Program

	Coffee
9:00	Welcome and announcements
9:15	Robert Remez (former Brandeis undergraduate with Art), Columbia University “Modulation sensitivity in the perceptual organization of speech”
9:45	Kathy Pichora-Fuller, University of Toronto Mississauga “Effects of vocal emotion on speech understanding and memory in younger and older adults”
10:15	Coffee break and group photo
10:45	Stefanie Kuchinsky (former Brandeis undergraduate with Art), University of Maryland “Assessing variation in cognitive demands during speech recognition”
11:15	Bruce Schneider, University of Toronto Mississauga “How spoken language comprehension is achieved by older listeners in multi-talker conversations”
11:45	Stories
12:00	Liz Stine-Morrow (former postdoc with Art), University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign “Age differences in language segmentation: What, how, and why?”
12:30	Lunch
2:00	Mark Eckert, Medical University of South Carolina “Imaging intent to listen in older adults”
2:30	Stories
2:45	Jonathan Peelle (former PhD student with Art), Washington University “The effect of age and acoustic challenge on memory for narrative speech”
3:15	Coffee
3:30	Cai Wingfield, Sympletic Ltd. "Using multivariate analysis of fMRI data to investigate lexical representation"
3:45	Stories
4:00	Murray Grossman, University of Pennsylvania “Neurobiology of conversation: What can we learn about aging from neurodegenerative disease?”
4:30	Closing remarks
6:00	Dinner Solea Restaurant and Tapas Bar 388 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453
	We will help arrange carpooling for those who need rides over to the restaurant; there will be an announcement at the festschrift. There is a little lot right behind Solea that is not public. However there is street parking as well as lots off of Chestnut street, Walnut street, and Spruce street. Parking is free after 6pm as well.