To view a complete listing of scientific sessions scheduled for the 2010 conference, please click here.
DAILY SLIDE-CASTS:
- Saturday/Sunday slide-casts are available. Listen to Prof. Saks's presentation from her Keynote Lecture Saturday and view her presentation slides. Sunday's Genetics Plenary session is available in the same format.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Elyn Saks, J.D., USC Law Professor
Elyn Saks is Associate Dean and Orrin B. Evan Professor of Law, Psychology and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California. Saks has battled schizophrenia and acute psychosis since adolescence. After decades of hiding her illness, Saks published a memoir about her struggles and successes in "The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness".
Professor Saks will deliver the keynote address on Saturday, 10 April, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
PLENARY ADDRESSES:
Plenary sessions covering clinical, genetics, and imaging topics have been scheduled for the conference. The Plenary sessions will begin with a presentation from the primary speaker, followed by panelists' perspectives on relevant issues. The sessions will conclude with audience discussion. Plenary session information includes:
William Carpenter, M.D. and Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D. - "From Animal Models to Clinical Phenomenology"
Panelists include:
- Inna Gaisler-Salomon, Haifa University
- Alex Hofer, Medical Center Innsbruck
- Richard Keefe, Duke University Medical Center
- Kim Mueser, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
- Dieter Naber, University Medical Center Hamburg
- Patricio O'Donnell, University of Maryland
- Akira Sawa, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Pierre Sokoloff, Pierre-Fabre Research Institute
- Peter Uhlhaas, Max Plank Institute for Brain Research
Michael Owen, Ph.D., M.B. - "Clinical Implications of Recent Genetic Findings: GWAS, Endophenotypes and Commercial Testing:
Panelists include:
- Pablo Gejman, Northwestern Unviersity
- James Kennedy, University of Toronto
- Mary Claire King, University of Washington
- Thomas Lehner, NIMH
- Robin Murray, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Dan Rujescu, University of Munich
- Peter Visscher, QIMR
Daniel Weinberger, M.D. - "On the matter of Neuroimaging in the context of Schizophrenia Genetics"
Panelists include:
- Alessandro Bertolino, University of Bari
- Philip McGuire, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
- Eva Meisenzahl, Ludwig-Maxmillians University
- Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Central Insitute of Mental Health
- Steven Potkin, University of California, Irvine Brain Imaging Center
- Si Tianmei, Peking University Institute of Mental Health
SYMPOSIA SESSIONS:
The Organizers and Program Committee have selected 35 outstanding symposia sessions for the conference, out of 108 abstracts submitted. Session topics include:
- Treatments for Schizophrenia
- Brain Imaging
- Genetics of Schizophrenia
- Diagnostic Issues
- Neuropathology of Schizophrenia
- Animal Models
- Neurophysiology of Schizophrenia
- Epidemiology Outcome
- Co-Morbidity of Schizophrenia
- Substance Abuse
- Early Detection of Schizophrenia
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR THE CONFERENCE:
- Foster communication and advance knowledge about the multiple treatment possibilities for schizophrenia
- Develop the best methods to design new intervention studies
- Discuss strategies for new treatment development
- Review the status of genetic findings
- Discuss methods to advance genetic research in schizophrenia
- Review brain imaging data in relation to pathophysiology and disease pregression
- Translate basic neuroscience findings of relevance to clinical practice
- Understand differences in schizophrenia research and outcome of the research across diverse geographic areas and cultures
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