Preliminary program

Day 1 – Monday, September 21

9:00-15:00 | Parallel Workshops (includes lunch)

Diffusion MRI Experimental Design and Data Analysis – Markus Nilsson, Lund University
VBM and FreeSurfer – Johan Mårtensson, Lund University
fMRI-analysis with SPM – Micael Andersson, Umeå University
fNIRS Anatomical Registration – Alexander Kvist, Karolinska Institute
Introduction to OPM-MEG data analysis – Christoph Pfeiffer, Karolinska Institute
BRAPH 2: Network Analysis for Neuroscience and Deep Learning – Yu-Wei Chen, University of Gothenburg
Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA) Toolbox – Heiko Schütt, University of Luxembourg
EEG + Behavioral Neurocognitive Modeling – Michael Nunez, University of Amsterdam
Multivariate pattern analysis for neuroimaging data – Rita Almeida, Stockholm 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 | Towards Precision Assessments of Brain Change in Individuals
Associate Prof. Maxwell Elliott, University of Minnesota

10:20-11:00 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Fundamentals of network theory.
Dr. William Hedley Thompson, University of Gothenburg

16:40-17:10 | Science Communication in Brain Imaging
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: Longitudinal global fNIRS projects
Dr. Clare Elwell, University College London

9:40-10:10 | Coffee Break

10:10-10:40 | To be confirmed

10:40-11:20 | 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