UC Berkeley Conference on the Developing Brain

Berkeley City Club, July 12-14, 2009

 Schedule subject to change

Sunday, July 12

 8:00-9:00         Registration & refreshments

I. Visual Processing (Chair: Brian Meyer)

9:00-9:45         Anthony Norcia

9:45-10:30       Kalanit Grill-Spector

II. Pecha Kucha session

        10:30-11:00     3 short talks by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

(Faraz Farzin, Kepa Paz-Alonso, one other)

 11:00-11:15     Coffee Break

III. Learning and Memory (Chair: Kepa Paz-Alonso)

11:15-12:00     Patricia Bauer

12:00-1:30       Lunch

 1:30-2:15         Simona Ghetti

2:15-3:00         Lisa Oakes

 3:00-3:15         Coffee Break

IV. Methods Workshop (Chair: Carter Wendelken)

3:15-4:00         Fumiko Hoeft

4:00-4:45         Bob Dougherty

4:45-5:30         Steve Petersen

Reception for all registered participants

Monday, July 13

8:00-9:00         Registration & refreshments

V. Numerical Processing     (Chair: Geoff Saxe)

9:00-9:45         Vinod Menon

9:45-10:30       Susan Rivera

VI. Pecha Kucha session

        10:30-11:00     3 short talks by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

(Amy Finn, 2 others)

11:00-11:15     Coffee Break

VII. Reading   (Chair: Amy Finn)

11:15-12:00     Brad Schlaggar

 12:00-1:30       Lunch

 1:30-2:15         Bruce McCandliss

2:15-3:00         Brian Wandell

3:00-3:15         Coffee Break

IX. Broader Implications (Ethics, Law, Public Health, Medicine, Education)

        3:15-5:00         Panel discussion with Hank Greely, Susan Stone, Steve                     Hinshaw (Chair: Hank Greely)

VIII. Poster session

5:00-6:00         Sign-up for poster presentation during online registration

Tuesday, July 14

8:00-9:00         Registration & refreshments

X. Dopamine, Prefrontal Cortex, and Cognitive Control  
        (Chair: Elizabeth O’Hare)

9:00-9:45         Jeremy Seamans

9:45-10:30       Beatriz Luna

10:30-10:45     Coffee Break

10:45-11:30     Silvia Bunge

11:30-12:15     Adele Diamond

12:15-1:30       Lunch

XI. Pecha Kucha session

         1:30-2:15         4 short talks by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows

(Elizabeth O’Hare, Jessica Church, Kateri McRae, Elliott Beaton)

XII. Emotional and Social Behavior (Chair: Sasha Gibbs)

2:15-2:45         Nathan Fox

        2:45-3:00         Coffee Break

3:00-3:45         Ian Gotlib

3:45-4:30         Steve Hinshaw

XIII. Wrap-Up

4:30-5:30         Round-Table Discussion 
                                (facilitated by Joe Campos and Silvia Bunge)