Day 1 Agenda

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

All Times ET

8:00 AM Registration & Badge Pick-Up — Natcher Auditorium Lobby
Coffee and refreshments

9:00 AM Opening Remarks
Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, NIH BRAIN Deputy Director

9:30 AM Introduction to the BRAIN NeuroAI Workshop

Introduction & Workshop Overview — Joseph Monaco (NIH/NINDS)
Opening Keynote — Tony Zador (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

10:00 AM Break (15 mins)

10:15 AM Session 1: Defining NeuroAI for BRAIN: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities

Invited Short Presentations & Panel Discussion
Chair: Tony Zador (CSHL)
NIH Co-Chairs: Joseph Monaco (NIH/NINDS), Susan Wright (NIH/NIDA)

Noon Lunch
Organizer Group Photo — Natcher Auditorium Stairs

1:15 PM Funder’s Panel — DoE, DoD, NIH, NSF, Simons Foundation
Moderated by Terrence Sejnowski (The Salk Institute)

2:15 PM Session 2: Exploring the Structural and Functional Convergence of Deep Neural Nets and Brains

Invited Short Presentations & Panel Discussion
Chairs: Blake Richards (Mila), Doris Tsao (UC Berkeley)
NIH Co-Chairs: Jessica Mollick (NIH/NIDA), Clayton Bingham (NIH/NLM)

4:00 PM Coffee Break (30 mins)

4:30 PM Moderated Discussion
Day 1 Wrap-up — Moderated by Terrence Sejnowski

6:00 PM Adjourn

Day 2 Agenda

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

All Times ET

8:00 AM Registration & Badge Pick-Up — Natcher Auditorium Lobby
Poster Session Setup — Natcher Atrium
Coffee and refreshments

8:30 AM Day 1 Recap and Overview of Day 2 Sessions
Joseph Monaco (NIH/NINDS)

8:45 AM BRAIN NeuroAI Early-Career Scholar Poster Blitz
NIH Co-Chairs: Courtney Pinard (NIH/NIMH), Jessica Mollick (NIH/NIDA)

9:05 AM BRAIN NeuroAI Early-Career Scholar Poster Session — Natcher Atrium

10:15 AM Session 3: Advancing Theory for BRAIN through Neuromorphic Computing, Embodiment, and Physical Intelligence

Invited Short Presentations & Panel Discussion
Chair: J. Brad Aimone (Sandia National Labs)
NIH Co-Chairs: Joseph Monaco (NIH/NINDS), Leslie Osborne (NIH/NINDS)

Noon Lunch
Extended Poster Session — Natcher Atrium (Coffee and refreshments)

1:30 PM Session 4: Towards Reciprocal BRAIN NeuroAI Advances in Intelligent Computing, Robotics, and Neurotechnologies

Invited Short Presentations & Panel Discussion
Chairs: Gina Adam (George Washington University), J. Brad Aimone (Sandia National Labs)
NIH Co-Chairs: Grace Hwang (NIH/NINDS), Roger Miller (NIH/NIDCD)

3:30 PM Coffee Break (30 mins)

4:00 PM Moderated Discussions
Day 2 Wrap-up — Moderated by Gina Adam
Workshop Synthesis & Next Steps — Moderated by Paul Middlebrooks

5:30 PM BRAIN NeuroAI Early-Career Scholar Poster Awards
Closing Remarks — John Ngai, NIH BRAIN Director

6:00 PM Adjourn