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The Neuroscience Summit<\/h1>

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The Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies inaugurated in 2021 The Neuroscience Summit<\/strong>, <\/span>a regular annual forum designed to mobilize a select group of global thought leaders and scholars across areas of neuroscience, with the goal of charting a path for engaging global neuroscience leadership in future trends on a broad scale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Neuroscience Summit marshals thought leaders to engage participants in a critical analysis of the major neuroscience trends through a series of informal discussion sessions and unconstrained networking opportunities. Participants will be selected from among established scholar applicants, with a limit of30 or fewer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Neuroscience Summit looks to the future, as we neuroscientists, incorporating novel frames of reference across expertise, must strive to forge a bright future and become the architects of the transformative impact of neuroscience upon society<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Participants will attend and engage in a variety of panels and sessions designed to meld minds over the emerging challenges of neuroscience and network with the foremost leaders. The carefully orchestrated schedule and unique environment are designed to maximize the potential for understanding, forward-thinking dialogue, and partnership<\/strong> on a wide range of complex issues.<\/p>\n

Application is on a rolling basis.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Past and upcoming editions<\/h3>\n

Past editions of the Summit were held on top of the Swiss mountains of Crans-Montana. The venue for upcoming editions of the Summit will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n

Chairs of the Summit<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Luigi Pulvirenti<\/strong> Director, Neuroscience School of Advanced Studies, London, UK<\/p>\n

Pierre J. Magistretti<\/strong> King Abdullah University Science Technology, Thuwal, SA; \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9ral de Lausanne & Universit\u00e9 de Lausanne (emer.)<\/em>
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Selected Past Discussion Leaders:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huda Akil<\/strong> Director, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute & Gardner C. Quarton Distinguished Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Past President Society for Neuroscience. USA<\/p>\n

Susan Amara<\/strong> Scientific Director, National Institute for Mental Health. Past President Society for Neuroscience. USA<\/p>\n

Erwin Bottinger,<\/strong> Wyss Center for Bio- and Neuroengineering, Geneva, Switzerland<\/p>\n

Gyorgy Buzsaki<\/strong> The Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, NYU School of Medicine, New York. USA<\/p>\n

Siddhartan Chandran<\/strong> Director & CEO, UK Dementia Research Institute, London, UK<\/p>\n

Alon Chen<\/strong> President, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.<\/p>\n

Chiara Cirelli,<\/strong> University of Wisconsin. USA<\/p>\n

Bart De Strooper<\/strong>, Founding Director of the UK Dementia Research Institute, London<\/p>\n

Daniel Geschwind,<\/strong> Director, Neurogenetic Program & MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Human Genetics. UCLA. USA<\/p>\n

Nadine Gogolla<\/strong>, Director, Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany<\/p>\n

Steve Goldman<\/strong>, Director of Rochester’s Center for Translational Neuromedicine, USA<\/p>\n

Viviana Gradinaru,<\/strong> Director, Richard N. Merkin Institute for Translational Research, Caltech, USA<\/p>\n

Christof Koch<\/strong> The Allen Institute, Seattle. USA<\/p>\n

Sean Hill<\/strong>, Founding Director of the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatic, University of Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n

Marion Leboyer<\/strong> Professor & Chair, Dept of Psychiatry Universit\u00e9 Paris-Est & INSERM U 955, Paris, France<\/p>\n

Juan Lerma<\/strong>, Vice-President, European Brain Council, & Past Secretary, FENS<\/p>\n

Brian Litt,<\/strong> University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA<\/p>\n

Robert Malenka<\/strong> Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor, Stanford University. USA<\/p>\n

Henry Markram<\/strong> Founding Director, The Blue Brain Project & Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne. Switzerland<\/p>\n

John Morrison<\/strong>, President, Society for Neuroscience, USA<\/p>\n

Pierluigi Nicotera<\/strong> Chairman & Scientific Director, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn. Germany<\/p>\n

Marty Saggese,<\/strong> CEO, Society for Neuroscience, USA<\/p>\n

Susumu Tonegawa<\/strong> Nobel Laureate. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. USA<\/p>\n

Giulio Tononi<\/strong> University of Wisconsin. USA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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