Hearing & Communication Neuroscience(HCN) Retreat May 11 - 12, 2015

HCN is an inter-disciplinary program that provides graduate and post-graduate training in audition and vocal communication; it is affiliated with three graduate programs at USC: Linguistics, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Sarah Bottjer & Neil Segil are the Co-Directors.

Departure: We take the USC boat from San Pedro at 7:15 am Mondaymorning (5/11); arrive 9:00 am at Two Harbors, Catalina Island (USC Wrigley Institute). Aim to arrivein San Pedro by ~7:00 am to allow time for parking and boarding the boat; carpooling encouraged due to limited parking.

Overnight parking is available on the street; see California Marine Institute) for directions to San Pedro. The address (for phone mapping purposes): 820 South Seaside Ave, Terminal Island, CA 90731. See attached doc “direc to SCMI” for directions you can print out.

BE SURE TO ARRIVE by 7:00; the boat will not wait. Also: no sandals or open-toed shoes can be worn on the boat. Return: The USC boat returns from Two Harbors at 3:30 pm Tuesdayafternoon (5/12); arrives San Pedro ~5:00 pm.

You will want to bring sneakers, a sweater (cool evenings), and sunscreen. Of course, it is useful to bring your own notebook for the talks. Although the boat is reasonably large and stable, if you are prone to motion sickness, then you should take Dramamine (or any similar non-drowsy medication) ONE HOUR before getting on the boat.

If you plan on snorkeling, then you may wish to bring your own fins/mask/snorkel OR you can rent them (plus a wet suit) out there for $10. Wireless is available on the island if you want to bring your laptop.

We are staying at the USC Wrigley Institute at Two Harbors on Catalina Island:

Hearing & Communication Neuroscience(HCN) Retreat May 11 -12, 2015

HCN Retreat Schedule

(all sessions are in the Library unless noted otherwise)

Monday

9:45 Introductions (coffee/snacks starting at 9:30)

10:00 – 12:00Session 1

10:00 – 11:00 AM Keynote Address #1 - Mark Warchol

Dept. Otolaryngology, Washington University, St. Louis;

Title: "The Enigmatic Function of Inner Ear Macrophages: Insights from Studies of Fish, Birds, and Mammals" (50 min + questions)

11:00 – 11:30Mairym Llorens Monteserin*(20 min + questions)

11:30 – 12:00 Brian Zingg*(20 min + questions):

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (Dining Hall)

1:00 – 3:30 Play time (water-front orientation 1:00 – 1:30)

3:30 – 5:30 Session 2 (coffee/snacks starting at 3:00)

3:30 – 4:00 Louise Menendez*(20 min + questions)

4:00 – 4:30 Amy Garrison*(20 min + questions)

4:30 – 5:30 Ray Goldsworthy(40min + questions)

6:00 – 7:00 Dinner (Dining Hall)

7:30 – 8:30PM Keynote address: #2:Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

Boston University

Title: "How individual differences in sensation and perception affect you at the cocktail party"

9:00 – 10:00 Poster session with open bar (Dining Hall)

Tuesday (Breakfast 7:30 – 8:00) [put your bags out for pick-up by 9 am]

9:00 – 11:00 Session 3

9:00 – 9:30 Candise Lin*(20 min + questions)

9:30 – 10:00 Amjad Askary*(20 min + questions)

10:00 – 10:40 TBA (40 min + questions)

11:00 – 12:00(Library)

HCN Program; Program update and Q&A about program status and organization.

The future of the field of Hearing and Communication Neuroscience. What are the big scientific problems? How can the HCN program help to address them?

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 3:00Session 4 (Library)

1:00 – 1:30 Amanda Ortmann* (20 min + questions)

1:30 – 2:00 Chris Ventura*(20 min + questions)

2:00 – 2:40 Bob Shannon -(40min + questions)

3:30 – Depart Catalina

* denotes trainee (talk + poster presentation required)

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