The aim of the Brain Connectivity Workshop is to bring together renowned international experts in computational neuroscience, neuroscience methodology and cognitive neuroscience to promote interdisciplinary discussion regarding the nature of “brain connectivity”, its theoretical basis, and its empirical measurement. The Brain Connectivity Workshop
is a yearly recurrent event organized by a different institution every year (with
past editions in Sydney, Barcelona, Sendai, Boca Raton, Havana, Cambridge and Düsseldorf,
see http://www.hirnforschung.net/bcw/).
This year the Workshop is complemented with an attached 1-day Brain Connectivity Course, in which brain connectivity experts will introduce the basic concepts underlying the current state-of-the-art in methodology and experiment to junior investigators. The Course will precede the 2-day workshop and take place on May 1st.
The scientific program aims to balance recurrent binding themes in brain connectivity
with stimulating new input to spark conversation in novel directions.
The one-day course (May 1st) will reflect the session and topic structure of the
workshop, but with a more didactic lecture-type format. Per session, two experts will
lecture, explaining relevant basic concepts and seminal work relevant to the session,
in 30 minute talks, followed by 15 minutes of questions. The course will be preceded
by an integrative overview and followed by a question panel session.
The two-day workshop (May 2-3) will be divided into four chaired sessions of three
oral presentations. In the traditional BCW format each speaker presents for 15
minutes with a minimal amount of slides, followed by at least 30 minutes of
questions and discussion. This challenging format has contributed to the great
success of earlier editions in promoting integrative discussion and interaction among
experts from various fields. To further motivate integrative academic interaction,
each session is closed with a 30 minute panel discussion.
To further promote a small workshop atmosphere the aim is to keep the number of
workshop participants to a maximum of 100. The 1-day course with a more didactic
lecture-type format allows a slightly larger audience, with a maximum of 150
participants.
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