Announcement and Call for Abstracts

The 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics
Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University
Fukuoka, Japan
12–13 December 2015

Cosponsored bythe Organizing Committee of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics,
Faculty of Design, Kyushu University,
Research Center for Applied Perceptual Science (ReCAPS), Kyushu University,
Physiological Anthropology Research Center, Kyushu University,
the Kyushu Chapter of the Acoustical Society of Japan,
and the Research Committee of Bioacoustics, the Acoustical Society of Japan
Supported by Asakura Publishing Co. Ltd.

27 November 2015
The Society for Bioacoustics

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1Committee Members
1.1 The Organizing Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 The Programming Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2Cosponsors

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3Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts
3.1 Key Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.2 Joining the Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.3 Pre-Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.4 Abstract Submission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.5 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.6 Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.7 Banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.8 Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Transportation and Travel Directions
4.1 From JR Hakata Station to Ohashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.2 From Fukuoka Airport to Ohashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4.3 From Fukuoka Airport to JR Hakata Station or Tenjin by subway . . . . . . . .
4.4 From Tenjin to Ohashi by the Nishitetsu Omuta Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Accommodations

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Wireless Internet Connections

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Weather7

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You are cordially invited to the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics, which
will be held in Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, from Saturday throughSunday, 12–13 December 2015.

1Committee Members

1.1

The Organizing Committee

Chair

Kazuo UEDAAccountant

Wen-Jie SONG

MemberChihiro HIRAMATSU

Secretariat

Yumiko WATANABE

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The Programming Committee

Chair

Ikuo MATSUO

MemberHiroshi RIQUIMAROUXMemberTakuma TAKANASHI

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Department of Human Science, Unit of Perceptual
Psychology/Research Center for Applied Perceptual
Science, Kyushu University
Department of Sensory and Cognitive Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University
Department of Human Science, Unit of Physiological
Anthropology/Physiological Anthropology ResearchCenter, Kyushu University
The Society for Bioacoustics

Department of Information Science, Tohoku Gakuin
UniversityShandong University-Virginia Tech International Laboratory, Shandong University; Department of Neuroscience, Brown University; National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo
Medical Center
Department of Forest Entomology, Forestry and Forest
Products Research Institute (FFPRI)

Cosponsors
We express our gratitude for the valuable cooperation and assistance given by our cosponsors.
• Faculty of Design, Kyushu University• Research Center for Applied Perceptual Science (ReCAPS), Faculty of Design, Kyushu
University• Physiological Anthropology Research Center, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University• The Kyushu Chapter of the Acoustical Society of Japan• The Research Committee of Bioacoustics, the Acoustical Society of Japan

23Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts

Dates and time: Saturday through Sunday, 12–13 December 2015. The ﬁrst session will begin
at 13:30 on 12 December 2015. The Meeting will be closed at 17:30 on 13 December 2015.
Venue: Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University (4-9-1 Shiobaru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-8540,
Japan).
Language: All presentations and discussions are delivered in English.
Presentations: Most of the contributed papers will be presented as posters. Oral presentations
are given by invited senior researchers and a couple of selected junior researchers.
Banquet: The banquet will be held on Saturday, 12 December 2015, from 19:00 to 21:00, at
Nagon, a Japanese restaurant which is close to Ohashi Campus.
Awards: Presentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. The award ceremony will
be held in the afternoon of Sunday, 13 December 2015.

3.1

Key Dates

15 September 2015 Pre-registration deadline for corresponding authors and abstract deadline
for oral presentations. All the authors who would like to present a paper at the Meeting,either as a poster or a lecture, have to submit a title, author(s), and aﬃliation(s) by thisdate. Submitting an abstract at this point is mandatory for the author(s) who would liketo apply for the oral presentation slots.
30 September 2015 Notiﬁcation of acceptance of contributed oral papers by e-mail.
15 October 2015 Abstract deadline for poster presentations. Pre-registration for all participants will be closed and the program will be announced.
27 November 2015 The attendees who are living in Japan should transfer their total amountof expenses before the date.

3.2

Joining the Society

You have to be a member of the Society for Bioacoustics, in order to present a paper at the Annual Meeting as the ﬁrst author or a corresponding author. If you have not yet joined the Society,please contact the Secretariat through the Web page <http://bacoust.org/?page id=13&lang=en>of the Society at your earliest convenience.

