PSYCHIATRY

Welcome and Introduction of the workshop 
Arjan Blokland and Gunter Kenis

Opening lecture:
Why aren't psychopharmacologists as successful as cardiologists in drug discovery?
A brief survey of the past, present and future of psychotropic drug discovery

Brian Leonard (Galway)

Depression-Microbiome-Brain-Gut-Axis
Gerard Clarke (Cork)

Early Life Stress-What We Have Learned from Animal Models
Siobhain O’Mahony (Cork) 

Relation between stress and Schizophrenia
Kiki Sidiropoulou (Heraklion)

Stress-induced brain changes
Nuno Sousa (Braga)

Q&A with all the speakers of the day

Break

Interactive parallel sessions

Psychobiotics for the Treatment of Depression: Defining the therapeutic targets in the microbiome-gut-brain axis
Moderators: Gerard Clarke and Siobhain O’Mahony (Cork)

Can animal models define the critical effects of stress in the etiology of schizophrenia?
Moderator: Kiki Sidiropoulou (Heraklion)

Can drugs reverse the stress-induced brain connectivity after stress? animal models define the critical effects of stress in the etiology of schizophrenia?
Moderator: Nuno Sousa (Braga)

Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Brian Leonard (Galway) 

REWARD 

Reward – Brain network
Ana João Rodrigues (Braga) 

Mapping motivational impairments onto reinforcement learning systems in the brain: examples from schizophrenia
Dennis Hernaus (Maastricht) 

Cannabinoids and reward: lessons from intracranial self-stimulation studies
George Panagis (Heraklion) 

Q&A with all the speakers of the day

Break

Interactive parallel sessions

Reinforcement learning: a transdiagnostic symptom mechanism?
Moderator: Dennis Hernaus (Maastricht)

Microbial regulation of eating behavior/reward: A neurobiological perspective
Moderator: Harriet Schellekens (Cork) 

The addictive potential of classical drugs and novel psychoactive substances
Moderator: Eef Theunissen (Maastricht)

Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Nuno Sousa (Braga)

PSYCHEDELICS 

Psychedelic Medicine-Translating lab findings into therapeutic applications
Kim Kuypers (Maastricht)

Acute and long‐term effects of the ‘new kids on the block’ (novel psychoactive substances) on physiological and behavioral parameters/receptor profiles
Tomas Palenicek (NIMH, Czech Republic)

Psychedelics and their potential clinical applications
David Erritzoe (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)

Q&A with all the speakers of the day

Break

Interactive parallel sessions

Psychotropic drugs and the gut microbiome
Moderator: Gerard Clarke (Cork)

MDMA: neurotoxin of promising therapeutic aid? 
Moderator: Kim Kuypers (Maastricht)

Drugs of abuse or medicines? Therapists or shamans?
Moderator: Tomas Palenicek  (NIMH, Czech Republic)

Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Arjan Blokland (Maastricht)  

AGING & COGNITION 

Changing network in aging
Ana Coelho (Braga)

“Novel” pharmacological treatments for cognition in Alzheimer’s Disease: of shares and cares
Jos Prickaerts (Maastricht) 

Aging and Cognition
Cleanthe Spanaki (Heraklion)

Q&A with all the speakers of the day

Break

Interactive parallel sessions

What options doe we have to improve cognitive performance at old age?
Moderator: Arjan Blokland (Maastricht)

What is causing AD: amyloid, tau, or just neurodegeneration
Moderator: Tim Vanmierlo (Hasselt)

Healthy aging and the microbiome
Moderators: Gerard Clarke and Harriet Schellekens (Cork)

Presentations (the outcome of the discussions will be presented and recorded)
Gunter Kenis (Maastricht) 

Concluding remarks