Conference Program at a Glance


The tables below present all conference activities, organized by day. Links to the pages with details about the various conference events are provided as well.

Tuesday 30 August

Time

Tarthorstzaal

Peppelzaal

Roghorstzaal

Lunch area

Other Locations

08:30-09:30       Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

09:30-11:00

Tutorial: Using eye tracking to study behavior Tutorial: Remote physiological monitoring via implantable telemetric
devices
 

 

11:00-12:30

Tutorial: Measuring human motion: features and pitfalls of various techniques

Tutorial: Advanced video tracking and path analysis with EthoVision

Tutorial: Multimodal research in The Observer XT: how to record, synchronize and manage data from multiple sources

12:30-13:30

      Lunch

13:30-15:00

Tutorial: Psychophysiology Applications using a BIOPAC MP System Tutorial: Measuring and analysing movements and activity patterns in animals

Tutorial: Creating an Observer 5 configuration and using it to perform optimal statistical analysis

 

15:00-15:30

   

 

Coffee break

15:30-17:00

Tutorial: Analyzing behavior and interactions with Theme: detection and analysis of hidden temporal patterns Tutorial: Advanced Behavioral Data Manipulation and Management   Tutorial: Usability studies: getting the most from The Observer (Noldus building)

17:30-19:00

 

 

Welcome reception, registration & opening session (Noldus building)


Wednesday 31 August

Time

Haakzaal

Veerzaal

Capitulatiezaal (De Wereld)

Peppelzaal

Roghorstzaal

Lunch area Dorskampzaal, Hoevesteinzaal and Pomonazaal

Other Locations

08:00-08:30    

 

    Registration Poster mounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:30-09:30

Keynote address:
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey F. Cohn

09:30-11:00

Symposium 1: Automatic facial expression analysis and synthesis

User Meeting: EthoVision

SIG:
Ambulatory recording of cardio-respiratory signals in freely moving human subjects (starts at 09:45)

Symposium 2: Defining and measuring dominant-submissive behavior

Symposium 3: Innovation in pain research: development and validation of novel behavioral assays for the prediction of analgesic efficacy

Exhibition

Poster viewing

11:00-11:30

   

Coffee break

    Coffee break and exhibition

11:30-12:30

Symposium 1: Automatic facial expression analysis and synthesis (cont'd) Free paper session 1: Movement tracking

SIG:
Ambulatory recording of cardio-respiratory signals in freely moving human subjects (cont'd)






Free Paper Session 3:
Measuring Physiology and activity (starts at 12:00)

Symposium 2: Measuring dominant-submissive behavior as a model for mania and depression: Parallels between animal behavior and human disease (cont'd)

Free Paper Session 2: Statistical analysis of social behavior (starts at 12:30)

Symposium 3: Innovation in pain research: development and validation of novel behavioral assays for the prediction of analgesic efficacy (cont'd)

 

Exhibition

12:30-13:15

 

 

  Lunch break and exhibition

13:15-14:00

   

14:00-15:30

Symposium 4: The automation of observing and analyzing rodent behavior: possibilities and limitations

User Meeting: The Observer

Symposium 5: Measuring and analyzing dispersal

Symposium 6: Standardized measurement methods for patients with neurological disorders

Free paper session 4: Sound, speech and gesture analysis

Exhibition
15:30-16:00     Coffee break     Coffee break and exhibition
16:00-17:30 Symposium 4: The automation of observing and analyzing rodent behavior: possibilities and limitations (cont'd) Free paper session 5: Recording behavior: methods and techniques

Symposium 5: Measuring and analyzing dispersal (cont'd)




Free Paper Session 8: Tracking and analyzing fish movement (starts at 17:00)

Symposium 6: Standardized measurement methods for patients with neurological disorders (cont'd)

Free Paper Session 6: Measuring body motion (starts at 16:35)

Free paper session 7: Measuring the user experience Exhibition
18:00-23:30    

 

