CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AREADNE 2016 Research in Encoding and Decoding of Neural Ensembles 22-26 June 2016 Nomikos Conference Centre Santorini, Greece http://www.areadne.org info@areadne.org INTRODUCTION A fundamental problem in neuroscience is to understand how the activation of neuronal populations gives rise to higher order functions including learning, memory, cognition, perception, action and ultimately conscious awareness. Electrophysiological recordings have revealed considerable information about the firing patterns of single neurons, but it remains largely a mystery how collections of individual neurons interact to perform these functions. Understanding ensemble activity is critical to understanding the brain. CONFERENCE MISSION The AREADNE Conferences have been created to gather global scientific leaders who work on neural ensembles and establish a touch-point for the widely disparate and hybrid field. With a spectacular setting on Santorini, the conferences have been carefully planned to foster discussion and interaction between attendees to encourage the establishment of lasting professional relationships. The meetings continue our efforts to promote systems neuroscience in Greece through creating a world-class forum for cutting-edge research. For 2016, we will be Celebrating Ten Years of AREADNE Conferences! FORMAT AND SPEAKERS The conference will span four days, in morning and early evening sessions. Confirmed speakers include experts in the field of multi-neuron experiment, theory, and analysis (in alphabetic order): Michele Basso, University of California Los Angeles Matthias Bethge, University of Tuebingen Rick Born, Harvard Medical School Rosa Cossart, INSERM James DiCarlo, MIT Lisa Giocomo, Stanford Konrad Kording, Northwestern University Matthew Larkum, Humboldt University of Berlin Albert Lee, HHMI Janelia Farm John Maunsell, University of Chicago Edvard Moser, Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology May-Britt Moser, Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology Stephanie Palmer, University of Chicago Liam Paninski , Columbia University Xaq Pitkow, Rice University Michael Roukes, Caltech Peter Schiller, MIT Stelios Smirnakis, Baylor College of Medicine Nelson Spruston, HHMI Janelia Farm Gina Turrigiano, Brandeis University ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dora Angelaki Nicholas Hatsopoulos, co-chair John Pezaris, co-chair Panayiota Poirazi Thanos Siapas Andreas Tolias SPECIAL NOTE AND FURTHER INFORMATION For further information on AREADNE 2016 please see the conference web site http://www.areadne.org or send email to info@areadne.org. The timing of the DENDRITES 2016 meeting (http://dendrites2016.gr) in Crete dovetails quite nicely with the AREADNE 2016 meeting in Santorini. -- Dr. J. S. Pezaris AREADNE 2016 Co-Chair Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street, THR-425 Boston, MA 02114, USA john@areadne.org