Mechanism of Brain and Mind
Winter workshop 2025

Winter workshop 2025

Date: March 10 (Mon) – 12 (Wed), 2025
Venue: Rusutsu Resort Hotel & Convention, Hokkaido, Japan 
*Please note that it will take 2 hours from the New Chitose airport to the venue by shuttle bus, Bigruns.
Registration: from Monday, November 18, 2024 to Friday, February 21, 2025
Please visit the registration page below.
 → https://brainmindwinterws2025registration.peatix.com
On-site / Online registration fee: Student Free, Non-student 2,200 JPY 
 *The workshop will be held in a combined format with a mix of on-site and online participation.  

Theme: Mind, Body, Environment and its Interaction
Schedule: 
Day 1 Special Session 
17:30- 18:00 Registration 
18:00- 18:10 Opening 
18:10-19:00 Michael J. Frank (Brown University)
19:10-20:00 Marta Garrido (The University of Melbourne)
20:10-21:00 Naotsugu Tsuchiya (Monash University)
21:00-23:00 Poster Session  
 
Day 2 Topic Session 
15:30-16:20 Masahiko Haruno (The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
16:30-17:20 Shinsuke Koike (The University of Tokyo)
17:30-18:20 Takashi Hanakawa (Kyoto University)
20:00-23:00 Poster Session   
 
Day 3 Topic Session 
8:50- 9:00  Announcement of Poster presentation awards 
9:00- 9:50 Yuko Ishihara (Ritsumeikan University)
10:00-10:50 Yu Takagi (National Institute of Informatics)
11:00-11:50 Takuya Sasaki (Tohoku University)

Important dates:
On-site registration: from Monday, November 18, 2024 to Friday, February 21, 2025
Poster application: from Monday, November 18, 2024 to Friday, February 21, 2025
*Poster presentations are on-site only.
Online registration: from Monday, November 18, 2024 to Friday, March 3, 2025 *Only talks of special sessions and topic sessions are available. You will receive the workshop URL by Thursday, March 6.    
JNNS travel support application: from Monday, November 18, 2024 to Friday, February 7, 2025

Accommodation
We have secured Rusutsu Resot Hotel Log Houses (2 for a maximum capacity of 24 persons, 1 for a maximum capacity of 18 persons, and 1 for a maximum capacity of 6 persons) for students and young researchers for check-in on Monday, March 10 and check-out on Wednesday, March 12 (3 days and 2 nights). If you wish to make a reservation, please apply for the reservation and pay the room charge via the registration page. Applications will be closed when the room reservation capacity is reached. Room rate (for one night) is as follows. Please note that we do not accept reservations for extra nights or for one night only.
Log House (Men/women separated and shared rooms)15,300 JPY(One night with breakfast per person, including bath tax)

Shuttle bus:
Please make a reservation from the link below for the shuttle bus to Rusutsu Resort Hotel.
Bigruns Bus (from New Chitose Airport ⇄ Rusutsu Resort): 4,500 yen one way (online reservation), 5,000 yen one way (reservation by phone)
Rusutsu free shuttle (from Kamori Building ③ in Sapporo city ⇄ Rusutsu Resort): Free

Poster presentation:
Poster board size: W210cm×H90cm (Height from floor 180cm ). A list of poster presenters will be posted after the poster presentation application deadline.

JNNS travel support
Please visit the Japanese Neural Network Society web page (Only available in Japanese): https://jnns.org

Inquiries about the workshop:  Mechanism of Brain and Mind Secretariat ncus@oist.jp