This conference has passed. Learn more about our April 28 - 30 Learning & the Brain Conference in Boston
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Pre
and Post-Conference Workshops:
Pre-Conference Workshops,
Feb. 14:
1:00 p.m. -- 6:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Post-Conference Workshops, Feb. 17:
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Conference
Schedule:
Conference Day 1,
Feb. 15: 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Conference Day 2,
Feb. 16: 9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Conference Day 3,
Feb. 17: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Schedule (pdf)
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Conference Brochure (pdf) |
Special
Events
FEB.
15: “MEETING OF THE MINDS” RECEPTION AND BOOK
SIGNING
Free & Open to All Attendees
The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives will sponsor a
reception from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15 at the
Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel. Take this unique
opportunity to meet some of the nation’s brightest
minds at this reception, which will include book signings
by neuroscientists Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D., and Kay Redfield
Jamison, Ph.D. Cash bar available. Please indicate on the
registration form whether you plan to attend this reception.
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| Preliminary
Schedule (Learning & the Brain) |
Wednesday,
Feb. 14 -- Pre-Conference Workshops |
| Marriott San Francisco Airport Hotel |
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Brain Matters:
Translating Research into Classroom Practice
Patricia Wolfe, Ed.D. |
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Introduction to Brain & Neurosciences
(For Beginners)
Mary Helen Immordino- Yang, Ed.D. |
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Brain Quest: Helping Students Understand Their Brains/Learning
Susan E. Lees, Psy.D., PPS |
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Neuropsychology of Written Language
Disorders
Steven G. Feifer, Ed.D. |
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Thursday,
Feb. 15 -- Conference Day 1 |
Opening Keynotes (Enhancing
Education)
Welcome Remarks: William C. Mobley, M.D., Stanford |
Part I
8:30 AM
to
9:30 AM |
Educating the Brain: Implications
of Neuroscience for Learning/LD
John D.E. Gabrieli, Ph.D. |
Part II
9:30 AM
to
10:30 AM |
Mind, Brain & Education:
Connecting Neuroscience to Practice
Kurt W. Fischer, Ph.D. |
10:30 AM
to
10:45 AM |
Opening Coffee Break |
Part III
10:45 AM
to
11:45 AM |
The Brain-Considerate Classroom of the Future
Kenneth A. Wesson, Ph.D.
Keynote Location: Grand Ballroom |
11:45 AM
to
12:15 PM |
Panel Discussion:
How Will Neuroscience Change
Education & Teaching? |
12:15 PM
to
1:30 PM |
Lunch Break On Your Own |
| Afternoon Concurrent Sessions A (2.5
hours) |
1:30 PM
to
4:00 PM |
| Enhancing Brains & Teaching |
Emotions/Brain & Learning |
Reading Disorders |
ADHD & Children |
Autism & Learning |
Mood Disorders |
Dev. Pathways, Brains & Teaching:
A Paradigm Shift
Fay E. Brown, Ph.D.
Connecting Brain Research with Effective
Teaching
Mariale M. Hardiman, Ed.D. |
Engaging the Brain
Mary Fowler, B.A.
The Brain-Heart Connection
to Academic Performance
Rollin McCarty, Ph.D. |
Neuro- Psychology of Reading
Disorders
Stephen G. Feifer, Ed.D., NCSP |
Advances in ADHD
Stephen P. Hinshaw,
Ph.D.
The Last Normal Child
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
Panel
Discussion |
Neuroimaging of Autism: New Discoveries
Allan L. Reiss, M.D.
Helping Children With Autism Learn
Bryna
Siegel, Ph.D.
Q&A |
Neuroscience of Bipolar: Intervention
Kiki D. Chang, M.D.
Creativity,Mood & Temperament
Terence
A. Ketter, M.D. |
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Afternoon Keynote
(Mind, Mood & Learning)
Special Remarks - Deborah Stipek, Ph.D., Stanford |
Part I
4:15 PM
to
5:30 PM |
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers: Stress, Health & Student
Performance
Robert M. Sapolsky Ph.D. |
Part II
5:30 PM
to
6:30 PM |
An Unquiet Mind: Moods & Madness
Kay Redfield
Jamison, Ph.D.
