Please note that the programme is categorised by topics as follows:

Topic 1: AI for Brain Science & Medicine
Topic 2: Brain-Inspired AI
Topic 3: Ethics, Identity & the Future Brain

Tuesday 12 May
9.30am – 10am
Registration and coffee

Morning Session

10am – 10.10am
Welcome and introduction

Morning Session

10.10am – 10.45am
Early Detection: Using AI to predict Dementia (Valentina Escott-Price)

TOPIC 1: AI for Brain Science & Medicine

10.45am – 11.20am
Mental Health & AI: Promise, risks, and real-world deployment (Matthew Brown)

TOPIC 1: AI for Brain Science & Medicine

11.20am – 11.55am
AI Reading the Brain: Advances in EEG, fMRI, and neural decoding (Srikanth Ramaswamy)

TOPIC 1: AI for Brain Science & Medicine

12pm – 1pm
Networking lunch

Break

1pm – 1.50pm
KEYNOTE: From Neurons to Networks: What biological brains do differently from machines ( Maneesh Sahani)

TOPIC 2: Brain-Inspired AI

1.50pm – 2.25pm
Plasticity & Learning: Can AI truly adapt like the brain? (Heidi Johansen-Berg)

TOPIC 2: Brain-Inspired AI

2.25pm – 3pm
Session TBC

TOPIC 2: Brain-Inspired AI

3pm – 3.30pm
Coffee break

Break

3.30pm – 4.20pm
"Information is all you need?" A Debate: Karl Friston vs. Christopher Summerfield, moderated by Heidi Johansen-Berg

TOPIC 2: Brain-Inspired AI

4.20pm – 4.55pm
A framework for understanding TIPSS implications of Neurotechnology (Trust, Identity, Privacy, Security and Safety) (Sieun Lee, Mark Elliott)

TOPIC 3: Ethics, Identity & the Future Brain

4.55pm – 5.40pm
Panel discussion

TOPIC 3: Ethics, Identity & the Future Brain

5.40pm – 6.40pm
Closing Words and drinks reception

Afternoon Session