A journey to reveal the secrets of human brain development Silvia Cappello (Max Planck Research Group Leader, Developmental Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry) Brain development includes many complex steps, starting from neural stem cells that generate interconnected neurons, forming our mind. Animal models have been widely used to investigate how the connections between those cells arise, but in order to reveal the secrets of our sophisticated brain, that has more than 100 billions of neurons, more stars than in the milky way, we need to combine them with human models and explore fine differences.I will talk how the generation of a mini version of the brain in a dish can help to study brain development and malformation diseases. The magic of expectation Virginia Flanigan (Principal Investigator, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders ) @NaviFlanagin Have you ever wondered how magic tricks fool us, or how a blind man can ride a bike using his hearing instead of his eyes? We think the brain works, not by correctly representing the outside world, but by comparing what we experience to what we expect. Join me for a journey through the amazing feats our mind achieves and what it may mean for our future as human beings.