Meeting: Coordinating Global Brain Projects, Rockefeller University, September 19th, 2016

该奖项支持召开一次国际会议，以协调目前在许多不同国家正在进行的众多独立的大型大脑项目。美国国家科学基金会负责领导国际脑计划的协调，本次会议将成为建立全球脑计划的关键一步，复制人类基因组计划和其他国际科学合作的成功。此次会议将与附近的联合国大会一起在洛克菲勒大学举办，届时将有 400 多名美国和国际与会者参加，演讲嘉宾包括来自世界各地所有主要大脑项目的国际科学家和管理人员。这些项目之间的协调对于推进神经科学、了解大脑功能和改善神经系统疾病的治疗具有巨大的潜在更广泛影响。会议的目标有两个：1) 撰写一份支持合作的平台文件，由全球大脑项目负责人签署；2) 创建一个由所有大脑项目代表组成的委员会，以促进协作与合作。两位组织者领导的研究团队发起了 US BRAIN 计划，为这次会议赢得了广泛的私人和公共支持，并且总部设在两所当地大学。不同的研究人员群体将参加，在线访问会议将确保广泛传播。

This award supports an international meeting to coordinate the numerous independent large-scale brain projects that are now underway in many different countries. NSF has the congressional charge to lead the coordination of international Brain Projects, and this meeting will serve as a critical step toward the establishment of a Global Brain Initiative, replicating the success of the Human Genome Projects and other international worldwide scientific collaborations. The meeting will host over 400 US and international attendees, at Rockefeller University in association with the nearby United Nations General Assembly, and feature as speakers a group of international scientists and administrators from all the major brain projects around the world. The potential broader impacts of coordination among these projects for advancing neuroscience, understanding brain function, and improving treatment for neurological disease is immense.The goal of the meeting is two-fold: 1) to write a platform paper supporting cooperation, to be signed by heads of brain projects worldwide, and 2) to create a committee with representatives from all brain projects to promote collaboration and cooperation. The two organizers led the teams of researchers that launched the US BRAIN initiative, have gathered wide private and public support for this meeting, and are based at two local universities. A diverse group of researchers will participate, and online access to the meeting will assure broad dissemination.