| Monday, October 5, 2009 |
| 6:00 p.m. | Reception and Registration (Beckman Institute Atrium) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Opening Keynote Lecture (Chairs: Neal Cohen & Tracey Wszalek)
"Molecular and Circuit Mechanisms for Hippocampal Memory"
Susumu Tonegawa
Founder, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Director, RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Center
Member, Scientific Board of Governors at The Scripps Research Institute
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1987 |
| Tuesday, October 6, 2009 |
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration (Beckman Institute Auditorium) |
| 9:15 a.m. | Welcome Ceremony
Tamer Başar - Beckman Institute Interim Director
Bob Easter - University of Illinois Interim Provost
Richard Herman - University of Illinois Chancellor |
| 9:45 a.m. | Keynote Address
"Translational Neuroscience: Then, Now, Imagine"-
PowerPoint
Thomas R. Insel
Director, National Institute of Mental Health |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break (Room 1005) |
| 11:15 a.m. | Retrospectives (Chairs: Joe Lyding & Mike Smith)
Pierre Wiltzius - Beckman Institute Director, 2001-2008 -
PowerPoint
Jiri Jonas - Beckman Institute Director, 1993-2001
Ted Brown - Beckman Institute Founding Director
- PowerPoint |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch (Room 1005/Atrium)
Bridging Divides book signing by Ted Brown (center atrium) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Research Milestones (Chairs: Jean-Pierre Leburton & Stephen Levinson)
Karl Hess - Beckman Institute Founding Faculty Member
Keith Thulborn - University of Illinois at Chicago;
Professor of Radiology, Physiology, and Biophysics
Marie Banich - University of Colorado - Director, Institute of Cognitive Science
- PowerPoint
Jean Ponce - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Professor Département d'Informatique;
Head of the joint ENS/INRIA project team WILLOW
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| 3:30 p.m. | Break (Room 1005) |
| 4:00 p.m. | "Why We Remember Arnold O. Beckman"
Jerry Gallwas - Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
- PowerPoint |
| 4:30 p.m. | Alumni Reflections (Chairs: Susan Garnsey & Sue Johnson)
Victor Ferreira - University of California–San Diego; Professor of Psychology
Paul Osenar - Protonex - Co-founder and CTO
Eric Brown - Los Alamos National Laboratory; Technical Adviser for the Joint
Department of Defense (DOD)/Department of Energy (DOE) Munitions Program
in the Office of the Secretary of Defense - PDF |
| 5:30 p.m. | Poster Session & Reception (First Floor, North Hallways) |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Banquet (Beckman Institute Atrium) |
| Wednesday, October 7, 2009 |
| 8:30 a.m. | Opening remarks/business items |
| 8:45 a.m. | Keynote Address
"Nanowires as a Platform for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology"
Charles M. Lieber
Mark Hyman Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
|
| 9:45 a.m. | Perspectives from the Research Themes
(Chairs: Art Kramer & Van Anderson) |
| 9:50 a.m. | Biological Intelligence
Monica Fabiani - University of Illinois; Professor, Department
of Psychology
and campus Neuroscience Program; Co-chair of Beckman Institute Biological
Intelligence research theme - PowerPoint
Stephanie Ceman - University of Illinois; Associate Professor of Cell and
Developmental Biology;
Beckman Institute faculty member in NeuroTech
- PowerPoint |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break (Room 1005) |
| 11:00 a.m. | Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction
Thomas Huang - University of Illinois; William L. Everitt Distinguished Professor
in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Co-chair of the Beckman
Institute's Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction research theme
- PowerPoint
Elizabeth Stine-Morrow - University of Illinois; Professor of Educational
Psychology; Beckman Institute faculty member in Human Perception and
Performance -
PowerPoint |
| 11:40 a.m. | Integrative Imaging
Stephen Boppart - University of Illinois; Professor, Departments of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine; Co-chair, Integrative Imaging
research theme -
PowerPoint
Rohit Bhargava - University of Illinois; Assistant Professor, Department
of
Bioengineering; Beckman Institute faculty member in Bioimaging Science and
Technology - PowerPoint |
| 12:20 p.m. | Lunch (Room 1005/Atrium) |
| 1:15 p.m. | Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures
Nancy Sottos - University of Illinois; Professor, Department of
Materials Science
and Engineering; Co-chair of the Beckman Institute's Molecular and Electronic
Nanostructures research theme -
PowerPoint
Klaus Schulten – University of Illinois; Swanlund Professor of
Physics; Beckman
Institute group leader of the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics group |
| 1:55 p.m. | Developing Initiative: Healthy Bodies, Brains, Minds, and Communities
Art Kramer - University of Illinois; Professor, Department of Psychology and
campus Neuroscience Program; Co-chair of the Beckman Institute's
Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction research theme - PowerPoint |
| 2:00 p.m. | Strategic Initiatives
Imaging
Stephen Boppart - University of Illinois; Professor, Departments of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Medicine; Lead, Strategic Initiative on
Imaging -
PowerPoint
Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy (SDEP)
Jesse Ribot - University of Illinois: Associate Professor of Geography,
Lead person, SDEP Strategic Initiative
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| 2:15 p.m. | Break (Room 1005) |
| 2:45 p.m. | Vision for the Future (Chairs: Paul Braun & Mark Neider)
John Rogers - University of Illinois; Lee J. Flory-Founder Chair Professor in
Engineering, Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemistry;
Beckman Institute faculty member in Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures
Todd Coleman - University of Illinois; Assistant Professor, Department of
Electrical
and Computer Engineering; Beckman Institute faculty member in
Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction
Gene Robinson - University of Illinois; Swanlund Chair and Center for Advanced
Study Professor; Director, Neuroscience Program; Theme Leader and Professor,
Institute for Genomic Biology; Beckman Institute faculty member
in Biological Intelligence
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| 3:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Tamer Başar - Beckman Institute Interim Director |
Van Anderson, Tamer Başar, Kathy Bates, Ben Blaiszik, Paul Braun, Neal Cohen, Al Feng, Susan Garnsey, Bill Greenough, Kathy Harper, John M. Hart, Seth Hutchinson, Sue Johnson, Hank Kaczmarski, Art Kramer, Sarah Laszlo, Jean-Pierre Leburton, Stephen Levinson, Joe Lyding, Tim Montague, Mark Neider, Scott Robinson, Michael Smith, Tracey Wszalek