 

      Social events: Guided Tour and Dinner in "De Blauwe Kamer" and guided tour and dinner in Park Sonsbeek

Thursday 1 September

Time

Haakzaal

Veerzaal

Capitulatiezaal (De Wereld)

Peppelzaal

Roghorstzaal

Lunch area Dorskampzaal, Hoevesteinzaal and Pomonazaal

Other Locations

08:00-08:30    

 

    Registration Poster mounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:30-09:30

Keynote address:
Prof. Dr. Richard Morris

09:30-11:00

Symposium 7: Innovative use of the water maze to assess neurocognitive abilities in laboratory rodents

User Meeting: Theme

Symposium 8:
Annotating and measuring meeting behavior (starts at 09:45)

SIG:
Advancements in measurement of human motion

Free paper session 9: Automated Behavior recognition, part 1

Exhibition

Poster viewing

11:00-11:30

   

Coffee break

    Coffee break and exhibition

11:30-12:30

Symposium 7: Innovative use of the water maze to assess neurocognitive abilities in laboratory rodents (cont'd)

Free Paper Session 10: Automated behavior recognition, part 2 (starts at 12:05)

Free Paper Session 11: Analyzing the sequential structure of behavior

Symposium 8:
Annotating and measuring meeting behavior (cont'd)

 

SIG:
Advancements in measurement of human motion (cont'd)

Free Paper Session 12: Posture and gait analysis (starts at 12:25)

Free paper session 13: Observational methods: novel applications

 

Exhibition

12:30-13:15

 

 

  Lunch break and exhibition

13:15-14:00

   

14:00-15:30

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibition Poster session 1 (odd groups) Scientific tours (1st round)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break and exhibition Poster viewing  
16:00-17:30 Exhibition

Poster session 2
(even groups)

Scientific tours (2nd round)
18:00-23:30     Social event:
Buffet Dinner at the Rosendael Castle

Friday 2 September

Time

Haakzaal

Veerzaal

Capitulatiezaal (De Wereld)

Peppelzaal

Roghorstzaal

Lunch area Dorskampzaal, Hoevesteinzaal and Pomonazaal

Other Locations

08:00-08:30    

 

    Registration Poster mounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

08:30-09:30

Keynote address:
Dr. Sergio Velastin

09:30-11:00

Symposium 9: Automatic detection of abnormal human behavior using video processing

Symposium 10: Zebrafish, a new behavioral model system

SIG:
Seeing the complete picture: combination of telemetric monitoring and behavioral monitoring
(starts at 09:45)

Free paper session 14: New techniques in human factors research

Free paper session 15: Measuring and analyzing social behavior

Exhibition

Poster viewing

11:00-11:30

   

Coffee break

    Coffee break and exhibition

11:30-12:30

Symposium 9: Automatic detection of abnormal human behavior using video processing (cont'd)

Symposium 10: Zebrafish, a new behavioral model system (cont'd)

SIG:
Seeing the complete picture: combination of telemetric monitoring and behavioral monitoring (cont'd)
Symposium 11:
Behavior mediated by odors: challenges and solutions to elucidate the function, mechanisms and chemicals behind olfactory responses
Free paper session 16: Advances in eye tracking

 

Exhibition

12:30-13:15

 

 

  Lunch break and exhibition

13:15-14:00

   

14:00-15:30

Free paper session 17: Behavioral phenotyping of rodents

SIG:
Using Virtual Reality for skills training and performance measurement

 

 

Symposium 11: Behavior mediated by odors: challenges and solutions to elucidate the function, mechanisms and chemicals behind olfactory responses (cont'd)

Free Paper Session 18: Measuring and analyzing olfactory responses (starts at 14:50)

SIG:
Tools for teaching observational methods

Exhibition Poster dismounting
15:30-16:30 Closing session (incl. poster award)        
16:30-17:30     Farewell drinks

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