Call for Papers
The 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics
Virtual On-Line meeting

4-5 December 2020
Sponsored byThe Organizing Committee of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society forBioacoustics

The Society for Bioacoustics

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Contents
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Committee 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 Awards

2You are cordially invited to the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics. The
meeting covers all topics on bioacoustics, i.e., basic and applied researches on sound andvibration related to animals and humans, such as hearings, sound effects on animals andhumans, behaviors, neural mechanisms, models, and methodology etc. The meeting will beheld On-Line virtually through 4-5 December 2020.

1 Committee Members
Chair

Tomonari AKAMATSU

The Ocean Policy Research Institute (Japan)

Secretariat

Yuka MISHIMA

MemberTakuma TAKANASHI

MemberRyo NAKANOMemberDai FUKUITokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology (Japan)
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute(Japan)
National Agriculture and Food Research
Organization (Japan)
University of Tokyo (Japan)

MemberTatsuhiko HARADAInternational University of Health and Welfare(Japan)2 Sponsors
The meeting is sponsored by the Organizing Committee of the 7th Annual Meeting of theSociety for Bioacoustics. The meeting is co-sponsored by The Research Committee ofBioacoustics, the Acoustical Society of Japan, and is supported by SECOM Science andHounoukai.

3 Meeting Announcement and Call for Papers
Dates and time: 4-5 December, 2020.
Venue: Virtual. Registered participants will receive URL to give a talk or join the meeting.
Language: Presentations and discussions are in English. In addition, short oral presentations
are accepted either in Japanese or English.

3Presentations: All presentations are oral style. No poster session will be organized. To
whom planned to present in Poster style, please apply short oral presentations.
Banquet: No banquet will be organized.
Awards: Presentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. The award ceremony
will be held on 5 December 2020.

3.1

Key Dates

October 16 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).
November 13 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 Society

You 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 16 October 2020. 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.
MemberNon-member

Employed

3,000

10,000Student

1,500

1,5004*A postgraduate student and an undergraduate student are allowed to present posters
without the memberships, but the Society will not select non-member students for the awards(See section 3.7).
1. Registration form(a) Please send your following information via email <bainfo [at] bacoust.org> to theSecretariat of the Organizing Committee of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Bioacoustics by 16 October for presenters and 13 November for all participants.
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Presenter or Non-presenter.

ii.
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iv.
v.

□ Presenter□ Non-presenter (i.e., coauthors and non-presentingparticipants)
Your first name & last name.
Affiliation.
Mailing address, e-mail address and phone number.
Member category.
□ regular member□ student member□ non-member invited □ non-member student□ supporting member□ 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 and banquet
Meeting participants should transfer their total amount of expenses (fees for registration)by 13 November 2020 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

5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. Please transfer registration fees includingintermediary charges (handling charges by correspondent banks) with currency of EURor USD.
A. Intermediary Bank:
EUR: Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt, USD: Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas NY
B. Intermediary Bank BIC (SWIFT Code):
EUR: DEUTDEFF, USD: BKTRUS33
C. Beneficiary Bank: Japan Post Bank
D. Branch: Head Office
E. Beneficiary Bank Address: 3-1, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 1008793, JapanF. Beneficiary Bank BIC (SWIFT Code): JPPSJPJ1
G. Beneficiary Bank CHIPS UID:USD: 427593
H. Payee Account Number: 17170-1537248
I. Name of Payee Account Holder: Sha) Seibutsuonkyougakkai
J. Payee Address: The Society for Bioacoustics, 5-3-13 Ootsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo
112-0012
K. Payee Telephone Number: Please ask the Secretariat by e-mail <bainfo [at]bacoust.org>
For details on international transmittance, see the website of Japan Post Bank<https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/en/djp/en_djp_index.html>.

3.4

Abstract Submission

Submission of an abstract is required for all presenters before the deadline. The deadlineof the abstract submission is 16 October 2020. Please send the abstract via email <bainfo[at] bacoust.org>.
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.

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The abstract must NOT exceed one page with less than 3,000 characters. The presenter has
the responsibility to confirm the consent of all coauthors before checking the authorship box
in the pre-registration sheet.
Please include the following items in your abstract submission form.
vii.
Presentation styleviii.
ix.
x.
xi.

□oral in English only (approximately 30 minutes)□short oral either in English or Japanese (20 minutes approx.)
Author name(s).
Author affiliation(s).
Abstract (< 3,000 characters; Figures cannot be included)
Copyright Transfer to the Societyxii.

□I agree
Authorshipxiii.

□All the coauthors agreed to the paper presentation
Application for the Awards (see Section 3.7)
□I apply□I do not apply

Acceptance of contributed papers will be notified by e-mail by 13 November 2020. 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

Registered presenters and attendee will receive URL to connect the meeting. ZOOM will
be used for the virtual meeting system.

3.6

Presentations

Please use your own computer for presenting and listening. All participants should muteduring presentation except for the presenter, chair(s) and organizers. Presentation materials
should NOT use any materials protected by copyright unless otherwise permitted.

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3.7

AwardsPresentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. The award winners will beselected from both oral and short oral presenters. You have to be a student member or aregular member who obtained a PhD degree within the last three years in order to apply forAwards. 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 December 2020.

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