The goal of this Rovereto workshop is to provide a unique forum for researchers from a range of perspectives who are interested in Concepts, Actions, and Objects to come together to discuss their research and develop new directions and collaborations.
The workshop differs from larger conferences in so far as there are a small number of speakers (all invited) and there are no concurrent talks. In addition to the individual talks, there will be a poster session for students, post-docs and young researchers to present their work. A small number of travel grants will be awarded on a competitive basis.
The workshop, organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences will start on Thursday (May 3) with a welcome reception at 6 pm, and end on Saturday (May 5) at 6 pm.
Social dinner of the event will be on Saturday (May 5) at 8 pm.
Programme
The venue of the workshop is Palazzo Piomarta, Corso Bettini 84, Rovereto (TN)
Thursday, 3rd of May
| 18.00-20.00 | Welcome reception & Registration |
Friday, 4th of May
| 8.30-9.00 | Registration |
| 9.00-10.15 | Michael McCloskey. Handwriting and the grammar of action: Computational, behavioral & neuropsychological perspectives |
| 10.15-11.15 | Coffee break and poster session A |
| 11.15-12.30 | Olivier Collignon. Crossmodal plasticity: Recycling the intrinsic neural and computational architecture of the brain? |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.15 | Ingrid Johnsrude. Cognitive mechanisms and brain signatures underlying the perception of sound objects |
| 15.15-16.15 | Coffee break and poster session A |
| 16.15-17.30 | Josef Rauschecker. What, where, how and when in the auditory cortex |
Saturday, 5th of May
| 9.00-10.15 | Daniel Harari. The 'digital baby': guiding learning by innate structures |
| 10.15-11.15 | Coffee break and poster session B |
| 11.15-12.30 | Nicole Rust. Remembering what we’ve seen |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.30 | Abstract award presentations |
| 15.30-16.30 | Coffee break and poster session B |
| 16.30-17.45 | Nick Turk-Browne. Hippocampal prediction from objects and actions |
| 20.00 | Social dinner |
Scientific Organizers
- Alfonso Caramazza
University of Trento, Italy; Harvard University, USA - Melvyn Goodale
University of Western Ontario, Canada - Brad Mahon
University of Rochester, USA - Alex Martin
The National Institute of Mental Health, USA - Marius Peelen
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Sharon Thompson-Schill
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Invited Speakers
There are a small number of speakers (all invited) and there are no concurrent talks. There will be a poster session for students, postdocs and young researchers to present their work. A small number of travel grants will be awarded on a competitive basis.
Invited Speakers
- Olivier Collignon, UC Louvain, Belgium; University of Trento, Italy
- Daniel Harari, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- Ingrid Johnsrude, University of Western Ontario, Canada
- Michael McCloskey, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Josef Rauschecker, Georgetown University, USA
- Nicole Rust, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Nicholas Turk-Browne, Yale University, USA
Abstract submission and workshop registration
Registration to CAOs 2018 workshop is mandatory for all participants.
Fees
- € 180 for external faculty members and non-academic participants
- € 100 for external students and post docs
The fee includes welcome reception, welcome buffet and coffee breaks.
Social dinner (39 euro per person) is not included in the registration fee.
The fee can not be refunded.
Posters session
Abstracts (maximum of 250 words) should briefly state the background to the research, the methods used, the principal findings (no statistics), and the theoretical significance of the work. Please do not cite references in the abstracts. Each author can appear as first author on one poster only.
Submissions for poster presentations due March 19, 2018.
Five 200 Euro awards will be granted on a competitive basis at the workshop, on the basis of the submitted abstracts. Only non-faculty first authored posters are eligible for the awards. The organizing committee will jointly decide the winning posters and will send emails with decisions to the winners.
In order to present the poster at the workshop, every poster session participant will be provided with a freestanding bulletin board, approximately 125 cm high and 95 cm wide, on which to display the poster. Please make sure that your poster does not exceed these dimensions.
