[Neuro-2008-committee] Fwd: Re: first draft of NI Congress
Robert W. Williams
rwilliam at nb.utmem.edu
Tue Oct 9 20:58:34 CEST 2007
>
>On 09.10.2007 00:18, Robert W. Williams wrote:
>>
>>Dear Rodney, Jan, and INCF Board Members
>>
>>Terrific start. I'm sorry that I missed this formative meeting.
>>
>>
>>
>>On the topic of Subjects and Keynotes:
>>
>>1. It would be good to have one keynote on
>>policies and opportunities for large-scale
>>international neuroscience research. I
>>appreciate that you have this covered to some
>>extent under Topic C. I think that Kathie
>>Olsen was suggested. My suggestion would be
>>Floyd Bloom for a possible keynote address on
>>this topic. He gave a great talk at the PubMed
>>Plus conference. Elegant and thought
>>provoking.
>>
>>
>>2. If room and interests permit: "Neurogenomics
>>meets bioinformatics meets neuroinformatics" is
>>a hot topic that I would be willing to assign
>>to myself. Rusty Gage would be a contender . He
>>does not know much about neuroinformatics per
>>se, but would still be a strong and interesting
>>speaker. There are several other contenders for
>>a keynote on this topic (Alan Jones from the
>>ABA, Ed Lein of the ABA, Pierre Cambon (?),
>>Seth Grant, ....)
>>
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>>The SfN model is not appropriate for the INCF,
>>but might still be useful to review.
>>
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>>Rob
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dear All,
>>>
>>>Just a reminder: in your Emails from October
>>>5, you will find an important message from
>>>Rodney Douglas concerning the INCF Congress.
>>>This Email is also included below.
>>>
>>>We would like to update the Congress website
>>>with some information as soon as possible and
>>>would therefore be most grateful for your
>>>input.
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Jan Bjaalie
>>>
>>>-------- Original Message --------
>>>Subject: [Incf-board] first draft of NI Congress
>>>Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:18:58 +0200
>>>From: Rodney Douglas <rjd at ini.phys.ethz.ch>
>>>To: incf-board at incf.org
>>>References: <470278F4.7090202 at incf.org>
>>>
>>>dear board at incf
>>>
>>>
>>>herewith the first draft.
>>>
>>>The workshop leaders should please move as quickly as possible to
>>>refine the title and provide a short description of their workshop,
>>>as requested in the draft.
>>>
>>>thanks, rodney
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>________________________________________________________________________
>>>Prof. Rodney Douglas
>>>
>>>Institute of Neuroinformatics Tel : +41 1 635 3051
>>>University/ETH Zurich Fax : +41 1 635 3025
>>>Winterthurerstrasse 190 rjd (at) ini phys ethz ch
>>>Zurich 8057, Switzerland www.ini.unizh.ch
>>>________________________________________________________________________
>>>
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>>
>>--
>>
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>Robert W. Williams, Ph.D.
>>Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
>>Dunavant Chair: Developmental Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
>>University of Tennessee Health Science Center
>>855 Monroe Avenue
>>Memphis TN 38163
>>
>>Telephone: 901 448-7050 or 7018
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>
>--
>Jan G. Bjaalie, M.D., Ph.D.
>Executive Director
>
>International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility
>Secretariat
>Karolinska Institutet
>Nobels väg 15A
>SE-171 77 Stockholm
>Sweden
>
>Email: jan.bjaalie at incf.se
>Phone: +46 70 5787092
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--
Rob
Robert W. Williams, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Dunavant Chair: Developmental Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
855 Monroe Avenue
Memphis TN 38163
Telephone: 901 448-7050 or 7018
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