Schedule
| 10:00-13:00 | Workshop “Using Virtual Reality Paradigms with Older Adults” |
| 13:00-14:00 | Arrival & Registration |
| 14:00-14:15 | Welcome & Introduction |
| 14:15-16:15 | Speaker Session 1 - Path Integration: Circuits and clinical perspectives - Xiang-zhen Kong (Zhejiang University): Neural dynamic signatures of path integration: An SEEG study - Hannah Monyer (DKFZ Heidelberg): From inhibition to path integration - Neil Burgess (University College London): Potential neural mechanisms of path integration and impairments in Alzheimer's - Vladislava Segen (DZNE Magdeburg): Vestibular contribution to path integration in healthy aging |
| 16:15-16:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:45-17:45 | Discussion session 1 |
| 17:45-19:00 | Poster session & welcome reception |
| 09:00-10:30 | Speaker Session 2 - Memory systems in aging and disease - Sang-Ah Lee (Seoul National University): What, Where, and When in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease - Abid Hussaini (Cornell University): Memory coding dysfunction in brain regions most vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease - Magdalena Sauvage (LIN Magdeburg): Neural basis of hidden spatial cognitive resources across the lifespan |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Speaker Session 3 - Mechanisms of disorientation in MTL and beyond - Andrej Bicanski (Max Planck Institute Leipzig): Attractor models of memory and navigation in aging and disease - Tim J Viney (University of Oxford): The contribution of thalamocortical head direction circuits to spatial disorientation - Simon Schultz (Imperial College London): Two-photon imaging of amyloid-disrupted cognition in behaving mice: from aberrant excitability to splitter cells |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Speaker Session 4 - Developmental and lifestyle factors in navigation - Francesca Cacucci (University College London): Development of memory and spatial circuits in the rodent - Laura Piccardi (Sapienza Università di Roma): Beyond getting lost: Distinguishing developmental topographical disorientation from psychological disorders - Anne Maass (DZNE Magdeburg): Determining lifestyle and health factors of successful brain and cognitive aging |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Data blitz session |
| 17:30-18:30 | Poster Session |
| 19:30 | Conference dinner |
| 09:00-10:30 | Speaker Session 5 - Fundamental principles of spatial memory - Holger Dannenberg (George Mason University): Neural mechanisms and computational principles underlying spatial memory and spatial navigation - Antonio Reboreda / Motoharu Yoshida (LIN Magdeburg): Active memory in single neurons supports spatial coding / Single-Cell Basis of Path Integration - Caswell Barry (University College London): Matching patterns: Replay as a reflection of experienced theta sequences? |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Speaker Session 6 - Navigation in aging: From neural circuits to VR modelling - Stephen Ramanoel (Université Côte d'Azur): Age-related differences in human neural dynamics underlying integration of visual landmark and self-motion cues during active navigation - Anna Gillespie (University of Washington): Neural correlates of memory impairment in aged rats - Saleh Kalantari (Cornell University): Immersive VR and cognitive‑agent modeling to support spatial navigation in aging |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Speaker Session 7 - Translating and quantifying navigation behaviour - Michael Hornberger (University of East Anglia): Sensor-based real-world navigation in ageing and dementia - Scott Moffat (Georgia Institute of Technology): Reliability and validity of navigation measures in younger and older populations - Anna Katharine Brem (University of Bern): Integrating digital technologies into clinical pathways |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00-17:00 | Discussion session 2 |
| 17:00-17:30 | Wrap-up & farewell |
All times are in CET (Central European Time).