UWS Sensory Neuroscience Symposium 2011

UWS Sensory Neuroscience Symposium 2011
Monday 12 December 2011

Symposium Registration is now open
View the flyer [PDF, 890.29KB] (opens in a new window)

The UWS Sensory Neuroscience Symposium is now an annual event on the Australian neuroscience calendar. Building on the existing research capacity within the School of Medicine at the University of Western Sydney, which includes research in the tactile and proprioceptive systems, and in vision, audition and pain, this symposium will draw experts from around Australia to discuss their latest findings in a relaxed setting that will foster discussion and, we hope, promote the establishment of new collaborations. In 2010 the inaugural UWS Sensory Neuroscience Symposium attracted over 160 registrants attending parallel sessions. This year we will not hold parallel sessions but will provide plenty of opportunities to network and discuss the findings of the speakers. Poster presentations are also encouraged. The Symposium opens with a Keynote Lecture on "The Roles for Tactile C Fibres in Pleasure and Pain" by Håkan Olausson, Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology at the University of Göteborg, Sweden. Prof Olausson will talk about a class of recently characterised unmyelinated cutaneous afferents that have low mechanical thresholds and are believed to play a role in affective touch. He will also talk about the potential roles of these non-nociceptive unmyelinated afferents in patients with large-fibre sensory neuropathy.

Location
The meeting will be held at the UWS School of Medicine, Australia's newest research-intensive Medical School. This is located on the Campbelltown campus, a 45 minute drive or 60 minute train ride from central Sydney.

Building 30, Goldsmith Avenue, Lecture Theatres 213 and 206, Campbelltown campus.

Program
The UWS Sensory Neuroscience Symposium includes 20 invited speakers from around Australia, presenting their latest work on tactile sensation and proprioception, visual and auditory neuroscience, the vestibular system and the chemical senses. View the Symposium program (opens in a new window) [PDF, 144.56Kb].

Registration
Registration is required for all those attending the symposium. Please register online by Friday 2 December. In addition, all those presenting at the conference (speaker and poster presentations) are required to submit their abstract online by 18 November.

Catering
Welcome coffee, morning and afternoon teas, lunch and evening drinks and canapés will be provided.

Parking
Pay and display one day parking permits are available from the pay and display permit machines located in the parking areas on the UWS campus (refer to the Campbelltown campus map (opens in a new window) for the exact location of the permit machines). Permit machines accept cash and credit cards and entitle the holder to park in yellow car park bays.

Public Transport
The Campbelltown campus is located next to Macarthur Station and is only a 3 minute walk to Building 30. Macarthur Station is the final stop on the Airport-East Hills rail line; interstate visitors can hop on the train directly at the Domestic Airport. View train timetables (opens in a new window).

Contact
Professor Vaughan Macefield
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney
v.macefield@uws.edu.au