Program Schedule

Day 1: Saturday November 9th
  • 08:00-20:00 - Arrival at Palermo or Trapani airport: transfer to Erice via shuttle bus and conference check-in at Centro Majorana
  • 21:00-23:00 - After-dinner reception at the Marsala Room

Day 2: Sunday November 10th
Morning Session
  • 08:30-08:45 - Opening Remarks (Paola Palanza)
  • 08:45-09:00 - Introduction by Conference Organizers (Francesca Cirulli, Igor Branchi)
  • 09:00-10:00 - Isabella Sarto-Jackson, Konrad Lorenz Institute, Vienna, Austria
  • 10:00-11:00 - Alejandro Fábregas Tejeda, KU Leuven, Belgium
  • 11:00-11:30 - Coffee break
  • 11:30-12:30 - Igor Branchi, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
  • 12:30-14:30 - Lunch with experts
Afternoon Session
  • 14:30-15:30 - Iain Couzin, University of Konstanz, Germany
  • 15:30-16:15 - Coffee Break
  • 16:15-16:30 - Highlights of the day by ECRs
  • 16:30-17:30 - General Discussion with Speakers and ECRs
  • 17:30-18:30 - Poster session #1
  • 18:30-19:00 - Free Time
  • 20:00 - Dinner

Day 3: Monday November 11th
Morning Session
  • 09:00-10:00 - Ewelina Knapska, Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland
  • 10:00-11:00 - Gerd Kempermann, DZNE, Dresden, Germany
  • 11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break
  • 11:30-12:30 - Na Cai, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany
  • 12:30-14:30 - Lunch with Experts
Afternoon Session
  • 14:30-15:30 - Francesca Cirulli, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
  • 15:30-16:15 - Coffee Break
  • 16:15-16:30 - Highlights of the day by ECRs
  • 16:30-17:30 - General Discussion with Speakers and ECRs
  • 17:30-18:30 - Oral presentation ECRs
  • 18:30-19:00 - Free Time
  • 20:00 - Dinner

Day 4: Tuesday November 12th
Morning Session
  • 9:00-10:00 - Joan Marsh, Editor in Chief, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • 10:00-11:00 - The ALBA Network, Diversity and inclusion in Brain Sciences
  • 11:00-16:30 - Excursion to Mozia
Afternoon Session
  • 17:30-18:30 - Oral presentation ECRs
  • 18:30-19:00 - Free Time
  • 20:00 - Dinner

Day 4: Wednesday November 13th
Morning Session
  • 9:00-10:00 - Claudi Bockting, UMC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 10:00-11:00 - Brenda Penninx, UMC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 11:00-11:30 - Coffee Break
  • 11:30-12:30 - John Cryan, University College Cork, Ireland
  • 12:30-14:30 - Lunch with Experts
Afternoon Session
  • 14:30-15:30 - Carmen Sandi, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 15:30-16:15 - Coffee Break
  • 16:15-16:30 - Highlights of the day by ECRs
  • 16:30-17:30 - General Discussion with Speakers and ECRs
  • 17:30-18:30 - Poster session #2
  • 18:30-19:00 - Free Time
  • 20:00 - Dinner

Day 5: Thursday November 14th
Departure from Erice with shuttle bus