Call for Papers
The 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics
Virtual On-Line meeting

13-14 November 2021
Sponsored byThe Organizing Committee of the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society forBioacoustics

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 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Bioacoustics. Themeeting 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 13-14 November 2021. The symposium on ‘Life, Sea,and Sky: Learning from the Great Disaster’ will be held during this meeting.

1 Committee Members
Chair

Ikuo MATSUO

Tohoku Gakuin University (Japan)

MemberYuka MISHIMA

Tokyo

University of Marine Science andTechnology (Japan)
Member

Shuichi SAKAMOTO

Tohoku University (Japan)

MemberHideyuki TAKAHASHI

Tohoku Gakuin University (Japan)

MemberTakuma TAKANASHI

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute(Japan)MemberKazuko TSUCHIHARA

Tohoku Gakuin University (Japan)

Secretariat

Masumi MIKAMI

Tohoku Gakuin University (Japan)

2 Sponsors
The meeting is sponsored by the Organizing Committee of the 8th Annual Meeting of theSociety for Bioacoustics. The meeting is co-sponsored by The Research Committee ofBioacoustics, the Acoustical Society of Japan.

3 Meeting Announcement and Call for Papers
Dates and time: 13-14 November, 2021.
Venue: Virtual. Registered participants will receive URL to give a talk or join the meeting.
Language: All presentations and discussions are in English or Japanese.
Presentations: Contributed papers will be presented either posters or oral presentations.
Banquet: No banquet will be organized.
Awards: Presentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. The award ceremony
will be held on 14 November 2021.

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3.1

Key Dates

October 15 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 31 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 15 October 2021. 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.

Employed

Presenter
Nonmembermember3,000

Student

1,500

3,000

Non-presenter
Nonmembermember0
5,000
00*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 (Seesection 3.6).
1. Registration form(a) Please send your following information via email <bainfo [at] bacoust.org> to the3Secretariat of the Organizing Committee of the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Bioacoustics by 15 October for presenters and 31 October for all participants.
i.

Presenter or Non-presenter.

ii.
iii.
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 studentmember□ supporting member□ other non-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 31 October 2021 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. Please transfer registration fees including intermediarycharges (handling charges by correspondent banks) with currency of EUR or USD.

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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 15 October 2021. Please send the abstract via email <bainfo[at] bacoust.org>. Template file for the abstract is available from <http://bacoust.org/wpcontent/uploads/2021/09/8th_SFBA_abstract_template_E.docx>.
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 pre-registration sheet.
Please include the following items in your abstract submission form.
vi.
Presentation stylevii.

□oral □ poster
Languages
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□English □ Japanese
Author name(s).

ix.
x.
xi.

Author affiliation(s).
Abstract (< 3,000 characters; Figures cannot be included)
Copyright Transfer to the Societyxii.

□I agreeAuthorshipxiii.

□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 31 October 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 web
site.

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.Awards
Presentation awards are granted to excellent presentations. The award winners will beselected from both oral and poster 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 toapply 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 14 November 2021.

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Symposium on ‘Life, Sea, and Sky: Learning from the Great Disaster’Symposium on ‘Life, Sea, and Sky: Learning from the Great Disaster’ will be held
during this meeting by the Organizing Committee of the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Bioacoustics. Tentative program is shown in following table.
Opening Remarks
Akihiro Kijima

Tohoku University

What happened in Ocean by GEJE, andHow to contribute for reconstruction byMarine Science - Activity of TEAMS

Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi

JAMSTEC

Real-time seafloor earthquake / tsunami
observation and social implementation
method of measurement data

Hideyuki Takahashi

Tohoku Gakuin
University

IoT-based Disaster Risk Reduction Support
System toward Harmony between Humanand Environment

Xiyue Wang

Tohoku University

From the Ruins: Predicting Child Behavior
and Mental Health using Toy Block Play
Data after Natural Disasters

General discussion

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