2012 Program - Society for the Neural Control of Movement

General Information
Meeting Venue
Hilton Molino Stucky
Giudecca 810, 30133
Venice, Italy
The conference venue is the Hilton Molino Stucky. All
conference sessions will take place in this location.
Satellite Meeting
Satellite Meeting registration fees include access to the full
day meeting with refreshment breaks and a buffet lunch. If
you are staying at the Hilton Molino Stucky, a full buffet
breakfast is included in your room rate.
Annual Meeting
Annual Conference registration fees include access to all
sessions including panel, individual and poster sessions.
Registration also includes daily refreshment breaks, grazing
lunches and the Opening Dinner. If you are staying at the
Hilton Molino Stucky, a full buffet breakfast is included in
your room rate.
Additional Tickets
Tickets can be purchased separately for your guests and/or
children for all conference excursions, the Professor Garcia
Honoring Dinner and the Opening Dinner. If you are not
staying at the Hilton Molino Stucky, breakfast vouchers for
the El San Juan breakfast buffet can be purchased
separately for all registrants and their guests. These
additional tickets can only be purchased from the staff at
NCM’s Registration Desk.
Name Badges
Your name badge is your admission ticket to the
conference sessions, coffee breaks, meals, and Opening
Dinner. Please wear it at all times. At the end of the
Conference we ask that you recycle your name badge in
one of the name badge recycling stations that will be set
out, or leave it at the Registration Desk.
To help identify and mentor our future investigators,
student delegates have red edged badges. All other
delegates have clear badges. NCM Officers and Board
Members, Exhibitors and Staff will be identified by
appropriate ribbons.
Dress Code
Dress is casual for all NCM meetings and social events.
Registration and Information Desk Hours
The NCM Registration and Information Desk, located in the
foyer, will be open during the following dates and times:
Monday April 23 8:00 – 15:00
17:00 – 19:00
Tuesday April 24 8:00 – 15:00
Wednesday April 25 8:00 – 15:00
Thursday April 26 8:00 – 13:00
Friday April 27 8:00 – 15:00
Saturday April 28 8:00 – 15:00
If you need assistance during the meeting, please visit the
Registration Desk.
Message Board
For your convenience, a Message Board will be located
near the Registration Desk. Feel free to leave messages of
interest to other meeting participants.
Poster Information
Set-Up / Removal
There are two Poster Sessions during the Meeting and
posters have been allocated to either one of the sessions
based on poster themes. Poster presenters must set-up and
remove their posters during the following times.
Session 1
Set-up: Tuesday, April 24, between 7:00 and 10:15
Remove: Wednesday, April 25, between 17:20 and 18:00
Session 2
Set-up: Friday, April 27, between 7:00 and 10:15
Remove: Saturday, April 28, between 15:00 and 16:00
Information on Poster Authors (Lead), Poster Numbers and
Poster Titles begins on page 34. For a complete copy of all
the poster abstracts, a limited supply of printed abstracts is
available for purchase at the Registration Desk. Digital
copies can be downloaded from the Member Only section
of the NCM Website.
Easy reference Poster Floor Plans for each session can be
found on the inside back cover of this program.
Staff
NCM staff from De Armond Management can be identified
by ribbons on their name badges. Feel free to ask any one
of our staff for assistance.
Daycare Services
The conference hotel provides Child care services at a
cost of 25 Euros per hour. If you are interested in this
service, please visit the Hotel Concierge located at the
Hotel Front Desk.
Internet Services
NCM has arranged some excellent package deals for
internet access throughout the Hilton (ie bedroom, meeting
space and public space). Should you wish to access the
internet during the conference, you must purchase one of
the internet packages. Please note, these internet
connections are IP specific, so are only accessible to 1
computer. If you are interested in purchasing an internet
package, please inquire at the Registration Desk.
No Smoking Policy
Aside from a few bedrooms on the third floor, smoking is
not permitted inside the Hilton Molino Stucky. Smoking
areas are located outside the building.
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