Time Topic Presenters/Moderators
Oct 23, 2025 (DAY 1)
8.15-9.00 Registration and Continental breakfast
9-9.20 Welcome, workshop roadmap Organizing committee
9.20-9.50 Introduction to first breakout group Moderators: Diana Burk (NIMH), Emily Oby (Queens U)
10-10.30 Panelist Introduction and Unveiling of their 10 questions Moderator: S. Shushruth (Pitt/CNBC)
10.30-10.45 Coffee/Tea break in Library Foyer
10.45-11.15 Panelist Q1 & Q2 (10min Q1/ 5 min moderator feedback // 10min Q2 / 5 min) Mehrdad Jazayeri (MIT)
Moderator: James P Herman (Pitt)
Recording: Diana Burk (NIH)
11.15-12.15 Small group breakout to discuss refinements of Q1 & Q2 (10 people per group, new groups each time). One non-panelist representative from each group will present those suggestions for refinement.
12.15-1.30 Lunch (catered) with informal discussions in Mellon Institute 4th Floor Foyer
1.30-2 Panelist Q3 & Q4 Marlene Cohen (U.Chicago)
Moderator: Soo Hyun Park (KAIST)
Recording: Emily Oby (Queens U)
2-3 Small group breakout discussions of Q3 & Q4 and suggestions for refinement.
3-3.15 Coffee/Tea break in Library Foyer
3.15-3.45 Panelist Q5 & Q6 Matthew Smith (CMU)
Moderator: Diana Burk (NIMH)
Recording: Fabrice Arcizet (Institut de la Vision)
3.45-4.45 Small group breakout discussions of Q5 & Q6 and suggestions for refinement.
4.45-5.00 30 Years of NHP Research at CNBC Matthew Smith (CMU)
6.00-8.00 Social event celebrating 30 years of NHP research at CNBC (Mellon Institute)
Oct 24, 2025 (DAY 2)
8.30-9.00 Continental breakfast
9-9:10 Introduction to second breakout groups
9.15-9.45 Panelist Q7 & Q8 Kathy Cullen (Johns Hopkins)
Moderator: Emily Oby (Queens U)
Recording: James P Herman (Pitt)
9.45-10.45 Small group breakout discussions of Q7 & Q8 and suggestions for refinement.
10.45-11.00 Coffee/Tea break in Library Foyer
11.00-11.30 Panelist Q9 & Q10 Ilya Monosov (Johns Hopkins)
Moderator: Fabrice Arcizet (Institut de la Vision)
Recording: Soo Hyun Park (KAIST)
11.30-12.30 Small group breakout discussions of Q9 & Q10 and suggestions for refinement.
12.30-1.30 Lunch (catered)
1.30-3.00 Resource sharing discussion: How can we share techniques, approaches, tools, more easily within primate neuroscience? Emily Oby (Queens U.), Diana Burk (NIH) and Soo Hyun Park (KAIST)
3.00-3.15 Coffee/Tea break in Library Foyer
3.15-4.15 Career advice for junior investigators and senior postdocs:
Establishing a NHP systems neuroscience lab Gouki Okazawa (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and James P Herman (Pitt)
5.00 - 10.00 Breakout groups for a separate social events and dinner
Group A: Arts/Painting (Emily Oby)
Group B: Boardgames (Shushruth)
Group C: Climbing (James Herman)
Group D: Indoor Golf (Fabrice Arcizet & Soo Hyun Park)
Group E: Escape Room (Diana Burk) Each panelist+organizer leads a breakout group to one of the five planned events
Oct 25, 2025 (DAY 3)
8.30-9.00 Continental breakfast
9.00-10.00 Best practices for NHP Welfare and 3Rs: surgical techniques and enrichment Mark Eldridge (Newcastle) and Fabrice Arcizet (Institut de la Vision)
10.00-10.45 Debates on widening the NHP Neuroscience pipeline Soo Hyun Park (KAIST) and S. Shushruth (Pitt/CNBC)
10.45-11.00 Coffee/Tea break in Library Foyer
11.00-11.45 Revisiting the 10 Questions with the panelists
11.45-12.30 Where do we go next? Sustaining the momentum beyond the Workshop