Student Information for ASSC10
Several events and activities are planned specifically to enhance the experience of students attending ASSC10. Please check back to this space often to ensure you know what's going on.
ASSC Student Prize
Continuing the tradition established at ASSC9 there will be a prize for an outstanding piece of work presented by a graduate or undergraduate student. The work being judged will be assessed both on the excellence of the approach, and on the general significance to the field of consciousness studies. The prize consists of a cash award of 250 USD and will be announced near the end of the meeting on Monday, the 26th of June 2006. To be considered for the prize you must be the first author of the piece of work, and an ASSC student member in good standing on the 15th of May 2006. Submissions that cross disciplinary boundaries are strongly encouraged.
Graduate Student Social
There will be a student party on Saturday the 24th of June, immediately following the poster session. This will be a chance to meet other young researchers, start future collaborations, and most importantly spend some fun time together. The event will open with a short discussion on the inherent interdisciplinarity of studying consciousness by a philosopher and by a neuroscientist. Suggestions for speakers most welcome.
Accommodation
The idea is to get cheap or free accommodation for students, for example spare beds, sofas and/or floors of Oxford student apartments or rooms. We have done this in the past and it has worked well both scientifically and socially. If you are from Oxford, and are willing to offer accommodation for students during the conference time, or if you are interested in getting an accommodation please contact Tristan Bekinschtein (tristanbekins@yahoo.com.ar). Since space rather limited it's on a first come first served basis.
Mentoring Program
One of the student committee initiatives in order to promote research and debate about consciousness among new researchers is to start the a mentoring program at the ASSC10. The idea is to bring together ASSC students together with more senior members of the association through the conference. This is a great opportunity for students to have informal access to established researchers, discuss topics, exchange ideas, and get some tips that will guide them in their first steps in their academic careers. We hope that this program will be successful and lead to further collaborations like postdoc positions, research visits, etc.
The mentors and the mentees are free to set up their own meetings as they choose. However the first meeting will be set to fix a time slot which will be during the opening reception.
If you wish to find out about any of the topis above, or offer suggestions for additional activites at the meeting, please contact the chair of the student committee Roi Cohen Kadosh (roico@bgumail.bgu.ac.il).