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ASSC8 SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM   COMA AND IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS   University of Antwerp, City Campus, Rodestraat 14, Room R001 Thursday, June 24, 2004, 8:30 AM to 18:00 PM Download a detailed version of the satellite program here (pdf)   CHAIRMEN: Bryan Jennett (Neurosurgery, University of Glasgow, UK) Paul Boon (Neurology, University of Ghent, Belgium) Jean-Louis Vincent (Intensive Care Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) 8:30 REGISTRATION & COFFEE 9:00 Welcome Joseph Dial (Mind Science Foundation, TX, USA) 9:05 The concept of consciousness Adam Zeman (University of Edinburgh, UK) 9:35 Theoretical framework explaining consciousness Bernard Baars (Neuroscience Institute, Lafayette, CA, USA) DISCUSSION 10:25 Coma and brain death James Bernat (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA) 10:55 The vegetative state and the minimally conscious state Joseph T Giacino (JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NJ, USA) DISCUSSION & COFFEE 12:00 Evoked potentials Jean-Michel Guérit (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) 12:30 Thought Translation Devices in the locked-in syndrome Andrea Kübler (University of Tübingen, Germany) DISCUSSION & LUNCH 14:20 Brain function in pathological unconsciousness Steven Laureys (University of Liège, Belgium) 14:50 Functional imaging in general anesthesia Pierre Fiset (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) DISCUSSION & COFFEE 15:55 Using functional neuroimaging to detect residual cognitive function in persistent vegetative state Adrian M. Owen (University of Cambridge, UK) 16:25 Characterizing residual cerebral activity following severe brain injuries Nicholas D. Schiff (Cornell University, NY, USA) DISCUSSION 17:15 Ethical issues: Personal Identity, Justice and the Regulation of Research in Brain Injury Joseph J. Fins (Cornell University, NY, USA) DISCUSSION 18:00 End of meeting   Sponsored by the Mind Science Foundation Registration is open. Accreditation has been obtained (+30 ethics & economics UFS) Under the auspices of : - Belgian Neurological Society - European Neurological Society - Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness With the kind participation of : - Belgian National Funds for Scientific Research (FNRS) - Department of Neurology of the University of Liège - Siemens - Brain Products - Glaxo Smith Kline - Pfizer     For more information contact : Steven Laureys University of Liège Cyclotron Research Centre Sart Tilman B30 4000 Liège Belgium Phone : +32 4 366 23 16 Fax : +32 4 366 29 46 Email : steven.laureys@ulg.ac.be