We are pleased to announce the 5th international conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), which will take place in Budapest, Hungary, between 1-4 of July, 2020.
We welcome symposium, oral presentation, and poster submissions reporting studies from all fields of cognitive, affective and social neuroscience. We are also welcoming proposals for pre-conference workshops/meetings/satellites.
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We look forward to meeting you in Budapest!
Zsófia Anna Gaál, Ferenc Honbolygó, János Horváth
local organisers
"The empathy feedback loop"
Simone Shamay-Tsoory is a professor at Haifa University, and lab director of Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab. Her main research interest is the understanding the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition and emotional experiences.
Philippe Schyns is a professor at University of Glasgow. His main research interest is the information processing mechanisms of face, object and scene categorization in the brain.
Catherine Tallon-Baudry seeks to understand how brain activity turns into conscious experience. She currently investigates the role of both gastric-brain and heart-brain coupling in very different aspects of subjectivity.
Fernando Ferreira-Santos
Zsófia Anna Gaál
Ferenc Honbolygó
Bernhard Hommel
János Horváth
Suzanne Oosterwijk
Giorgia Silani
Manos Tsakiris
Matthias J. Wieser
Agnieszka Wykowska
ASSZISZTENCIA Kft.
Szent István krt. 7., H-1055 Budapest, Hungary
+36 1 350-1854
escan@asszisztencia.hu
www.ceu.edu
H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 15.
GPS: 47°30'05.0"N 19°02'57.7"E
For transportation we advise you to use the Budapest public transportation website (http://www.bkk.hu/en/). All needed information (ticket and pass prices, schedules, etc.) is available in English. The CEU is located in the city center and easy to reach by metro 3 and tram 2.
| Early fees before 1 May 2020 |
Late fees after 1 May 2020 |
Fees include | |
| ESCAN member Regular* | 220 EUR | 320 EUR | scientific session, congress material, coffee breaks, lunch on Thursday, lunch on Friday, VAT |
| ESCAN member Student** | 150 EUR | 250 EUR | |
| Non-member Regular | 290 EUR | 390 EUR | |
| Non-member Student** | 210 EUR | 310 EUR |
* Membership status will be verified by ESCAN. Be aware if your membership is not paid until 1 May 2020, the "Non member fee" will be applied.
** This discounted rate is valid for PhD students and students who has not earned their PhD yet. Student status shall be proved by a valid student ID or by a letter from your supervisor or university administration. Please send a copy of this document by email to info@escan2020.eu.
Non-members should consider joining the society. Membership is inexpensive and among the many benefits, Members receive discounts on the meeting registration.
Two-year ESCAN membership fee:
The membership fee applies to the period starting with the ESCAN 2020 conference and ending prior to the ESCAN 2022 meeting. Join ESCAN
Acknowledgement of registration and receipt of fees will be sent soon after the registration form and full payment are received. Upon request, a letter of invitation will be sent.
All payments should be made in EUR and sent to Asszisztencia Kft. Payments should be made free of all bank charges and commissions.
Account holder: ASSZISZTENCIA Kft.
Account number IBAN: HU18 1040 1000 5051 5048 5750 1013
Bic or SWIFT code: OKHBHUHB with
K&H Bank ZRt. (Lechner Ödön fasor 9., H-1095 Budapest, Hungary)
Kindly instruct your bank that all charges are at your expenses, and indicate your name and address on your payment order form.
Online payment is available with VISA, VISA Electron, V-Pay, MasterCard, Maestro and JCB cards only. Upon finishing your registration you will be redirected to the secured online payment site of K&H Bank Zrt. AMEX cards: Payment with AMEX card is only possible in a traditional mail order way. In this case please return the Credit Card Authorization Form with your card details.
Taxable invoice will be issued on all incoming payments. Invoices will be prepared for the customer name indicated on the registration form. Please note that the Congress Secretariat will not modify the customer name on issued invoices so please take care of the right billing address when you fill in the registration form.
Registration fees include catering (welcome reception and coffee breaks). In line with tax regulations the prices of these catering services should be displayed on the invice separately. Therefore the registration fees will be billed on invoices as two separate items: registration fees and catering costs included on the registration fee.
All cancellations should be sent in written form to the Congress Secretariat. If cancellation arrives before 1 May 2020 full refund less EUR 100 (as handling fee) of the registration fee will be applied. No refund is available after this date, though substitution in person will be accepted.
The organizers take efforts to run a successfull conference. Based on the list of registrants and order status conference services will be provided in sufficient numbers. Please take into consideration that after deadlines some conference materials and meals or hotel rooms cannot be cancelled or resold and therefore no refund is available. However substitution in person is always acceptable.
