The Flux Society aims to advance the understanding of human brain development by serving as a forum for scientific discussion and educate the next generation of developmental cognitive neuroscience researchers. The success of this endeavour requires that we maintain a community where everyone is free to exchange their ideas in a safe, respectful, and fostering environment without bias, harassment (including sexual), incivility, or unprofessionalism.
The Flux Society Code of Conduct, below, reflects our Society’s values and our expectations for Society members and guests. While attending a Flux Congress, Satellite Meetings and any social event linked to the Flux Society, this Code of Conduct as well as the professional standards set by your home Institution or employer are always in effect.

1. Conduct should be free of biases regarding sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, cultural background, religion (or lack thereof), country of origin, disability, physical appearance, or other individual characteristics or expression. This conduct should be free of: stereotyping, undermining, using epithets/slurs, or acting in a threatening, intimidating, or hostile manner.

2. Members (and guests) should treat each other with respect. Flux Society has zero tolerance for sexual harassment including: any verbal or physical behavior that reflects unwelcome sexual advances or behaving in any way that another individual would feel that their boundaries have been impinged on. These unwelcome sexual behaviors include discussions, advances, comments, touching, propositions, social media communication, or display of sexual imagery. Particular care should be exercised by those with more senior professional rank so as to prevent junior members from perceiving that they are in an untenable or compromising position.

3. Discussions, including scientific, should be respectful, civil, professional, and constructive reflecting tolerance for disagreements and recognition of opportunities to learn from each other.

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Pre-Conference Workshops I & II^{^}

Title: Developing a Toolkit for the Interaction between Executive Function (EF) and Learning Disabilities, Sponsored by: Kennedy Krieger Institute 
Presenter: Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD

1:15 PM - 5:00 PM: Pre-Conference Workshop III^{^}

2:30 - 6:00 PM: Registration Open

4:00 - 7:00 PM: Flux Board of Directors Meeting ⁺

5:30 - 6:20 PM: Flux Trainee Workshop: Career Perspective Panel

Panelists: Michelle Shipkova (Moderator), Elvisha Dhamala, Laura Thomas, Gagan S. Wig

6:30 - 7:20 PM: Flux Trainee Workshop: Grant Writing Panel

Panelists: Jin Wang (Moderator), Sarah Tashijian, Jamie Hanson, Ashley Smith, Natalie Hiromi Brito

7:00 - 9:30 PM: Flux Board of Directors Dinner ⁺

^{^} Additional Cost      ⁺By invite only

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM: Registration & Congress Information Desk Open

9:00 - 9:30 AM: Presidential Welcome

9:30 - 10:45 AM: Science of Learning Symposia

Title: Nature and Nurture Contributions to Variation in Learning: Insights from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Presenters: Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus (Chair) Emily Merz, Nicholas Judd, Tomas Paus, and Ece Demir-Lira

11:00 - 11:20 AM: Dissertation Award Talk

Title: TBA
Presenters: Felicia Hardi

11:20 - 11:50 AM: Young Investigator Award Talk

Title: TBA 
Presenters: Rachel Romeo

11:50 AM - 1:15 PM: Trainee Lunch (off-site)^*

11:50 AM - 1:15 PM Lunch on Your Own

1:15 - 2:30 PM: Concurrent Symposia

Title: TBA
Presenters: TBA

2:45 - 4:00 PM: DCN Public Policy Roundtable

Title: Thriving in Early Development: Improving Research to Essential Information and Access to Resources
Presenters: Sarah Short (Chair), Andrew Lynn (Moderator), Natalie Brito, Haley Gibbs, Emily Murphy, 

4:00 - 5:30 PM: Poster Presentation Session, Sponsored by: University of Maryland

6:30 - 11:00 PM: Explore Baltimore: Cultural Experience Night (Offsite)^*

^{^}Additional Cost      ^*Registration Required

8:00 AM - 7:00 PM: Registration & Congress Information Desk Open

9:00 - 10:15 AM: Local Symposium 

Title: From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Twenty-Five Years Later 
Presenters: Chandan Vaidya (Chair, Moderator) Arianna Gard, Autumn Ivy, Heather Volk, Nathan Fox

