Program

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Opening Statements

8:45 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

Ekat Kritikou, vice-doyenne, à la recherche et au développement, Faculté de médecine

8:50 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

Pierre Drapeau, directeur du Département de neurosciences, Faculté de médecine

9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Session 1 | Insular Cortex: Anatomy, Connectivity & Functions

Moderators: Karim Jerbi and Dang Nguyen

9:00 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.

Henri C. EVRARD, PhD | Max Planck Institute

Body-mind interface in the primate cortex: neuroanatomical and functional insights

9:35 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.

Philippe KAHANE, MD, PhD | Grenoble Institute Neurosciences

What did we learn with direct electrical stimulation of the insula

10:10 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.

coffee break

10:35 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

Dana SMALL, PhD | Yale University

Nutrient sensing in the human insular cortex

11:10 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Sarah N GARFINKEL, PhD | University of Sussex

Dissecting Dimensions of Interoception

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch - Sponsors

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Poster session

2:30 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.

Session 2 | Insula and Risk: From Adapted Decision Making and Pathology

Moderators: Paul Cisek and Didier Jutras-Aswad

2:30 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.

William Kyle SIMMONS, PhD | Oklahoma State University

The Interoceptive insula: Linking What the Body Needs and the Brain Wants

3:05 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

Alain DAGHER, MD | McGill University

Insula in addiction and obesity

3:40 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Coffee break

4:00 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.

Antoine BECHARA, PhD | University of Southern California

Role of the insula in addictive behaviors: Implications for risk perception and the opioid epidemic

4:35 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.

Bernard LE FOLL, PhD | University of Toronto

Potential of insula as a therapeutic target for addiction