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Welcome! This is web
page of a IInd meeting of the Society of Autonomous Neurodynamics
(SAND). The conference will be held in Warsaw, POLAND, June 27-28, 2005.
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Welcome! This is web
page of a IInd meeting of the Society of Autonomous Neurodynamics
(SAND). The conference will be held in Warsaw, POLAND, June 27-28, 2005.
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Meeting
Date: June 27-28, 2005
Location: Department of Biomedical
Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics,
Warsaw University
MEETING BACKGROUND
The Principles of Autonomous Neurodynamics gathers empirical scientists and theoreticians from all areas of neuroscience. The meeting profile is focused on dynamics of neuronal networks underlying brain functions in health and disease. The meeting is intended to facilitate a free thoughts exchange between the participants. It consists of two formal days with lectures, oral presentations and poster session and five days trip to one of the regions in Poland where pure nature is preserved. The first SAND gathering in Toronto, August 13, 2004 (http://www.utoronto.ca/sand/) was very successful and the need to organize subsequent meetings was widely expressed. Therefore the present meeting marks the continuation of an international collaboration on the subject between researchers in the Netherlands, Canada and Poland including the Dutch Epilepsy Clinics Foundation (SEIN), the University of Amsterdam, the University of Toronto Epilepsy Program and the Warsaw University.
Two
multi-disciplinary days exploring:
(I) Free dynamics in networks
(II) The relation
of autonomous neurodynamics and epilepsy
(III)
Brain
autonomy in psychiatric diseases
The meeting will take
place June
27-28, 2005 at the Institute
of
Experimental Physics, Warsaw University
We are now soliciting participants from a range of backgrounds interested in these questions. If you would like to present work relating to these issues please send a 250-word abstract by June 15, 2005 to: Piotr.Suffczynski@fuw.edu.pl
Presentations should be 15 minutes in length. Please indicate session of preference:
Presentations will focus on the theoretical underpinnings and implications of autonomous dynamics in relation to neural activity, cognition, social systems and general network dynamics. The session is planned to encompass a broad array of approaches including presentations from mathematics, physics, philosophy, psychology and theoretical neurosciences.
A focus on autonomous neurodynamics and emergent epileptic activity. This session will include modeling and clinical approaches exploring neural dynamics with a particular attention to epilepsy and behavior.
We welcome both exploratory and advanced research on these subjects. Sessions are meant to be dynamic and will include open discussions.
Program Sponsors:
Dinners
and
lodging should be arranged by participants. However, the organizers may
assist in finding and booking a good accommodation in Warsaw.
Especially
extremely affordable low-cost accommodations (10/15 U$ per night) for
students can be arranged in the center of Warsaw (these places fill up
quickly, if you are interested let us know asap). The cost of standard
hotel room in Warsaw is 50 -100 U$ per night but for good deals it’s
better to book early.
Adventure
trip (kayaking, rafting, biking,
hiking – depending on number and qualifications of participants) will
be paid
separately. The estimated cost is 200 U$ (all included) for 5 days trip
(29.06
- 03.07).
If funding will be awarded we will be able to support travel costs for participants. Information on this subject will be updated.
LOCAL INFORMATION
fot: http://www.palma.art.pl/
http://www.explore-warsaw.com/
http://www.e-warsaw.pl/
http://ifmsa.globalink.org/wars.html
Please send comments to
Piotr.Suffczynski@fuw.edu.pl
Department of Biomedical Physics
Hoza 69, 00 - 681 Warsaw, Poland
phone: (48 22) 5532126
fax: (48 22) 5532320
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