Société Québécoise pour l’Étude Biologique du Comportement

 

SQÉBC

 

27th annual meeting October 25th to 27th  2002

Université de Montréal

 

Symposium

 

«Visual Guidance of Behavior »

 

(Poster)

 

Friday October 25th 2002

Pavillon 3200 Jean Brillant, Room B-0215

 

19h 30      Dr Thomas Cronin
The Department of Biological Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Let me make this perfectly clear:  visual signal design in shrimps and frogs

Saturday October 26th 2002,

Pavillon 3200 Jean Brillant, Room B-0215

 

8h30        Dr Graham Martin
School of Biosciences
The University of Birmingham, UK

Through bird eyes: some behavioural and ecological

aspects of eye structure and visual fields

 

10h00        Dr Barrie Frost
Department of Psychology
Queen’s University
Visual motion processing for prey capture, predator avoidance,

conspecific recognition, postural control and navigation

 

11h00        Dr Georg Baron
Département de sciences biologiques
Université de Montréal
Le système visuel des mammifères: écologie et  évolution
(Ecology and evolution of the visual system in mammals)

 

 

 

Programme

 

Complete programme with abstracts of presentations : Programme SQEBC 2002.pdf

 

Friday, October 25th           17h00-20h00       Registration, Main entrance Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant (JB)

                                           19h00-19h30       Welcome (B0215 JB)

                                                                                   Joseph Hubert , Doyen de la Faculté des Arts et Sciences

                                                                                  Thérèse Cabana, directrice Département de sciences biologiques

                                                                                  Pierre Simonet, directeur Ecole d’optométrie

                                           19h30-20h30       Symposium (B0215 JB) Dr Thomas Cronin

                                           20h30...               Vin d’honneur,

 

 

Saturday, October 26th       08h00-12h30       Registration Main entrance Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant (JB)

                                           08h30-11h30       Symposium (B0215 JB)

08h30.................. Dr Graham Martin

09h30.................. Break

10h00.................. Dr Barrie Frost

11h00.................. Dr Georg Baron

 

                                           13h30-16h00       Poster presentations,  rotunda (D-200) Pavillon Marie-Victorin (PMV)

                                           13h30                   Slide presentations, rooms  B-259, C-237, E-240 PMV

                                           14h30                   Break

                                           15h00                   Slide presentations, rooms  B-259, C-237, E-240 PMV

                                           16h00-17h00       Annual general assembly, room B-259 (PMV)

                                           17h00-19h00       5 à 7 (cash bar) hall Les Verrières at the  Holiday-Inn Montréal-Midtown

(Intimate Jazz concert, with Daniel Borcard and his Quintet- standards de jazz
d'un peu toutes
les époques, avec aussi quelques bossas, ballades, etc)-

                                           19h00...                Annual banquet at the hall Les Verrières at the  Holiday Inn Montréal-Midtown
(and some more Jazz)

 

 

Sunday, October 27th         9h00-12h00         Poster presentations,  rotunda (D-200) Pavillon Marie-Victorin (PMV)

                                           9h00                    Slide presentations, rooms  B-259, C-237, E-240 PMV

                                           10h10                  Break

                                           10h40                  Slide presentations, rooms  B-259, C-237, E-240 PMV

                                           12h10                  Closing : Denis Boire B-259 (PMV)

 


Banquet:

Saturday October 26th

 

Friendly mixer from 17h00 to 19:00 for all (cash bar) with smooth Jazz

 

The banquet will be at 19h00 in the

Les verrières hall

Holiday Inn Montréal-Midtown.

 

with

 

Daniel Borcard Jazz quintet

standards de jazz d'un peu toutes les époques

quelques bossas, ballades…

 

Menu

 

Entrée : cœurs de palmiers et artichauts en vinaigrette

Main course: Ballotine de poulet farcie au riz sauvage et champignons dans une sauce aux champignons

OR

Roti de bœuf au jus

The main course will be served with a bouquetière de légumes et riz pilaf, petits pains et beurre, vin

Desert : gâteau mousse aux noisettes

Café et thé

There will be a cash bar on the premises (Wine will be served with the meal, however some might want more that we can offer!!!)

 

 

Information

 

Web site of the SQÉBC 

Denis Boire : (514) 343-6111 ext.4162 ;  Fax : (514) 343-2382

e-mail : d.boire@umontreal.ca

 

 

Registration

 

Registration can be done :

 

1. by filling out the registration form and sending it with a check or money order to made out to Congrès SQÉBC 2002:

 

Congrès SQÉBC 2002

A/s Denis Boire

Ecole d’optométrie

Université de Montréal

3744 Jean Brillant

Montréal, H3T 1P1

 

 

2. by e-mail  (d.boire@umontreal.ca) and sending a check or money order to the same address

 

 

 

                       

Accomodations : Rooms have been held at a reasonable rate at the Holiday Inn Montréal-Midtown ($129/night quad occ.). Make early reservations and mention that you will be attending the SQÉBC 2002. The hotel is located in downtown Montréal approximately 15 minutes drive from the Université de Montréal. Public transportation is also quite convenient. The approximate travel time by bus is 35 minutes. Use the STM calculator(STM - Sommaire Tous azimuts) to figure out the most efficient route and time. To get to the University by bus, the 80 bus on Park ave (100 meters walk from the hotel) than transfer to the 51 bus on Laurier ave should serve you well.

 

 


Registration form SQÉBC 2002

 

Your coordonates

Name : ________________________________________________________________

Surname : ______________________________________________________________

Department : __________________________________________________________

University : ____________________________________________________________

Address : ______________________________________________________________

Occupation : ___________________________________________________________

Telephone : ______________ FAX : ______________ 

e-mail : __________________________________

 

Registration (including SQÉBC membership)

Regular member: 70$ (80 $ after October 1st ) +    banquet (35$)

      Students, post-doc, or unemployed: 30$ (or 35 $ after October 1st) +    banquet (35$)

 

Note: check made out to Congrès SQÉBC 2002

 

I will be giving a presentation?        No     Yes (talk) Yes (poster)

 

For students : I would like to get constructive comments on my presentation  YES     NO

 

SQÉBC membership : I cannot attend the SQEBC 2002 meeting but want to maintain my membership(25 $ for a regular member, free for students, post-doc and unemployed) 

 

Documents should be sent to :

 

Congrès SQÉBC 2002

a/s Denis Boire

Ecole d’optométrie

Université de Montréal

3744 Jean Brillant

Montréal, H3T 1P1

 

 

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