3.3

Pre-Registration

Pre-registration is required for all participants who would like to present a paper, to attend
the banquet, or both. It is advisable that the participants who just attend the Meeting also
complete pre-registration to spare their time. The registration fees are 8,000 yen for an employedperson and 4,000 yen for a student, if you are a member of the Society. If you are a non-memberof the Society, the fees are 15,000 yen for an employed person and 7,000 yen for a student. If
you would like to attend the banquet, it costs 6,000 yen as an employed person and 3,000 yen

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as a student. Therefore, if you are a regular member of the Society and attend the banquet,you should pay 14,000 yen in total. If you are a student member, the payment reduces to 7,000
yen. Please follow the steps described below to complete your pre-registration.
1. For corresponding authors who would like to submit a poster presentation.
(a) Please send an e-mail message to the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee ofthe 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics <bainfo@bacoust.org> by
15 September 2015. You should describe the following items in the e-mail message.
i. The title of your presentation.
ii. The author(s).
iii. The aﬃliation(s) of each author.
iv. The corresponding address including an e-mail address and a phone number.
v. Whether you would like to attend the banquet or not.
vi. Whether you have been a regular member of the Society or a student member.
vii. If you are a student member or a regular member who got a PhD degree within
three years, you should indicate whether you would like to apply for the Awards(see Section 3.8).
You will receive a reply of conﬁrmation from the Secretariat normally within a week.
If you do not get the conﬁrmation message, please try to contact the Secretariat byphone (+81 70 5433 6768).
(b) You have to submit your abstract by 15 October 2015 (see section 3.4 on abstract
submission).
(c) Paying your registration fee and banquet expense.
i. If you live in Japan, we would be most grateful if you could send the total amountof the registration fee and the expense for the banquet—if you will attend it—by27 November 2015 to the bank account of the Society, using the following
information.
A. 銀行名：ゆうちょ銀行
B. 店名：七一八（読み ナナイチハチ）
C. 店番：718
D. 預金種目：普通預金E. 口座番号：1537248
F. 口座名義：シャ）セイブツオンキョウガッカイ
ii. If you come from abroad, you could pay the registration fee and the banquet
expense on site in Japanese yen (cash only).
2. For corresponding authors who would like to apply for an oral presentation.
(a) You should basically follow the above procedure, but please note that you have to submit your abstract much earlier: 15 September 2015 is the deadline (see section 3.4
on abstract submission).
3. For attendees who will not present a paper.

4(a) Please send an e-mail message describing the following items to the Secretariat of
the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics<bainfo@bacoust.org> by 15 October 2015.
i. Your name.
ii. Your aﬃliation.
iii. Corresponding address including an e-mail address and a phone number.
iv. Whether you would like to attend the banquet or not.
v. Whether you have been a regular member of the Society, a student member, ora non-member.
You will receive a reply of conﬁrmation from the Secretariat normally within a week.
If you do not get the conﬁrmation message, please try to contact the Secretariat byphone (+81 70 5433 6768).
(b) Paying your registration fee and banquet expense.
i. If you live in Japan, we would be most grateful if you could send the total amountof the registration fee and the expense for the banquet—if you will attend it—by
27 November 2015 to the bank account of the Society, using the following
information.
A. 銀行名：ゆうちょ銀行
B. 店名：七一八（読み ナナイチハチ）
C. 店番：718
D. 預金種目：普通預金
E. 口座番号：1537248
F. 口座名義：シャ）セイブツオンキョウガッカイ
ii. If you come from abroad, you could pay the registration fee and the banquet
expense on site in Japanese yen (cash only).
4. For faculty members and students in Ohashi Campus, Kyushu University.
(a) If you would like to submit a paper, you have to joint the Society (see section 3.2)
and follow the steps described in item 1 or 2.
(b) If you will not submit a paper, but would like to attend the banquet, you have to follow
the steps described in item 3, except that you do not have to pay the registration fee.
(c) If you will not present a paper nor attend the banquet, you do not have to makeany pre-registration. You just have to write down your name and aﬃliation at theregistration desk on site.

3.4

Abstract Submission

Submission of an abstract is required for all corresponding authors. The deadline of abstract
submission is 15 September 2015 for lecture applicants, and 15 October 2015 forposter applicants. A Microsoft Word template for an abstract is provided at the Webpageof the Society <http://bacoust.org/?page id=227&lang=en>. Please follow the instructions

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described in the template. Figures with captions may be included in an abstract. The page
limit, i.e., one page, is strictly enforced.
Please submit your abstract electronically as an attached ﬁle of an e-mail message to the Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics<bainfo@bacoust.org> before the deadline.

3.5

Registration

Registration is required for all attendees. Registration will open on 12 December 2015 at 12:00
in or around room 511, on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the ﬁfth building. Attendees who have pre-registered
may pick up their badges and registration materials at the pre-registration desk.

