Media Registration Now Open for Neuroscience 2014
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 30,000 neuroscience researchers, clinicians, and advocates from around the world will gather in Washington, DC, in November to share the latest developments in neuroscience research and to hear from leaders in the field. Neuroscience 2014, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, will feature 15,000-plus presentations focused on brain function, health, and disease, and covering topics such as new technologies and treatments, addiction, brain development, and aging, among others.
What: Neuroscience 2014, the world’s largest source of emerging news on brain science and health
When: November 15-19
Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Media may register for Neuroscience 2014 at SfN.org/media2014.
Credentialed reporters have access to top neuroscientists, embargoed press materials, and special events, providing a rich assortment of news and feature possibilities.
Program Highlights:
- “Mind, Brain, and the Ethics of Intergroup Behavior” — This featured lecture will cover the “us” and “them” affiliations that make humans sensitive to status in social hierarchies.
November 16, 11:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. - Public Advocacy Forum — This program will outline the implications for science funding in an era of global brain initiatives.
November 18, 3 – 5 p.m. - Presidential Special Lecture series — Lecture topics will include memory, vision, stem cells, and how both genetics and the environment influence the brain.
- Kelsey C. Martin, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, November 15,
5:15 – 6:25 p.m. - Gordon J. Fishell, PhD, Neuroscience Institute, New York University, November 16, 5:15 – 6:25 p.m.
- Botond Roska, MD, PhD, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Basel, November 17, 5:15 – 6:25 p.m.
- Fiona Doetsch, PhD, Columbia University, November 18, 5:15 – 6:25 p.m.
- Kelsey C. Martin, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, November 15,
Media are required to register for credentials at SfN.org/media2014 in order to access press conferences, embargoed media material, and events. View SfN’s credentialing policies.
