Accommodations/Hotels

If you're planning on attending the IBNS 28th Annual Meeting, you need to book your room in advance! There are several options with different price groups.

Click here to review all hotels offering an IBNS group rate. To assist those on a budget, we will offer a room-sharing option. 

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Pre and Post-Conference Tours

Interested in marking off bucket-list items? Click here to view details for pre and post-conference tours.

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Sponsors and Exhibitors

Interested in becoming a sponsor and/or exhibitor for IBNS 2019?  Review our 2019 Sponsor-Exhibitor Prospectus and register by April 1

Thank you to Thorlabs for the generous donation for funding travel awards for students traveling from Brazil to attend the 28th IBNS Conference!

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2019 Printable/Shareable Flyers

Download these flyers to share with your colleagues and friends!

Program Committee

Farida Sohrabji, (Chair), Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, TX, USA
Elizabeth Byrnes, (Co-Chair), Tufts University, North Grafton, MA, USA
F. Scott Hall, (Council Liaison), University of Toledo Health Science Center, Toledo, OH, USA
Cindy Barha, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Corina Bondi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Verity Brown, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elena Choleris, (Past Chair), University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Peter Kalivas, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Amanda Kentner, MCPHS University, Boston, MA, USA
Yasushi Kiyokawa, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Local Organizing Committee - see their bios!

Stephen Kent (Chair) - La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Bernard Balleine - University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
Michael Bowen - University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Timothy Bredy - University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Femke Buisman-Pijlman - University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Thomas Burne - University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Deborah Hodgson - University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
Simon Killcross - University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
Karly Turner - University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia
Zoltan Sarnyai - James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

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Visa/Passport/Travel

Each participant is responsible for determining the visa/passport requirements for their own travel.  Please be aware that Australia requires either a Visa or ETA (Electronic Travel Authority) from all countries.  

An Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) provides authorization to travel to and enter Australia and is electronically linked to your passport.  It is for short term stays for tourism or business visitor activities such as attending a conference.  See https://www.eta.homeaffairs.gov.au/ETAS3/etas for details. The current cost is $20 AUD (approximately $14 USD) and can be easily applied for online. 

IBNS has partnered with American Airlines for 5% discount on published fares for travel from the USA to Australia.  Contact the American Airlines Meeting Services Desk at 1-800-433-1790 for assistance with reservations and ticket purchase OR book online at www.aa.com for AA/AE flights only.  For the IBNS discount, use the Authorization Code 6169GC.

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Travel Awards

Congratulations to the 2019 Travel Award Recipients!

Click here to view previous Travel Award winners.

Travel Award applicants are judged based on criteria specific to their level of training. In addition, travel costs will be taken into consideration in determining the final amount of the award. Travel Award recipients are required to present a poster as well as participate in a slide blitz session. Award recipients are required to attend the entire meeting. 

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Call for Symposia/Satellite Proposals

Click here to view the accepted Symposia that will be apart of the 2019 IBNS meeting.

We look forward to seeing you in Cairns, Australia!