10:30 - 11:15 AM: Flash Talks

11:15 - 11:45 AM: Linda Spear Award Talk

Title: TBA 
Presenters: Jennifer Pfeifer, PhD

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM: Lunch on Your Own

1:25 - 2:25 PM: Huttenlocher Award Talk

Title: A Career in Neuroplasticity and Neuroplasticity in a Career
Presenters: Bradley Schlaggar, MD, PhD

2:45 - 4:00 PM: Diversity Symposium 

Title: Dis/Ability, Accessibility, and Inclusion: Shifting the focus from individuals to systems
Panelists: Monica E. Ellwood-Lowe (Chair/Panelist),  Maira Karan (Moderator), Stanford University, Scott Hatley, Inge-Marie Eigsti

4:15 - 5:30 PM: Concurrent Symposium 

Title: Cross-Species Approaches to Understanding Adolescent Learning
Presenters: Catherine Insel (Chair, Presenter, Moderator), Juliet Davidow, Laura DeNardo, Linda Wilbrecht

Title: Characterizing Cortical Brain Development in an African Context: Meeting Challenges & Examining Contextually Relevant Environmental Variability
Presenters: Dima Amso (Chair, Moderator), Nwabisa Mlandu, Tess Allegra Forest, Guilherme Fahur Bottino

5:30 - 7:00 PM: Poster Presentation Session

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM: Registration & Congress Information Desk Open

8:45 - 9:15 AM: Scientific Program Committee & Local Organizing Committee Breakfast⁺

9:00 - 10:15 AM: Flash Talks 

10:30 - 11:45 AM: Concurrent Symposium

Title: Developmental Changes in Cortical Excitation-Inhibition Balance through Adolescence and Functional Implications for Cognition
Presenters: Andrew Westbrook, PhD (Chair, Presenter), Finnegan Calabro (Moderator), Adriana Caballero, PhD, Bart Larsen, PhD, Ashley Parr

Title: Development of Connectivity from Infancy through Childhood: Typical Trajectories and Risk-Related Alterations
Presenters: Wei Goa, Zeynep Saygin, Jessica Cohen, Jerod Rasmussen, Yana Fandakova (Chair)

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM: Lunch on Your Own

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM: DCN Journal Editor Meeting⁺

1:15 - 2:45 PM: Poster Presentation Session

2:45 - 4:00 PM: Concurrent Symposium

Title: Precision Brain Mapping for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Presenters: Arielle Keller, MS, PhD (Chair, Presenter), Damien Fair (Moderator), Deanna Greene, PhD, Julia Moser, Charles Lynch, PhD

Title: Innovations in Toddler Functional MRI
Presenters: Halie Olson (Chair, Moderator, Presenter), Catherine Lebel, Annika Linke, Tomoko Arichi

4:00 - 4:30 PM: Closing Ceremonies

⁺By invite only

Program Chair: Margaret Sheridan

Local Hosts: Brad Schlagger & Chandan Vaidya 

2024 Program Committee Members:

Tallie Z. Baram

Marjolein Barendse

Yana Fandakova

Wei Gao

Arianna Gard

Jamie Hanson

Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus

Andrew Lynn

Christopher Monk

Stewart Motofsky

Assaf Oshri

Giorgia Picci

Rachel Romeo

Maya Rosen

Sara Sanchez-Alonso

Sarah Short

Suzanne van de Groep

Co-Chair: Bradley Schlaggar (Co-Chair), Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD

Co-Chair: Chandan Vaidya (Co-Chair), Georgetown University, Washington, DC

2024 Local Organizing Committee Members:

Guinevere Eden, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Nathan Fox, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

William Gaillard, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC

Tracy Riggins, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Gabriela Rosenblau, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Karl Steiner, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD

Catherine Stoodley, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC

Heather Volk, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Daniel Weinberger, Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, MD