Schedule

Day One -- THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008
7:00 a.m. Registration Opens
7:15 a.m.

Travel Award Breakfast (Grand Terrace)
Continental Breakfast (Rooms MNQR)
8:15-8:30 a.m. General Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ned H. Kalin, MD, and Richard J. Davidson, PhD
HealthEmotions Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
8:30-9:30 a.m.

The neural correlates of consciousness
Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD
9:30-10:15 a.m. Discussion
10:15-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.

How do you feel? The neurobiological basis for human awareness of feelings from the body
Arthur D. (Bud) Craig, PhD
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Discussion
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00-3:00 p.m.

Visceral influences on emotional awareness
Hugo Critchley, DPhil, MRCPsych
3:00-3:45 p.m. Discussion
3:45-4:15 p.m. Break
4:15-5:15 p.m.

Framing autism as a systemic disorder that affects the brain: Implications for body, emotion and consciousness
Martha Herbert, MD, PhD
5:15-6:00 p.m. Discussion
6:30-8:00 p.m. Hedberg HealthEmotions Building Reception and Tour (optional)
Day Two -- FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008
7:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 a.m.

Are emotions enabling factors of sensory consciousness?
Christof Koch, PhD
9:30-10:15 a.m. Discussion
10:15-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.

The perception, experience and expression of emotions in schizophrenia: A neuropsychiatric perspective
Raquel E. Gur, MD, PhD
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Discussion
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00-3:00 p.m.

An integrated information theory of consciousness
Giulio Tononi, MD, PhD
3:00-3:45 p.m. Discussion
3:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks
Symposium adjourns