Theme: "Cognition and Action"

Venue: Second Student Centre, York University, Keele campus

Dates: June 4-5

Speakers: See the speaker lineup here.

Abstract submission and registration details will be announced in early 2026.

Preliminary Program and Topics

Day 1: June 4

8:30-9:00 am - Registration

9:00-9:10 am - Welcome (Dr. Doug Crawford, director of the Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, CIAN)

9:10-9:50 am - Philosophy of Cognition & Action, by Dr. Myrto Mylopoulos (Carleton)

9:50-10:20 am - Coffee Break

10:20-10:30 - Session 1: Cognition, Navigation & Eye Movements

1. 10:30-11:10 - Memory and Eye Movements, by Dr. Jennifer Ryan (Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest)
2. 11:10-11:50 - Gaze and Navigation, by Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo (Western University)
3. 11:50-12:30 - Error Monitoring in Frontal Cortex, by Dr. Amir Sajad (International Center for Primate Brain Research)

12:30-1:30 - Lunch Provided

1:30-3:30 - Posters & Coffee

3:30-3:40 - Session 2: Cognition and Human Action

• 3:40-4:20 - Cognition and Grasping, by Dr. Claudia Gonzalez (University of Lethbridge)
• 4:20-5:00 - Representations of Objects and Actions, by Dr. Laurel Buxbaum (Thomas Jefferson University)
• 5:00-5:40 - Cognition and Eye-Hand Coordination, by Dr. Randy Flanagan (Queen's University)

Day 2: June 5

8:30-9:00am - Light Breakfast Provided

9:00-9:10 - Session 3: Physiology of Cognition & Action

• 9:10-9:50 - Parietofrontal Control of Sequences, by Dr. Theresa Desrocher (Brown University)
• 9:50-10:30 - Intelligence and Action, by Dr. Saurabh Vyas (Carnegie Melon University)

10:30-11:00 - Coffee Break

• 11:00-11:40 - TBD

11:40-11:55 - General Discussion

11:55-12:00 - Thanks and Departures