Venue: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), G/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST

08:15	Pick-up at Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach (Boarding point: Outside Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East)
08:15 – 08:45	Registration
08:45 – 09:00	Opening Remarks by Nancy IP (HKUST President) and Meeting Co-organizers
Session I: Computational Neuroscience Session Chair: Yu HU (HKUST)
09:00 – 09:50	S1-#1: Diverse Neuronal Responses Produce Low Dimensional Variability in Cortical Circuits [Abstract] Brent DOIRON (University of Chicago)
09:50 – 10:20	S1-#2: Fractional Neural Sampling: Exploiting Complex Spatiotemporal Dynamics for Flexible Computation [Abstract] Pulin GONG (The University of Sydney)
10:20 – 11:00	Group photo taking & Coffee Break / Setting up Posters (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
11:00 – 11:30	S1-#3: Order Parameters for Emergence of Consciousness? [Abstract] Haiping HUANG (Sun Yat-sen University)
11:30 – 11:45	S1-#4: The Efficient Coding Strategies in the Cerebellum [Abstract] Yunliang ZANG (Tianjin University)
11:45 – 12:00	S1-#5: Going Beyond the Mean Connectivity: How Much Do We Lose by Ignoring Local Motifs? [Abstract] Yu Xiu SHAO (Beijing Normal University)
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch (For Speakers & Registered Participants Only; Venue: Open Area, 2/F)
	Poster Session I (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
Session II: Cross-level Neuroscience Session Chair: Guoqiang BI (University of Science and Technology of China; Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
14:00 – 14:50	S2-#1: Cell Type Diversity and Organization in the Mammalian Brain [Abstract] Hongkui ZENG (Allen Institute for Brain Science)
14:50 – 15:20	S2-#2: Whole-brain Spatial Organization of Hippocampal Single-neuron Projectomes [Abstract] Chun XU (Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (Institute of Neuroscience), Chinese Academy of Sciences)
15:20 – 15:50	Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
15:50 – 16:20	S2-#3: Building a Wiring Diagram of the Human Brain [Abstract] Sarah HEILBRONNER (Baylor College of Medicine)
16:20 – 16:35	S2-#4: Neural Circuitry and Mechanisms of Sound Intensity Coding [Abstract] Yunfeng HUA (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine)
16:35 – 16:50	S2-#5: Whole Brain Cell Type Mapping by Combining in situ Molecular Labeling and Viral Tracing [Abstract] Hao WANG (University of Science and Technology of China)
17:00 – 17:50	Panel Discussion Moderator: Douglas ZHOU (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
18:00	Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach (Boarding point: Lo Ka Chung Building)
18:10 – 20:35	Banquet (By Invitation Only; Venue: Sai Kung) *Coach departs from Lo Ka Chung Building at 18:10 and returns at 20:35

 

08:30	Pick-up at Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach (Boarding point: Outside Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East)
Session III: System Neuroscience Session Chair: Chengcheng HUANG (University of Pittsburgh)
09:00 – 09:50	S3-#1: Illuminating Causal Links between Neural Circuit Activity and Behavior [Abstract] Michael HAUSSER (University College London / The University of Hong Kong)
09:50 – 10:20	S3-#2: Regulation of Visual Associative Learning by Orbitofrontal Cortex Circuit [Abstract] Haishan YAO (Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (Institute of Neuroscience), Chinese Academy of Sciences)
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee Break / Setting up Posters (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
10:50 – 11:20	S3-#3: Dissecting the Neural Circuitry Underlying Motivated Behaviors [Abstract] Bo LI (Westlake University)
11:20 – 11:35	S3-#4: Unsupervised Pretraining in Biological Neural Networks [Abstract] Lin ZHONG (Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
11:35 – 11:50	S3-#5: Chemosensory Modulation of Eye-body Coordination in Larval Zebrafish [Abstract] Samuel SY (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:50 – 14:00	Lunch (For Speakers & Registered Participants Only; Venue: Open Area, 2/F)
	Poster Session II (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
Session IV: Brain and AI Session Chair: Si WU (Peking University)
14:00 – 14:50	S4-#1: 求索大脑智慧本质，照亮类脑智能之路 [Abstract] Aike GUO (Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (Institute of Neuroscience), Chinese Academy of Sciences)
14:50 – 15:20	S4-#2: Neural Network Training: Theoretical Framework and Challenges [Abstract] Ruoyu SUN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
15:20 – 15:50	Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
15:50 – 16:20	S4-#3: A Brain-inspired Computational Model for Spatio-temporal Sequence Recognition [Abstract] Yuanyuan MI (Tsinghua University)
16:20 – 16:35	S4-#4: Deciphering Neuronal Variability across States Reveals Dynamic Sensory Encoding [Abstract] Xiaoxuan JIA (Tsinghua University)
16:35 – 16:50	S4-#5: Data-based Large-scale Models Provide a Window into the Organization of Cortical Computations [Abstract] Guozhang CHEN (Peking University)
17:00 – 17:50	Panel Discussion Moderator: Changsong ZHOU (Hong Kong Baptist University)
18:00	Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach (Boarding point: Lo Ka Chung Building)

 

08:30	Pick-up at Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach (Boarding point: Outside Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East)
Session V: Brain Diseases Session Chair: Xiao-Jing WANG (New York University)
09:00 – 09:50	S5-#1: From Pecking Order to Ketamine – Neural Mechanisms Connecting the Social and Emotional Brain [Abstract] Hailan HU (Zhejiang University)
09:50 – 10:20	S5-#2: Pathobiology of ApoE in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease [Abstract] Guojun BU (HKUST)
10:20 – 10:50	Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F)
10:50 – 11:20	S5-#3: Altered Plasticity of Microcircuit Dynamics in Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis and Schizophrenia [Abstract] Albert COMPTE (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS))
11:20 – 11:35	S5-#4: A Sleep-active Central Pathway for Pain Chronicity [Abstract] Hang ZHOU (Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology)
11:35 – 11:50	S5-#5: Microglia Govern the Extinction of Acute Stress-induced Anxiety-like Behaviors [Abstract] Yan JIN (University of Science and Technology of China)
11:50 – 12:05	Closing Remarks and Best Poster Awards Organizing Committee Chairs
12:10 – 14:10	Lunch (By Invitation Only; Venue: China Garden Restaurant)