Accommodation
List of Hotels with reserved rooms
Rooms at these Hotels have been reserved for workshop participants at favourable prices (in agreement with the hotels and the University of Trento) for the nights of the 3rd, 4th and 5th of May 2018.
The list is available here
We would like to remind that the conference venue is Rovereto.
Venue
The workshop, organized by the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences of the University of Trento, will take place at Palazzo Istruzione (also called Palazzo Piomarta), Corso Bettini 84 - Rovereto (TN), Italy.
How to reach Rovereto
By car
A22 Brennero Motorway, exit Ala-Avio, exit Rovereto sud/Lago di Garda nord and exit Rovereto nord. Create your own route with www.maps.google.com www.viamichelin.com
By train
Rovereto Railway Station, on the Bologna-Brennero line. For timetables check the Trenitalia website http://www.trenitalia.com/
By plane
Rovereto is about 100 km from Verona airport (Valerio Catullo), 200 Km from Venice airport (Marco Polo), 215 Km from Milano-Linate airport, 170 km from Milano Bergamo airport, 203 from Bologna airport and 245 km from Milano Malpensa airport.
Before selecting the best airport for your departure make sure to check the “Airport directions to Rovereto” document.
- VERONA AIRPORT Valerio Catullo: http://www.aeroportoverona.it/passeggeri_t5/
- VENICE AIRPORT Marco Polo: http://www.veniceairport.it/
- VENICE TREVISO AIRPORT A. Canova: http://www.trevisoairport.it/en/
- MILANO LINATE AIRPORT : http://www.milanolinate.eu/it
- MILANO MALPENSA AIRPORT: http://www.milanomalpensa-airport.com/it
- BOLOGNA AIRPORT G. Marconi: http://www.bologna-airport.it/it/?LN=EN
- MILANO BERGAMO AIRPORT Orio al Serio: http://www.sacbo.it/Airpor/portalProcess.jsp
Moving around by bus
You can use buses to move around the city or to reach nearby places. For further information about routes, timetables and connections, check the Trentino Trasporti website: www.ttesercizio.it and here (JPG | 114 KB).
Taxi service in Rovereto
at the Railway Station – Piazzale Orsi n. 9, tel. 0464 421365
Useful links
- Rovereto and Vallagarina's Tourism Office: http://www.visitrovereto.it/
- Autostrada del Brennero: http://www.autobrennero.it/it
- Deutsche Bahn: http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtm
- Trenitalia: http://www.trenitalia.com/
About Rovereto
Set amid hills and vineyards, Rovereto is in the center of Valle dell’Adige, along the main road linking Trento and Verona.
We advise you to explore the city on foot, the streets of the city center are like a journey through different time periods:
- the Middle Ages in the walls of Castelbarco
- the dominion of the Republic of Venice in the home of the Podestà
- the Eighteenth Century in the palazzi of Corso Bettini
- the First World War in the rooms of the castle
Along the city streets, you can see the most important and prestigious Eighteenth century palazzi, from Accademia degli Agiati, to Teatro Zandonai, to the city library in palazzo Annona.
Many illustrous guests have visited the city. Perhaps the most famous is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who held his first concert in Italy in the church of San Marco.
In Rovereto you can visit museums of art, history and science such as Mart, Depero’s House of Futurist Art, the Italian War Museum and the City Museum Foundation.
Rovereto is also a City of Peace, as evidenced by the large memorial bell Campana dei Caduti. Cast using bronze of the cannons of the nations that took part in WWI, each evening its 100 tolls spread a universal message of peace.
Map of Rovereto with the main places of interest for CAOs 2018 attendees is available here
Contacts
Conference Office
Communication and Events Office – Polo Rovereto
University of Trento
Corso Bettini, 84, 38068 Rovereto (TN)
fax +39 0464 808459
comunicazione-rovereto@unitn.it
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