CALL FOR PAPERS

Ninth Annual International Conference of

The Society For Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences

Berkeley, CA, July 22-27, 1999

An invitation is extended to all interested scholars to submit papers and programs reporting work involving chaos theory, fractals, nonlinear dynamics and related principles. Research, theory, and application in any of the psychological and life sciences sub-disciplines. Areas represented at recent conferences have included neuroscience, biology, medical research, economics, sociology, anthropology, physics, political science, organizations/management, education, art, philosophy, and literature. Programs will include single papers, symposia, roundtable or salon programs. Subject matter may be theoretical, empirical, or methodology oriented.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS----SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

Special Guest Speakers

Fred Abraham

Ralph Abraham

Brief Schedule

July 22, Thursday, Early arrival day.

July 23, Friday, Registration, Intermediate Dynamics Workshop, Opening Ceremonies

July 24, Saturday, Conference Day 1,

Banquet and Speakers

July 25, Sunday, Conference Day 2,

July 26, Monday, Business Meeting,

Clinical Workshop,

Organizational Workshop

July 27, Tuesday, Departure day

Important Dates to Remember:

April 30 SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PAPERS

(Accepted papers' authors will be contacted on or before May 15)

Jun 30 Registration for all speakers is required. All lodging requests must be received (It's hard to guarantee rooms after this date).

July 15 Deadline for cancellations. At-door registration rates take effect

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Submissions should include the title of the presentation, the names and affiliations of all authors, and a short abstract (100-200 words).

All abstracts MUST be submitted in publishable, electronic form, either as ASCII email enclosures or as WORD or WORDPERFECT attachments. Submissions of abstracts in this form greatly facilitates the publication and distribution of abstracts to our print and internet readers. Thank you for your cooperation.

Please facilitate review of your abstract by:

1. DO NOT include diagrams, graphics, or special fonts, as these cannot be printed in the program. If figures or math text are needed for proper evaluation of proposal, send abstract by FAX instead; see below.

2. If you are using WORD or WORDPERFECT, TRY TO AVOID submissions with hard carriage returns at the end of lines. Use returns only at paragraph breaks.

3. DO INCLUDE your address, phone/fax number, and email address for notification regarding the status of your submission.

4. PLEASE INCLUDE notation of any special audio or visual needs. Standard overhead projectors will be available. Unusual equipment is difficult and expensive to obtain, so review your needs carefully.

5. Use the sample, below, as a guide.All abstracts MUST be submitted in publishable, electronic form, either as ASCII email enclosures or as WORD or WORDPERFECT attachments.

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SAMPLE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION (Note:Your abstract will appear in the form you submit it. Abstracts over 200 words will be edited.)

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Applications of "chaos theory" in the study of really interesting stuff.

A. Tractor, Department of Interesting Stuff University of Everything, City, Country, Postal Code.

and L. Sighcle, Department of Related Stuff, Research Place, City, Country, Postal Code.

We report results of a two-year study of the fluctuations in several interesting variables. Of particular interest are the relation between several of the variables and several of the others. Our analysis suggests that the relation of variables may be understood as reflecting the operation of a nonlinear, complex system. Several suggestions about the dynamics of this system as well as implications for further study will be discussed. (Research supported, in part, by the National Institute of Interesting Stuff).

CONTACT INFORMATION: Lymet Sighcle, Ph.D., Department of Related Stuff, Research Place City/State, Country, Postal Code. Voice phone: 999-999-9999, Ext. 99; email: lsighcle@researchplace.com

 

AUDIO VISUAL NEEDS: VHS Videotape

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE

The deadline for submission of abstracts is: April 30,1999. SUBMIT ABSTRACTS, ELECTRONICALLY, TO:

Robert J. Porter, Ph.D. at:

rjporter@mindspring.com

Abstracts may also be mailed in 3.25 diskettes, PC format, to, Robert J. Porter, Ph.D.,

118 W. Plymouth St., Tampa, FL, 33603. FAX special graphic material to RJP at 813-225-5678

Responses regarding abstracts acceptance will be made thru May 15, 1999

Paper Titles and Presenters - will be available June 1.

Full Schedule of time slots -- June 15.

LOCATION & ACCOMMODATIONS

This year's conference will be held at University of California, Berkeley. Lodging at the conference site and at nearby dorms will be available at a reduced rate. Information regarding lodging and registration will be available at a later date.

Registration Fees: The [early] registration fee for this conference will be US$150 for regular members, US$110 for students, and $205 for non-members until July 12, 1999. After June 12, the door-registration rates of $135/125/225 apply. Lunches for the two main days of the conference, the Banquet dinner on Saturday, July 24, as well as refreshments are included with your registration. Special: This year you can bring a non-member spouse to the conference at a special discount rate. To avoid confusion, the non-member spouse must register at the same time as the member. Information regarding lodging and registration will be available at a later date.

With Membership: The principal papers of this conference will be published in Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology & Life Sciences conditional on arrangements with authors. A subscription to NDPLS is one of the benefits of membership in SCTPLS. To become a member, use the Conference Registration Form (next Newsletter, June, 1999) or the membership form that is currently located on this SCTPLS Web site. ASCII copies may also be obtained from Mary Ann Metzger, secretary <metzger@umbc.edu>.

An Invitation to All SCTPLS '99 Speakers

On behalf of the Society I am inviting all SCTPLS '99 speakers to submit their conference papers for review pursuant to publication its research journal, Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences. NDPLS is a forum for the publication of peer-reviewed original papers that augment the fundamental ways in which we understand, describe, and predict nonlinear dynamical phenomena in psychology, the life, and social sciences. "Nonlinear Dynamics" for purposes of the journal purview refers to a group of mathematical concepts that includes (but it not limited to) attractors, bifurcations, chaos, catastrophes, fractals, solitons, cellular automata, evolutionary computations, and processes of self-regulation.

Regarding format, the final versions of your papers will need to be in standard manuscript form. We use American Psychological Association (APA) style, if you are familiar with that. Format details and other information about NDPLS can be found on the Society website.

In all cases, we can only publish manuscripts that have not been published already, and are not under consideration by any other journal. This is, of course, a familiar boundary condition.

I look forward to seeing you all in Berkeley.

Sincerely,

Stephen J. Guastello, Ph.D.

Editor in Chief

NONLINER DYNAMICS, PSYCHOLOGY, AND LIFE SCIENCES

Dept. Psychology, Marquette University

P. O. Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 USA.