20 years BCCN Berlin Symposium

With this symposium, the BCCN Berlin wants to celebrate the 20. anniversary of the Center and its achievements with the Center's members, alumni, students, and (invited) guests.

We are delighted that Andreas Herz, former director of the BCCN Berlin will tell us a bit about the Center's history. He, our great invited speakers and all guests will contribute to a lively, inspiring and fun symposium.

Registration is necessary, please see below.

Preliminary Program
14.00 - 14.10	Opening/Welcome, Michael Brecht
14.10 -14.20	History/retrospect, Andreas Herz, LMU München
14.20 - 14.50	Greetings Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal, President Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Prof. Dr. Joachim Spranger, Dean, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Prof. Dr. Fatma Deniz, Vice President, Technische Universität Berlin
1. Session, Chair:  Susanne Schreiber
14.50 - 15.30	“tba”, Klaus-Robert Müller BIFOLD und Technische Universität Berlin
15.30 – 16.10	“The Physics of Sentience”, Karl Friston University College London, London, UK
16.10 – 16.40	Coffee Break
2. Session, Chair:  Henning Sprekeler
16.40 – 17.20	“tba”, Yael Niv Princeton University, Princeton, USA
17.20 – 18.00	“Consciousness and its Physical Substrate – Progress and Problems”, Christof Koch Allen Institute, Seattle, USA
18.00 - 18.40	“Belief Embodiment through Eye Movements Facilitates Memory-Guided Navigation”, Dora Angelaki, New York University, New York, USA
19:00	Dinner Reception

 

Registration

Places are limited and registration is required - first come, first serve. We are fully booked now. For being put on the waiting list, please write to info (at) bccn-berlin.de.

 

Organisers:

Steering Committee of the BCCN Berlin and the Interdisciplinary Center Computational Neuroscience.