Monday, March 3, 2008
Brains R Us Meeting
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Interview & book signing with Dr. Leon Lederman
AGENDA
Monday, March 3rd
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Registration |
| 8:30 - 8:40 | Welcome Gary Cottrell - Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego; Director, TDLC |
| 8:40 - 8:45 | Introduction Roger Bingham - Director, The Science Network; Executive Committee, TDLC |
| 8:45 - 10:15 | BRAINSMike Merzenich - Francis A. Sooy Chair of Otolaryngology, UC San Francisco, Founder, Scientific Learning CorporationTerry Sejnowski – Director, Crick-Jacobs Center, Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Co-Director, TDLC Terry Jernigan - Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego Andrea Chiba – Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, UC San Diego; Co-Director, TDLC Jay Giedd - Chief of Brain Imaging, National Institute of Mental Health Urs Ribary - Leadership Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience in Childhood Health and Development, Simon Fraser University Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek - Director, Infant Language Laboratory, Temple University; Member, Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center Fred H. Gage - Adler Professor, Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience, UC San Diego |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | SCHOOLSMike Moses - Senior Advisor, Raise Your Hand TexasPatricia Wright - Chief Deputy Superintendent, Virginia Department of Education Paul Houston - Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators Kathleen Leos – President and CEO, The International Institute for Language and Literacy Development |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | David Boulton - Co-Producer and Creator, Children of the Code John Corcoran - Author, The Bridge to Literacy: No Child-or Adult left Behind |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | CHILDRENPaula Tallal - Co-Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University; Founder, Scientific Learning Corporation; Co-Director, Educational and Outreach Center, TDLCAdele Diamond - Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, University of British Columbia Javier Movellan – Director, Machine Perception Laboratory, UC San Diego; Co-Principal Investigator, Social Interaction Network, TDLC Hal Pashler - Professor of Psychology, UC San Diego Mary Helen Immordino-Yang– Brain and Creativity Institute/Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California Kurt Fischer- President, Society For Mind, Brain and Education, Harvard University |
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break |
| 2:45 - 3:45 | TEACHERSNancy Farnan - Director of Teacher Education, San Diego State UniversityBarbara Edwards - Professional Development Coordinator, CREATE, UC San Diego Michael Dabney - Director of News Media Relations and Public Relations, Student Educational Advancement Division, UC San Diego Eric Jensen - Founder and Director, Jensen Learning Corporation Kathleen Paliokas - Director, Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium at the Council of Chief State School Officers Jennifer Husbands - Director of Teacher Credentialing & Support, High Tech High; Member, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing |
| 3:45 - 5:00 | TRANSFORMATIONLeon Lederman - Nobel Laureate (Physics 1988); Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Founder, Illinois Mathematics and Science AcademyTerry Sejnowski - Director, Crick-Jacobs Center, Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Co-Director, TDLC Paula Tallal - Co-Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University; Founder, Scientific Learning Corporation; Co-Director, Educational and Outreach Center, TDLC Kurt Fischer - President, Society For Mind, Brain and Education, Harvard University Mike Merzenich - Francis A. Sooy Chair of Otolaryngology, UC San Francisco, Founder, Scientific Learning Corporation Jim Nelson - Executive Director, AVID David Lightfoot – Assistant Director, National Science Foundation Soo-Siang Lim - Science of Learning Centers Program Director, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation Peggy McCardle - Chief of Child Development & Behavior Branch, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development |
| 5:00 - 7:00 | Reception |
AGENDATuesday, March 4th | |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Interview with 1988 Physics Nobel laureate, Dr. Leon Lederman |
| 2:45 - 3:30 | Book signing with Dr. Lederman (Copies of Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe and The God Particle will be available) |
| 3:30 | Event Close |
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Monday, March 3, 2008
8:00am - 5:00pm
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