Thursday, 12 October

Morning

Time Description
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome with coffee and tea
09:15 - 10:15 Keynote
Dr. Roian Egnor – Something old and something new: using ethology and machine vision to decipher mouse social behavior
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00 Participant presentations
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break (included)

Afternoon

Time Description
13:00 - 14:00 Keynote
Prof. Louk Vanderschuren – All Work and No Play: Studying the Neural Mechanisms of Social Play Behaviour in Rats
14:00 - 15:00 Break-out session 1
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 - 16:00 Presentations session 1
16:00 - 16:30 Lessons learned from 25 years behavior analysis
(Elsbeth van Dam, Noldus Information Technology)
16:30 - 17:00 Group discussion
17:00 - 19:00 Reception at De Rechtbank (Korte Nieuwstraat 14, Utrecht)

Friday, 13 October

Morning

Time Description
09:15 - 10:15 Keynote
Prof. York Winter – Towards full automation of behaviour training and behaviour measurement
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30 Break-out session 2
11:30 - 12:15 Presentations session 2
12:15 - 12:30 Wrap-up
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break (included)

Afternoon

Time Description
13:30 - 14:30 Keynote
Prof. Robert Fisher – Visual analysis of animal behaviour
14:30 - 15:30 Break-out session 3
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 - 16:30 Presentations session 3
16:30 - 16:45 Group discussion
16:45 - 17:00 Wrap-up