Peter Wall Institute Conference Room 6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver APRIL 27, 2015 8:30 am to 5:30 pm DRAFT AGENDA (updated April 2, 2015) TIME SESSION 9:10 am Session 1 - Research Collaborations in Health Moderator 9:10 am Acting without seeing: eye movements reveal visual processing without awareness Miriam Spering, Marisa Carrasco 8:30 am 9:00 am 9: 40 am 10:10 am 10:40 am 11:10 am Coffee and tea WELCOME Dr. Nancy Gallini, Acting Director, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia Dr. Anne Gorsuch, Deputy to the President, University Affairs, University of British Columbia (time tbd) Questions and Discussion Validation of glial connexins and pannexins as alternative targets for Alzheimer's disease Christian Naus, Christian Giaume Questions and Discussion Knowledge Exchange in Men’s Health Dr. Maria Lohan, Dr. John Oliffe Questions and Discussion HEALTH BREAK "Unbending the Oak:" Music Therapy, Medicine, and Vancouver's Universities. Michael Silverman, Larry Frisch, Susan Summers Questions and Discussion 11:40 am 12:10 pm – 1:30 pm Major Thematic Grant (2011-2014) David Speert – HIV Exposed but Uninfected (HEU) Infants The Mother Infant Health Study: Understanding the Infectious Morbidity of HIV-Exposed but Uninfected Infants and Measuring Father Involvement in Infant Care Julie Bettinger, Gareth Mercer and Amy Slogrove Questions and Discussion LUNCH TIME 1:30 pm SESSION Session 2 - Research Collaborations in Environment Moderator 1:30 pm Spaceship Earth – Fellow travellers steer towards living sustainably with the ocean Cornelia E. Nauen, U. Rashid Sumaila 2:00 pm Questions and Discussion Understanding the effects of multiple environmental stressors: can we take the surprise out of ecological surprises? Christopher Harley, Kristy Kroeker Questions and Discussion Session 3 – Research Collaborations in Advanced Materials 2:30 pm 3:00 pm 3:30 pm Electron dynamics at the slow-motion: snapshots of the fastest “slow” process in solids Andrea Damascelli, Claudio Giannetti Questions and Discussion Major Thematic Grant (2012-2016) Nanomaterials for Alternative Energy Applications Michael Wolfe Questions and Discussion Session 4 – Looking Ahead From Cosmic Birth to Living Earth Douglas Scott, Jason Kalirai 4:00 pm Colloquium Reception in West Sage (or IDEAS) Open to all participants 5:30 pm 6:00 pm End of Reception DINNER for invited speakers only (off site?) 8:00 pm End of dinner