Full Programme
12 October: European Brain Summit
13:30
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16:00
(GMT+2)
Plenary
Welcome and scientific introduction
30 Min.
Joke Jaarsma
EFNA's President
Frederic Destrebecq
France Nivelle
EBRAINS AISBL
Prof. Monica di Luca
European Brain Council President
Katrin Amunts
Forschungszentrum Jülich
André Syrota
Human Brain Project/EBRAINS AISBL
Opening session
How Should Europe Face the Challenge of Understanding the Brain and Delivering Better Brain Health?
15 Min.
Maria Cristina Messa
Minister for Universities and Research in Italy
Opening session
How Should Europe Face the Challenge of Understanding the Brain and Delivering Better Brain Health?
45 Min.
France Nivelle
EBRAINS AISBL
Frederic Destrebecq
Claire Giry
Ministry of Research and Innovation, France Director General
François Jacq
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives Administrator General, France
Paweł Świeboda
Director General of The Human Brain Project, CEO of EBRAINS AISBL
Cristian-Silviu Busoic
Chair of ITRE, European Parliament or relevant member
Plenary
Livestream session from the European Parliament STOA Panel
International Brain Initiative: Shaping the future of globally coordinated neuroscience
Moderated by Monica di Luca: European Brain Council President
- Patricia Toia: Member of the European Parliament and Member of the STOA Panel
- Edvard Moser: Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Nobel Prize – STOA-IBI invited lecture
- Jan Bjaalie: International Brain Initiative, Human Brain Project and Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo
Jan Bjaalie
University of Oslo
Patrizia Toia
MEP (S&D, IT)
Prof. Edvard Moser
Nobel Prize Winner
Prof. Monica di Luca
European Brain Council President
16:00 – 16:30 | Break
16:30
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21:00
(GMT+2)
Plenary
Partnerships and Collaborations
30 Min.
Prof. Philippe Amouyel
EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) Chair, Executive Board
Prof. Marlies Dorlöchter
ERA-NET NEURON Coordinator
Paweł Świeboda
Director General of The Human Brain Project, CEO of EBRAINS AISBL
Prof. Monica di Luca
European Brain Council President
Plenary
Digital Innovation and Technology
40 Min.
Annabel Descamps
icompanion
Prof. Pieter Roelfsema
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience Director
Pierre Magistretti
Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Department of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Division of Biological, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Petra Ritter
Plenary
Patient-centric innovation
15 Min.
Hilary Sutcliffe
SocietyInside Director
Plenary
Brain health data in European Health Data Space
30 Min.
Viktor Jirsa
Aix-Marseille University
Steven Vermeulen
EBRAINS AISBL | Chief Infrastructure Officer, Human Brain Project | Innovation Director
Concluding Remarks
Towards Mission Brain?
25 Min.
Pierre Delsaux
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission Deputy Director General
Irene Norstedt
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
18:50 – 22:00 | Networking Reception and Exhibition Village
13 October: HBP Internal Day - Attendance by HBP Members Only
14 October: Scientific Conference
09:00
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10:30
(GMT+2)
Plenary
Welcome to the Scientific Conference
Welcome to the Scientific Conference by Katrin Amunts
Opening Remarks by the Chair of the HBP Stakeholder Board André Syrota
Welcome and introduction to Karl Friston by Andre Syrota
Keynote talk by Karl Friston: Belief Updating, synaptopathies and the Bayesian Brain
45 Min.
Katrin Amunts
Forschungszentrum Jülich
André Syrota
Human Brain Project/EBRAINS AISBL
Karl Friston
University College London
Plenary
Brain complexity - Mapping to discover
Introduction by Javier DeFelipe
Keynote talk by Katrin Amunts
30 Min.
Javier DeFelipe
Cajal Institute (CSIC)
Katrin Amunts
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Plenary
EU Health research – Horizon Europe
The new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon Europe, is designed to strengthen the EU scientific and technological base, boost the Union competitiveness and support impact-oriented research and innovation. Horizon Europe will be a key programme to further build on research and innovation outcomes delivered through previous EU R&I investments in the brain area, for the ultimate benefit of citizens and society.
15 Min.
Irene Norstedt
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
10:30 – 10:40 | Break
10:40
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13:05
(GMT+2)
Panel discussion
Human Brain Research: past, present and future
50 Min.
Wim Vanduffel
KU Leuven
Karl Friston
University College London
Roshan Cools
Radboud University
Mavi Sanchez-Vives
Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi Sunyer
Maurizio Corbetta
University of Padua
Katrin Amunts
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gustavo Deco
Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona
Gitte Knudsen
Copenhagen University Hospital
Introduction to parallel session and technical details
5 Min.
Break-out sessions
Data, Atlas & Simulation
3 parallel break-out sessions
- Data and Knowledge: Jan Bjaalie, Maria Zalm, Ida Aaseboe, Jee Hyun Kim, Oliver Schmid, Andrew Davison, Simi Akintoye, Stefano Claudio Gorini
- Atlas: Timo Dickscheid, Roshan Cools, Wim Vanduffel, Lyuba Zehl, Maja Puchades
- Brain Simulation: Susanne Kunkel, Sacha van Albada, Michiel van der Vlag, Charl Linssen, Sebastian Spreizer, Felix Schürmann, Rebecca Wade, Rui Ribeiro, Wouter Klijn, Lionel Kusch, Michael Denker, Oscar David Robles (Programme)
Ida Aasebo
University of Oslo
Simisola Akintoye
De Montfort University
Stefano Claudio Gorini
Swiss Supercomputing Center (CSCS)
Wouter Klijn
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Sebastian Spreizer
University of Trier
Rui Ribeiro
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Rebecca Wade
HITS & Heidelberg University
Oscar David Robles
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Michiel van der Vlag
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Michael Denker
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lionel Kusch
Aix-Marseille University
Felix Schürmann
Blue Brain Project, EPFL
Charl Linssen
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Maja Puchades
University of Oslo
Oliver Schmid
EBRAINS AISBL
Maria Zalm
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Jee Hyun Kim
Deakin University
Andrew Davison
CNRS
Wim Vanduffel
KU Leuven
Roshan Cools
Radboud University
Timo Dickscheid
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Susanne Kunkel
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Sacha van Albada
Forschungszentrum Jülich & University of Cologne
Lyuba Zehl
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jan Bjaalie
University of Oslo
13:05 – 14:05 | Lunch
14:05
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17:30
(GMT+2)