The organizers cannot be held responsible for any personal injury, loss, damage, accident to private property, or additional expenses incurred as a result of delays or changes in air, rail, sea, road or other services, strikes, sickness, weather, war, sports and other causes. Luggage is at owners risk throughout unless insured. The event is organized by Asszisztencia Kft., Szent Istvan krt. 7., H-1055 Budapest, Hungary.
| 30 June, Tuesday | 1 July, Wednesday | 2 July, Thursday | 3 July, Friday | 4 July, Saturday | |
| 09.00-10.30 |
Satellite symposium 1 Psychophysiological modelling workshop |
Satellite symposium 1 Psychophysiological modelling workshop Satellite symposium 2 Making a difference - the role of Social Neuroscience in addressing pressing societal challenges |
Symposium | Symposium | Symposium |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | ||
| 11.00-12.30 | Symposium | Symposium | Symposium | ||
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Closing | ||
| 13.30-14.30 | Keynote | Keynote | |||
| 14.30-14.45 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break | |||
| 14.45-16.15 | Symposium | Symposium | |||
| 16.15-17.30 | Opening & Keynote | Poster session | Poster session | ||
| 17.30-18.30 | Welcome Reception | Young Researcher Award | ESCAN General Assembly | ||
| 19.00 | Gala Dinner |
| Satellite symposium 1 | Satellite symposium 2 |
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30 June-1 July, 2020 Psychophysiological modelling workshop Chairs: Dominik Bach, University College London Maximum participants: 25 Registration fee: 50 EUR The workshop is aimed at newcomers to the method and at users who want to deepen their theoretical knowledge. We will focus on fostering an intuitive understanding and working with practical examples. The workshop will be divided into a theoretical overview and training with the software. Training will be adapted to participant's previous exposure to PsPM, SPM or Matlab. Participants are welcome to bring along specific questions on PsPM, or experiments that they are planning to analyse with PsPM. |
1 July, 2020 Making a difference - the role of Social Neuroscience in addressing pressing societal challenges Chairs: Claus Lamm (University of Vienna), Lasana Harris (University College London) Maximum participants: 80 Registration fee: 25 EUR 8:20 -Registrations Opens 8:50 – 9:00Opening remarks 9:00 – 10:00Impact of the Environment on the Brain
10:00 – 11:00Biased Communication and Media
11:00 – 11:30Coffee break 11:30 – 12:30Prosocial Apathy, Aging and Stress
12:30 – 14:00Lunch break including breakout session 14:00 – 14:30Group Processes and Empathy
14:30 – 15:30Lab-Style Interactive Workshops 15:00 – 16:00Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks |
Submissions are invited for satellites, symposia and individual oral/poster presentations.
Helpdesk: casm@asszisztencia.hu
The ESCAN 2020 organizing committee invites proposal for Satellite Events (workshops). Satellite Events are independent of but related to the ESCAN 2020, with the purpose of providing an interactive and focused platform for presenting and discussing new and emerging ideas of cognitive, affective and social neuroscience. If you wish to propose a Satellite Event, please fill out the below form.
Satellite submission deadline: 1 January 2020
For symposium on a given theme, the organizing author should pre-arrange for the different speakers (of different affiliations, as symposia are meant to bring different groups/perspectives to the same forum) and should conduct the full submission.
Symposium organizers will be expected to moderate their sessions during the conference.
Symposium submission deadline: 1 February 2020
Individual submissions should be submitted by the presenting author, through the online abstract submission form. Click on below link to apply for a submission password, which will be sent to you in email. Add abstract topic, requested presentation type, abstract title, authors name and affiliation in the online form.
Oral presentations will be scheduled with 15 minutes.
Organizers may request you to change your preferred presentation type (oral or poster).
Poster submission deadline: 4 March 2020
Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. Please kindly manage your booking individually. We recommend an early reservation.
Conference venue is easy accessible from the following centrally located hotels. Room reservation is available directly at the hotels, please use the booking form or link provided below.
Soroksári út 12. H-1095 Budapest, Hungary
ibis-styles-city.thebudapesthotels.com/en/
Dessewffy u. 36. H-1066 Budapest, Hungary
starinnhotels.com/en/star-inn-hotel-budapest-centrum-by-comfort/
Kossuth Lajos utca 19-21. H-1053 Budapest, Hungary
https://www.danubiushotels.com/en/our-hotels-budapest/danubius-hotel-astoria
Make sure to take advantage of the special rates by reserving your room through the central reservation link provided and using the special promotional code: ESCAN2020.
15% reduction from actual daily price if reservation is made before 31 March 2020, or 10% reduction after this date.
Károlyi utca 11-15. H-1053 Budapest, Hungary
https://www.danubiushotels.com/en/our-hotels-budapest/hotel-erzsebet-city-center
Make sure to take advantage of the special rates by reserving your room through the central reservation link provided and using the special promotional code: ESCAN2020.
15% reduction from actual daily price if reservation is made before 31 March 2020, or 10% reduction after this date.
ASSZISZTENCIA Congress Bureau
Szent Istvan krt. 7.
Social Events
Welcome reception
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 | 17:30 – 19:00
We invite you for a welcome reception at the conference venue. Network with participants with fingerfood and drinks. Welcome reception is included in the registration fee.
Conference dinner
Friday, July 3, 2020 | 20:00
All participants of the conference are kindly invited to the Conference Dinner. Venue and more information will be announced soon.
This program is available at extra cost: 40 EUR/person.