- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Afternoon Session
- 17:30-18:30 - Oral presentation ECRs
- 18:30-19:00 - Free Time
- 20:00 - Dinner
- Day 4: Wednesday November 13th
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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
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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