1. Recent advances in biology, sociology and modeling
February 11 – 13 th
2009
VIOLENCE
understanding
EPFL-LATSIS Symposium 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
SPEAKERS :
Gene-environment interactions :
Richard J Ebstein (IL)
Klaus-Peter Lesch (DE)
Joshua W. Buckholtz (USA)
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (DE)
Stress, hormones and violence :
Stephen J. Suomi (USA)
Caroline Blanchard (USA)
Jozsef Haller (HU)
Carmen Sandi (CH)
Brain mechanisms and dynamics :
Richard E. Tremblay (CA)
Sheilagh Hodgins (UK)
Jaap M. Koolhaas (NL)
Inga D. Neumann (DE)
Kent Kiehl (USA)
Sociology and Psychology :
Richard Wilkinson (UK)
John Archer (UK)
Stefan Klusemann (USA)
Mark Levine (UK)
Pierre Magistretti (CH)
Francois Ansermet (CH)
Modeling and virtual reality approaches :
Mel Slater (ES, UK)
Albert Rizzo (USA)
Mark Broom (UK)
Lee Alan Dugatkin (USA)
DISCUSSANTS :
Didier Trono (EPFL, CH)
Ronald de Kloet (Univ. of Leiden, NL)
Alexander Butchart (Prevention of Violence, WHO)
Daniel Schechter (Univ. of Geneva, CH)
Philippe Cotter (Univ. of Geneva, CH)
Olaf Blanke (EPFL, CH)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE :
Organizer :
Carmen Sandi (EPFL, CH)
Co-organizers :
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (ZI, DE)
Mel Slater (UCL UK & UPC ES)
Pierre Magistretti (EPFL, CH)
Early registration and abstract deadline : December 2008
Further information : http://latsis2009.epfl.ch