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Kavli Futures Symposium: The Synapse Hypothesis: To Be or Not To Be
Kavli Futures Symposium: The Synapse Hypothesis: To Be or Not To Be
1/18/16
BRAIN
INITIATIVE
University
of
California
Santa
Barbara
MEETING FORMAT
The
Kavli
Futures
Symposium
will
include
5
key
participants
who
each
give
a
30-‐minute
pitch.
Each
pitch
will
provide
an
alternate
theory
of
information
storage
and
will
address
4
key
questions
(see
below).
Each
pitch
will
be
assigned
1-‐2
pre-‐
specified
leaders
of
a
60
minute
structured
discussion.
The
discussion
will
include
a
brief
verbal
critique
of
the
pitch
by
the
leaders
and
meeting
participants.
The
purpose
of
the
structured
discussions
is
to
leave
with
concrete
suggestions
for
experiments
to
test
the
conclusions
drawn
and/or
ideas
presented
in
the
pitch.
TIMELINE
FORMAT
o Pitch
proposals:
We
will
start
with
the
premise
that
synaptic
conductances
are
not
the
basis
of
memory.
We
will
invite
participants
to
submit
an
alternate
theory
and
address
4
sub-‐questions
(see
table
above).
Each
proposal
will
briefly(!)
describe
an
argument
for
or
against
the
conclusion
that
changes
in
synaptic
conductances
store
the
information
acquired
in
an
experimental
protocol.
It
should
specify
the
information
that
they
believe
is
stored
in
their
example
with
sufficient
clarity
so
that
one
could
readily
see
how
that
information
could
be
stored
in,
for
example,
computer
memory
or
in
DNA.
o Pitch
selection
&
dissemination:
We
will
select
4-‐6
key
participants
whose
pitches
will
provide
the
substrate
for
the
meeting.
The
broad
outlines
of
each
selected
pitch
will
be
made
available
to
the
other
participants
a
month
before
the
meeting.
1-‐2
leaders
will
be
assigned
to
each
pitch.
o Leader
rebuttals:
Key
participants
will
receive
questions
and
feedback
from
discussion
leaders.
This
will
include
the
content
of
the
formal
rebuttal
in
the
structured
discussion.
MEETING AGENDA
Time Event Description
The
meeting
will
be
a
2-‐day
Kavli
Futures
Symposium
in
DAY
1
conjunction
with
the
2016
Kavli
Summer
Institute
in
8:30
Breakfast
Cognitive
Neuroscience
to
be
held
a
UCSB.
Active
9:00
Welcome
Gallistel
&
Gazzaniga
participants
are
expected
to
attend
the
full
2-‐day
session.
9:30
Pitch
1
10:00
Discussion
1
Key
participants
will
give
their
30
minute
pitches.
Discussion
11:00
Coffee
leaders
will
give
their
rebuttal
and
then
steer
the
discussion
11:30
Pitch
2
towards
the
most
important
experiments
that
would
prove
12:00
Discussion
2
1:00
Lunch
or
disprove
the
different
theories.
2:00
Pitch
3
Invited
key
participants
and
Kavli
Summer
Institute
Fellows
2:30
Discussion
3
3:30
Coffee
participating
will
attend
all
sessions
and
expenses
will
be
4:00
Pitch
4
covered
for
key
participants.
Outside
participants
will
be
4:30
Discussion
4
allowed
into
each
session.
The
public
session
and
cocktail
5:30
Cocktails
hour
on
day
2
will
be
widely
advertised
and
open
to
all.
6:30
Dinner
DAY
2
8:30
Breakfast
ORGANIZERS 9:00
Pitch
5
9:30
Discussion
5
Randy
Gallistel,
Rutgers
Center
for
Cognitive
Science
10:30
Coffee
Michael
S.
Gazzaniga,
UCSB
Sage
Center
11:00
Pitch
6
11:30
Discussion
6
Bridget
Queenan,
UCSB
Brain
Initiative
12:30
Lunch
1:30
Discussion
Recap
theories
and
determine
key
Mike
Miller
and
Barry
Giesbrecht,
Kavli
Summer
Institute
in
experiments
for
each
Cognitive
Neuroscience
4:30
Public
session
Public
lecture
for
larger
audience
6:30
Cocktails
8:00
Dinner