Scientific Cafes
A first for the biennial Congress of CINP in Hong Kong are the “Scientific Cafés”. A famous CINP scientist will host each evening of relaxed dinner discussion. This is a unique opportunity for you to dine at restaurant specially selected by the Local Organising Committee. These dinners will be open, informal and an opportunity to exchange ideas and thoughts throughout the evening. Places will be available on a strictly “first come first served” basis and will be limited to a maximum of 25.
Please select the dinner of your choice from the list below and book on our congress web site www.cinp2010.com
Scientific Cafés on Monday, 7 June 2010, 20.00hrs
Optimal use of antidepressants and their combination: when to act?
Pierre Blier, Canada
Choosing an antipsychotic
Wolfgang Fleischhacker, Austria
What works in eating disorders?
Phillipa Hay, Australia
Biological Psychiatry – Converting statistically significant findings into clinically useful tests
Shitij Kapur, UK
Strategies to elucidate the causes of mental disorders
Tadafumi Kato, Japan
New Treatments fro Schizophrenia: Where Will They Come From?
Jeffrey Lieberman, USA
Alzheimer’s Disease and biomarkers
Simon Lovestone, UK
Research is fun
Robin Murray, UK
Scientific Cafés on Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 20.00hrs
Smart drugs and society: the neuroethics of cognitive enhancing drugs
Barbara Sahakian, UK
New treatments for depression
Alan Schatzberg, USA
Regulation of secretases in Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis and Drug Development
Weihong Song, Canada
Mechanisms of metabolic adverse effects of psychotrophic drugs
Vidar Steen, Norway
Anxiety disorders
Dan Stein, South Africa
Second-generation antipsychotics: debacle or clues to the way forward?
John Waddington, Ireland
Scientific Cafés on Wednesday, 9 June 2010, 20.00hrs
Can we prevent depression?
Michael Berk, Australia
Disease and structural variation
Evan Eichler, USA
Schizophrenia research: from animal models to imaging and treatment
Anthony Grace, USA
How to translate research into clinical practice
Siegfried Kasper, Austria
Geriatric psychiatry
Ranga Krishnan, Singapore
The effectiveness of multi-target agents in psychiatry disorders: relevance of receptor signature to clinical action
Erik Wong, USA
Cost contribution per Scientific Café: EUR 50 per person including typical Chinese food and limited beverages
The Chinese Cuisine
The selected restaurants offer a variety of different courses with up to eight courses per Scientific Café. Some Chinese dishes are simple and others gourmet exotica, but all are designed to satiate your senses. The most popular styles of Chinese cooking in Hong Kong are Cantonese, Beijingese and Shanghainese. Cantonese originates from the Chinese province of Guangdong. Many restaurants also specialize in vegetarian fare, famous Peking dishes and the zesty flavours of Hunan and Szechuan. The selected restaurants are complemented by creative and modern décor that offer a whole new tasting experience of Chinese cuisines.