Local organizers
Chinese Society of Neurosciences
Chinese Association of Neurology
Capital University of Medical Sciences

Conference Themes
Development, Neurodegeneration, Neural regeneration, Neural plasticity, Ion channels & Transporters, Neuroprotection, Neurotransmission / cell signalling / signal transduction, Brain metabolism, Ischemia, Neuroendocrinology, Cognition & behaviour, Psychiatry, Pain, Substance abuse, Glial function / Neuron-Glia interactions, Glia in disease

Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Professor Phil Robinson – Children’s Medical Research Institute, NSW, Australia
Professor Lin Lu – National Institute on Drug Dependence, Beijing, PR China
Professor Nobutaka Hirokawa – University of Tokyo, Japan

Call for Invited Session Proposals
The Scientific Program Committee is inviting proposals for symposia and young investigator colloquia.

Invited Symposia
We anticipate six (6) invited symposia with four speakers in each symposium. The Scientific Program Committee will select the symposia from submitted proposals (open invitation). Each selected symposium will receive at least US$2,000 to be shared by the speakers in addition to gratis registration fees. Members and non-members are invited to submit proposals for symposia detailing:
a. The topic of the symposium
b. A one-page abstract
c. The reason(s) why the topic of the symposium is important
d. The names of the Chairperson and four speakers, confirming their willingness to participate
e. Short CVs of the four speakers with a selection of up to 5 publications for each speaker

Invited Young Investigator Colloquia
We anticipate four (4) “Young Investigators’ Colloquia” with four speakers in each colloquium. These colloquia should feature young investigators mainly from the APSN regions and will be selected by the Scientific Program Committee from submitted proposals (open invitation). Thirty minutes will be available for each contribution. Preference will be given to independent young investigators. The candidates should be either below 40 years of age or less than 10 years after Ph.D. Each selected speaker will receive a waiver of his/her registration fees plus financial support towards his/her travel and accommodation expenses. To apply, the candidates should submit the following:
a. The title of their contribution
b. A one-page abstract
c. A short one-page CV
d. List of publications during the last three years

Workshops
Workshops should focus on approaches or conflicting issues. Workshop sessions should encourage free exchanges among participants. The applicants who wish to organize should submit the proposal with the following details:
a. The topic
b. The names of the Chairperson and speakers, confirming their willingness to participate
c. The reason why the topic is important
d. The applicants should describe how they are going to run the session to meet the above requirements

Satellite Symposia
Those who are interested in organizing Satellite Symposia should submit a detailed description of the Symposium with full scientific content and a list of speakers to allow the Scientific Program Committee to evaluate the proposal.

Committee:
Dr Andrew J. Lawrence
Howard Florey Institute
University of Melbourne
Royal Parade, Parkville
Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA
Email: Andrew.Lawrence@florey.edu.au

Call for Free Communications
Abstract Submission
The Scientific Program Committee invites all participants who wish to present a poster or an oral presentation to submit an abstract. When submitting abstract, registrants should indicate clearly whether or not they would like to be considered for oral or poster presentations. In addition, workshop and satellite symposia topics are also invited.

Oral Presentation
The Scientific Program Committee will select submitted abstracts for oral presentation. Each oral presentation is 15 min with a 5 min discussion. Applicants not selected for an oral presentation will automatically be given a poster presentation slot.

Poster Presentation
There will be posters presentations daily throughout the meeting.

Local Organizing Committee
Biao Chen, Chair
Jianguo Chen
Yuping Jiang
Naihe Jing
Weiping Liang
Yizheng Wang
Peng Xie
Shun Yu

Program Committee Chair
Dr Andrew J. Lawrence
Howard Florey Institute
University of Melbourne
Royal Parade, Parkville
Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA
Email: Andrew.Lawrence@florey.edu.au

APSN2008 Secretariat
shanghai2008@conferenceorganizer.org