Saturday, 7th July
1400Transfer Bus departs the Bionic Ear Institute, 384-388 Albert Street, East Melbourne to Lorne
pmCheck InRegistration
1800Opening Reception
1900Welcome
1930 - 2030 (start)Dinner
Sunday, 8th July
Theme 1
The auditory system from bottom to top and back
Chair: Peter Heil
0700 - 0830Breakfast
0730 - 0815Registration
0830Geoff Manley
What have lizard ears taught us about auditory physiology?
0855Brett Schofield
Acetylcholine and brainstem auditory circuits
0920Nell Cant
Multiple topographically organized projections from the inferior colliculus to the medial geniculate nucleus
0945John Brugge
Functional organization of human auditory cortex
1010Coffee
1035Peter Heil
On signal detection and subsequent action
1100Don Sinex
Neural mechanisms for segregating simultaneous sounds
1125Mal Semple
Cortical processing of dynamic acoustic stimuli
1150Alan Palmer
Descending influences of the auditory cortex
1215Lunch
1315Poster Session 1
1515Don Robertson
Role of olivocochlear efferents in auditory processing: from cochlea to inferior colliculus
Theme 2
How do the two ears communicate? Binaural processing and mechanisms of sound localization
Chair: Tom Yin
1540Philip Joris
Binaural hearing: variations on a Dexterous theme
1605Afternoon Tea / Coffee
1630Benedikt Grothe
New insights into the dynamics of initial binaural processing
1655David McAlpine
Transformation in auditory coding between brainstem and midbrain
1720 - 1900Posters and free time
1900Bar
2000Conference Dinner and Speeches
Monday, 9th July
Theme 2 Continued
0700 - 0830Breakfast
0830Len Kitzes
Binaural response structures in primary auditory cortex
0855Brad May
The Auditory Representation of Spectral Cues for Sound Localization
0920Tom Yin
Physiological and behavioral studies of sound localization in the cat
0945Lisa Wise
Auditory space revisited: aligning computational maps to guide skilled behaviour
1010Coffee
Theme 3
Plasticity in the auditory system with and without ears
Chair: Mike Calford
1035Doug Oliver
Early sound exposure alters frequency coding in the inferior colliculus
1100Russ Snyder
Immediate Changes in IC Responses After Frequency Selective Laser Lesions of the Spiral Ganglion
1125Mike Calford
Steroid mediated plasticity at inhibitory synapses demonstrated in the rat inferior colliculus, in vivo
1150Marc Kamke
Cholinergic Modulation in Cochlear-Lesion-Induced Plasticity
1215Lunch
1315Hiking / Excursion
1515Afternoon Tea / Coffee
1545Poster Session 2
1700Poster Session / free time
1900Bar
2000Dinner
Tuesday, 10th July
Theme 3 Continued
0700 - 0830Breakfast
0830David Ryugo
Synaptic Plasticity in Auditory Nerve Fibers of Chemically-Deafened and Electrically-Stimulated Cats
0855James Fallon
Cochlear Implants and Brain Plasticity
0920Mike Merzenich
Mechanisms and phenomenology of A1 plasticity
Theme 4
Auditory perception and the role of attention
Chair: Dennis Phillips
0945Russell Martin
The spectral integration time of the auditory localisation system
1010Coffee
1035Dennis Phillips
A perceptual architecture for sound lateralization in man
1100Knut Wester
Auditory based neuropsychology in neurosurgery
1125Jason Mattingley
Role of selective attention in the perception of complex auditory scenes
1150Eric Knudsen
Mechanisms of attention and learning in the auditory system of the barn owl
1215Lunch
1315Hiking / Excursion
1515Afternoon Tea / Coffee
1545Poster Session 3
1900Bar
2000Dinner
Wednesday, 11th July
Theme 5
Mechanisms of attention and auditory learning
Chair: Ramesh Rajan
0700 - 0830Breakfast and Check Out
0830Bev Wright
Auditory perceptual learning
0855Dave Moore
Auditory learning and attention in children
0920Check Out
0920Ramesh Rajan
Auditory discrimination learning of an over-practised, implicit-memory everyday task OR What the cochlear efferents do is any one's guess
1015Silly Session
1040Coffee
1105Poster Session 4
1245Lunch
1400Transfer Coach departs Mantra Resort to Melbourne
