REGISTRATION IS OPEN

WHEN
Sunday 2 November 2014 until Tuesday 4 November 2014

WHERE
Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, Denmark

TITLE
‘Brain and Cognition – function and dysfunction’

SPEAKERS

Prize winners
Stanislas Dehaene, College de France, Paris, France
Giacomo Rizzolatti, University of Parma, Italy
Trevor W.Robbins, Cambridge University, UK  

Invited speakers

Katie Overy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
Rainer Spanagel, Heidelberg University, Germany
Axel Cleeremans, the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Beatrice de Gelder, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Karl Friston, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL, UK
George Koob, NIH, USA

CERTIFICATION
The meeting is certified by the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark as an external Ph.D. course worth 1 (one) ECTS point.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Maurice Ptito, University of Copenhagen, Christian Gerlach, University of Southern Denmark, Peter Vuust, Aarhus University and Ida Hageman, Danish Society for Neuroscience and University of Copenhagen.

ORGANIZERS
Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation in collaboration with University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Aarhus University and Danish Society for Neuroscience.

SPONSOR
Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation is the sole sponsor of this meeting.

AUDIENCE AND LANGUAGE
The meeting is open to participants from Denmark and abroad. The meeting is open to junior and senior scientists in the field of basic as well as clinical brain research.
The number of participants is limited to 120.
The language is English.

ABSTRACTS
Participants are invited and encouraged to submit one or more abstracts. Abstracts dealing with topics outside of the main theme of the meeting are also welcome. All submitted abstracts will be presented as either oral presentation or poster presentation.
Submit abstracts in pdf format max 350 words to info@thebrainprize.org att. Janne Axelsen.
Deadline for abstracts: 01 October 2014.

JUNIOR BRAIN PRIZE
A prize of 2.500 Euros will be awarded for the best presentation.

SCIENCE DATING
Approx. 10 parallel sessions. In each session, eight participants will have a series of 10 minute’s ‘one on one conversations’.

REGISTRATION
Online on a first come first serve basis – priority will be given to participants submitting an abstract.
Deadline for registration: 01 October 2014.

ATTENDANCE FEE
DKK 2500, – including all meals and lodging.

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
Once annually Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation awards The Brain Prize – a € 1 mio. personal prize. The prize is awarded as an important part of the aim of the Foundation: – ‘to boost interest in brain research and its results, to stimulate and reward outstanding brain research and to stimulate Danish research through an expanded interplay with other European brain research, and thus to improve the scientific basis for progress in the prevention, diagnostics and treatment of diseases and disorders of the brain and nervous system’.

For further information, please contact Janne Axelsen: info@thebrainprize.org

PROGRAMME

Sunday 2.11.14

• 09.00 – 10.00 Arrival at Hindsgavl Castle

Session 1 – Chaired by Peter Vuust

• 10.00 – 10.05 Opening remarks by the Chairman of the Foundation
• 10.05 – 10.50 Keynote lecture by Giacomo Rizzolatti: ‘The emphatic Brain’
• 10.50 – 11.15 Short invited lecture by Katie Overy: ‘The musical Brain’
• 11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break

Session 2 – Chaired by Ida Hageman

• 11.30 – 12.15 Keynote lecture by Trevor Robbins: ‘From Impulsivity to Compulsivity: Neural models of substance and behavioural addictions’
• 12.15 – 12.40 Short invited Lecture by Rainer Spanagel: ‘A clock gene based theory of addiction’
• 12.40 – 13.30 Lunch

Session 3 – Organized by Janne Axelsen and Kim Krogsgaard

• 13.30 – 15.30 Science dating
• 15.35 – 15.45 Coffee break

Session 4 – Chaired by Maurice Ptito

• 15.45 – 16.30 Keynote lecture by Stanislas Dehaene: ‘Mechanisms of consciousness: Decoding conscious codes and conscious states’
• 16.30 – 16.55 Short invited lecture by Axel Cleeremans: ‘Is consciousness something that the brain learns to do?’
• 16.55 – 17.15 Break
• 17.15 – 18.45 Poster session and refreshments
• 19.00 Dinner

Monday 03.11.14

Session 5 – Chaired by Christian Gerlach

• 09.00 – 09.45 Invited keynote lecture by Karl Friston: ‘Free energy and active inference’
• 09.45 – 10.00 Short oral presentation I
• 10.15 – 10.15 Short oral presentation II
• 10.15 – 10.30 Short oral presentation III
• 10.30 – 11.15 Coffee break

Session 6 – Chaired by Maurice Ptito

• 11.15 – 12.00 Invited keynote lecture by Beatrice de Gelder: ‘Actions with conscious and unconscious intentions’
• 12.00 – 12.15 Short oral presentation IV
• 12.15 – 12.30 Short oral presentation V
• 12.30 – 12.45 Short oral presentation VI
• 12.45 – 14.00 Lunch

Session 7 – Chaired by Ida Hageman

• 14.00 – 14.45 Keynote lecture by George Koob: ‘Neurocircuitry of Addiction: A Stress Surfeit Disorder’
• 14.45 – 15.00 Short oral presentation VI
• 15.00 – 15.15 Short oral presentation VII
• 15.15 – 15.30 Short oral presentation VIII
• 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break

Session 8 – Chaired by Peter Vuust

• 16.00 – 16.45 Special Lecture by Pierre Jacob: ‘What is so special about human social cognition?’
• 17.00 – 18.30 Poster session and refreshments
• 19.30 Galla dinner

Tuesday 04.11.14

• 09.00 – 10.00 Departure Hindsgavl Castle