[Eeglablist] CogSci conference in kaliningrad, Russia, June 19-23, 2012

[Elena Mnatsakanian]

Dear colleagues:

Please find below information on the conference on 
Cognitive Science.
I am not in the Org. Committee, just forwarding the 
message.
The conference is International, and we have prominent 
scientists as invited speakers.


Regards,
Elena

Elena V. Mnatsakanian, PhD
Institute of Higher Nervous
Activity and Neurophysiology
Russian Academy of Sciences
5a Butlerova str.
Moscow 117485
RUSSIA
tel: 7-(495)-7893852 +2018 (Lab)
email-1: mnazak at aha.ru
email-2: mnazak2003 at yahoo.com
skype: elena.v.mnatsakanian

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http://www.conf.cogsci.ru/eng/

The Interregional Association for Cognitive Studies 
(IACS), the Interregional foundation “Centre for the 
Development of Interpersonal Communication”, Institute of 
Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute 
of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the 
National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” announce 
the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Science, 
to be held in Kaliningrad (former Königsberg) , Russia, 
June 19-23, 2012.

The conference aims to organize a multidisciplinary forum 
for scientists exploring cognition and its evolution; 
intellect; thinking; perception; consciousness; knowledge 
representation and acquisition; language as a means of 
cognition and communication; brain mechanisms of 
cognition, emotion and higher forms of behavior. 
Psychologists, linguists, neuroscientists, computer 
scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, specialists in 
education, artificial intelligence, neuroinformatics and 
cognitive ergonomics, as well as other researchers 
interested in interdisciplinary research on cognition are 
invited to participate in the conference.

The conference program will include lectures by leading 
experts in multidisciplinary cognitive studies. Invited 
speakers are David J. Chalmers (Australian National 
University), Terrence Deacon (University of California, 
Berkeley), Daniel C. Dennett (Tufts University), Tom Givón 
(University of Oregon), Kimmo Kaski (Aalto University, 
Helsinki), Saadi Lahlou (Institute of Social Psychology, 
London), and George Lakoff (University of California, 
Berkeley).

The working languages of the conferences are Russian and 
English. For all spoken presentations simultaneous 
translation will be provided. In addition to sessions and 
workshops with oral presentations, special attention will 
be given to poster sessions. Accepted abstracts will be 
published by the beginning of the Conference.

The deadline for abstract submission is November 15, 2011. 
Abstracts should be submitted online via the conference 
website: www.conf.cogsci.ru  Applicants will be notified 
of their status by February 15, 2012.

Organizers of the Conference hope to cover the 
accommodation expenses for the participants in 
high-quality Kaliningrad hotels.