Program Schedule

Tuesday, September 9: Arrival Day
Wednesday, September 10
Session #1
  • 08:45 - Welcome
  • 09:00 - 09:45: Steve Chang (Yale Univ, USA); State-dependent prosocial effects of oxytocin in the primate brain.
  • 09:45 - 10:30: Karen Parker (Stanford University, USA); Vasopressin’s role in autism detection and treatment.
  • 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
Session #2
  • 11:00 - 11:45: Xiang Yu (Peking University, China); Renormalizing oxytocin neuronal firing as a potential treatment strategy for autism.
  • 11:45 - 12:30: Katrina Choe (McMaster University, USA); Investigating the link between ASD-risk genes, oxytocin, and social behaviour.
  • 12:30 - 14:15: Lunch
Session #3
  • 14:15 - 15:00: Zoe Donaldson (University of Colorado, USA); How social experience is transformed into attachment.
  • 15:00 - 15:45: Takefumi Kikusui (Azabu University, Japan); Social bonds between human and dog, and its effects on well-being.
  • 15:45 - 16:15: Coffee Break
Session #4 - Short Talks
  • 16:15 - 16:25: Elisabeth Deilhaug (University of Oslo)
  • 16:25 - 16:35: Masaki Jojima (Hamamatsu University)
  • 16:35 - 16:45: Andi Nikaj (University of Basel)
  • 16:45 - 18:30: Poster session
Thursday, September 11
Session #5
  • 09:00 - 09:45: Adam Guastella (University of Sydney, Australia); Novel applications and markers for oxytocin response in humans and autistic people.
  • 09:45 - 10:30: Robert Froemke (New York University, USA); Love, Death, and Oxytocin.
  • 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 11:45: Elizabeth Lawson (Harvard University, USA); Oxytocin deficiency: Clinical Implications and Future Directions
  • 11:45 - 12:00: Atila Cihan (university of Basel, Switzerland); Is there Evidence for Oxytocin Deficiency in Patients with Vasopressin Deficiency?
Session #6 - Short Talks
  • 12:00 - 12:10: Ingebjørg A. Iversen (University of Oslo)
  • 12:10 - 12:20: Carolyn Declerck (University of Antwerpen)
  • 12:20 - 12:30: Heemin Kang (University of Oslo)
  • 12:30 - 14:15: Lunch
Session #7
  • 14:15 - 15:00: Valery Grinevich (University of Heidelberg, Germany); Oxytocin promotes social bias via interneurons in the prefrontal cortex.
  • 15:00 - 15:45: Markus Muttenthaler (University of Queensland, Australia); New Probes for Oxytocin Neuroscience.
  • 15:45 - 16:15: Coffee Break
  • 16:15 - 16:45: Daniel Quintana (University of Oslo); Auxiliary assumptions in oxytocin research
Session #8 - Short Talks
  • 16:45 - 16:55: Ana Zovko (ZL Manheim)
  • 16:55 - 17:05: Kjersti Mæhlum Walle (University of Oslo)
  • 17:05 - 17:15: Siyao Li (McMaster University)
  • 17:15 - 18:30 Poster session
Friday, September 12
excursion/visit to archeological sites
Saturday, September 13
Session #9
  • 09:00 - 09:45: Suma Jacobs (University of California Los Angeles, USA); Neurodevelopment and human translational approaches to investigate oxytocin
  • 09:45 - 10:30: Devenand Manoli (University of California San Francisco, USA); Understanding the neural mechanisms underlying social attachment in health and disease.
  • 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
  • 11:00 - 11:45: Yannis Paloyelis (King’s College, UK); Targeting the central oxytocinergic system in humans: therapeutic potential and pitfalls.
  • 11:45 - 12:30: Simon Gregory (Duke University, USA); Molecular, cellular, and preclinical characterization of oxytocin signaling.
  • 12:30 - 14:30: Lunch
Session #10 - Short Talks
  • 14:30 - 14:40: Jakub Kraus (University of Vienna)
  • 14:40 - 14:50: Alan Kania (University of Heidelberg)
  • 14:50 - 15:00: Alina Irene Sartorius (University of Oslo)
  • 15:00 - 15:45: Coffee Break
Session #11 - Conclusion
  • 15:45 - FINAL REMARKS and AWARDS CEREMONY
  • 20:00 - SOCIAL DINNER
Sunday, September 14 - Departure