Location: Grand Ballroom |
6:30 PM
to
7:30 PM |
The Dana Alliance “Meeting
of Minds” Reception & Book Signing |
Friday,
Feb. 16 -- Conference Day 2 |
Opening Keynotes (Enhancing the Brain)
Welcome Remarks - Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D., UC Santa Barbara |
Part I
9:00 AM
to
10:15 AM |
The Ethical Brain: Moral
Dilemmas for Education & Society
Michael S. Gazzaniga, Ph.D.
Location: Grand Ballroom |
10:15 AM
to
10:45 AM |
Morning Networking Coffee
Break |
Part II
10:45 AM
to
11:45 AM |
Shaping the Brains of Tomorrow
Ross A. Thompson,
Ph.D.
Location: Grand Ballroom |
11:45 AM
to
12:15 PM |
Panel Discussion:
Enhancing
Children’s Brains & Learning
Through Drugs, Enhancement Technology & Neuroscience Interventions
Panelists: Drs. Thompson, Gazzaniga, Gabrieli, Fischer, Immordnino-Yang,
Kosik, Sylwester |
12:15 PM
to
1:30 PM |
Lunch Break On Your Own |
| Afternoon Concurrent Sessions B (2.5
hours) |
Part I
1:30 PM
to
2:30 PM |
Enhancing Education |
Emotion/Social Learning |
Reading & the Brain |
Emotions & LD |
Gender & Memory |
The Arts & Cognition |
Application (Groups) |
Designing
Schools to Support Learning in the 21st Century
Linda Darling- Hammond, Ed.D. |
The Educational
Implications of Our Brain's Mirror Neuron System
Robert Sylwester, Ed.D. |
Reading
Circuitry in the Child’s Developing Brain
Brian A. Wandell, Ph.D. |
Developing
Resilient Students: Changing the Lives of Challenged Children
Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.
Q&A |
Enhancing
Memory: Growth Hormones, Molecules, & Memories
Kenneth S. Kosik, M.D. |
Artistic
Expression, Hot Cognition & Motivation
James S. Catterall,Ph.D. |
Putting
the Pieces Together: How to Apply Brain Research to Classroom
or Clinical Practice
Jeb Schenck, Ph.D.
Group Work: Teams will work together
create ways to apply what was learned at the conference. |
Part II
2:45 PM
to
3:45 PM
Panel Discussion
3:45 PM
to
4:15 PM |
Cognitive Science & Education:
Innovations and Efficiency in Learning
Daniel L. Schwartz,
Ph.D.
Panel Discussion How Do We Make Better Schools? |
Emotion, Cognitive Science & Learning/Ed.
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D.
Q&A |
Reading Literacy: Early Intervention & Classroom
Instruction
Connie Juel, Ph.D.
Panel Discussion Bridging
Brain Science & Reading |
Gender Differences, Hemispheres & Hormones
Larry F. Cahill, Ph.D.
Panel Discussion
How Can We Improve
Boys & Girls’ Memory? |
Can Music Instruction Affect
Children's Cognitive Dev.
Frances Rauscher, Ph.D.
Discussion |
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| 4:15 PM -- Free Time to Visit Bookstore
or Take Trip to Downtown S.F. |
Saturday, Feb. 17 -- Conference Day
3 |
| Closing Keynotes
(Neuroscience, Emotions & Learning) |
Part I
9:00 AM
to
10:00 AM |
The Moods & Minds of Boys & Girls: Using
Neuroscience to Help Them Succeed in School & Life
Michael
Gurian, M.A.
Location: Grand Ballroom |
10:00 AM
to
10:30 AM |
Morning Networking Coffee
Break |
Part II
10:30 AM
to
11:30 AM |
The Developing Mind: How
Emotions & Relationships
Shape Child Development
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.
Location: Grand Ballroom |
12:15 PM
to
1:30 PM |
Lunch Break On Your Own |
Saturday, Feb. 17
Post-Conference
Workshops |
1:30 PM
to
5:00 PM |
The Teen Brain: Influences on Memory
Jeb Schenck, Ph.D. |
Becoming A Brain: Linking Neuroscience Research to Assessment
Strategies
Angela Searcy, M.S. |
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