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4 May 2007, Australian Academy of Science - Canberra Australia

Each year, the Australian Academy of Science hosts as part of its Annual General Meeting, a one day Symposium on a scientific issue of contemporary broad interest.

The 2007 Symposium will be on "Development and Evolution of Higher Cognition in Animals".

Programs and proceedings from past Symposia are available at:

www.science.org.au/events/index.htm.

The convenor of the 2007 Academy symposium is Professor Lesley Rogers, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Australian Vice Chancellor's Committee representative of the Animal Research Review Panel.

The date for the event is Friday, 4 May 2007 and it will be held in Canberra at the Shine Dome.

Professor Sir Patrick Bateson from the University of Cambridge (UK) will commence by delivering the plenary address entitled: "Taking the stink out of instinct".

This will provide an overview of higher cognition in animals as well as relevant aspects of evolution and development.

Presenters may also be interested that the Symposium is preceded by two days of scientific events and they would be most welcome to attend these sessions.

At the 2007 Symposium Professor Giorgio Vallortigara, who is Professor of Psychobiology/Physiological Psychology and Dean of Faculty at the University of Trieste, Department of Psychology and B.R.A.I.N. Centre for Neuroscience, Trieste, Italy; has accepted the invitation as one of the international speakers to present a talk addressing the science of animal neuroscience, psychology, and behaviour.

Professor Vallortigara has indicated that his talk at our next Symposium in 2007 is to be entitled "The cognitive chicken: Higher mental processes in a humble brain".

More information:

Web: www.science.org.au/events/index.htm

Source:

Bollettino della Comunità Scientifica in Australasia

April 2007
Year VII
ISSN 1446 - 9588