Subject: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Deadlines Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 12:51:05 -0400 From: The Society for Neuroscience To: SFN Members SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE ANNUAL MEETING DEADLINES AND REMINDERS ANNUAL MEETING HOTELS FILLING UP QUICKLY! Make your reservations today! Online: http://www.sfn.org/am98/ Phone: 800-619-7689 (U.S. & Canada) or 415-979-2288 (International) Fax: 415-979-2249 Hotel reservations for the Annual Meeting have been particularly brisk since many members have taken advantage of the Society's Annual Meeting Web Site to obtain hotel information even before receiving the Preliminary Program by mail. Due to all of the activity, many of the hotels closest to the convention center are sold out. We strongly recommend that you make your hotel reservations today. Shuttle service will be provided between the Convention Center and all official hotels. MAKE YOUR AIRLINE RESERVATIONS TODAY! We also recommend that you make your travel arrangements as soon as possible, as flights will fill up quickly. To make your airline reservations, contact Globetrotter Travel: Online: http://www.globetrottermgmt.com/neuro Phone: 888-424-8437 or 301-570-0800, press #1 Fax: 301-570-9514 E-mail: gttr@aol.com REGISTER IN ADVANCE AND AVOID THE LINES - DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 18! A reminder that the deadline for advance registration is Friday, September 18. Register online, by phone, fax or mail and avoid the long registration lines on-site at the Convention Center. You will find an advance registration form in your Preliminary Program or online at http://www.sfn.org/am98/. Phone: 888-SFN-6690 or 508-790-8444 Fax: 508-778-7718 Mail: SFN '98 Registration, P.O. Box 278, Hyannis, MA 02601 SHORT COURSE EXPECTED TO DRAW RECORD ATTENDANCE SEATING LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY! Quantitative Neuroanatomy "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, but a Number is Worth a Thousand Pictures" Saturday, November 7 8:00 a.m-5:30 p.m. This important course deals with state-of-the-art approaches to converting microscopic images into quantitative data at virtually all levels of resolution with broad applications of interest across the field of neuroscience. FOR MORE INFORMATION, refer to page 18 in the Preliminary Program, or contact Libby Edwards (phone: 202-462-6688; e-mail: Libby@sfn.org). PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS VOLUMES MAILINGS Watch your mail in September for the Abstracts Volumes (mailed to all Society members, regardless of whether or not you are registered for the Annual Meeting). The Program will be mailed in mid-September by first class mail to advance registrants residing in North America only. Advance registrants residing outside North America may pick-up a copy of the Program on-site or may elect to pay to have it mailed before the meeting when preregistering. Also in September the Society's Itinerary Planner will be available on the Web and in CD format to assist you in planning your activities during the meeting. With so many presentations, the itinerary planner is a big help in scheduling your events for the week. We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles.