Arrival in Erice and Registration
After dinner reception at the Marsala Room (San Rocco)
Informal introduction to the Conference by the Workshop Directors while drinking wine in the Marsala Room (San Rocco)!
Monday 15th, May
Workshop opening
09:00-09:10 - Welcome by Stefano Parmigiani and Paola Palanza, directors of the International School of Ethology “Danilo Mainardi”
Session #1 - morning
09:10-10:00 - Gordon Burghardt (University of Tennessee Knoxville, Departments of Psychology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
: The enduring search for the nature of play
10:00-10:20 - coffee break
10:20-11:10 - Marek Spinka (Czech University of Life Sciences, faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources)
: Play and wellbeing
11:10-12:00 - Heather Hill (St. Mary’s University, Department of Psychology)
: Having a whale of a time!
12:00-12:50 - Jamie Ahloy Dallaire (Laval University, Department of Animal Sciences)
: Commonalities and differences between types of play
12:50-14:30 - Lunch
Session #2 - afternoon
14:30-15:20 - Jeffrey MacCormack (University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education)
: Play and Autism Spectrum Disorder
15:20-16:50 - Selected short presentations (6 presentations)
16:50-17:10 - coffee break
17:10-18:00 - General discussion
18:00-19:00 - Poster session
Tuesday 16th, May
Session #3 - morning
09:00-09:50 - Sergio Pellis (University of Lethbridge, Department of Neuroscience)
: Play and the development of the social brain
09:50-10:40 - Louk Vanderschuren (Universiteit Utrecht, Departement Dier in Wetenschap en Maatschappij)
: Neural Mechanisms of Social Play Behaviour
10:40-11:00 - coffee break
11:00-11:50 - Heidi Lesscher (Universiteit Utrecht, Departement Dier in Wetenschap en Maatschappij)
: Healthy Play Better Coping: a perspective on play in health and disease
11:50-12:40 - Tracy R. Gleason (Wellesley College, Department of Psychology)
: Play, imagination, and sociocognitive development
12:40 - Excursion to Mozia Island - pocket lunch
Wednesday 17th, May
Session #4 - morning
09:00-09:50 - Elisabetta Palagi (University of Pisa, Department of Biology)
: Play and the evolution of tolerant and cooperative societies
09:50-10:40 - Jean-Baptiste Leca (University of Lethbridge, Department of Psychology)
: Object play and tool use: an elusive connection
10:40-11:00 - coffee break
11:00-11:50 - Martine Hausberger (Université de Rennes)
: Play, Coping and Welfare
11:50-12:40 - Giada Cordoni (University of Turin, Department of Life Sciences and System Biology)
: Play as a tool to understand the domestication syndrome
12:40-14:30 - Lunch break
Session #5 - afternoon
14:30-15:20 - Michael J Kuba (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Physics and Biology Unit)
: Play in invertebrates
15:20-16:10 - Masaki Shimada (Teikyo University of Science, Department of Animal Science)
: Social networks and social play
16:10-16:30 - Cofee break
16:30-17:20 - Kathy Hirsh Pasek (Temple University)
: A Prescription for play: Playful Learning fosters cognitive and social development
17:20-18:10 - Fausto Caruana (Italian National Research Council, CNR, Institute of Neuroscience)
: Exploring Human Laughter and its contagion using neuroscientific techniques
18:10-19:00 - General Discussion and Closing Remarks