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2024 Interdisciplinary Neurosciences
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Student Union Ballroom
41 Campus Center Way, Amherst, MA 01002
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Public Parking is available at 1 Campus Center Way
The conference is free and open to faculty, post-docs, graduate students, undergraduates, and research staff
of UMass and nearby colleges and universities.
The evening poster session is open to all aspects of the neurosciences.
Abstract submission is closed.
Onsite registration will be available.
Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speakers
1942-2024
Dr. Dennett was originally scheduled as a keynote speaker for the conference.
Local Speakers
Local Speakers
Schedule
Schedule
12:00 Registration and mingling (snacks available)
12:30 Welcome messages
12:45 -1:45 Keynote - Elizabeth Phelps
1:45 - 2:15 Bruno Castro da Silva
2:15 - 2:45 Meghan Huber
2:45 - 3:30 Break
3:30- 4:00 Joseph Bergan
4:00 - 4:30 Karine Fenelon
4:30 - 5:30 Keynote - Florian Engert
5:30 - 8:00 Posters and reception.
Neuroscience & the Arts
Neuroscience & the Arts
Free Workshop Performance of part 1 of "The Onion" a new opera
followed audience discussion about consciousness with Elizabeth Phelps and Florian Engert
Free Workshop Performance of part 1 of "The Onion" a new opera
followed audience discussion about consciousness with Elizabeth Phelps and Florian Engert
Weds, May 29th 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium (Stockbridge Hall)
100 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003
On the UMass Amherst Campus
The UMass Amherst Initiative on Neurosciences is staging the first half of a new Opera titled, "The Onion", which deals with issues of thought and consciousness. It will be followed by a conversation with Harvard neuroscientists, Elizabeth Phelps and Florian Engert. They will be joined by composer/librettist Eric Sawyer, director/librettist Ron Bashford, and members of the cast. The conversation will be moderated by the director of the UMass Initiative on Neurosciences, Paul Katz.
For more information, visit:
https://sites.google.com/umass.edu/opera/
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