The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging Conference, 3-5 November, Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham

Conference Speakers

Keynote Speakers:


Prof. Benjamin Hayden
Professor of Neurosurgery, 
Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University


Prof. Susan Healy
Professor & Director of Centre for Biological Diversity, 
School of Biology, University of St Andrews

Dr. Miriam Klein Flugge
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, 
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

Invited Speakers:


Dr. David Barack
Research Assistant Professor,  
University of Pennsylvania & Lingnan University 


Dr. Aaron M. Bornstein
Associate Professor in Cognitive Sciences,
University of California 

Prof. Becket Ebitz
Assistant Professor,
University of Montreal 

Dr. Nicholas Furl
Senior Lecturer of Psychology,
Royal Holloway University of London 

Prof. Mark Humphries
Professor of Computational Neuroscience,
University of Nottingham 

Prof. Elli Leadbeater
Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Research,
University College London
 
Dr. Jennifer Li
Max Planck Research Group Leader,
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics 

Prof. Dean Mobbs
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,
California Institute of Technology 

Dr. Jacquie Scholl
INSERM Research Officer  
Lyon Neuroscience Research Centre                                             


Key Dates


Abstract Submission Deadline 
17th August 2025
Abstract Submission Outcome Email
Mid September 2025
Early Bird Registration Closes
30th September 2025
Registration Closes
20th October 2025
Conference Dinner
4th November 2025 

Photo of a clock tower 'Old Joe'