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Conference Programme

Keynote speakers, programme and guidance

The conference will take place from 9.30am - 5.00pm on Wednesday 18th September 2024.

Please note, talk titles are subject to change.

ScheduleSpeaker and Topic
09.30

Welcome

Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, Pro-Provost (Health), UCL and听Professor Tony David, UCL
09.40

Autism

  • ,听Studying social interaction to understand autism听
  • , Columbia University,听USA,听Pathways to biology-based interventions in autism
  • , Univeristy of Exeter,听Autism and Neurodiversity - setting priorities for future research听
10.55Panel discussion. Chair: Professor Argyris Stringaris, UCL
11.05Short break
11.30

Dementia

  • , Dementia Research Institute,听Translating basic research into clinical outcomes in Dementia - why is it taking so long?
  • , UCL,听Is that all there is? Neuroscience delivers new Alzheimer鈥檚 treatments
  • ,听CNTW NHS Trust,听Non-pharmacological interventions for behaviours that challenge
12.45

Panel discussion.听Chair: Dr Natalie Marchant, UCL

13.00Lunch break & poster presentations
14.30

Climate Change

  • , University of Bath,听Navigating distressing eco-emotions at a time of climate and ecological crisis
  • Dr Kris de Meyer, UCL,听From climate despair to climate action and agency
15.20

Panel discussion. Chaired by Professor Essi Viding

15.30

Tea and coffee break

16.00PhD and conference poster prize giving
16.15

Key lecture: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

  • , Cardiff University,听The Nature of Schizophrenia: genetic findings and their implications
17.00Finish
17.30Drinks reception

Contact information

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