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Venue.  The hotel offers a free shuttle between the hotel and the Cincinnati-Kentucky International Airport (CVG).  It also has free internet services, a swimming pool and work room and a revolving restaurant on the top floor where the banquet will be held on Friday evening.  Rooms are reserved under the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Graduate Program rate of $99/night single or double.

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Program.  There are several activities planned.  Most out-of-towners will likely arrive on Thursday, April 22^nd, and there will be informal gatherings of old friends in the lounge area at the hotel that evening.  On Friday, there is a slate of outstanding speakers who have worked with Steve Woods over his career, and the tentative program is listed here.  Friday evening there will be a banquet in the revolving restaurant atop the hotel.  On Saturday morning, any and all attendees are invited to take the mic and reminisce about experiences of working with Steve, showing a data slide or two, or whatever.  Also, feel free to upload videos or pictures after you create your profile.  Also, remember to post any stories in Woods Chat

The official program will end around noon on Saturday, and Steve and Nancy Woods will then have an open house in their home for anyone wishing to visit.  All are welcome.  Directions to their home can be found here, and several graduate students and fellows have volunteered to drive interested participants to and from the house and the hotel.

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Posters.  Because the Festschrift coincides with this year’s University of Cincinnati Neurofest, some graduate students in the Neuroscience Program as well as some post-doctoral fellows working in the neuroscience area will be able to set up posters around the meeting room and “man” them during lunch on Friday as well as after the Friday afternoon session and before the banquet.

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Publication.  The journal Physiology and Behavior, which Steve edited for many years, has offered to dedicate all or part of an issue to include short articles by attendees (or colleagues of Steve who are not able to make it) if they would like.  Randall Sakai, the current Editor, will be at the festivities and give more details, and a letter from him explaining the special issue is appended below.  Note that submitting an article is purely optional.

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Costs:  The $100 registration fee includes the cost of the banquet, lunch on Friday, continental breakfasts on Friday and Saturday and refreshments during breaks.  It is important to register before arriving so the hotel has a reasonable headcount for the banquet.  Graduate student registration is free but does not include dinner on Friday night.  Dinner on Friday night will NOT be offered as an a la carte option.  In order to attend dinner, attendees must pay the full registration price.