International Multisensory Research Forum
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Scientific Program (Click here for a pdf version of the program, which is now at the printer. No further corrections can be made, sorry. last updated on 7 May 2002 (please email Micah Murray with any corrections)
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Friday, May 24th |
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6:00 - 7:00pm |
IMRF Business Meeting (Please note time change) |
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7:00pm onwards |
Informal reception, registration, & materials pick-up |
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Saturday, May 25th |
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8:00 onwards |
Pick-up of conference materials |
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8:15am |
Welcoming remarks |
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8:30 - 10:30am |
Symposium 1: Defining multisensory regions & pathways Chaired by Charles Schroeder, The Nathan Kline Institute
speakers Alex
Meredith, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Troy
Hackett, Vanderbilt University, USA Frank
Bremmer, Philipps University Marburg, Germany Kathleen
Rockland, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan Stephanie
Clarke, Division
de Neuropsychologie, CHUV, Switzerland Sara
Gonzalez, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland
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10:30 - 11:00am |
Coffee/tea break |
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11:00 - 1:00pm |
Symposium 2: Temporal & spatial aspects of multisensory interactions Chaired by Charles Spence, University of Oxford
speakers John
Foxe, The Nathan Kline Institute, USA Adele
Diederich, International University Bremen, Germany Bernd
Lutkenhoner, University of Munster, Germany Ariane
Fiesser, Max Planck Inst. for Brain Research Frankfurt, Germany Norimichi
Kitagawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
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1:00 - 2:30pm |
Lunch (included with registration fees) |
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2:30 - 4:30pm |
Symposium 3: Multisensory facilitation, illusions, & conflicts Chaired by Alain Berthoz, LPPA - Collège de France, Paris, France
speakers Lawrence Marks, Yale University, USA Ladan
Shams, California Institute of Technology, USA Krish
Sathian, Emory University Medical Center, USA Thomas
Brandt, University of Munich, Germany Salvador Soto-Faraco, University of Barcelona, Spain Paul
Bertelson, Universite libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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4:30 - 6:30pm |
Poster session & coffee/tea break |
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6:30 - 7:30pm |
Keynote address of Professor Jon Driver, Univeristy College London "Crossmodal space & crossmodal attention" |
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8:30pm onwards |
Banquet dinner (included with registration fees) |
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Sunday, May 26th |
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9:00 - 11:00am |
Symposium 4: Development, plasticity, & maintenance of multisensory systems Chaired by Mark Wallace, Wake Forest University
speakers Atsushi
Iriki, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan Edouard
Gentaz, Universite Rene-Descartes, France David
Lewkowicz, New York State
Institute for Basic Research, USA Francesco
Pavani, University College London, England John
Jeka, University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Thomas Anastasio, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, USA
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11:00 - 11:30am |
Coffee/tea break |
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11:30 - 12:30pm |
Graduate Students Symposium Chaired by Micah Murray, University Hospital Geneva
speakers Marie
Avillac, Institut des Sciences Cognitive, CNRS Bron, France Donna
Lloyd, Oxford University, England Sophie
Molholm, The Nathan Kline Institute, USA Sharon
Morein-Zamir, University of British Columbia, Canada Gilles
Pourtois, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
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12:30 - 2:00pm |
Lunch (included with registration fees) |
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2:00-4:00pm |
Symposium 5: Neurological & clinical manifestations of multisensory interactions Chaired by Theodor Landis, University Hospital Geneva
speakers Alessandro
Farne, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Italy Peter
Brugger, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Olaf
Blanke, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland Yves
Rossetti, INSERM Bron, France Angelo
Maravita, University College London, England
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4:00-6:00pm |
Poster session & coffee/tea break |
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6:00 - 7:00pm |
Keynote address of Jean-Rene Duhamel, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, CNRS "The construction of multisensory space in the primate parietal cortex" |
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7:00 - 8:00pm |
Conference summary & roundtable between symposia chairs Moderated by Christoph Michel, University Hospital Geneva |
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8:00 - 8:15pm | Concluding remarks | |
8:30pm onwards |
Banquet dinner (included with registration fees) |