Conference Programme

Keynote speakers, programme and guidance

The conference will take place from 9.30am - 5.00pm.

Please note, talk title are subject to change.

Schedule	Speaker and Topic
09.30	Welcome Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, Pro-Provost (Health), UCL and Professor Tony David, UCL
09.40	Autism Professor Antonia Hamilton, UCL, Social Cognition in Autism Professor Jeremy Veenstra Wanderweele, Columbia University, USA, Genetics and Neuroscience of Autism Professor Ginny Russell, Univeristy of Exeter, Autism and the Neurodiversity Movement
10.55	Panel discussion. Chair: Professor Argyris Stringaris, UCL
11.05	Short break
11.30	Dementia Professor Siddarthan Chandran, Dementia Research Institute, Translational research and dementia Professor Rob Howard, UCL, Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease Dr Ian James, CNTW NHS Trust, Non-pharmacological interventions in dementia
12.45	Panel discussion. Chair: Dr Natalie Marchant, UCL
13.00	Lunch break & poster presentations
14.30	Climate Change Dr Liz Marks, University of Bath, Climate Anxiety Dr Kris de Meyer, UCL, Climate change,mental health and neuroscience
15.20	Panel discussion. Chaired by Professor Essi Viding
15.30	Tea and coffee break
16.00	PhD and conference poster prize giving
16.15	Key lecture: Neuropsychiatric Genetics Sir Mike Owen, Cardiff University, TBC
17.00	Finish
17.30	Drinks reception

Contact information

If you have any questions or queries about the conference, please contact:

iomh.info@ucl.ac.uk
020 3108 7152

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