Plenary speakers
We are honoured and delighted to offer delegates an amazing line-up of international leaders in neuroscience, discussing topics from consiousness to credibility to the cellular basis of psychiatric disease.
Please also check out our two evening public lectures, being held at the conference centre, as part of the BYOB-Brighton public programme:
Plenary sessions
The change-makers (and how to keep up with them):
Credibility in practice across neuroscience settings
OPENING PLENARY
18:20 - 19:20 BST, Sunday 23rd April 2023
The Brain and Neuroscience Advances Plenary Lecture
Symbols and languages: a hypothesis about the singularity of the human brain
Plenary two
Stanislas Dehaene, INSERM, France
08:30 - 09:30 BST
Monday 24th April 2023
What can animal models of synucleinopathies teach us?
The Parkinson's UK Plenary Lecture
Patrik Brundin, Van Andel Research Institute in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
11:50 -12:50 BST
Monday 24th April 2023
Supported and convened by Parkinson's UK
Neuroscience and Neurodiversity
The Lived Experience Plenary
Sue Fletcher-Watson, University of Edinburgh, UK with
Mary Doherty, Brighton & Sussex Medical School/ Our Lady’s Hospital, Ireland
17:10 - 18:10 BST
Monday 24th April 2023
Sponsored by DeepMind
Vascular causes of neurodegeneration: risk factors, mechanisms, and potential treatments
The Wolstencroft Lecture
Joanna Wardlaw, UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh, UK
08:30 - 09:30 BST
Tuesday 25th April 2023
In association with The Wolstencroft Trust
Stem cells, neuronal development, and the cellular basis of neuropsychiatric diseases
The Guarantors of Brain Plenary Lecture
Meng Li, Cardiff University UK
11:50 -12:50 BST
Tuesday 25th April 2023
Supported and convened by the Guarantors of Brain
Mechanisms of Axon Growth and Regeneration
Plenary seven
Frank Bradke, DZNE, Germany
17:10 - 18:10 BST
Tuesday 25th April 2023
Focal epilepsy: from mechanisms to rational gene therapy
The Association of British Neurologists Lecture
Dimitri Kullmann, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK
08:30 - 09:30 BST
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Supported and convened by The Association of British Neurologists
Professor Sir Colin Blakemore Special Session
Plenary nine
Celebrating the life and research of Colin Blakemore
11:40 - 13:00 BST
Wednesday 26th April 2023