CNS 2023 | Workshops, Socials & Special Events

 

SESSION	DATE	TIME	LOCATION
Satellite Event: Opening the Door to Engagement with the National Science Foundation	Saturday, March 25	10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PT)	Seacliff Room
CNS 30th Anniversary Dance Party	Saturday, March 25	8:00 PM - 11:00 PM (PT)	Grand Ballroom
DEI Workshop - Colors of the Brain: Recommendations for Serving Students from Historically Marginalized Groups in Neuroscience	Sunday, March 26	12:15 PM - 1:15 PM (PT)	Bayview Room
Workshop - Industry Professional Development Panel	Monday, March 27	12:15 PM - 1:15 PM (PT)	Bayview Room
Workshop - Recording What Happened during your experiment using Hierarchical Event Descriptors (HED)	Monday, March 27	12:15 PM - 1:15 PM (PT)	Seacliff Room
8th Annual CNSTA Professional Development Panel for Trainees	Monday, March 27	5:45 PM - 7:15 PM (PT)	Bayview Room
CNS Trainee Association Student Social Night	Monday, March 27	7:30 PM - 10:00 PM (PT)	Monroe's

 

Satellite Event: Opening the Door to Engagement with the National Science Foundation

Saturday, March 25, 2023, 10:00 - 11:00 am, Seacliff Room

The workshop will include presentations by Jonathan Fritz (Program Director for NSF Cognitive Neuroscience Program), who will also present information from Enrique Pumar (Program Director for NSF Build and Broaden Program). The presentations and discussion will highlight ways to broaden the engagement of diverse communities, including members of non-R1 institutions in NSF research. Specific program opportunities, such as tips for applying to NSF, will be discussed, including ways to partner with NSF-funded researchers at R1 universities to create research and training opportunities.

To register for the event please use the link and password below. Participants must be registered attendees of the CNS meeting.

EventBrite Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/satellite-event-opening-the-door-to-engagement-with-the-nsf-tickets-541411966767

Password: CNS30NSF

 

CNS 30th Anniversary Dance Party

Saturday, March 25, 2023, 8:00 - 11:00 pm, Grand Ballroom

Join us for a fun filled evening as we celebrate the 30th Anniversary Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. We will start off the night with a local DJ from 8:00PM - 9:30PM followed by a special appearance from Pavlov's Dogz from 9:30PM - 11:00PM !

 

DEI Workshop - Colors of the Brain: Recommendations for Serving Students from Historically Marginalized Groups in Neuroscience

Sunday, March 26, 2023, 12:15 - 1:15 pm Bayview Room

Despite major projected shifts in US demographics, the systematic exclusion of peoples from historically marginalized groups in the neuroscience research workforce continues to threaten prospects for scientific innovation and societal impact. Colors of the Brain (CoB), a UC San Diego graduate student organization founded in 2016, has addressed this problem by providing undergraduate students from historically marginalized groups with invested graduate student mentors who have gone through the transition into Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D research programs. In 2020, CoB began a fully-funded summer research program that has aided in the inclusion and retention of 13 undergraduate students from historically marginalized groups in neuroscience research at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute. Five founding and/or currently active members (all current graduate students or postdocs) will lead a discussion that includes specific recommendations for students on how to launch a similar initiative at their own institution, and for faculty on how to support that endeavor and ensure an equitable, positive, and fruitful research experience for students who may otherwise lack research career mentorship.

Panelists:

Christian Cazares: Co-founder
Pam Riviere: Co-founder
Julia Gorman: Program Coordinator
Sana Ali: Mentorship Coordinator
Michael Preston: Graduate Mentor

 

Workshop - Industry Professional Development Panel

Monday, March 27, 2023, 12:15 - 1:15 pm Bayview Room

As cognitive neuroscientists we’re trained in diverse domains: from psychology to statistics; from experimental design to programming. This diversity is critical for scientific research and is also highly valued in industry. In this panel, former CNS members will speak about their nonacademic careers, advising on resume, networking, and skills development.

Panelists:

Avgusta Shestyuk, Ph.D., Global Head of Science and Research, BASES-Neuro, NielsenIQ
Nick Wan, Ph.D., Director of Baseball Analytics, Cincinnati Reds
Anett Gyurak, Ph.D., Director, Research - Central Science, Strategy, and Research, Meta

 

Workshop - Recording What Happened during your experiment using Hierarchical Event Descriptors (HED)

Monday, March 27, 2023, 12:15 - 1:15 pm Seacliff Room

In this era of rapidly expanding frontiers of data analysis, data archiving and sharing is becoming ever more important as the sustained value of well-archived data for further analysis and mega-analysis continues to increase. However, sharing the recorded data streams alone is not sufficient; to make saved and/or shared data useful, there must be a record of not only how the data were acquired - but as well of what the participant experienced and did during the recording. The only proposed system for recording the nature of events in neuroimaging experiments is the open source system of Hierarchical Event Descriptors (HED), which has now been accepted into all the BIDS modality standards and supported by NIMH. This workshop will help you get started in building HED annotations for your event-related neuroimaging data (EEG, MEG, fMRI, etc.).

 

8th Annual CNSTA Professional Development Panel for Trainees

Monday, March 27, 2023, 5:45 - 7:15 pm Bayview Room

CNSTA Social Organizers: Alexandra Gaynor (Columbia University) & Casey Imperio (City University of New York)

Come to the CNSTA 8th Annual Professional Development Panel to learn about the unique career trajectories of cognitive neuroscientists in academia and industry! Hear our panelists’ insights and experience with how to juggle work/life balance, develop collaborations, navigate the job search, and find positions in industry! Trainees interested in joining the CNSTA to plan future training and social events can email cnstrainee@gmail.com.

More information coming soon!

 

CNS Trainee Association Student Social Night

Monday, March 27, 7:30 – 10:00 pm, at Monroe's located at 473 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133

This event is open to all students and post docs of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

CNSTA Social Organizers: Alexandra Gaynor (Columbia University) & Casey Imperio (City University of New York)

Come and join us for the annual CNS Trainee Association (CNSTA) Student Social Night, Monday, March 27th, after the CNS Trainee Professional Development Panel. We will meet at 7:15 PM in the conference hotel reception area (look for signs), and walk out to a nearby bar/restaurant around 7:30. There will be no cover charge. We look forward to meeting you!

HOW TO GET THERE:

From the Hyatt:
• Go West on Sacramento St (away from the waterfront)
• Turn Right on Battery St
• Turn Left onto Broadway
• Destination will be on your left at 473 Broadway, San Francisco, CA, 94133