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Our team at the National Core for Neuroethics has been hard at work preparing for the upcoming Brain Matters! Vancouver conference happening this week in beautiful Vancouver, BC.

We almost didn’t notice when something wonderful happened: our Wednesday night public event, “Mapping International Research: Big Data, Big Ethics?”, sold out!

That said, you can still participate in this important conversation by tuning in to the webcast and joining the discussion on Twitter (#AskBrainMatters).

See below, and visit our website www.brainmattersvancouver.ca, for more information!
“Mapping International Research: Big Data, Big Ethics?“
Keynote Lecture by: Dr. Bartha Knoppers, Professor, McGill UniversityFollowed by a Panel Discussion featuring:
Dr. Wylie Burke, Professor, University of Washington
Dr. Daniel Goldowitz, Professor, University of British Columbia
Dr. Christopher Scott, Senior Research Scholar, Stanford University
and Moderator, Kathryn Gretsinger, Former CBC Radio Host / Instructor, UBC Graduate School of JournalismReception to follow.

The event will be on:
06:30 PM – 08:30 PM PDT
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Asia Pacific Hall
at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC

The event is open to the public free of charge, and will also be streamed live online (click here for details) for those who cannot make it to Vancouver.

Admission to the public event is FREE, but registration is required.
Download the flyer here.

LIVE WEBCAST
For those who cannot make it to Vancouver, we are pleased to announce that this public event will be streamed live online.

For webcast instructions, please read below:
1. Click the orange “Click here to watch the webcast” button. (Or if this does not work, please copy-paste the link found below the button)
2. Click on “Big Data Meets Brain Science (Brain Matters! Vancouver)”. (The link will only be live during the event time.)

Click here to watch the webcast

*If the button does not work, go here: http://creative-services.sfu.ca/broadcast/

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I Am My Conscious Experience

Jonathan Schooler,  Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California – Santa Barbara, speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

In genes we trust

Steve Heine, Professor, Department of Psychology University of British Columbia speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

On Self-Shaping: Challenging Neuro-centrism From Within the Sciences

Saskia Nagel, Principal Investigator, Institute of Cognitive Science University of Osnabrück speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

How do brains come to matter?

Candis Callison Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Journalism University of British Columbia speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

Are We Our Brains?: Three Suggested Consequences From a Legal Perspective

Jennifer Chandler, Associate Professor of Law, University of Ottawa speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

Neurophenomenology

Dr. Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

Lack of Consciousness, Lack of Responsibility?

Dr. Neil Levy, Head, Neuroethics Unit Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Editor-in-Chief, Neuroethics, speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

We Are Our Brain-Body Systems

Dr. Edward Slingerland, Professor of Asian Studies, Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition, speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.

Are We Our Brains?: A Short Journey Through Emotions

Dr. Giovanni Frazzetto, Academic Coordinator for the School of Life Sciences at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, speaking at the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies International Roundtable We are our brains, October 2013.