Annan Autism Research Network at KI – AutNetKI Kick-off
Program och anmälan till AutNet KI Kick-Off. Information på engelska:
AutNetKI is a multidisciplinary initiative funded by the Committee for Research that aims to transform autism research through collaboration across disciplines at KI. The kick-off meeting will serve as a platform for the researchers and interest organizations to connect and plan the network's activities for the coming years. We will also have two external speakers.
Program:
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome coffee and sandwich
9:.30 – 10:00 Introduction to AutNetKI from the coordinators Kristiina Tammimies and Mark Taylor
10:.00 – 11:00 Looking back to look forward: Changes in the concept of autism
External speaker: Professor Francesca Happé, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
11:00 – 11:05 Short break
11:05 – 12:00 Research on autism @KI part 1
1) Epidemiology
2) Early detection, diagnosis, characterization and interventions
3) Genetics
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Research on autism @KI part 2
4) Preclinical and basic research models
5) Imaging and eye-tracking – participants and model systems
14:00 – 14:45 How to lead translational projects and networks in autism (tentative)
External speaker: Professor Stephen W. Scherer, Chief of Research, Northbridge Chair in Paediatric Research The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Director, McLaughlin Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
14:45 – 15:15 Fika break
15:15 – 15:45 Voices from the community
Interest organizations: Organiserade Autister, Autism Stockholm
15:45– 17:00 Breakout groups for discussion of the aims and activities for AutNetKI
17:00 – 17:30 Summary of the day
18:00 - Dinner at Haga Bottega
Join the kick-off of AutNet-KI
If you want to contribute to the activities of the network and you have research projects focusing on autism, you are welcome to join the Network. Please sign up for our kick-off event no later than March 14th.