Call for Papers
The 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics

3-5 November 2023

Sponsored byThe Organizing Committee of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Bioacoustics

The Society for Bioacoustics

Contents
1Committee Members

2Sponsors

3 Meeting Announcement and Call for Papers
3.1 Key Dates
3.2 Joining the Society
3.3 Registration
3.4 Abstract Submission
3.5 Joining the Meeting
3.6 Presentations
3.7 Award

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You are cordially invited to the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics.
The meeting covers all topics on bioacoustics, i.e., basic and applied researches on soundand vibration related to animals and humans, such as hearings, sound effects on animals
and humans, behaviors, neural mechanisms, models, and methodology etc. The meeting
will be held at University of Ryukyus through 3-5 November 2023. Attending on-line
using “Zoom” is also available.

1Committee Members

Chair

Ikuo MATSUO

Tohoku Gakuin University (Japan)

MemberTakeshi SASAKI

University of the Ryukyus (Japan)

MemberAtsushi KINJONational Institute of Technology, Okinawa College(Japan)

MemberYuka MISHIMATokyo University of Marine Science and Technology(Japan)

MemberAki MIYAGIAquaSound Inc. (Japan)

Member

Masumi MIKAMI

Tohoku Gakuin University (Japan)

2Sponsors

The meeting is sponsored by the Organizing Committee of the 10th Annual Meeting ofthe Society for Bioacoustics. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Research Committee of
Bioacoustics of the Acoustical Society of Japan.

3Meeting Announcement and Call for Papers

Dates and time: 3-5 November, 2023.
Venue: University of Ryukyus (Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan)
https://www.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/
Language: All presentations and discussions are in English or Japanese.
Presentations: Contributed papers will be presented with oral presentations on-site or on-line.
Banquet: Official banquet will be organized2

Awards: Presentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. The award ceremony
will be held on 5 November 2023.

3.1

Key Dates

October 8 Submission of the abstract for all presentations should be made by this date.
Presenters should be the member of our society by this date (see section 3.2).
October 22 Attendees should transfer their total amount of expenses by this date. The
program will be announced on the Society webpage. Acceptance of contributed oral
papers will be notified by this date by e-mail.

3.2

Joining the SocietyYou have to be a member of the Society for Bioacoustics, 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=23&lang=en> of the Society and apply by 22 October 2023. The annual membership fee
is as follows.

3.3

Member for an employed person

7,000 yen

Member for a postgraduate student

3,000 yen

Member for an undergraduate student

1,000 yenRegistration

Registration fees in Japanese yen are shown in the following tables, for members and nonmembers.
Presenter andOn-site participant
NonmembermemberOn-line non-presenter
memberNonmember

Employed

7,000

9,000

無料

5,000

Student

3,500

3,000

無料

2,000

1. Registration form(a) Please send your following information via email <bainfo [at] bacoust.org> to the3Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Bioacoustics by 22 October for presenters and 31 October for all participants.
i.

Presenter or Non-presenter.

ii.

□ Presenter□ Non-presenter (i.e., coauthors and non-presentingparticipants)
Your first name & last name.

iii.
iv.
v.

Affiliation.
Mailing address, e-mail address and phone number.
Member category.
□ regular member□ student member□ supporting member□ non-member invited □ other non-member
You will receive a confirmation e-mail from the Secretariat normally within a week. If
you do not get the confirmation message, please contact the Secretariat by e-mail<bainfo [at] bacoust.org>. For abstract submission, see section 3.4.

2. Payment for your registration
Meeting participants should transfer their total amount of expenses (fees for registration)by 22 October 2023 to the Japan Post Bank account of the Society. For meeting
participants who reside in Japan, please use the following information in Japanese fordomestic transmittance.
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
For meeting participants who reside outside Japan, please use the following information in
English for international remittance, or fund transfer service. Please transfer registration fees
including intermediary charges (handling charges by correspondent banks,or services) .
A. Beneficiary Bank: Japan Post Bank
B. Branch: Head Office4

C. Beneficiary Bank Address: 3-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1008793, Japan
D. Beneficiary Bank BIC (SWIFT Code): JPPSJPJ1
E. Beneficiary Bank CHIPS UID:
USD: 427593
F. Payee Account Number: 17170-1537248
G. Name of Payee Account Holder: Sha) Seibutsuonkyougakkai
H. Payee Address: The Society for Bioacoustics, 5-3-13 Ootsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo
112-0012
I.

3.4Payee Telephone Number: Please ask the Secretariat by e-mail <bainfo [at]bacoust.org>Abstract Submission

Submission of an abstract is required for all presenters before the deadline. The deadlineof the abstract submission is 8 October 2023. Please send the abstract via email <bainfo[at] bacoust.org>. Template file for the abstract is available from Our web site.
All abstract including short oral presentation should be written in English. Please follow
the instructions described in the WORD template. Figures cannot be included in an abstract.
The abstract must NOT exceed one page with less than 3,000 characters. The presenterhas the responsibility to confirm the consent of all coauthors before checking the authorshipbox in the registration sheet.
Please include the following items in your abstract submission form.
i.
Presentation style□ oral on-site□ oral on-line (video presentation with on-line discussion)ii.

Language

iii.
iv.
v.
vi.

Presenter name(s). (Co-presenter should be included)
Presenter affiliation(s). (Co-presenter should be included)
Abstract (< 3,000 characters; Figures cannot be included)
Copyright Transfer to the Societyvii.

□I agreeAuthorshipviii.

□All the coauthors agreed to the paper presentation
Application for the Awards (see Section 3.7)

□English□ Japanese5□I apply□I do not apply

Acceptance of contributed papers will be notified by e-mail by 22 October 2022. Somepapers applied for oral presentation may be changed to short presentation.
The Conference Proceedings will be available to the members of the Society on our website.

3.5

Joining the Meeting

Including on-site participants, registered presenters and attendee will receive URL toconnect the meeting. Zoom will be used for the virtual meeting system. On-site registration
will start at 12:00 on Saturday 4 November 2023 at University of Ryukyus.

3.6

Presentations

On-line presenters need to send the presentation video with voice ahead of the meeting
according to the instruction from the organizing committee. This presentation video will be
projected at the meeting, and on-line discussion will be held after then. On-site presenters
have to send only the presentation slide ahead. Minor fixes are permitted at the venue.
Video projection as on-line presenters is also available. Presentation materials should NOT
use any materials protected by copyright unless otherwise permitted. On-line participants
should mute during presentation, and click “Raise Hand Button” after presentation has
finished when you have questions or comments.

3.7 Awards
Presentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. The award winners will beselected from presenters in English. You have to be a student member or a regular member
who obtained a PhD degree within the last three years in order to apply for Awards. You
have to indicate that you would like to apply for the Awards when you submit your abstract.
The award ceremony will be held on 5 November 2023.

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