| Topics | Speakers |
| Adult neural stem cells | Bartlett, P. |
| Guillemot, F. | |
| Osumi, N. | |
| Sawamoto, K. | |
| Circuit formation and malformation | Dickson, B.The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria |
| Richards, L. | |
| Sakano, H | |
| Sur, M. | |
| Sah, P. The University of Queensland, Australia | |
| Chattarjee, S. | |
| Directed differentiation and reprogramming | Berninger, B. Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany |
| Vanderhaegen, P. Free University of Brussels, Belgium | |
| Wernig, M. Stanford University, United States | |
| Wichterle, H. Columbia University, United States | |
| Early life experience and Epigenetics | Patterson, P. California Institute of Technology, United States |
| Perez-Polo, R. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, United States | |
| Vaidya, V. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India | |
| Forebrain development | Arlotta, P. Harvard Medical School, United States |
| Grove, E. University of Chicago, United States | |
| Kriegstein, A. The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, United States | |
| López-Bendito, G. Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche , Spain | |
| Okamoto, H. RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan | |
| Neuronal migration | Fishell, G. NYU Langone Medical Center, United States |
| Polleux, F. The Scripps Research Institute, United States | |
| Pierani, A. Universite Paris Diderot, France | |
| Rubenstein, J. University of California, United States | |
| Neurulation and neural tube defects | Agarwala, S. |
| Copp, A. | |
| Gelineau-van Waes, J. Creighton University School of Medicine | |
| Jane, S. | |
| Polarity and symmetry | Huttner, W. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany |
| Knoblich, J. Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria | |
| Mani, S. Indian Institute of Science, India | |
| Matsuzaki, F. Riken Center for Developmental Biology, Japan | |
| Shi, S. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, United States | |
| Spinal cord and hindbrain: from development to function | Brunet, J. F. Ecole Normale Superieure, France |
| Fortin, G. CNRS, France | |
| Goulding, M. Salk Institute, United States | |
| Higashijima, S. I. National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan | |
| Stifani, S. McGill University, Canada | |
| Neurodegenerative diseases | Ravindranath, V. Indian Institute of Science, India |
| Glial development | Emery, B. University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Development of the limbic system | Tole, S. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India |
| Motor neuron development | Henderson, C. |