Upcoming Events
Conference to Examine Consciousness, the Unconscious, and What Lies Between (June 24-27)
How do you recognize consciousness?
We all know about the complex, embittered Terri Schiavo court battle that was waged over right-to-die issues. Some believed that Schiavo was a severely brain-damaged woman with an irreversible condition--in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Others maintained that Schiavo could benefit from rehabilitation. Since the Schiavo case, the question of exactly what consciousness is has become perhaps even more perplexing. This question, along with many other issues in neuroscience, will be discussed at the ninth annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC). The conference will take place from June 24 to 27 at the California Institute of Technology. For ASSC membership information, contact Patrick Wilken at pwilken@gmail.com.
Some of the world's leading experts in consciousness from Caltech, the Salk Institute, the University of Sussex, Oxford University, Harvard Medical School, Insitut Pasteur, UC Davis, and UC Berkeley will deliver presentations on the most advanced research findings in the field.
The ASSC conference will promote interdisciplinary dialogue from the perspectives of neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and ethics, computer science, and cognitive ethology. Discussion topics include the following titles: "Emerging Ethical Issues in Consciousness Research," "Emotion, Feeling, and the Brain," "A Brain-Body Perspective on Pain," " Investigating Neuronal Correlates of Conscious Visual Perception," and "Color and Consciousness."
The public is invited to attend the conference. The cost is $300 for non-ASSC members. The cost for student ASSC members is $140. The media is welcome to attend at no cost.
For a complete conference schedule and registration information see Conference Information.
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RFIS Technology and Sensors in Healthcare (June 29)
The MedTech Quarterly Breakfast Series continues on June 29 at 7am at the Embassy Suites Frisco Conference Center located at 7600 John Q. Hammons Drive in Frisco. The interactive discussion will include area leaders from Texas Instruments, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Stryker, Caducys and GlobeRanger. This event will be the first in a quarterly series of breakfast meetings focused on the opportunities and challenges of growing medical technologies and the broader life sciences in North Texas.
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Lunch with CEO of Dresser, Inc (July 7)
The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is hosting a luncheon at 11:45am on July 7 at the Radisson Hotel located at 1981 N. Central Expressway in Richardson. Patrick Murray, the CEO and Chairman of Dresser Inc. will be giving the keynote talk. There is a $30 for Chamber members and a $45 for non-members. For more information or to register, see Luncheon Information.
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Practical Earthquake Prediction (July 7)
The University of Texas at Dallas is hosting a presentation by Professor Yuri A. Kopytenko, Director of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation at 2pm on July 7 at the TI Auditorium in the Engineering and Computer Science South Building on The University of Texas at Dallas campus, located at 900 West Campbell in Richardson. Because of their devastating potential, there is great interest in predicting the location and time of large earthquakes. Although a great deal is known about where earthquakes are likely, there is currently no reliable way to predict the days or months when an event will occur in any specific location.
With 18 earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.0 or larger reported worldwide each year, the number of lives that could be saved from a reliable detection system is phenomenal.
Dr. Kopytenko, will discuss the research he is doing using ULF electromagnetic signals as a means of developing a system of predicting earthquakes. Come hear how this close this group is to discovering such a system. Email keithly@utdallas.edu for more information.
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CE Mark/CC Seminar (July 20)
The US Department of Commerce, Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, International Trade Center SBDC and Duquesne University-CITRA are presenting a CE Mark/CCC Seminar at 7:30am on July 20 at the InfoMart, located at 1950 Stemmons Freeway in Dallas. This seminar will provide hands-on-training on how to export medical devices to Europe or China and the CE and CCC regulatory requirements. There is a $60 charge to attend the entire day or $35 to attend half the day. For more information see www.dallaschamber.org.
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5th Annual Health Policy & Technology Forum (Sept. 13)
The Health Industry Council of the DFW Region is hosted its fifth annual Health Policy and Technology Forum at 7:30am on September 13 at the DFW Harvey Hotel located at 4545 W. John Carpenter Freeway in Irving. For more information, see Forum Information.
