 
Biomechanics. The conference will be held in the Hongo campus of the 
University of Tokyo, which is the main campus of the university 
located in the center of Tokyo City.

The conference provides a forum for the presentation and discussion 
of current scientific research on the larynx and voice. The emphasis 
of this conference will be on basic and applied research rather than 
clinical treatment studies. We encourage investigators working in the 
following areas to attend the conference:

o Acoustics,
o Aerodynamics
o Anatomy
o Bio-acoustics
o Biomechanics
o Modeling
o Molecular & Cellular Biology
o Neurophysiology
o Physics
o Physiology

In this conference, we especially encourage studies related to the 
"Variations across Cultures and Species" as indicated by the subtitle 
of the conference to promote a wide spectrum research on cultural 
variants of vocal behavior and types of animal vocalization.

With this initial Call For Abstracts, we are asking interested 
participants to submit a 500 to 1000 word summary, plus figures or 
tables, in English to icvpb2006@xxxxxxxxxxx The abstract will then be 
forwarded to a member of the organizing committee for review.

Publication of papers based on talks given at the Conference is 
optional but encouraged. For those participants who wish to publish 
their papers, the Committee will organize papers topically, and work 
with editors of journals, such as the Journal of the Acoustical 
Society of America, for publication in a single issue.

Place:	Sanjo Conference Hall, the University of Tokyo
Date:	July 12-14, 2006
Local Organizers:
	Seiji Niimi, Niro Tayama, Ken-ichi Sakakibara, and Hiroshi Imagawa

Important Deadlines:
   Abstract submission: February 3, 2006.
   Notification of acceptance: April 4, 2006.
   Early registration fee: 30,000 Yen (about $270)

Abstract Submission:
 500 to 1000 words in English, with figures and tables if necessary
 Indicate a few keywords and email address of the author to contact.
   Send to: icvpb2006@xxxxxxxxxx

Additional details of the conference will be posted on our Web Page below:
http://www.vocology.jp/icvpb2006/
If you have questions, please contact email address of the local 
committee as listed in the above webpage.

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* ICVPB Organizing Committee

Chuck Larson, Chair	clarson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ingo Titze		Ititze@xxxxxxxx
Bert Cranen		B.Cranen@xxxxxxxxx
Hanspeter Herzel		herzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kiyoshi Honda 		honda@xxxxxx
Christy Ludlow		LudlowC@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Seiji Niimi		niimi@xxxxxxxxxx
Chris Shadle		shadle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Johan Sundberg		pjohan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Chuck Larson
Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders
2240 Campus Dr.
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: 847-491-2424
Fax: 847-491-4975
email: clarson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx