Brain Awareness Week is coming March 12-18, 2012. This year our feature event will be a scientific visit and public presentation by Dr. Adrian Owen from the University of Western Ontario on March 15 and 16. Dr. Owen was recently recruited to Canada from Cambridge University as a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging. He is coming at the invitation of the Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience, the Faculty of Medicine and the President of the University of Manitoba.

Dr. Owen's itinerary will include a minisymposium on cognitive neuroscience and brain imaging, to showcase work being done in Manitoba, as well as an open scientific seminar and an evening public lecture. I encourage all Manitoba neuroscientists to demonstrate the vibrancy of our research and clinical neuroscience communities by participating in the activities surrounding Dr. Owen's visit.

If you would like to meet with Dr. Owen, participate as a speaker in the minisymposium (other than those already contacted), or if you have a specific idea for inclusion on his itinerary, please contact WCSfN President Chris Anderson at canderson@sbrc.ca.

Brain Awareness Week is an international Society for Neuroscience event, and is coordinated locally by the Winnipeg Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience.