Welcome! The 32nd Annual meeting of the CSBBCS, co-hosted by Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s Universities, will take place in-person July 18th to 20th 2022 at the Halifax Convention Centre. The organizing committee is pleased to be hosting the first in-person meeting of the Society since 2019 and we hope you will attend.
Please check this page for updates and information.
Call for Abstracts
Registration and Abstract Submission is NOW OPEN.
The Deadline for Abstract Submission for Talks / Posters has been extended to Sunday, May 15th 2022
The deadline for symposium submissions was April 1.
A current, dues-paid membership in CSBBCS / SCSCCC is required to be able to submit an abstract and register for the conference. Please click here to purchase / renew your membership.
Talks and Posters: When you submit an abstract, please indicate whether you would prefer a Talk or Poster, or No Preference. Talks will be assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis, so submit early or indicate “No Preference” to be sure your submission can be on the program. Abstract submissions must include: Title, List of Authors, 200-word abstract. Of course, the content should be compatible with our mission to shed light on "brain, behaviour and cognitive science”.
Student Hebb Award Consideration: Each year students at all levels of training can be considered for an award to honour the Best Talk and Best Poster at the conference. To be considered, an additional longer abstract (1000-words max.) must be submitted along with the regular 200 word abstract.
To Submit an ABSTRACT and REGISTER for the conference:
You must be logged in to the CSBBCS website and have an active, dues-paid membership to submit abstracts and register. You can find the submission and registration pages under "Meetings", or use the following links:
Register
Submit Abstracts
Registration fees are:
| Full Member (e.g., Faculty) - Early Bird (by May 15th) | $180 |
| Full Member (e.g., Faculty) - Regular | $200 |
| Associate Member (e.g., Student) - Early Bird (by May 15th) | $75 |
| Associate Member (e.g., Student) Regular | $95 |
During registration you can also pay in advance for:
| Banquet (Evening of July 20; Details TBD) | $85 |
| Conference t-shirt | $25 |
Questions about the conference?
E-mail the organizing team.
Accommodations
Halifax is a lovely city with an accessible waterfront and many hotels, eateries and pubs surrounding the venue for the meeting: the Halifax Convention Centre (HCC).
The Society has booked small blocks of rooms at the following hotels:
Barrington Hotel
Hotel Halifax
Sutton Place
For those on a budget, we have booked a block of rooms at Dalhousie’s downtown dormitory, Gerrard Hall.
A map and instructions for booking are provided below.
Hotel Halifax
1-833-357-8155 please quote CSBBCS
Front Desk 902 425 6700
Group Booking Link:
https://reservations.travelclick.com/108084?groupID=3448580
Barrington Hotel
1-833-357-8154 please quote CSBBCS
Front Desk 902 429 7410
Group Booking Link:
https://reservations.travelclick.com/108025?groupID=3454366
Any questions about the links or reservations may be made to our reservation team at barrington-halifax-reservations@silverbirchhotels.com
Sutton Place Hotel
Guests can either click and book right into the group using the link provided above or by going to www.suttonplace.com/halifax and searching the group dates first and then adding in the Web Group Code after; either way brings you to same webpage!
Group Booking Link:
https://reservations.travelclick.com/113161?groupID=3471523
Web Group Code: CSBBC2022
Gerrard Hall
Front Desk 902 494 8840 or 1 855 DAL STAY
Use promo code CSBBCS22
Group Booking Link:
https://stay.dal.ca/CSBBCS22.bnb
Comparative Cognition Satellite Conference
Please join us for an in-person day-long meeting, focused on comparative cognition, broadly defined, and including the neural basis of cognition. The schedule will feature talk sessions in the morning and afternoon and an evening poster session integrated with the CSBBCS opening poster session. We are also excited to announce our plenary speaker will be Dr. Jonathan Crystal, Provost Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Abstract submission is open!
When: July 18 2022
Arrival and Caffeine: 830-900 am
Sessions: 900-1200 and 1330-1500, posters 1700-1900
Where: Halifax, Nova Scotia – The conference will be held at the same location as CSBBCS – The Halifax Convention Centre – downtown, close to the waterfront. For hotel availability please see the Accommodations section of this page.
Cost:
Faculty: $65
Students/Postdocs: $35
Registration and Submissions will be done through the Meetings tab as well as the links below. You do not have to attend the CSBBCS meeting to attend the satellite, but we encourage everyone to do so, and to submit other work to the main meeting! Abstract submissions are due May 15th, 2022.
Registration must be done in advance!
Registration (Faculty)
Registration (Students / Postdocs)
Abstract Submission
Due to the limited time we may not be able to accept all submission as talks. If this is the case we will notify you whether your submission will be presented as a poster.
Deadline for Abstract Submission: Sunday, May 15th, 2022
Please direct any questions to the Co-organizers Leslie Phillmore (Leslie.Phillmore@dal.ca) or Debbie Kelly (Debbie.Kelly@umanitoba.ca).
Sponsored by:
Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University
https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science.html
Comparative Cognition Society
https://www.comparativecognition.org/
