Wednesday April 18, 2018
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast Poster Set-Up (103.6) |
| 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Opening Remarks Michael Yassa University of California, Irvine |
| 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM | Plenary Lecture James L. McGaugh University of California, Irvine "Historical perspectives on Brain and Memory” |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary Lecture Lynn Nadel University of Arizona "How Thinking about Memory Has Changed in the Past 35 Years" |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break Poster Viewing (103.6) Exhibits |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Symposia (103.1 - 103.5) Posters (103.6) |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Poster Take-Down (103.6) Poster Set-Up (105.6) |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Plenary Lecture Carol Barnes University of Arizona "Neurobiological Correlates of Aging Memory" |
| 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Symposia (105.1 - 105.5) Posters (105.6) |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Break Poster Viewing (105.6) Exhibits |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Keynote Lecture Edvard Moser Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU "Grid Cells and the Entorhinal Map of Space" |
| 6:00 PM | Poster Take-Down (105.6) |
Thursday April 19, 2018
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Breakfast Poster Set-Up (203.6) |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Plenary Lecture Claudia Kawas University of California, Irvine "Cognition in the Oldest-Old: the 90+ Study" |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Open Papers (202.1-202.5) |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break Poster Viewing (203.6) Exhibits |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Symposia (203.1 - 203.5) Posters (203.6) |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Poster Take-Down (203.6) |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Plenary Lecture Daniel Schacter Harvard University "Contributions of Episodic Retrieval to Constructive Memory and Imagination" |
| 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Panel Discussion: The Future of Neuroscience Moderator: Alcino Silva University of California, Los Angeles |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Break |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Plenary Lecture Caroline Montojo Kavli Fondation "Advancing Brain Research in the U.S. and Beyond" |
| 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception |
Friday April 20, 2018
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Breakfast Poster Set-Up (303.) |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Plenary Lecture Elizabeth Phelps New York University "Changing Fear" |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Plenary Lecture Neal Cohen University of Illinois "Relational Memory – Theoretical and Empirical Advances: A Tribute to Howard Eichenbaum" |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break Poster Viewing (303.6) Exhibits |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Symposia (303.1 - 303.5) Posters (303.6) |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Poster Take-Down (303.6) Poster Set-Up (305.6) |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Plenary Lecture Reisa Sperling Harvard University "Memory Decline in Aging and Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease" |
| 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Symposia (305.1 - 305.5) Posters (305.6) |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Break Poster Viewing (305.6) Exhibits |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Plenary Lecture György Buzsáki New York University "Spacetime and Hippocampus" |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Poster Take-Down (305.6) |
| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Evening Panel and Workshop: Open Science and Open Access Publishing Moderator: Steve Ramirez Boston University |
Saturday April 21, 2018
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Plenary Lecture Molly Wagster National Institute on Aging "Cognitive Resilience and Reserve in Aging - How Can We Do Better?" |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Open Papers (402.1-402.5) |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Live Review - Frontiers for Young Minds Moderator: Bob Knight University of California, Berkeley |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Poster Set-Up (405.6) |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Plenary Lecture Ann Graybiel Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Building Action Repertoires on Value: Corticostriatal Dynamics" |
| 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Symposia (405.1 - 405.5) Posters (405.6) |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Break Poster Viewing (405.6) Exhibits |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Plenary Lecture Gary Lynch University of California, Irvine "A Taxonomy for the Diverse Forms of Synaptic Plasticity: Implications for the Construction of Complex Memories" |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Poster Take-Down (405.6) |
| 6:30 PM | Film Screening My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond Moderator: Wendy Suzuki New York University |
Sunday April 22, 2018
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Breakfast Poster Set-Up (503.6) |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Plenary Lecture Elizabeth Loftus University of California, Irvine "Eavesdropping on Memory" |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Lightning Talks (502.1-502.5) |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Break Poster Viewing (503.6) Exhibits |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Symposia (503.1-503.5) Posters (503.6) |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Poster Take-Down (503.6) |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Plenary Lecture Bruce McNaughton University of California, Irvine "Place Cells Beyond the Hippocampus: Zipping and Unzipping Hippocampal Index code" |
| 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Panel Discussion: Neuroscience and Education Moderator: Melina Uncapher University of California, San Francisco |
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Break |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Plenary Lecture Richard Morris University of Edinburgh "The Making and Keeping of Memory" |
| 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks Michael Yassa University of California, Irvine |
LEARNMEM2018 Program Committee
Committee Chair
Michael A. Yassa, Ph.D.
Faculty
Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D.
Sunil Gandhi, Ph.D.
Kei Igarashi, Ph.D.
Barbara Knowlton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dane Clemenson, Ph.D.
Brittney Cox, Ph.D.
Gabriel Elias, Ph.D.
Janine Kwapis, Ph.D.
Graduate Students
Alberto Lopez
Freddie Marquez
Maria Montchal
Terra White