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Our seminars and lectures are open to researchers, students, and the curious public. Most are livestreamed and archived.

Annual Institute Lecture

The Predictive Brain

June 18, 2026 4:00 PM EDT Founders Hall + livestream

Our flagship public lecture brings a leading thinker to Ottawa each year. This year, Prof. Karl Friston explores how the brain's drive to minimize surprise might explain perception, action, and the structure of experience itself.

Jul
09

Symposium on Judgment Under Uncertainty

◷ Full day ◉ Magic Institute ◎ 12 speakers
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Jul
23

Brown-bag: Open Cognitive Models in practice

◷ 12:00 PM ◉ Seminar Room B Dr. Daniel Osei
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Aug
14

Visiting Lecture: Emotion & the architecture of memory

◷ 3:30 PM ◉ Founders Hall + livestream Prof. Elena Roskov (Toronto)
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Sep
05

Methods Workshop: Pre-registration & reproducible analysis

◷ 9:00 AM–4:00 PM ◉ Computer Lab MIMB Modelling Group
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Sep
26

Colloquium: Anomalous Cognition as a Stress-Test for Science

◷ 2:00 PM ◉ Founders Hall + livestream Dr. Cassian Vale & panel
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Recordings and slides are posted after each event.

May
21

Symposium on Developmental Origins of Reasoning

◉ Magic Institute 9 speakers
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Apr
30

Visiting Lecture: The economics of attention

Prof. James Holloway (McGill)
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Mar
12

Annual Institute Lecture 2025: Minds, models, and machines

Prof. Naledi Dlamini (UBC)
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