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Conference Speakers

Keynote Speakers: Invited 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
















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
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As part of the organisation of this conference, The University of Birmingham is collecting income via registration fees and sponsorships on behalf of the Mechanistic Basis of Foraging organising committtee.


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