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Dear colleagues,

The "Orbitofrontal Cortex and Cognition in the City of Lights" meeting will take place in Paris, France, on Sept 30th - Oct 2nd 2015. Confirmed speakers are: Tim Behrens, Yogita Chudasama, Howard Eichenbaum, Lesley Fellows, Jay Gottfried, Shannon Gourley, Christina Gremel, Ben Hayden, Patricia Janak, Thorsten Kahnt, Daeyeol Lee, Elisabeth Murray, Yael Niv, John O'Doherty, Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, Mathias Pessiglione, Angela Roberts, Peter Rudebeck, Matthew Rushworth, Geoffrey Schoenbaum, Wolfram Schultz, Matthew Shapiro, Philippe Tobler, Jonathan Wallis, Catharine Winstanley.

The deadlines for poster submission and registration (via the website: http://ofc2015.isir.upmc.fr) have both been extended to September 6th.
Please circulate widely and encourage your colleagues and team members to attend.

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ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX AND COGNITION IN THE CITY OF LIGHTS (OFC 2015)
Sept 30-Oct 2, 2015, Paris, France
Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, Hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
& Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
http://ofc2015.isir.upmc.fr
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PRESENTATION:
The Third Quadrennial Meeting on Orbitofrontal Cortex Function which will take place in Paris, France, on Sept 30th – Oct 2nd 2015 at the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, Paris, France. The objective of this three day meeting is to bring together researchers with a deep interest in the role of the orbitofrontal cortex in supporting cognition (behavior, learning, decision-making) across species. The meeting is the third, following up on similar meetings in 2007 and 2011. As such, it is intended to focus specifically on new ideas and research that has influenced the field over the past 4 years and that appear likely to lead the way into the next 4 years.

The meeting consists of both invited talks and poster sessions. The invited talks are loosely organized into six different sessions that are titled to reflect the various stages of processing underlying cognition. Talks will be relatively short with ample time for questions and discussion after each talk and sub-group of talks. Poster sessions will be interspersed to allow participants to interact and present their own unique findings of relevance to advancing our understanding of this fascinating brain region.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Tim Behrens (Oxford University, UK)
Yogita Chudasama (McGill University, Canada)
Howard Eichenbaum (Boston University, USA)
Lesley Fellows (McGill University, Canada)
Jay Gottfried (Northwestern University, USA)
Shannon Gourley (Emory University, USA)
Christina Gremel (UCSD, USA)
Ben Hayden (University of Rochester, USA)
Patricia Janak (John Hopkins, USA)
Thorsten Kahnt (Northwestern University, USA)
Daeyeol Lee (Yale University, USA)
Elisabeth Murray (NIMH, USA)
Yael Niv (Princeton University, USA)
John O'Doherty (Caltech, USA)
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa (Washington Univ. St Louis, USA)
Mathias Pessiglione (INSERM-ICM, France)
Angela Roberts (Cambridge University, UK)
Peter Rudebeck (Mount Sinai School, USA)
Matthew Rushworth (Oxford University, UK)
Geoffrey Schoenbaum (NIDA-NIH, USA)
Wolfram Schultz (Cambridge University, UK)
Matthew Shapiro (Mount Sinai School, USA)
Philippe Tobler (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Jonathan Wallis (University of California at Berkeley, USA)
Catharine Winstanley (University of British Columbia, Canada)

IMPORTANT DATES:
September 6, 2015 Deadline for Poster Submission
September 6, 2015 Deadline for Registration
Sept 30-Oct 2, 2015 Symposium Venue

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Jay Gottfried (Northwestern University, USA)
Mehdi Khamassi (CNRS  / UPMC, Paris, France)
Elisabeth Murray (NIMH, USA)
Mathias Pessiglione (INSERM / ICM, France)
Geoffrey Schoenbaum (NIDA-NIH, USA)

CONTACT INFORMATION :
Website, registration, poster submission and detailed program:
http://ofc2015.isir.upmc.fr
Contact: ofc2015 [ at ] isir.upmc.fr /
ofc2015-registration@isir.upmc.fr

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Mehdi Khamassi, PhD
Researcher (CNRS)
Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique (UMR7222)
CNRS - Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Pyramide, Tour 55 - Boîte courrier 173
4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
tel: + 33 1 44 27 28 85
fax: +33 1 44 27 51 45
cell: +33 6 50 76 44 92
http://people.isir.upmc.fr/khamassi