AGENDA

Wednesday, February 7 


AM

Arrivals


9:00 - 3:00 PM Optional Tour: Scape Park Meet in Hotel Lobby
3:00 - 6:00 PM Registration Desk Open  
     

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Welcome Reception

Serenity Pool


Thursday, February 8

8:00 - 8:15

Welcome & Introductions
Jack Lipton, President

Convention Center
8:15 - 9:15

S1: Recruitment and Retention Best Practices

Chair: Alfredo Fontanini





9:15 - 10:15

S2: Revitalize, Repurpose or Retire? Challenges of Waning Faculty Productivity

Chair: Jack Lipton

     
9:00 - 11:00  Social Guest Program TBD 
     

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break


10:30 - 11:30

S3: Scientist vs Chair: Can You Do Both Well?

Chair: Xinyun Lu


11:30 - 12:30

S4: Lifespan and Arc of a Neuro Chair

Chair: Alfredo Fontanini

  • Michael Fox
  • Lucia Notterpek
  • Bill Guido
 
     

1:15 - 6:30

Group Excursion: Catamaran Cruise & Reef Snorkeling

Included for all registered attendees & social guests 


Meet in Hotel Lobby

Friday, February 9

8:15 - 9:15

S5: Fundraising: Strategies to Grow Unit Gifts and Endowments

Chair: John Foxe


     

9:15 - 10:15

S6: Shared Governance Strategies to Help You Excel as Chair

Chair: Jack Lipton
Convention Center
     

10:15 -10:30

Coffee Break


10:30 - 11:30

S7: Update on the NIH BRAIN Initiative

Dr. John Ngai, Director, NIH BRAIN Initiative


11:15 - 12:30

S8: Problems of Prestige Publishing

Sabine Kastner, Editor-in-Chief Journal of Neuroscience

John Foxe, Editor-in-Chief European Journal of Neuroscience



12:30
Lunch on your own
 
     
2:00 - 5:30 Optional Tour: CanAm Adventure  Meet in Hotel Lobby


Saturday, February 10


8:15 - 9:15

S9: Bioethics and Social Justice in Neuro Research

Chair: TBD


Convention Center

9:15 - 10:15

S10: Large Datasets

Chair: TBD



10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break


   

10:30 - 11:30

S11: AAMC Report

Chair: TBD



11:30 - 12:30

S12: AMSNDC Business Meeting



12:30

Lunch  & Free afternoon





6:30– 9:30 PM

Farewell Dinner (all attendees & guests)

Secrets Resort Beach


Sunday, February 11


AM

Departures


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