Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion: 30 Years of Affective Neuroscience

The Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion is an annual conference exploring the frontiers of affective neuroscience. For the past 30 years, the symposium has provided an intellectual container for researchers, clinicians, trainees, students, and others to learn about and discuss the biological mechanisms underlying mental health.

Founded and hosted by two world renown scientists at the University of Wisconsin, Drs Ned Kalin and Richie Davidson, the symposium is a long standing tradition that supports communication across disciplines to further cultivate our collective understanding of the relationship between mind, body, emotions, and health. Each year participants report that this meeting, where experienced scientists make a special effort to connect with student researchers, has helped forge enduring collegial relationships.

As always, the symposium offers an outstanding lineup of leading scientists presenting their research, along with in-depth discussions. The symposium offers five 1-hour presentations, each followed by a 45-minute in-depth discussion. Additionally, the symposium includes breakout discussion sessions, Poster Session and reception, and opportunities to connect with a variety of participants from programs across the country.

The event will take place in-person at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, and all registered attendees will have the option to attend some or all of the talks virtually. Additionally, all talks will be recorded and distributed to registered attendees after the event.

We hope you can join us as we deliver lively discussions on the origins of psychiatric illnesses and provide creative insights into potential new treatments.

Registration includes:

• Option to attend talks in-person or via livestream
• Breakfast both days
• Poster Session & Reception (light refreshments will be served)
• Breakout Discussions
• Recordings of each talk
• Opportunities to connect with world renown experts, researchers, and students training in affective neuroscience and related fields of study
  

• Erika Forbes, PhD
• Fred H. Gage, PhD
• Yasmin Hurd, PhD
• Martin Picard, PhD
• Alan F. Schatzberg, MD

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• This is a hybrid event: all conference activities will be held in-person at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (UW-Madison), and all registered attendees will have the option of attending any or all of the talks via livestream
• Poster Session and breakout sessions can only be attended in-person. However, you can view the posters and abstracts at healthemotions.org/posters

• There is no "virtual only" registration option. Simply complete your registration (as a student, faculty, or general admission) and you will automatically have the option to participate via livestream.

• Partial registrations are not available. If you are only interested in one of the talks, you must still register for the entire conference.

• Virtual Q&A will be offered! Both the in-person and virtual audiences are invited to ask questions. Livestream attendees will have the ability to submit questions to presenters during the 45-minute post-talk discussions.

• All talks will be recorded and distributed to registered attendees after the event

• CME/CEU credits are not available

• PARKING: Lot #20, Lot #80 (Union South), and Lot #17 - see UW Interactive Map

• Zoom Webinar link will be shared with all registered attendees by Wednesday morning 4/16/25 – please check your inbox for an email from Eventbrite.

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World-renowned scientists Ned Kalin, MD and Richie Davidson, PhD formed the HealthEmotions Research Institute (HERI) at the University of Wisconsin in 1995 to investigate the complex neurobiological relationship between mind, body, and emotions. This video explores the origins of their early collaborations on the frontiers of affective neuroscience and the formation of the "Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion"-- an annual conference which, for over 25 years, continues to bring together world class scientists and student researchers to investigate the neuromechanisms underlying emotions, stress, and wellbeing.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, United States