Announcement
Announcement Diversity in Research Paper Award and Webinar
15 Min.
Benjamin Weyers
University of Trier
Sacha van Albada
Forschungszentrum Jülich & University of Cologne
Plenary
EBRAINS in action for science
- Degeneracy in neuroscience - when is Big Data big enough? (Showcase 1): Timo Dickscheid
- Improving epilepsy surgery with the Virtual BigBrain (Showcase 2): Viktor Jirsa
- Brain complexity and consciousness (Showcase 3): Alain Destexhe, Jennifer Goldman
- Object perception and memory (Showcase 4): Cyriel Pennartz
- Dexterous manipulation - how the brain coordinates hand movements (Showcase 5): Tonio Weidler
- To approach Covid: Giulia Rossetti, Jean-Pierre Changeux
Kathinka Evers
University of Uppsala
Timo Dickscheid
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Viktor Jirsa
Aix-Marseille University
Tonio Weidler
Maastricht University
Jennifer Goldman
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institut Pasteur
Giulia Rossetti
Forschungszentrum Jülich & RTWH Aachen
Cyriel Pennartz
University of Amsterdam
Alain Destexhe
CNRS | Paris-Saclay University
Award
Ceremony of the Innovation Prize Award
Ceremony of Innovation Prize awards
15 Min.
Viktor Jirsa
Aix-Marseille University
Marcello Massimini
University of Milan
Gonzalo Leon
UPM & HBP Innovation Team
France Nivelle
EBRAINS AISBL
Networking
Science Market
110 Min.
15 October: Scientific Conference
09:00
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10:00
(GMT+2)
Plenary
Keynote Talk: Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering: Past, Present, and Future
Introduction by Yannis Ioannidis
Keynote talk by Giacomo Indiveri
30 Min.
Yannis Ioannidis
University of Athens & Athena Research Center
Giacomo Indivieri
University of Zurich & ETH Zurich
Panel discussion
The future of brain-inspired technologies
30 Min.
Christopher Summerfield
University of Oxford
Tony Prescott
University of Sheffield
Talma Hendler
Tel Aviv University
Rainer Goebel
University of Maastricht
Mihai Petrovici
University of Bern & University of Heidelberg
10:00 – 10:15 | Break
10:15
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11:30
(GMT+2)
Break-out sessions
HBP work in AI and technology
- Compute and Storage Infrastructure: Lena Oden, Wouter Klijn
- Neuromorphic computing: Johannes Schemmel, Steve Furber (University of Manchester), Andrew Davison (CNRS), Andrew Rowley (University of Manchester), Jakob Kaiser (Heidelberg), Benjamin Cramer (Heidelberg), Viola Priesemann (or representative) (MPG), Friedemann Zenke (FMI) (Programme)
- Neurorobotics: Fabrice Morin, Michele Migliore and Benedikt Feldotto (Programme)
Viola Priesemann
MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Jakob Kaiser
Heidelberg University
Friedemann Zenke
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI)
Benjamin Cramer
Heidelberg University
Andrew Rowley
University of Manchester
Andrew Davison
CNRS
Michele Migliore
National Research Council, Italy
Benedikt Feldotto
Technical University Munich
Steve Furber
The University of Manchester
Wouter Klijn
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Lena Oden
FernUniversität Hagen
Johannes Schemmel
University of Heidelberg
Fabrice Morin
Technical University Munich
11:45 – 12:00 | Break
12:00
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13:10
(GMT+2)
Plenary
Brain Research in the European Landscape
25 Min.
Paul Boon
European Academy of Neurology
Paweł Świeboda
Director General of The Human Brain Project, CEO of EBRAINS AISBL
Jan Bjaalie
University of Oslo
Plenary
The Concept of EBRAINS (Services) and the Future Perspective
45 Min.
Steven Vermeulen
EBRAINS AISBL | Chief Infrastructure Officer, Human Brain Project | Innovation Director
Yannis Ioannidis
University of Athens & Athena Research Center
Jan Bjaalie
University of Oslo
13:10 – 14:10 | Lunch
14:10
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15:55
(GMT+2)
Award
Introduction to poster session and poster award winners
Members of poster jury: Huib Mansvelder, Bertrand Thirion, Petra Ritter, Marja-Leena Linne, Steve Furber
10 Min.
Sabine Ruland
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Marja-Leena Linne
University of Tampere
Online poster session
Online Poster Session
60 Min.
Award
Innovative Neuroscience, AI and Digital Technology Research Presentations
Presentation of the 6 poster award winners
Sabine Ruland
Forschungszentrum Jülich
15:55 – 16:05 | Break
16:05
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16:50
(GMT+2)
Plenary
Neurotechnology: a bridge between basic neuroscience and clinical applications
30 Min.
Pierre Magistretti
Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Department of Psychiatry, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Division of Biological, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Plenary
HBP and EBRAINS towards 2023 and beyond
15 Min.
Paweł Świeboda
Director General of The Human Brain Project, CEO of EBRAINS AISBL
Katrin Amunts
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jan Bjaalie
University of Oslo