3.6

Presentations

Lectures will be given in room 511, on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the ﬁfth building. Bring your own
computer and an appropriate connecting adaptor/cable if necessary, when you are allotted tolecture presentations. Only a video projector with VGA connections, a screen, and loudspeakers
will be prepared by the organizer.
Posters will be presented in the Experimental Hall on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the Multi-Purpose
Building. Poster boards and fastening materials will be provided. The space for each poster isgoing to be 180 cm wide and 210 cm tall.

3.7Banquet

The banquet will be held on Saturday, 12 December 2015, from 19:00 to 21:00, at Nagon(2-3-6 Mukaino, Minami-ku, Fukuoka; Tel. +81 92 541-5155), which is a Japanese restaurant
within a 10-minute walk from Ohashi Campus. The banquet fees are 6,000 yen for an employedperson and 3,000 yen for a student. Pre-registration is required for reserving a seat.

3.8Awards

Presentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. Both oral and poster presentations
are examined. You have to be a student member or a regular member who got a PhD degree
within three years in order to apply for Awards. You have to indicate that you would like toapply for Awards when you submit your presentation. The award ceremony will be held in theafternoon of Sunday, 13 December 2015.

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Transportation and Travel Directions

Ohashi is easily accessible from JR Hakata Station, Fukuoka Airport, and Nishitetsu Ohashi
Station. The closest one among those is Nishitetsu Ohashi Station, and it takes only 5 minutes
on foot from the Station to the Campus.

4.1

From JR Hakata Station to Ohashi

JR Hakata Station is one of the major railway stations in Kyushu, providing direct connections between Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Tokyo with6Shinkansen, naming just a few. By taxi, it takes about 10 minutes and costs about 1,500 yen
from JR Hakata Station to the Campus. It takes about 20-30 minutes and costs 250 yen fromJR Hakata Station to Nishitetsu Ohashi Station by Nishitetsu Bus. Alternatively, you may takeFukuoka City Subway and the Nishitetsu Omuta line via Tenjin (see 4.3 and4.4). It takes about
25 minutes and costs 410 yen.

4.2

From Fukuoka Airport to Ohashi

It takes about 20 minutes from Fukuoka Airport to Ohashi Campus by taxi, and it costs about
2,500 yen. Alternatively, you may take Fukuoka City Subway and the Nishitetsu Omuta Line.
It takes about 30 minutes and costs 470 yen (see 4.3 and 4.4). The subway terminal, Fukuoka
Airport, is connected to the Domestic Terminals of the Airport. The Domestic Terminals andthe International Terminal are connected with a free bus service, which takes about 10 minutes.

4.3

From Fukuoka Airport to JR Hakata Station or Tenjin by subway

The Domestic Terminals of Fukuoka Airport and JR Hakata Station are connected by Fukuoka
City Subway with just a 5- or 6-minute ride (260 yen). It takes about 12 minutes and costs
260 yen from Fukuoka Airport to Tenjin. It takes about 6 minutes and costs 200 yen from JRHakata Station to Tenjin.
When you go back from Tenjin to Hakata or Fukuoka Airport, you have to be careful tochoose a train going to the Airport, not to choose a train to Kaizuka, which leaves from thesame platform.

4.4

From Tenjin to Ohashi by the Nishitetsu Omuta LineThe subway Tenjin station and the Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) terminal are connected withthe Tenjin underground shopping mall. It takes about 7 minutes on foot. You have to take anExpress (Kyuko) or a Local (Futsu) train from Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) to Ohashi. It takes
about 4 to 7 minutes and costs 210 yen. Please be careful that a Limited Express (Tokkyu)
train and a Straight (Chokko) train do not stop at Ohashi.

5Accommodations

You have a wide range of choices in selecting hotels in Tenjin, Yakuin, and Hakata areas:
Takakura Hotel Fukuoka (2-7-21 Watanabe-dori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan; Tel. +8192 731 1661), ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka (3-3-3 Hakata Ekimae, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 8120001, Japan; Tel. +81 92 471 7111), and Nishitetsu Inn Tenjin (4-7-1 Watanabe-dori, Chuo-ku,Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan; Tel. +81 92 713 5454), to name just a few.
The closest hotel to Ohashi Campus is Green Rich Hotel Nishitetsu Ohashi Ekimae (1-7-15Ohashi, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-0033, Japan; Tel. +81 92 552 4400), which is next to Ohashi
Station. The hotel staﬀ, however, speaks only Japanese.

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Wireless Internet Connections
Wireless Internet connections will be provided in the rooms of Ohashi Campus.

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7Weather

The average precipitation over 30 years in Fukuoka in this season is about 2 mm, whichmeans that it rains not very often. The average temperature is around 9 degrees Celsius, withthe average maximum around 13 degrees, and the average minimum around 6 degrees. Probably
you need a coat and a sweater.