| Morning Session | Chair: Henry Markram(EPFL) |
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Opening remarks by Prof. Henry Markram |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Adam Marblestone (MIT) “Molecularly annotated connectomics” |
| 09:20 – 09:40 | Victoria Puig (IMIM, Barcelona) “Neural network dynamics underlying cognitive impairment in alert mice: relevance for schizophrenia and Down syndrome” |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Antoine Adamantidis (University of Bern) “Functional dissection of sleep modulatory circuits in the brain” |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Seung-Hee Lee (KAIST) “Selective neuromodulatory projections in the mammalian cerebral cortex” |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Angela Roberts (University of Cambridge) “Prefrontal circuits underlying anxiety and anhedonia in a primate” |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | KongFatt Wong-Lin (Ulster University) “Computational modelling at multiple scales for understanding serotonergic functions” |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Rainer Friedrich (FMI, Basel) “Connectivity and computations of the olfactory bulb” |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Poster Session with Standing Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | Chair: Menahem Segal (Weizmann Institute) |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Carmen Sandi (EPFL) “The mesoaccumbal dopamine system in social behaviors – A key role for mitochondrial function” |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Veronica Galvin (Yale University) “Neural circuitry underlying working memory – cholinergic influences on prefrontal cortex” |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Alfredo Kirkwood (Johns Hopkins University) “Neuromodulation of experience dependent plasticity in visual cortex” |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Randy Bruno (Columbia University) “Modulation of primary sensory cortex by secondary thalamus” |
| 15:20 – 15:50 | Coffee Break |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | Allan Gulledge (Dartmouth College) “Reciprocal control of corticofugal output by serotonin and acetylcholine” |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Huib Mansvelder (Vrije Universiteit) “Cholinergic control of human and mouse cortical microcircuits” |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Michael Higley (Yale University) “Compartmentalizing neuromodulation of synaptic transmission in dendritic spines” |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Thomas Nevian (University of Bern) “Neuromodulation of cortical neurons in neuropathic pain” |
| 17:10 – 17:40 | Panel Discussion |
| Morning Session | Chair: Srikanth Ramaswamy (EPFL) |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Mriganka Sur (MIT) “Inhibitory circuits underlying cholinergic and noradrenergic modulation of cortical states” |
| 09:20 – 09:40 | Anita Disney (Vanderbilt University) “Brain states and cholinergic modulation of cortex” |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Alex Thiele (Newcastle University) “Muscarinic and nicotinic contribution to contrast sensitivity of macaque area V1 neurons” |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Gary Aston-Jones (Rutgers University) “Locus Coeruleus: A Goldilocks System for Arousal, Attention and Decision” |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Gregor Rainer (University of Fribourg) “The basal forebrain contributes to default mode network regulation” |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Susan Sara (Collège de France) “Locus Coeruleus neurons reset cortical and hippocampal oscillations for cognitive flexibility” |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | Carl Petersen (EPFL) “Cholinergic modulation of barrel cortex in awake head-restrained mice” |
| 11:50 – 12:20 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:20 – 14:00 | Poster Session with Standing Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | Chair: Michael Hasselmo (Boston University) |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Marshall Shuler (Johns Hopkins University) “The neural genesis of reward timing and a theory of intertemporal decision making” |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Luis de Lecea (Stanford University) “To sleep or not to sleep: neuromodulatory control of vigilance states” |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Christian Lüscher (University of Geneva) “Optogenetically inspired neuromodulation to treat addiction” |
| 15:00 – 15:40 | Coffee Break |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | William Wisden (Imperial College London) “How do we sleep?” |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Gilad Silberberg (Karolinska Institutet) “GABAergic, Glutamatergic, Cholinergic, and Dopaminergic Interactions in the Striatal Microcircuit” |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Yuval Nir (Tel Aviv University) “Interplay between noradrenergic signaling, sensory perception and sleep/wake states” |
| 16:40 – 17:10 | Panel Discussion |
| 17:10 – 17:15 | Nelson Totah (Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics) “Flash Talk” |
| 17:15 – 17:20 | Daniela Sahlender (EPFL) “Flash Talk” |
| 17:20 – 17:25 | Tomislav Milekovic (University of Geneva) “Flash Talk” |
| 17:25 – 17:30 | Célia Gasselin (EPFL) “Flash Talk” |
| 17:30 – 17:35 | Lenka Seillier (Center for Integrative Neuroscience) “Flash Talk” |
| 17:35 – 17:40 | Massimo Trusel (University of Lausanne) “Flash Talk” |
| 17:40 – 17:45 | Jay Coggan (EPFL) “Flash Talk” |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Posters with Wine & Cheese |
| Morning Session | Chair: Randy Bruno (Columbia University) |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Henry Markram (EPFL) “Principles of neocortical microcircuitry” |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Michael Hasselmo (Boston University) “Cholinergic neuromodulation and cortical function” |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Srikanth Ramaswamy (EPFL) “A data-driven computational model of cholinergic regulation of neocortical microcircuitry” |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Boris Gutkin (École Normale Supérieure) “Nicotinic mechanisms for control over dopaminergic circuit function (and beyond)” |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Laszlo Zaborszky (Rutgers University) “The functional organization of the basal forebrain cholinergic system” |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Shuzo Sakata (University of Strathclyde) “Neural ensemble dynamics in basal forebrain and brainstem” |
| 12:20 – 12:50 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:50 – 13:30 | Standing Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Tour of the Blue Brain Exhibition Centre and Campus Biotech |
| 14:30 | Departure |