26th Army Science Conference

26th Army Science Conference

Tentative Agenda	Updated March 27, 2008

All 26th Army Science Conference events will be held at the JW Marriott.

DRESS CODE

Military - Class B Service Uniform
Civilian - Business Suit

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008
8:30 AM	Guest Speaker: Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath - Director, National Brain Research Centre, India: (Neuroscience)
9:15 AM	Guest Speaker: Dr. Eve Marder – Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience and Chair of the Biology Department of Brandeis University: (Computational Neuroscience)
10:00 AM	Break / Army Science and Technology Showcase opens for the day
10:30 AM	Topical Panel: Neuroscience and Its Potential Applications Dr. Michelle Sams – Director, US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI): ARI's Research Perspectives on Neuroscience Dr. Joe Tsien – Professor of Neurology and Co-Director of the Brain Discovery Institute at the Medical College of Georgia: The Memory Code Dr. Raja Parasuraman – University Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Human Factors and Applied Cognition, George Mason University: Neuroergonomics Dr. Tomaso Poggio – Eugene McDermott Professor at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for Biological and Computational Learning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Neuroscience and Robotics
12:30 PM	Lunch: Guest Speaker - Dr. Robert Walker, Assistant Deputy Minister for Science and Technology, Department of National Defence (Canada) and the Chief Executive Officer of Defence R&D Canada
1:45 PM	Posters and Science & Technology Showcase
2:45 PM	Parallel Technical Sessions A: Sensors and Information Processing B: Information Technology/C4ISR J: Behavioral Sciences and Human Performance K: Biomedical Technologies P: Advanced Modeling and Simulation
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Posters and Science & Technology Showcase