Conference Organizers
Tanya Brown | Rotman Research Institute, Toronto
Randy McIntosh | University of Toronto
Sean Hill | University of Toronto
Olaf Sporns | Indiana University
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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
TUESDAY MAY 25
Education Sessions
CHAIR: Claus Hilgetag
Viktor Jirsa | Networks, Dynamics, Distributions and Inference: what are they and how do they relate?
Aix Marseille University
Andreea Diaconescu | Modelling Abnormal Beliefs using Bayesian Inference
University of Toronto
Petra Ritter | Multi-scale Principles of Brain Function
Charité University
Bratislav Misic | The graph model of brain structure and function
McGill University
Michael Mack | Characterizing neural mechanisms with cognitive modelling
University of Toronto
WEDNESDAY MAY 26
Workshop Speakers
CHAIR: Olaf Sporns
Rolf Kotter Lecture
Giulio Tononi | Consciousness as a cause-effect structure
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Enzo Tagliazucchi | Modeling the level and stability of consciousness
University of Buenos Aires
Dani Bassett | Network Control Theory
University of Pennsylvania
Mike Halassa | Thalamocortical interactions in cognitive control and flexibility
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biyu Jade He | Large-scale Brain Dynamics Underlying Perceptual Awareness
New York University
THURSDAY MAY 27
Workshop Speakers
CHAIR: Susan Fitzpatrick
Lisa Feldman Barrett | Allostasis and Interoception in Brain Function
Northeastern University
Brandon Turner | Linking Functions for Mind, Brain and Behaviour
Ohio State University
Emily Finn | Toward a ‘Stress Test’ for the Brain
Dartmouth College
Sean Hill | Linking Brain Connectivity, Excitability, Cognition and Sleep
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
Mac Shine | The Thalamus Integrates the Macrosystems of the Brain to Facilitate Complex, Adaptive Brain Network Dynamics
University of Sydney
FRIDAY MAY 28
Workshop Speakers
CHAIR: Michael Breakspear
Gustavo Deco | Turbulence-like Dynamics in the Human Brain
Pompeu Fabra University
Rosalyn Moran | Merging Models of Behaviour and Brain Connectivity for a Computational Psychiatry
Kings College London
Athena Demertzi | Conscious & Unconscious States
University of Liege
Claus Hilgetag | A Connectomic Hypothesis for the Hominization of the Brain
University Medical Center Eppendorf
Randy McIntosh | Hidden Repertoires in Cognition
University of Toronto
Karl Friston | Is There a Unifying Theory to Unify Unifying Theories?
University College London
THE SCHEDULE WILL AIM TO SATISFY OUR GLOBAL AUDIENCE, WITH TALKS TAKING PLACE ON A SLIDING WINDOW OF TIMEZONES.
