Rising star in the field of neuroscience Sebastian Seung argues that our identity lies not in our genes but in the connections between our brain cells - and he describes the monumental task of mapping these "connectomes", neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse.

Chair: Peter B. Reiner, professor, National Core for Neuroethics, Kinsmen Laboratory of Neurological Research, Department of Psychiatry & Brain Research Centre, the University of British Columbia

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