Preliminary program

Day 1 – Monday, September 21

Educational courses

8:30-10:00

VBM + FreeSurfer – Johan Mårtensson, Lund University

EEG + Behavioral Neurocognitive Modeling – Michael Nunez, University of Amsterdam (I)

fNIRS Anatomical Registration – Alexander Kvist, Karolinska Institute

Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA) Toolbox – Heiko Schütt, University of Luxembourg

Introduction to OPM-MEG data analysis. – Christoph Pfeiffer, Karolinska Institute (I)

Python and network analysis. - William Hedley Thompson, University of Gothenburg

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:30 

fMRI-analysis with SPM – Micael Andersson, Umeå University (I)

Multivariate pattern analysis for neuroimaging data – Rita Almeida, Stockholm University (I)

Introduction to OPM-MEG data analysis. – Christoph Pfeiffer, Karolinska Institute (II)

EEG + Behavioral Neurocognitive Modeling – Michael Nunez, University of Amsterdam (II)

11:30-12:30 Lunch

12:30-14:30

fMRI-analysis with SPM – Micael Andersson, Umeå University (II)

Multivariate pattern analysis for neuroimaging data – Rita Almeida, Stockholm University (II)

BRAPH 2: Network Analysis for Neuroscience and Deep Learning – Yu-Wei Chen, University of Gothenburg

Diffusion MRI: From Acquisition to Analysis– Markus Nilsson, Lund University

16:00-16:10

Welcome & Introduction

16:10-17:00

Keynote: In Vivo MRI Histology.

Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Weiskopf (Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences)

17:00-18:30

Welcome Reception & Networking

Day 2 – Tuesday, September 22

8:40-8:50

Welcome & Introduction

8:50-9:40

Keynote: “Early Childhood Brain Development and Schizophrenia Risk – Lessons Learned.”

Prof. John Gilmore (University of North Carolina)

9:40-10:20

Lecture: “Towards Precision Assessments of Brain Change in Individuals.”

Associate Prof. Maxwell Elliott (University of Minnesota)

10:20-11:00

Lecture: “Multimodal Brain Mapping in Healthy Aging: The DyNAMiC Study.”

Dr. Jarkko Johansson (Umeå University)

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:20

Keynote

(to be confirmed)

12:20-13:00

Lecture: “Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Developmental Research.”

Alexander Kvist (Karolinska Institute)

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:50

Keynote: Layer-Specific fMRI.

Dr. Renzo Huber (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda)

14:50-15:30

Lecture: “Bayesian methods to compare models to neuroimaging data.”

Associate Prof. Heiko Schütt (University of Luxembourg)

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-16:40

Lecture: Fundamentals of network theory.

Dr. William Hedley Thompson (University of Gothenburg)

16:40-17:10

Intervention: Science Communication in Brain Imaging: Lessons from Forskningstorget.

Jose Luis Alatorre Warren (University of Oslo)

18:30-20:30

Conference Dinner (optional)

Day 3 – Wednesday, September 23

8:40-8:50

Welcome & Introduction

8:50-9:40

Keynote: “The BRIGHT Project: Brain Imaging for Global Health.”

Dr. Clare Elwell (University College London)

9:40-10:10

Coffee Break

10:10-10:40

Lecture

To be confirmed

10:40-11:20

Lecture: “Trajectories of brain change in psychiatric disorders: The promises and pitfalls of longitudinal neuroimaging studies.”

Dr. Luisa Khlan (University of Gothenburg)

11:30-12:30

Lunch & Departures