| SUNDAY |
| 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | THE CENTRAL THEMES |
| Discussion Leader: Steve Reppert (U. Mass.) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Michael Menaker (U. Va )
"Albino Hamsters Redux: The Mystery Solved" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Walter Gehring (Basal; Banyuls-sur-Mer)
"Evolution of photoreceptors" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CIRCADIAN CLOCK MECHANISMS |
| Discussion leader: Andrew Loudon (Manchester) |
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | Steve Reppert (U. Mass)
"Transcriptional control of the circadian clock" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Carla Green (U. Va)
"Circadian gene expression: regulation at both ends" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Joe Takahashi (Northwestern)
"Novel approaches" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Group Photo / Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MELATONIN EFFECTS |
| Discussion Leader: David Weaver (U. Mass) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Vinnie Cassone (Texas A & M)
"Pacemaker Properties of the Avian Pineal Gland" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Mireille Masson-Pevet (Strasbourg)
"Melatonin: multiple sites of action" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Margarita Dubocovich (Northwestern)
"Melatonin Receptors: Signaling and Circadian Modulation" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | REGULATION OF AANAT |
| Discussion Leader: David C. Klein (NIH) |
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | Jose Naranjo (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid)
"Regulation of AANAT transcription by DREAM: Role of calcium" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Kyong-Tai Kim (POSTECH, Korea)
"Post-transcriptional regulation in circadian rhythm of AANAT" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Tony Ho (U. Alberta)
"Evidence for a rapidly turning-over repressor: A gating mechanism?" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | RETINAL MELATONIN AND RHYTHMS |
| Discussion Leader: Pierre Voisin |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Mike Iuvone (Emory)
"Integrating light and clock control mechanisms in the chicken retina" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Jola Zawilska (Lodz, Poland)
"The art of working together but independently - the avian retina and pineal gland" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Jack Falcon (Banyuls-sur-Mer)
"Reversed melatonin rhythm in the trout retina" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Stu Dryer (U. Houston)
"Ion channels: A circadian view" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DEVELOPMENT |
| Discussion leader: Philippe Vernier |
| 9:00 am - 9:50 am | Masauke Araki (Nara, Japan)
"Fate determination of the pineal" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Josh Gamse (Vanderbilt University)
"Pinealocyte Fate Determination" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Pierre Voisin (Poitiers)
"Developmental regulation of HIOMT gene expression in the chicken retina" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PHOTODETECTION BY THE CIRCADIAN SYSTEM |
| Discussion Leader: Ignacio Provencio (University of Virginia) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:20 pm | Samar Hattar (Johns Hopkins)
"Role of melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | David Berson (Brown)
"Ganglion-cell photoreceptors: modulating melanopsin's message" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PHOTOPERIODISM |
| Discussion leader: Irv Zucker (Berkeley) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Gerald Lincoln (U. Edinburgh)
"Circannual rhythms revisited" |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:10 am | David Hazelrigg (U. of Aberdeen)
"Photoperiod tuning of the circadian system" |
| 10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:20 am | Michael Gorman (UCSD)
"Why 'splitting'" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Peter Morgan (The Rowett)
"Is the dmpARC the SCN of seasonal timing?'' |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Previews |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HUMAN BIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Jo Arendt (Surrey) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Al Lewy (OHSU)
"Effects of melatonin on human time keeping" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
| 8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Ann Smith (NHGRI/NIH and GUMC)
"Smith-Magenis syndrome: Melatonin high during the day" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Hirotoshi Okamura (Kobe U.)
"Flightless, circadian biology and the Smith-Magenis syndrome" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |