Conference Overview:

•  The conference will focus on emerging cross  disciplinary knowledge about reward systems and emotional regulation in the domains of cognitive science, brain imaging, neurophysiology and genetics, and how this knowledge could inform alcohol treatment research.

•  A broad set of themes will be presented regarding how scientists from basic and clinical disciplines can move across scale to inform each other's work as well as the challenges scientists and funding agencies face in mounting multi-disciplinary collaborations.
 
•  Thus, the conference will be of interest to alcohol researchers as well as those outside the alcohol field interested in how emerging basic science discoveries can inform the clinical science of behavior change.


Conference Agenda and Speakers:

•  The conference will take place on October 6 and 7, 2008 and be organized around three topic panels, one interactive discussion session, and two poster sessions.

•  Each topic panel will be about 3 hours in length, feature three talks (35-40 minutes each) and allow ample time for discussion. An interactive discussion session will take place on the final afternoon, and the main points from this discussion will be incorporated into a set of position papers.

Space is limited, so please register AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

For registration or additional information, go to: 

   Web site:  http://www.columbia.edu/cu/scienceofbehaviorchange/

    Contact:  Jon Morgenstern vjm977@columbia.edu